I planted my tulips and crocus today, finally. The Triumph tulip that I planted was called "Red Lips". It has a white base with red edges. Sort of the reverse of Merry Widow or Lucky Strike. I have a thing for red and white tulips. I seem to have lost my gusto for planting the bulbs though. But that is probably just the effect of a troubled mind. Unfortunately that is probably just what it … [Read more...] about Planting Spring Bulbs
digging dahlias
Beautiful September
Beautiful September weather. Time to catch up on mowing, and control any new weed sprouts in the new beds. Ran over them lightly with a . This tool looks unimpressive , but when you run it over the dirt in a scraping action it really dispatches all those weed seedlings. Without all the energy output of the regular hoeing. I have been potting up some of the plants I want to overwinter. So far a … [Read more...] about Beautiful September