Saturday Morning Garden Thread Ping. Trying to 'adjust my attitude,' today!
Saturday Morning Garden Thread Ping. Trying to 'adjust my attitude,' today!
Yesterday I started digging up some of the plants that I need to find new homes for. With the tops of the trees out, things are getting more sun. So I have my light meters set in various places to see if they’ll get too much sun, or will it be partial and maybe I can transplant to those spots later.
The trucks that came to take down down the trees caused some wear on the grasses underneath them, and there’s a little damage to the neighbor’s lawn in parts. They’re out of town until Monday, so we are trying to keep it watered and raked so that when they get back we can discuss how they want repairs to be done. I *think* they’ll be ok with reseeding as a first option, and if that doesn’t work, we might have to spring for a few pieces of sod.
Unlike you, I am looking forward to a few hours of rain. My yard is looking rather crispy right now. Hopefully we will get some this afternoon or evening.
The shishitos are coming in rather nicely. I bought 4 Bonnie plants in early May. I planted two in the ground, and two into pots. The potted ones are doing better than the in ground ones, so I guess that my soil isn’t as nice as it should be. None of the seeds I planted in a container have grown at all, which is disappointing. They were seeds from store bought peppers that I stratified over last winter, so I was hopeful. I’m going to plant a few more and see if anything ever turns up. I’m glad I found the starter plants at Walmart!
At the point of being somewhere between 70 and dead I finally joined the riding mower gang. I have to admit I like it! Very nimble and not so big that it won’t fit between things in the yard. JD X350R.
Garden is so so. This years weather has been kind of goofy. Warm then cold and dry, then hot and dry, finally we got a couple days of rain. Most things are behind whee they usually are for this time of year. At least it isn’t smoky now. Two major highways were closed off and on due to the fires.
The brown santa truck brought all of the electric fencing supplies that I ordered last week so I've got something to occupy my free time for the next few evenings. The groundhog has been wreaking havoc on my tomatoes but I've got a special surprise in store for him now. lol
Howard really impressed me while the grands were here. No barking in the face, no rugby tackles, no jumping. Just lots of licking and kissing and slobbering. They brought their new Rodesian Ridgeback/lab mix puppy along - those two became instant buddies and spent a LOT of time wrassling together. 5yo granddaughter was sad when it was time for them to go home - she wanted to stay here with Howard because "He's nice and he gives me kisses".
Howard and Mr. Darcy.
This is American Senna. It came up volunteer along the edge of the sidewalk to our front porch. I can only guess that a bird pooped out the seed it grew from. I've never seen one anywhere else on the property. It's very attractive and the bees absolutely love it. We're going to collect some seed from it this fall and try to get some new ones started next spring.
All of the rain we've been getting has brought the Chanterelles out. Mrs. Augie and I picked a couple dozen after the kids left yesterday, and found one patch of 75 or so little bitty ones that we left alone so they can size up before we pick them.
