[Qiviut]

"Done" for the day. My 2 primary goal were to get the sickly lavenders transplanted to raised beds & replace them with the 2 new boxwoods. I had to go to the Farm Bureau for soil & compost, move pallets & get everything unloaded, then start digging.

Boxwoods (actually 3 gallon size) in their new home, lavender in a new raised bed home. This is the better of the two lavenders - looks ok, but it's dying off from the bottom. Better draining soil should help the lavenders, if they survive. It needs cutting back, but it's still got good blooms, so not quite time yet.

My best dahlia bloom to date - first 2 were missing petals. I have 3 other plants with buds & the blooms should be different. The lavender is my cheap plant from Walmart. It started blooming almost as soon as I planted it & has been blooming all summer. I wish I knew what it was - gorgeous color.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

It’s all looking so nice! You and your plants are settling in nicely. Love seeing all of your progress!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Well, I’ve been up since 5am. My back is out, so that shoots a hole in whatever I wanted to accomplish today - including the Pig Roast! Grrrr!

I’ll still send my ‘dish’ with Beau and I’m sure he’ll bring home some pork for me.

Mom & Crew are coming out tomorrow to raid what’s left of the garden and have BLTs for lunch. They’re going to have to live with a messy house and un-swept floors - it usually takes me a day to get through this.

The frustrating part is that there’s never any rhyme or reason as to when my back will go out. Frustrating! I did my stretches and it feels better when I keep moving - kinda hard to do at 5am in the house - there’s only so many places I can go! Icing later then more stretches then some Icy Hot. Beau is here through Monday so I am hoping for a massage with our big massage machine.

No spasms, so there’s that! Wish me luck!

[FamiliarFace]

Love your dahlia! I don’t have much luck with them. Beautiful though!

Your lavender is a reminder to me that I need to incorporate those somewhere in the meditation garden plan.

Your place is coming along!