A Day at the Farm 03/23/10

These are buds of Sundown Big Sky Series Coneflower (Echinacea 'Evan Saul'). The petals will be orange.

Today was a beautiful day!

• Replanted the Tansy. An animal - I assume it was an armadillo - dug up all five of the plants. They were laying on their sides gasping for breathe. They will probably make it, they grow kind of like weeds.
• Planted horseradish in a #3 washtub. Shot 10 holes in the bottom for drain holes with my husband's 22 Ruger target pistol.
• Planted six Donalena Verbena Deep Pink in the Long Border.
• Planted three French Sorrel in the Infinity Garden which is where all my medicinal plants are located.
• Planted three Sweet Myrtle (Myrtus communis) around my Bay Laurel.
• Planted three Lambs Ear in the Long Border - I needed more white interest.
• Planted another flat of Impatiens Orange Dazzler in the Infinity Garden.
• Planted four Crinum procerum 'Splendens' - three in the Long Border and one in the Infinity Garden.
• Pulled weeds in the Rose Garden.
• Sprayed herbicide in the Infinity Garden.
• Sprayed herbicide in the Rose Garden.
• Sprayed herbicide in the Circle Drive.
• Picked some asparagus for dinner.
• Weeded in the Vegetable Garden.
• Threw down some weed and feed next to the Shade Garden where the oxalis was really taking over.
• Did some random watering.
• Fiddled with the sprinklers. They are always a problem.
• My husband finished the boardwalk down to the Orchard last weekend while I was in Indiana. It looks wonderful!

It was a good day!