Dianthus are reliable winter bloomers. I am thinking about building a winter garden. I will grow Chrysanthemums, dianthus, winter daffodils and whatever else I can think of that is perennial and blooms in the winter. We got some really good rain this weekend. 3 inches in the rain guage. It was cool and cloudy all weekend.
- I cut back the tuber vervain in the Master Bedroom Garden and finally was able to pull away the chicken wire that I laid down last year. Tuber vervain has purple flowers in the summer. It is perennial and spreads by underground runners and seed.
- I pulled up a lot of weeds and threw them in the compost pile.
- I flooded the flower bed where I have lost a lot of my Dianthus from voles eating the roots. The earth fell away just like it did with the roses when I did the same thing. There was a huge, gaping hole. I filled it with mulch.
- I threw down seed from my Goldsturm Rudbeckia that I collected from my plants in Houston last fall. I threw them all in the bed I flooded with water.
- I planted a Tiger Lily in that bed as well that I purchased from Arbor Gate last weekend. So excited about it!
- I planted a Triumphator Lily in the bed where the Philippine Lilies and Ox Blood Lilies are planted, also purchased from Arbor Gate last weekend.
- Read a Grisham book.
- Sowed a bunch of seed that I purchased from Richters last year. Aconite, Henbane, Cnidium, Horehound, and Bai Zhi. Sowed it all in the Barbados Cherry shrub beds.
- Picked some asparagus from the garden that had popped up. Early due to the unseasonably warm winter I guess.
- Picked some kale from the garden and made kale chips using a recipe that my mom gave me. Just tossed in olive oil, salt and pepper. Cooked in the oven for 15 minutes at 300. They were very good!
- Walked over to the neighbor's property and checked out their progress. They have been doing some clearing. They were not there. We were being nosy.
- Took several walks.
- Pruned a few roses. I have a lot of roses to prune, plus I need to prune the fruit trees and the wisteria. Time to get started!
- Left early Sunday to get back for the Superbowl.
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