Weekend at the Farm October 9, 2015

Took Friday as vacation.  Arrived at the farm Thursday evening.  Bert was already here.  Left on Saturday morning to babysit for Sam while Blake, the two Joshes, and Amy went to I Fly and lunch for Blake's birthday.  Sunday brunch at Etoille for the October girls birthdays.

• Thursday evening I spent an hour or so walking around the Star Garden just lit up by the light from the house.  The crickets were deafening, and the Almond Verbena scent permeated the air.
•  Slept late on Friday morning, I never do that!
• Raked the path behind the house that leads to the Boardwalk gardens.  The armadillos have really made a mess back there!
• Watered in the Rose Garden for about an hour.  Pulled some weeds, although it's pretty weed-free right now.  I've been pretty diligent.
• Gathered Moonflower seeds off my vine growing on the trellis at the entrance to the Star Garden.
• Planted about 10 Ehrlicheer bulbs at the very far end of the Long Borderm, most of them right at the front of the border and two at the back.  I picked them up off the ground in my Ehrlicheer bed next to the house, they had been unearthed by armadillos.
• Raked in the Infinity Garden.  Cut away St. John's Wort that was growing into one of the paths.  Sprayed herbicide.  Set the sprinkler on a very low setting so that it was just dribbling out and watered each of my shrubs and trees in the area for 30 minutes each.
•  Sprayed herbicide  in the Vegetable Garden, raked up the nasty fungus, and weeded.  Some of the green beans are ready to pick.
• Sprayed herbicide in the Orchard.  Picked weeds.  Raked.
• Dug a deep trench in the bed with the wine bottle edging, filled it with water (pretty dry in that area) and planted my half dozen or so Eucomis Comosa bulbs that had been uprooted in another part of the garden.  It seems to me they can use a little afternoon shade, so hopefully they will thrive.
• Planted about 15 Montbretia in the Star Garden along one of the main paths next to the Forsythia that got turned up by the damned armadillos.
• Ray came over and had a glass of wine with us Friday evening.
• Spent a lot of time outside after Ray left enjoying the lovely evening.