It was Mom, Dad, Nan, Lisa, and the two of us for Thanksgiving. Carol stopped by. This year all the kids were with the other side of the family. The weather was perfect!
- Wednesday I dug up all the Americrinums that had completely taken over one of my beds in the Rose Garden. I threw them in the ditch down the road. I didn't want to offer them to anyone because I dislike them. This is the bed in which I'm going to plant my rose.
- Friday, rainy and cold. I drove to the Antique Rose Emporium and bought a Marie van Houtte. She is a yellow and pink blend. I had her once before but she died. This one is in a much better location. I looked around for some perennials to buy, but I didn't see anything I couldn't do without. I bought a couple of variegated sages and three French sorrel plants.
- Bert went hunting in Groesbeck with Will so I was by myself. I spent a lot of time walking around the gardens, didn't do much at all except plant the rose and mulch the bed.
- I also raked away mulch in five spots in the Orchard and seeded them with wildflower seed. I still have some seed left despite all my efforts to use it all.
- Saturday. I raked up pine needles in the trails, two truck loads of them, and spread them under one of my big blackberry beds. I threw rakefuls down and pushed them under all the prickly canes with the end of the rake. It was so weedy under there this past last summer, this should really help. I hated to use my precious mulch in there, and it occurred to me that I should use the pine straw that falls into the paths. Excellent.
- I cut the seed heads off a dozen or so Philippine Lily stalks and spread them in the shady part of the Star Garden and in various places throughout the Circle Gardens.
- I planted my new herbs, all perennials, in the Kitchen Herb Garden and fertilized them.
- I dusted my cabbages with insecticide. While I was there I cut a bunch of seed heads off my Mexican Sunflowers and threw them into one of the beds in the Orchard. The Orchard is a good place for those giants.
- Took a walk around the property about one o'clock. The weather turned out so pretty today even though it started cloudy and cold.
- I left early Sunday morning to go to Houston and babysit Koy while Josh and Amy decorate their house for Lights in the Heights.
No comments:
Post a Comment