My family reunion was this on Saturday in Madisonville. Mom was very under the weather and could not make it, but overall we had a good turn out. From my gang, Josh and family and Blake and family attended, but no Max.
- Sunday started out cold and rainy, but ended absolutely spectacularly - cool and sunny.
- I have been meaning to write in my notes that last weekend and the weekend before that, I saw lots of Snout Butterflies. They look like they sound, they have a long beak-like snout. Their wings have a a unique shape, they are orange and black - very distinct-looking butterflies, I don't think I have ever seen them here.
- I worked in the Long Border all morning, the mulch pile is nearby so I wheeled the wheel barrow over there to load it, I didn't bother with the cub cadet. I weeded and mulched. I pulled up or broke off at the base all the Four O'Clocks near the arbor and put down lots of mulch. Four O'Clocks are the kind of plant that you don't care if it lives or dies, so rather than carefully mulch around every plant, I just dumped the mulch right on top and stamped it down. And I mulched here and there wherever it was getting weedy.
- Bert and I drove in the cadet down to Jeff and Amy's to see the progress on their house. Amy walked me through her meadows that she has been working on that surround the house. Really lovely and very inspiring. I am hoping to convert back to its original state the area that Bert is about to have bull dozed. We'll see. I don't want it to turn into a war of wills between Bert and I - him wanting to mow and me wanting to naturalize.
- I spent some time in the Orchard weeding. It's holding up pretty well with the mulch that I've laid down, not a lot of weeds, but a truckload of mulch would help. The anise hyssop is really looking lovely down there. Some of the day lilies that I planted a couple weeks ago are sending up scapes. I cut away Mexican Hat and Moss Verbena that were crowding my roses.
- I spent some time in the Vegetable Garden as well. I had one wheel barrow of mulch, and I spread it in one of my new asparagus beds. Weeded her and there, thinned my zinnias.
- I cut back my Heritage rose by about half.
- It rained hard Saturday night, so I didn't have to mess with watering except for the pots around the pool.
- The Infinity Garden is in dire need of mulch. That's where I'll work next weekend.
- I picked blackberries on Saturday and Sunday. I have a gallon bag of them which I will bring home and make a cobbler.
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