Gardening
We've gone from a humidex of 107F (42C) mid week to cold, damp, grey and rainy. If nothing else this year has taught me, once again, the ephemeral nature of gardening and it's beauty. Here today, gone tomorrow.
copperlee took me out yesterday, in the pouring rain, so I could buy plants for my hanging baskets. I do three huge wire ones across the front of the carport and four across the back of the deck. Naturally we got soaked right through and rather muddy but it was worth it. I purchased huge plants of white and purple geraniums, purple and peach mini petunias, purple and peach verbena and white and purple angelonia. I still need to pick up a flat of lobelia to fill in between.
I've also got some lovely heliotrope and a variety of herbs to pot up as well.
The tomatoes, peppers and eggplant I planted just before the heatwave struck seem to be growing in leaps and bounds. They appear to have doubled in size already and are flowering.
The roses along the drive way were looking absolutely magnificent on Friday afternoon before the wind and rain showed up. Now their petals are strewn across the driveway.
Everything seems huge this year. Bigger, blowzier, as if all the flowering plants are giving the finger to global warming and our ever increasing water rates. Yes, they just went up again on June 1st.
It's starting to clear so I'm going to take advantage of the break in the weather and try to get some of these plants potted up. ;-)
copperlee took me out yesterday, in the pouring rain, so I could buy plants for my hanging baskets. I do three huge wire ones across the front of the carport and four across the back of the deck. Naturally we got soaked right through and rather muddy but it was worth it. I purchased huge plants of white and purple geraniums, purple and peach mini petunias, purple and peach verbena and white and purple angelonia. I still need to pick up a flat of lobelia to fill in between.
I've also got some lovely heliotrope and a variety of herbs to pot up as well.
The tomatoes, peppers and eggplant I planted just before the heatwave struck seem to be growing in leaps and bounds. They appear to have doubled in size already and are flowering.
The roses along the drive way were looking absolutely magnificent on Friday afternoon before the wind and rain showed up. Now their petals are strewn across the driveway.
Everything seems huge this year. Bigger, blowzier, as if all the flowering plants are giving the finger to global warming and our ever increasing water rates. Yes, they just went up again on June 1st.
It's starting to clear so I'm going to take advantage of the break in the weather and try to get some of these plants potted up. ;-)