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Puttering in my garden
Yesterday evening I had a burst of energy (that is after catching a 20 minute catnap after Mr. Steady got home) and accomplished quite a bit.I made a scrumdillyumptious pasta salad, prepped dinner, cleaned up the kitchen and then wandered out to my garden.
Where I then began a major upheaval. I pulled, tug and dug and pulled some more. The dry weather has not been kind and some sections of the garden (those sections that the sprinkler never seems to reach) were looking pretty pathetic. So far I've only lost a handful of plants but many needed a good trimming. I resurrected my overgrown paths and filled up the wheelbarrow 3 separate times. I gave my Oregano a real good hair cut and yanked up over 3 square feet of thyme (looked very scraggly and went into the compost pile). I redid the center of the garden- adding 4 square patterned pavers . . . .
I'm still not done- it seems weeds are a bit more drought-resistant than the plants. I've got a rather large patch of crabgrass to uproot still- I don't have anything to put in it's place and with the ground so dry I really don't want to transplant anything either-- yet. My plan right now is to work in some compost and try to keep the area weeded. In the fall I'll scout the "leftovers" at the local greenhouse and look for a half-way decent bushy plant.
Fall is a great time for planting as the plant can work to establish roots instead of flowers and new growth. Makes for a better plant come spring.
Maiden has added more little doodads to her fairy garden (wish the camera was working to show you photos- so cute). Sassafras and Mr. Conductor have now shown interest in having little fairy gardens of their own.
My mom dropped off a trunkful of bricks and cement scallopped garden edging that she found "Free for the taking" in someone's front yard. [Speaking of freebies in yards- Mr. Steady got a wood door and screen door just the other day that he hopes will work on a door on the rear of the house- a door that has been nailed shut for the full 13.5 years we've lived here.] I'm not real fond of the edging but, hey, it's free. I'm thinking of putting it out front this fall when we work up the ground in the long barren area in front of the kitchen.
The tomatoes are ripening- we'll have a bumper crop in a few days. The cukes are up- Mr. Steady isn't exactly thrilled with them- he tried a new variety this year- but they taste good. We're still harvesting lettuce and onions continually. I've been giving away big bags of lettuce. The potatoes are looking rather spindly and we're praying they're okay. Mr. Steady and I laugh about his lush patch of grasses around the garden (where the sprinklers hit)- we laugh that he'll be having to get out the lawn mower just to mow those tiny patches. The rest of the lawn is brown, brown, brown. Living in town on just under an acre we do not want to pay a horrendous water bill just to keep it looking green. It's just a season- this too shall pass.
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