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garden news
Not a lot got done this weekend, and a fair amount wanted/needed to get done. Excuses include pouring rain Saturday and vagaries of what The Child wanted to do Sunday.
To do:
mow side (desperate!), back, trim needy places
thin sprouted carrots and beets
plant dahlia
bring calla lily, amaryllis, ficus out from indoors
build bean trellis and plant pole beans
acquire tomato seedlings and plant (we missed the farmer's market Saturday)
Many things happened despite my lack of activity, however:
The later producer of peas I and II is blooming.
The earlier producer has 2-3 inch pods, not yet fattening.
We ate a small salad of baby spinach and mesclun. Unfortunately someone of the rabbit variety got there before me, or it would have been a bigger salad.
Iris are blooming; of course the biggest and showiest are the ones I like least (5-inch yellow bearded iris). They suffered some in the rain and wind, and from Casper's complete inability to resist touching/picking flowers.
Tulips, dogwood, anything else previously mentioned is gone by, except a few straggling azaleas. The oak trees have fully leafed out and I'm packing away the sweaters and calling it summer.
To do:
mow side (desperate!), back, trim needy places
thin sprouted carrots and beets
plant dahlia
bring calla lily, amaryllis, ficus out from indoors
build bean trellis and plant pole beans
acquire tomato seedlings and plant (we missed the farmer's market Saturday)
Many things happened despite my lack of activity, however:
The later producer of peas I and II is blooming.
The earlier producer has 2-3 inch pods, not yet fattening.
We ate a small salad of baby spinach and mesclun. Unfortunately someone of the rabbit variety got there before me, or it would have been a bigger salad.
Iris are blooming; of course the biggest and showiest are the ones I like least (5-inch yellow bearded iris). They suffered some in the rain and wind, and from Casper's complete inability to resist touching/picking flowers.
Tulips, dogwood, anything else previously mentioned is gone by, except a few straggling azaleas. The oak trees have fully leafed out and I'm packing away the sweaters and calling it summer.