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| Blooming Foxglove |
As you may have noticed I haven't been posting nearly as often as I had in spring. I haven't run out of blogging ideas but I've been working really hard at the garden center and needed a break from scheduling myself activities and projects in my free time. For almost a month I had no energy at work or at home. I have a tendency to overwork myself and that's what happened this spring. I am now bouncing back and feeling more like my usual self. I still might not be posting nearly as often as before or working on as many projects as I would like but I feel much more energized and am taking time to enjoy the summer and spending time with my sidekick, Charlotte.
Because of my lack of energy to do anything strenuous, I have almost completely forgotten about my garden. Luckily for me we had a lot of rain in June and July because I have barely been watering it. Its shameful to admit as a garden center manager but I just didn't give a hoot this summer about weeding or watering. I know, its terrible! Its a good thing I decided I wouldn't fuss over plants sprouting or not earlier this year because I have been doing a terrible job keeping up with my yard. This weekend I decided it was finally time to give it some over due attention and at least mow the grass.
So Sunday morning at 7, Charlotte and I got up, went for a walk and then got dirty in the garden. I pulled out a lupine that was entirely covered in aphids (really, really covered in aphids), trimmed a few forsythia bushes, mowed the lawn, pulled out dead flowers that I ignored, fertilized the remaining flowers, pulled out a really ugly rose bush and set up a new birding area. I know I did a lot in the yard but it still needs a lot of love. I didn't even touch the weeds and blackberry bushes around the back. That will have to wait for another day.
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| She's sleepy |
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| We've been having trouble with rats in the area so I took my bird feeders out of the tree and put them on this pole where the rats shouldn't be able to get to. I love feeding birds but I hate the vermin the food attracts. I also potted up a passion flower vine at the base of the pole to climb up and look pretty. |
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| Are we done yet Mom? |
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| The untamed part of the yard. You almost need a machete to get back here. |
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| Notice all the blackberry vines spilling over the fence. Its a nightmare...or gardenmare? |
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| On the bright side there are some pretty shasta daisies in bloom |
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| echinacea ready to bloom any week now |
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