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lblanchardIt wasn't exactly Noah's flood, but a long weekend of heavy rain is pretty wearing. Although my brain doesn't seem to have Seasonal Affective Disorder, my knees certainly do, and it was the weekend of my discomfort.
But the sun broke through the clouds at daybreak today, giving me this view from my office chair. It also includes a good view of some really dusty and cruddy windows and screens that are devilish hard to wash up here on the third floor. I will ponder my options.
Meanwhile I've moved Mr. Hippeastrum onto my work table for the morning, or at least till the sun comes round. Direct sun shortens the bloom time, something I really don't want to have happen. With any luck, by the time these guys have finished their show I will be able to plant pansies out back. It will kill me to buy them instead of growing them from seed but oh, well...
Since it's warm(ish) and dry, I moved all the pots on one side of the backyard after my breakfast. This will allow the crud and bird seed hulls that were caught under/around the pots to dry out, so that I can sweep them up this afternoon. Then I can move the lawn chairs to the place where the pots had been and sweep up around there. Tomorrow morning I should be able to wipe off the table and chairs et voila....cocktails on the verandah! Some snippage of the wisteria is also called for.
I also picked up the trimmings from the broad-leafed evergreen that got hammered during the snows of February. Bird seed had gotten buried under the fallen branches and the birdies were frustrated. Not so the Scamp, who found a hidey-hole and decreased the surplus sparrow population by two over the past two days. Now he's sulking because his hidey-hole is gone, and the birdies are actively gleaning in the spot where the branches had been.
The following are perking up and putting out growth:
Martian invader daylilies
Corydalis
Peony (two red nubs so far)
Aquilegia
The ubiquitous feverfew
Rose campion (at least it looks less prostrate)
The Monticello mayapple (a nub)
I am wondering how the hostas fared on the side closest to Anderson House. The Scamp has been making excavations there. Perhaps they're goners.
There are serious buds on the red maple and I hope to have it in the ground by the end of the month so it has a chance to have some root growth before the heat hits it.
EDITED TO ADD: I swept and shoveled up the worst of the detritus on the upper level. I think I may be able to wash down our lawn chairs later this afternoon, after I've swept a second time. The little bits of birdseed still there should be dry in an hour or so, I think. I snipped off some annoying wisteria tendrils, too, and may snip some more between now and the weekend.
I have marjoram doing very nicely under the grow lights in the basement. For once, I plan to be ruthless in my thinning.
But the sun broke through the clouds at daybreak today, giving me this view from my office chair. It also includes a good view of some really dusty and cruddy windows and screens that are devilish hard to wash up here on the third floor. I will ponder my options.
Meanwhile I've moved Mr. Hippeastrum onto my work table for the morning, or at least till the sun comes round. Direct sun shortens the bloom time, something I really don't want to have happen. With any luck, by the time these guys have finished their show I will be able to plant pansies out back. It will kill me to buy them instead of growing them from seed but oh, well...
Since it's warm(ish) and dry, I moved all the pots on one side of the backyard after my breakfast. This will allow the crud and bird seed hulls that were caught under/around the pots to dry out, so that I can sweep them up this afternoon. Then I can move the lawn chairs to the place where the pots had been and sweep up around there. Tomorrow morning I should be able to wipe off the table and chairs et voila....cocktails on the verandah! Some snippage of the wisteria is also called for.
I also picked up the trimmings from the broad-leafed evergreen that got hammered during the snows of February. Bird seed had gotten buried under the fallen branches and the birdies were frustrated. Not so the Scamp, who found a hidey-hole and decreased the surplus sparrow population by two over the past two days. Now he's sulking because his hidey-hole is gone, and the birdies are actively gleaning in the spot where the branches had been.
The following are perking up and putting out growth:
Martian invader daylilies
Corydalis
Peony (two red nubs so far)
Aquilegia
The ubiquitous feverfew
Rose campion (at least it looks less prostrate)
The Monticello mayapple (a nub)
I am wondering how the hostas fared on the side closest to Anderson House. The Scamp has been making excavations there. Perhaps they're goners.
There are serious buds on the red maple and I hope to have it in the ground by the end of the month so it has a chance to have some root growth before the heat hits it.
EDITED TO ADD: I swept and shoveled up the worst of the detritus on the upper level. I think I may be able to wash down our lawn chairs later this afternoon, after I've swept a second time. The little bits of birdseed still there should be dry in an hour or so, I think. I snipped off some annoying wisteria tendrils, too, and may snip some more between now and the weekend.
I have marjoram doing very nicely under the grow lights in the basement. For once, I plan to be ruthless in my thinning.
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