Gardening, music, life with MS
Yesterday was 75 degrees and sunny. yeah! I wanted to get outside and prune the roses. I have eight rose bushes and three of them were here when we moved in and have grown a little out of control. I had been hesitant on pruning, because I wasn’t sure when to do it. By volunteering […]
We are in the middle of January and not much is happening in the garden. I take this time to notice the silhouette of the bare trees and tall grasses with their fronds. I appreciate the bright green and red berries of the holly and nandina, and I like to watch the wildlife coming to […]
Lately I’ve been taking the back roads driving home from the garden. I see that Virginia is in its prime for fall foliage. No matter how low or overwhelmed I get with thoughts and problems, I cannot express the feeling I get seeing the beautiful colors of autumn. The golds, reds, browns are stunning. With […]
The past two days I have been in the garden weeding. I usually get real pleasure from weeding, give me a good root and I’ll dig and tug till I get the sucker! Anyway, I’ve been working on a couple of beds that had some other problems. The first bed had Bee Balm, Beauty Bush, […]
Finally the weather has broke and we’ve had a few cooler days. I’ve been able to get out in the garden for a couple of mornings and was able to weed and clean up the front perennial garden. The wiregrass, (which I’m constantly trying to eradicate), again found its way into the garden. I also […]
A couple of days had cooled down enough for me to get out in the garden and start weeding. I tell you, if weeds were desirable, I would have the best garden ever! Actually the garden beds themselves aren’t too bad, the weeds are all at the edges of the beds, in between the edging […]
I have to say there isn’t too much happening in my garden besides the weeds going crazy. I look out the window longingly wondering when it will be cool enough to tackle some weeding. The temperature is averaging 92 with a heat index of 99 to 102, no rain for over a week. A few […]
This morning I went out into the vegetable and herb garden to pick some tomatoes and basil. I tried to get outside while it was still cloudy, we all know how that went. It was 9 am and the sun had just came out, very hot and humid but I set out to do what […]
I’m so grateful that I can plant whatever I want here in VA. In NY we had deer and a groundhog. Here my only nemesis is rabbits. I don’t hate them, I think they are very cute. In fact once when I was thinning out the Thyme, I came across a little hole with babies. […]
I haven’t been in the garden in a couple of days but I do have some pictures to share of some new bloomers. I also have to comment on the blueberry harvest this year. I have three blueberry bushes on the deck. I had to remove one from the netted cover because the leaves were […]