yardgranny6's Blog

Great Day in the Morning
Sep 18, 2007 | 3:34 PM PST
Tags: Morning , cutting , trimming , metal chairs

What wonderful weather we are having now. Back into the normal range of 80's and 60's. Such good sleeping weather. Even with an air conditioned home it just cools faster and makes for good sleep. My next favorite thing after gardening.

Began working in the area at the back corner of the yard that I started in the spring. Have a little more to do in the morning, pulling out 'stuff', cutting branches, trimming other 'stuff' before beginning to haul mulch one cart at a time to ge it ready to plant.  My goal is to have the ferns, hostas, toad lillies etc. planted in there by the weekend.

My DH began painting an old metal chair while I was digging in the dirt. This is a set of three chairs and a double seated chair that belonged to his mother and dad so many years ago we dare not count them up. If you consider we are able to use SS and are grandparents, that is a really long time. One of the chairs is featured in my photos I think. It was painted purple a few years back and I love it in the garden. The other will be a steel grey.

Even got the debris from my endeavors on the curb in time for the yard trash pickup. That was a bonus. Sometimes you miss those trucks and stuff sits for a week and looks bad. Seems funny to think that the truck takes stuff you cut out of your garden back to the recycle site, shreds it, lets it sit to 'cook' into mulch and then you go back and pick a load to bring right back to your yard again. The world goes 'round, the world goes 'round. Remember that song from Cabaret?

Took plants to our Master Gardeners meeting last night to give away. Another MG had brought me his Iris he had thinned out some weeks ago and thank goodness they all went home with someone else. Got rid of an asparagus fern that I just didn't care for. It looks so soft but really is such a spiny plant. Also passed on a couple of 3 to 4 inch high Azeleas a friend had rooted from those in his yard. Then had some Ornamental pepper plants I had started from my plant. I have put the plant in the ground on the south facing side of my house. Will see if it makes it or not. Was going to take a couple of Boston Ferns as well and then decided not to. Don't know if I will bring them in again this year or not. They do look nice hanging in the gardens during the growing season.

Have some things to do now - More To Come Later