End of Day 2

Sunday:  Well I've gone to bed with heat for the sore spots and couldn't move another step even to get ice cream.  ALL DAY out doors...raked off the hostas, carted off the waste, burned two wagon loads of sticks, bought a new tiller tool at Tractor Supply...the manual type of course...and charted a plan to expand the shaded side of the bed off to the west.  Will start splitting hostas this week now that I can see where the crowns are.  They are up about two inches today.  It was wonderfully warm today...you could watch the grass grow.  I can hardly wait to post pictures of my gorgeous iris...hybrids that Betty gave me.

A word about perspective...I have decided that my mug just doesn't take well with those arm's length self portraits but my feet...are just far enough away.  So brace yourself for views of my boots...TSC Ariats no less, darn good muckers.  This view...a hosta crown.

So you gardening friends...I've got a couple questions.  Where should I plant Hollyhocks?  I've got a big bag of seeds from last year when I decided they had to be moved.  I know that I won't get blooms planting this year...but I want to find a spot where I won't have to fuss with them and they wont be in the way...shade or sun?  My number one garden rule...this one for Lei...plant nothing in the way of the mower.  A corrallary is that fences are for protecting weeds....therefore...fences are in the way of the mower. I am tearing out a fenced garden this year...which was one of the first things we accomplished here., built a small kitchen garden which has held iris, hollyhocks, rhubarb, raspberries, and ducks, but mostly weeds...so it's gone in 2011.

And, another one...has anyone braved using the mulch from the City?  I know I can get one truck load per drivers license but I am a bit nervous about what sort of weeds I might be bringing in. Really...like there aren't plenty of the ferocious varriety out here to scare the wits out of some silly city weed.

This is our Annebelle...in one of the low spots in the woodlot still flooded from last weekend's rain. Perfect spot for cooling dog feet and getting a drink.  House is always a bit smelly in the spring, but dogs are good garden helpers.  This one is a stick destroyer.

And,  make my day, really, I am in bed as I write this ...looking dog awful when I get a Skype from Lei, video of course, we talked 45 minutes. And trust me, she looks better than I do.  Says she might be flying home on Tuesday!!!  Must be the sweet smell of the Scottish turf wafting across the pond...or maybe it was that visit from Dr. Winky. So good to see you there Wink, I feel much better knowing you checked on all the details.  Love you all.