The Perfect Day
I think yesterday may have been the perfect day. It was sunny and warm, with the high hitting 70 or slightly above. I spent the day working in the garden soaking up the sun and getting some much needed vitamin D after the weeks and weeks of dull dreary weather.
I was able to get a lot accomplished in the 4-5 hours I spent working outside. I emptied more pots and the pile on my back deck keeps growing, I’m about a third of the way through. I still have a lot on the front porch that housed tomatoes through the summer. All of the spent potting soil will be added to my flowerbeds as a mulch and any leftovers will be put in the compost pile.
I planted some Mediterranean White Heather on the back hillside. I had to build a few small rock walls to help retain the soil which I amended for these plants. They’ll provide some much needed winter interest since they bloom in winter. I have some Mediterranean Pink Heather on my front hillside and it is quite lovely. I noticed on the plant tag that it said they were zone 6 plants, when I bought pink ones 3 years ago they were listed at zone 5, hmmmm. They’re supposed to be tough little plants that can take cold dry exposed areas, which is exactly where I planted them. I’ll let you know how they come through the winter.
All-in-all I’m very pleased with the amount of garden chores I was able to check off my list. I still have many more of course, the most important being the planting of my garlic. I plan on spending a few hours in the garden again today making the most of our Indian Summer!
How do you classify “The Perfect Day” in the garden?
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Alas, I haven’t done much work in my garden lately. Once school starts back, the garden that I lovingly tended to all summer, is on it’s own.
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perfect day: no bugs, mud or dry caked soil.. seeing the creatures hop about: snakes, toads, rabbits. a nice harvest of anything i might have planted. this was my first year for this 75 by 75 foot space and it was terrible wet.. i am not even planting garlic this fall.. oh, and another part of the perfect day.. finally standing up when the work is done and not feeling these 55+ year-old bones NOT creak.. ..
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I hear you on the no bugs stuff!!!!!
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Gorgeous photos! Can I just say that I aspire to one day have a blog like yours!
AlizaEss´s last blog ..Pears
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Thanks, you’re sweet!
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Glass of lemonade…80 degrees…weeding done. Kids eating tomatoes off the vine, camel keeping to his side of the fence…me in a beautiful white summer dress with large brimmed hat. LOL…yep those are the kind of days that don’t exist…well at least the dress part!
Glad you enjoyed yours! Kim
the inadvertent farmer´s last blog ..Roasted Peppers Playing With My Food Again!
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A white dress and kids with tomatoes, and a camel to top it all off!
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That cosmos picture is beautiful! Glad to hear you had a good day…I can’t wait to see how the garlic turns out!
The weather here in San Luis Obispo has been extreme: 7.5 inches of rain in one day, and then two days later it was 94 degrees!
Joe´s last blog ..Agave
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if your readers are looking for more information on USDA plant hardiness zones, there is a detailed, interactive USDA plant hardiness zone map at http://www.plantmaps.com/usda_hardiness_zone_map.php
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