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| I harvested cukes (sweet success & diva) |
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| I pulled out all the raspberry canes and a patch of tickseed - everything pulled up easily. |
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| That leaves me a clear space by the golf course for some commando gardening this Fall |
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| This lavender had been in a pot since I pulled it out of the crab bed a couple of months ago. Now it has a home at the end of the wall bed. |
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| Where the lavender pot had rested in the birdbath bed, I planted a white (or pink?) mum rescued from my Mother's garden. |
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| And finally I planted 3 3-gallon late-season bargain ($10/ea) azaleas I got at a local nursery under the gum tree. They should fill in nicely behind the bench and give me lots of Spring color. |
Weather continues hot and humid (90s), but I'm not complaining at out temps. Some of you out there are dealing with some really scorching triple-digit heat. Be careful, all.
Wow, you've got a lot done (and it sounds like a lot more planned!) during this hottest of weeks. Sure, others have it hotter, but we're supposed to hit 96 today, with a heat index of 110! Just be careful out there!!
ReplyDeleteI've also been picking the Diva cukes, and I THINK I got a Sweet Success (which was more like Bitter Evil) yesterday. I picked plenty of cukes, and will be letting the CSA customers know they can come play Cucumber Roulette - take one or two cukes based on size and fairness, and hope you don't get one anywhere NEAR as bitter as that one I prepped to have in our salads last nite. Thankfully I also prepped a Pearl cucumber (light yellowy-green tinge - practically white!), and it was great.
Keep up the great work with the gardens - as always, the pics are beautiful!
Jeph - hey, thanks for your nice comments. :-D Yes, when I worked outside yesterday I followed the shade. The lavender/mums were done early a.m. while the driveway was shaded. Then I worked under the gum tree. Then I worked under the golf course pine trees. But man, it was HOT HOT HOT and I had to go slow and rest often. But I just couldn't let this planting/weeding opportunity pass! It's my 'silver lining' to the sunroom flood.
ReplyDeleteYou be safe in your gardens, too. Wear a hat! :-D
Gardening after a good, soaking rain is always nice. I vaguely remember that.
ReplyDeleteEven with watering some of my plants are getting scorched leaves (corn).
Was digging around the tree difficult? I always dread that. My trees seem to have roots in every spot I try.
It was 100° here yesterday.
The cucumbers are beauties.
Glenda - I expected digging holes (that large) so close to the gum tree to be a lot worse than it turned out to be. The soil was moist at least down to the 10-12" I needed. Fortunately I clipped only a couple of finger-thick roots in the first 2 (moving 1 juuust a tad further out to accommodate a really thick root. Where I wanted the 3rd (front) shrub, there was considerable root there and the hole could only go down maybe 6 inches. I was stymied until I pulled out the plant only to find that the nursery had repotted it and the shrub roots were very shallow in that big pot. I was able to plant it right where I wanted it and figure its new roots will find their own way in future.
ReplyDeleteYep, I'm in cuke heaven right now. I grow way more than even I can eat. LOL I grow a lot of things just for giving away to my nabes who help me out so much (especially with my ^#% riding mower)! Unlike my Mom, I'm not ashamed to ask for help when I need it! Haven't seemed to have alienated any yet. I think it's my cute gardening hat... :-D