Was that enough?
Jun. 30th, 2018 11:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rscAfter being away for 2½ weeks (fabulous trip to Georgia [no, the other one] and Armenia, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jwg will eventually post pictures), it was time to address the garden -- which is in pretty good shape, thanks to a kind friend who stopped by to water as necessary -- where there were a few holes that we would have addressed earlier if we'd been here. Of course, we got home just in time for the first real heat wave of the summer.
Anyway, we bought some more plants yesterday to fill in (most of) the holes, and have put in some time in the morning and late afternoon, to avoid the worst of the heat. John has mowed much of the grass, which sorely needed it. Today I decided to address the two beds that are supposed to contain Cosmos, planted from seed, very few of which survived. Indeed, of the C. bipinnatus "Sonata", there was only one survivor, and of the C. sulphureus "Bright lights" there were three. The former are easily obtained from nurseries, and we bought an additional 12 yesterday. The "bright lights" are basically unobtainable, and while I think I still have more seeds, it's not clear that seeds planted this late will ever turn into flowering plants; still, there's nothing to lose by trying.
But first I had to deal with he fact that in the two cosmos beds, in addition to the abovementioned survivors, there were three quite robust tomato plants. I've been finding and removing little volunteer tomato seedlings all over the place, but these were big enough to be worth keeping, and fewer than usual of my home-started ones had made it, so I moved them to the tomato bed, although of course I have no idea whether they're red or yellow (I'm trusting that they're cherries, since that's the only kind we grow). So now we have 13 tomato plants, in space where there really ought to be no more than 12, especially since we only have 12 tomato cages (and not enough room for a 13th if we had it).
So then I planted the 12 new cosmos plants, and moved some of the zinnias from one whiskey barrel that had too many to the two that had too few (the varieties are not entirely compatible, but we're not competing for any prizes, so who cares). I still need to plant the other cosmos seeds, plus another round of onion sets, but I had been out in the heat long enough for one go; maybe this afternoon.
But my inclination is to follow the example ofsusandennis: "I'm taking the rest of the day off".
jwg will eventually post pictures), it was time to address the garden -- which is in pretty good shape, thanks to a kind friend who stopped by to water as necessary -- where there were a few holes that we would have addressed earlier if we'd been here. Of course, we got home just in time for the first real heat wave of the summer.Anyway, we bought some more plants yesterday to fill in (most of) the holes, and have put in some time in the morning and late afternoon, to avoid the worst of the heat. John has mowed much of the grass, which sorely needed it. Today I decided to address the two beds that are supposed to contain Cosmos, planted from seed, very few of which survived. Indeed, of the C. bipinnatus "Sonata", there was only one survivor, and of the C. sulphureus "Bright lights" there were three. The former are easily obtained from nurseries, and we bought an additional 12 yesterday. The "bright lights" are basically unobtainable, and while I think I still have more seeds, it's not clear that seeds planted this late will ever turn into flowering plants; still, there's nothing to lose by trying.
But first I had to deal with he fact that in the two cosmos beds, in addition to the abovementioned survivors, there were three quite robust tomato plants. I've been finding and removing little volunteer tomato seedlings all over the place, but these were big enough to be worth keeping, and fewer than usual of my home-started ones had made it, so I moved them to the tomato bed, although of course I have no idea whether they're red or yellow (I'm trusting that they're cherries, since that's the only kind we grow). So now we have 13 tomato plants, in space where there really ought to be no more than 12, especially since we only have 12 tomato cages (and not enough room for a 13th if we had it).
So then I planted the 12 new cosmos plants, and moved some of the zinnias from one whiskey barrel that had too many to the two that had too few (the varieties are not entirely compatible, but we're not competing for any prizes, so who cares). I still need to plant the other cosmos seeds, plus another round of onion sets, but I had been out in the heat long enough for one go; maybe this afternoon.
But my inclination is to follow the example of
susandennis: "I'm taking the rest of the day off".
