So after all my whining about needing rain, it pretty much rained from just before I went to St. Louis until early last week. Great for the garden, bad for getting any planting done. Those days that it didn't rain, I was helping a friend from work figure out her landscaping needs and helping her shop for plants.
Yesterday I finally got a nice day (that I was home) to plant. Since the morning was taken up with normal Saturday chores, I didn't get started until about 1:30. In 2.5 hours, I got 5 shrubs planted (those of you with decent soil are sure to think this is a very slow pace). The shrubs planted were 3 winterberries and 2 bayberries. The sad part is that I had just bought the bayberries (50% off sale - couldn't resist), so I didn't make much of a dent in the pot ghetto.
Speaking of the pot ghetto, it has grown considerably since the last time I posted (at that time I had about 20 potted plants waiting to be planted - not counting the roses on the deck). I found a really great nursery in Goffstown; Uncanoonuc Mt. Nursery. I found this place while half lost coming back from my friends house and after seeing all the blooms in the field I had to stop for a look. I am really into daylillies, and they had a massive offering of different varieties. I took home 9 pots. Actually I was very proud of myself as I firmly made myself stop looking at plants after perusing only the roses and daylillies. If I had looked at other stuff, I am sure my poor truck would have been stuffed to the seams!
I have also gotten 4 different kinds of hydrangeas in the last couple of weeks. I got them on sale and plan on putting them at the corner of the driveway. Naturally, I am going to have to re-do that section, so I probably won't get to it this year (not at this rate anyway), so really didn't have to buy them yet.
Then there were the 2 bayberries and the male fringetree I bought yesterday. Oh, and the 12 or so roses due to come in in a couple of weeks from mail order.
With no rain due until tonight, I guessing you can tell what I am going to be doing today!
Oh, Bogie, you are making me tired! (But what wonderful work you are doing.) I was so proud of myself for starting to divide and transplant those irises that are closest to the curb, in that little strip between our driveway and the neighbor-to-the-west's yard. The rhizomes (I think that's what you and Buffy told me to call them) had come from Wal-Mart a few years ago and they produce frilly sherbet-colored or champagne-colored blooms (see my photo gallery for 2008); but, the stalks are so tall that they are out of proportion in that location. I am exchanging them with the bachelor's buttons that have been growing in the next division away from the street.
Glad that you are having so much fun with all of the space in your lot. You and your Wonderful Spouse certainly knew what you were doing when you settled into that space. Wonderful!
Posted by: Cop Car | August 24, 2008 at 10:58 AM
bogie you put me to shame!
Posted by: bod | August 25, 2008 at 12:05 PM