We’ve been working on the gardens for about 6 weeks, since roughly April 8.
Yesterday, we finished setting up the last fence for the “bean” garden.
This is the big plant sale weekend. I got started at Green Briar and Spencer’s yesterday: daylilies, coreopsis, heuchera, peony.
Today is Roche Bros for hanging plants and the Master Gardeners for herbs and veggies. I showed up at Roche a little before 7, and people were already there, hoarding grocery carts full of hanging plants. I was able to get two nice geraniums for the back, nasturtiums, and a fine selection of herbs: rosemary, parsley, sage, dill. Got everything planted.
Went to the Fairgrounds a little before 9. There was already a long line to get in, and I figured there weren’t enough plants in the world to accommodate the people who were there, let alone the rest of us.
So, I came home and put in a new garden in the front at the corner of the driveway and the walkway with the plants I bought yesterday. My hope is to put in a perennial border, eventually.
While Ron made a transfer station run to unload the truck, I fell asleep. Smokey had stopped by for a visit and rested for a bit in my chair.
Ron and I worked on soaker hose placement.
I spent a portion of the afternoon in the hammock. Saw a couple of hummers and cleaned up the invasives we’d chopped down the other day.