Gardener’s Diary

Cleaned the dishwasher trap, something I’ve been wanting to do for a while but figured it would be too difficult; it wasn’t.

Ordered Ron’s Father’s Day gift today. He mowed the front lawn at Edgewater, came home red as a beet. I did laundry and transplanted one of the Stella d’Oros which was being crushed by the rose bushes. Trimmed the others so Fluffles can’t eat the leaves. Transplanting took a long time because the new site was loaded with grass and rocks, hundreds of them. I sifted the rocks out of the soil and ended up with a bucket full.

Put down mulch, weeded the front garden and pruned the rose bushes. Think I got most of the damage from the caterpillars. Moved the poor fuschia to a shady spot and put out some pretty annuals that like full sun in its place.

I grilled burgers and hot dogs, and Ron made a salad.

It was quite warm today but gorgeous tonight. I signed up for Pandora One and Ron enjoyed listening to it. He had his window open and was playing the jazz station while I was working in the garden out front. Talk about a peak experience: it was exactly right!