We were lucky enough to get several minutes of great advice from James at Mahoney’s yesterday on feeding and watering the hibiscus. He assured us it is normal for it to look sad in the winter. Suggested 14 hours of grow light and feeding once a month with Jack’s.
Ron has been ferrying Peter back and forth to Wareham for warranty work on Bonnie’s car.
The other day, Dear One was fretting about a dentist bill, which we found out had been paid by his insurance, and “not being able to afford to have work done on (his) van.”
Turns out, the “work” was a $25 charge for putting on a tire, which has been in the basement for months, and an oil change. I paid for the oil at Walmart yesterday and gave him an $8 coupon for JiffyLube, to which hied he a short time ago.
I was able to gather and clean enough rocks to create a “vapor curtain” for the hibiscus before the rain started a short while ago.
Al
so dug up and repotted the non-perennial herbs: sage, parsley, rosemary. Washed and bleached the containers and put in new potting soil. They are getting rained on now.