{"id":7277,"date":"2014-07-20T20:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecapeblog.com\/?p=7277"},"modified":"2014-07-21T08:49:02","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T13:49:02","slug":"gardners-diary-lunatics-and-their-asylum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecapeblog.com\/?p=7277","title":{"rendered":"Gardner’s Diary; Lunatics and Their Asylum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I planted all four of the Montbretia (Crocosmia x. ‘Lucifer’) in the front side garden today. Some new blooms have started already, I think because I dowsed them. I was shocked at how dry they were in the pots, even through I’d tried to water them.<\/p>

It wasn’t too bad to dig up the soil and enhance it with Ron’s good compost. Cleaned things up a bit, put down another pile of white marble rocks that Ron brought over from across the street, and covered with mulch.<\/p>

We got a little light rain this evening, which was very nice.<\/p>

Ron and I managed to get through the transfer station run and set up two hoses in the back yard for James. We observed National Ice Cream Day at Sweet Caroline’s.<\/p>

This morning, I took a drive to the Otis rotary to see the protesters. Occupy Falmouth has been overtaken by the lunatic fringe. There was a flurry of email activity today, most of it unhelpful, and I’m ashamed to admit that I wasted time participating in it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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