the dirt under my nails | 11:06 am | 31 May 2006
Garden: 31 May 2006, wide
Whenever someone’s asked what I’ve been up to lately, it seems the only thing I can say is, “gardening.” Well, here’s why. From the window, and stitched up in Photoshop.
New things this year:
- sod
- bamboo fencing cover
- bricks finished
- compost contained
- clematis
- rehabilitated front bed #4
- added bed along the side of the house
- added and rearranged some stuff in the other front beds
It doesn’t sound like that much when it’s listed out like that, but believe me, there’s probably seven solid days of work in there. And the tricky thing is that it’s never “done,” even though you may think so at the time. I’ve been to the greenhouse THREE TIMES thinking, “OK! That should do it for this year, save the weeding.” And, yes, there will be another trip in a week. Fooey.
June 5th, 2006 at 2:33 am
It looks lovely!
I feel guilty every time I look at my yard, I has become such a jungle, it is more powerful than I, I go out to untangle a vine & it attacks me & I run into the house……..
Anyway, I have a bit more time these days, I’ll go out after the sunburn goes away.
Speaking of time… how is it that our man in “charge” of, like, everything, has time for bike rides while wierd plastic bags are thrown over his fence, & I don’t have time to pick up poop in the garden as often as I really should? Hmmm?
June 7th, 2006 at 10:13 am
Thanks! You can tame yours, though — and gosh what a great space and actual sun. It must be a really interesting zone to work in. Give the clean-out a half-hour every day and you’ll be amazed what you get done in a week.
As to your other question, I sympathize ;) — but WTF is up with the plastic bags thrown over the fence?!