It has been some time since the last post but no apologies. Just lazy I guess, and not much to write about.
I have been working in the yard but find that heavy yard work is beyond what I can do anymore. After we had the Ficus tree removed from the back yard we had a water leak. We hired a local gardener to fix it just prior to us leaving for Arizona in January. The root from the Ficus caused the leak. The large hole to repair the pipe remained until recently when we had the gardener come back to remove some roots and fill in the hole. He also pulled up a bed of Agapanthas which had been there for years. What he took out filled 6 garbage cans. I had to borrow all the neighbors green barrels to get rid of it on garbage day. He replanted the bed so in time it will fill in and look as good as new.
I want to add some taller plants in the area of the defunct Ficus to block our view of the garden shed from the living room. To that end I have been repositioning some rocks and cement pavers we use as stepping stones. I also planted a couple of Clyda’s Asparagus ferns nearby which had outgrown their pots. It’s beginning to shape up.
I have lettuce in the garden which I got from the nursery but the crows ate off a lot of the leaves. I have managed to rescue some of it but as with any garden crop, it all is ready to pick at the same time. I put wire around one of the beds and tried netting around the others but we have had so much wind that it blows the netting everywhere which doesn’t do much good.
Speaking of netting, I also have tried it around my blueberry tubs to keep the birds from eating my ripe berries but again the wind blows it all over. So, today I ordered some heavier netting and am building a framework to tie it to. Maybe that will work. All this for a few bowls of blueberries.
Right now the garden is covered with California poppies but soon they will die back and I can pull them to clear my garden paths. They reseed so they will be back again next year.
I have some kind of squash plants given to me by a friend, planted in one of the raised boxes. The squash are long and thin when mature. Free food!
The boyenberries at the back of the garden are blossoming. It will be a while before they are ready to pick.
We had a little rain last night but then the wind comes up and dries everything out so don’t know if we gain much.
Until next time.
