You're probably saying, "hey! not much work going on this summer!" and you would be correct. I can't blame the weather - it's been delightfully cooler than normal and way, way, way less humid. In short ... great gardening weather.
May thru July I could easily blame work - and I did - but things slowed down in August and now I really do have time to spend outside in the afternoons. Bottom line .... I'm lazy and have enjoyed a summer-long read-a-thon. Until Saturday. Was walking thru the nearby big box garden center when I saw this:
A huge pile of big, colorful pots - on sale! Seriously, $6.00 for a 22-inch pot. Somehow two of them came home in my van. Imagine that!
And, they found good homes.
In the front, I replaced an older, boring gray pot. It has a rust-colored chrysanthemum and and red sedum [i think it's Sedum 'Red Carpet'], so is just coming into its good season.
Can't wait for the hinoki grass to get larger and fill in a bit more. Probably need to order six more to help that process along a bit. The ones I got from White Flower Farms have done much better than the ones I got locally, so will go back to them.
In the back, I moved the blueberry bush into a larger home. It is finally growing well - perhaps responding the the systematic feeding that I have done this season.
You can see below that I put about half of the sedum here to help fill in. And, while I was in the area, I cleaned up the weeds and dead leaves and mulched. Now, I need to level up the pot!
There is already a nearby patch of Sedum 'John Cheepers', which is very similar in shape and size, but green, rather than red. I think they will be happy together.
Now, if I can just keep the birds from eating all the blueberries!
Good for you to take some time off. You have to enjoy the fruits of your labor from time to time.
ReplyDeleteAs for the blueberries and the birds, I think sharing is best. I have sworn off bird netting as I caught all kinds of critters and just not worth a life.