English Primroses

 The Crocuses are done and it's time for

my favorites, English Primroses!

Double Primroses

Single Primroses

Thank You, Microsoft!!

 This morning I get a notice form Microsoft that

someone in India tried to access my account. 

Please let us know if it wasn't you.  DUH, it's

not me since I don't live in India!!   

This past week my account here have shown 

India as a visitor here!!  Nice to see where

folks are from here when I check in daily.

Shade For The Shade Garden

 

Today I put up the netting on the cream one.

Need to order for the red one!

Finally got the netting for the red gazebo and today

was the day to put it up!!  All finished.

Just in time as the hostas and ferns are coming up!

Never Promised You A Rose Garden!!

Setting the Brugmansia Collection Free!

I have 3 dozen to go! 

Delete Comments That Are Spam!

 Spam will be deleted so please do not

 leave your junk!  

Again today.........casino junk!!

3/24/2022-----65 degrees

Bored today and sitting in my chair isn't 

getting stuff done.   So this morning I 

decided to mow the yard.  It usually

takes me 1/2 hour to mow the front and

back.  Today it took over an hour mowing

slow and getting it all cleaned up. I took 

6 inches off as I hadn't mowed for a couple

weeks.  Love my brace but I'll deal with

the rash later.   I took a full bag off the 

front and another off the back!

North back yard.

Front yard!

After taking a lunch break and putting my feet

up for a half hour it was time to set them free.

It usually takes me a day to get them all out, but

today I just did half and came in to rest.

Will do the rest tomorrow!

Getting Ready for Surgery!!

 Yesterday I had a visit with the Orthopedic

specialist and it's now time to get the knee

taken care of!  The swelling is getting worse

and still painful.  I have been dealing with this

issue for the past 6 months and had the knee

Baker's cyst taken care of a month ago plus

a steriod shot to help.  I was good for a week

or so and then all the sudden it was back to

pain, swelling and at night something it was

hard to sleep.  Then on the 16th I again was

awaken with muscle cramps to the point I 

couldn't stand on that leg.  This is an on going

issue that I just deal with.

At my age there is a lot to deal with and

I am not one to just sit in my chair.  Life

again is just so short, go out and enjoy it!!

The date is set for surgery, have to have a

covid test 48 hours prior and then they

were nice enough to setup all the PT appt.

for the next month!!    

4/14/2022

They have just added a ekg test before

 surgery.  Stopping some of my meds

so surgery isn't a hazard. 

Loss Of Two Veteran Friends

Some of you know as I posted on FB 

that I got word that one of my gardening

friend, Richard has passed away.  His

friend sent me an email about

his passing last month.   I hadn't heard 

from him in a couple weeks after we 

chatted about making a visit to see

another friend next month.  He checks

in a couple times a week.   So I sent him

an email checking in on him and got no

answer, now I know why.  May he rest

in peace and enjoy gardening on the 

other side.  

I personally want to thank Flannel 

Farms for their tribute to Richard and

for them to know he truly enjoyed all

the videos that they have produced.  

There was one more request that 

Richard had was to have me send to

them a couple banana starts so that

they could have them there.  This am

I worked out the matter with Mr. & Mrs.

Flannel Farm and as soon as they come

up I will be sending them out.  Richard,

I'm still full filling your requests.  Rest 

now in peace.  Let me also shout out to

David the Good for another place that

Richard enjoyed.  Happy Growing and 

sharing with others.

We also talked about visiting another

dear friend in April and Richard wanted

to bring his friends here for a visit.  Our

gardens are open for those that might want

to visit.

This comes after loosing another friend

last Oct., Lauren was another guy that

loved coming to the gardens and see 

what was growing.  Lauren would check

in daily and it was a shock to get a call

from his friend telling me he was in the

hospital.  During covid they wouldn't 

allow folks in the hospital so I wasn't 

able to go visit.  May he too rest in peace.

 

Why am I posting about my friends, 

simple.  Do you have a will and some

one with a power of attorney?  Do you

know if you don't the State will step in?

Your poor friends have to find your family

members, so please have contact information

available.   Keep all doc in a safe place and

the person that has the power of attorney 

know your final wishes in writing!

Life is just to short!! 

30,000

 Thank you for stopping in as 

we just reached 30,000 today.

Getting Ready To Plant!

 

I was asked where we got these.  Amazon!! 

I was looking to replace the one I got from 

Park seeds many moons ago.  I came across

these after finding the one I have has a steep

price.    I ordered just one and boy were they

nice and small and don't take up much room.

I filled the first ones fast and then ordered

two more.  

On these you just have to pop in the vent 

black circle in the top cover and put the 

middle into the black trays.  Fill with dirt

and put on the cover.  

Yesterday was planting Tomatoes, Peppers,

and Hibiscus.

With today is our Daturas after they

soak over night.  

All done and now they just need to 

grow.

3/13/2022

6  trays of the above photos have

started to sprout!!  We are on the 

way to 2022 Veggie Garden! 

3/19/2022

I have taken all the Tomatoes out to 

the one greenhouse and brought the

containers from the garage potting 

table inside up under the lights.

Here They Come

 

Peonies!!

It is just so much fun watching there come up!

Hoop House

 

It's here!!   Got to wait until the ground drys

a bit to set it up.  Got to give the Hostas some

shade!

On Hold!!  Missing parts and issues.

Have spent the last couple days dealing with

this company to get the parts.   We have

removed it to the deck and are moving

another direction to protect the gardens.

I just got confirmation that the new parts

are on their way!  They are also going back

to the engineering dept and hopefully iron

out the issues on these.  All connections should

have wholes so they pipe are connected 

securely and not what we got as the pipes

can slide out.

I didn't have time to build another PVC

greenhouse and thought this one would

work.  It can be taken down and moved.

Bless you Pearl for all your help!!

Well another attempt to put it up and

let's just say not!  The new pieces were

not any better than the first pieces.

The welds aren't holding and I think it

will be best to put it up over by the

kiwi and let them climb up it.  Or it 

will be used to hold the corn up next

year.