A lovely day at The Acres. Early morning walk in the coolness. Some
iris are still blooming; the last one for the year bloomed this morning.
Well, the last bearded iris--some more Japanese, Siberian, and Dutch
iris yet to come. The annuals are starting to grow and bloom. By
September they will be gorgeous. I do need to take a trip to Baker's
Acres just to pick up a couple things. (And if I just pick up a couple
things that will be a miracle.) The spiderwort is starting
to punctuate the wild area and the margins of the meadow. One is even
more pinkish than blue. The lilies will be the next big bloomers at The
Acres. Tons of color there.
For "work" I continued to build the
new beds--just two. It will make The Acres a little more Home and
Gardening like, but I need less weeding work. They should both be done
by Wednesday, and then comes the summer of transplanting and the fall
re-doing of the old beds. Raising the beds makes it easier to weed.
Not that the flowers mind the competition but I admit that I do some. I
love the wild areas and the wild margins I have all over the place, but
I think I will slowly re-do the actual beds. A couple a year as long
as I'm here. If the Lord gives me my Dad's physical strength, I can
teach another ten years--Buzz just had a heart attack-- and I should
have the beds raised by then. And I'll have the strength to do the work
as well--if I can just "be like Dad." Of course, the Lord may take me
Home long before that, and I will not complain!!
I have an idea
for an invention. A laser weed gun. You aim at the weed, pinpoint,
zap, and the weed is fried, right down to the root. Sounds like a cool
idea to me. You? And it could even be cranked up a little bit. Do a
little chipmunk, squirrel, and rabbit zapping. Gives me chills just
thinking about it. Shouldn't take over two or three million to invent
such a thing. Every gardener in the world would buy one. Two.
Well,
tomorrow I finish the two beds--the easy part was today. Filling them
with dirt will actually be real work. Then, mow the front. Probably be
enough for one day for this old man. Walks, of course. And time on the
green throne at the top of the hill. Then, the next day a little
excursion to Baker's Acres.
Bonus: Saw the first red breasted grosbeak today! I was wondering where he was. Slacker.
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