A Random Gardener

Fixed leaks in west irrigation lines, including removing several annoying sprayers that I have not liked for years.     

 

 Just taking a walk around the garden.... Grecian Windflower (Anemone blanda) in tomato bed, hot and dry Tulips, back yard under Redbud tree Striped Squill (a species of Puschkinia) Crocus, back yard ( a little late, due to shade) Sweet violet (viola odorata)

  The hawk moth does not seem to mind a messy garden.  Soaring over evening primrose, plumbago and oregano.   I like it, too, now passing by other's orderly gardens and coming back to mine. Today I counted  pearly everlasting, phlox, blue mist spirea, sunflowers, potentilla, mallow hollyhock, black-eyed susan, brown-eyed susan,  blackberry flowers, plumbago, purple asters, bee balm, goldenrod, oregano, tomatillo blossoms, borage, sage, larkspur, amenone, white bellflower, arugula flowers, tomatoe blossoms, squash blossoms, fennel, evening primrose, bean blossoms, catmint!

  Six inches of snow, heavy snow, broke branches and crushed plants.  I covered the tomatoes and they emerged fine afterwards.  I'm in a mad dash to finalize the drip system and do some serious newspaper and  mulching.  It's so satisfying!  I got the wood chips for free from a woman up on Balsam and the newspaper is finally being used.

Growing in back:  beets, turnips.  Germinated in a couple of days!! Planted Amante tomato by the pearly everlasting in the back. East garden:  Black Beauty zucchini, cantalope, two kinds of cukes