Typical Sunday

Clockwise from left: Lady Fern, Cast Iron Plant, Lace Fern, Variegated Flax Lily.

Sunday was nothing but a gardening day for me. Starting in the back yard, I swept the dead leaves from the back porch, trimmed the nandinas, pulled more overgrown lirope to let the hydrangeas breathe again, moved a silly frog, trimmed the tree ferns, and dug daffodil, iris, and grape hyacinth bulbs from their wooden deck pots. We've had such a mild Spring so far that the grape hyacinths are already pushing up leaves! I need to bury them in sand and hide them in a cool area of the garage when I get a chance. Then I can haul all the old wooden pots to the curb as they're finally starting to fall apart.

After a trip to the Home Depot Landscape Center and Calloways, I moved to the front yard. I planted about 30 'Bada Bing' begonias and a couple white caladiums around the sidewalk by the front door, divided a Cast Iron Plant that was blocking one of the sprinkler heads, added an Autumn Fern and a second Lace Fern under the cypress tree, mirrored an Evergreen Giant Lirope to hide part of the brand new gutter downspout, and weeded the hell out of my azaleas.

I need more days in my weekends. The whole point of me going outside this morning was to mow the grass...which I didn't get done. I put it off once it started to get hot but by the time I was finished with the gardens by the front door, it was 9:00. Oh well, it can wait another couple of days. On come the sprinklers which hits me in the back of the legs with cold water, prompting me to quickly clean up my tools and head in for the evening.

My weekends seem to be nothing but yard work any more, which I enjoy, but I need about 3 full days to get everything done that I need to.