Tuesday: Beautiful day, windy & cold. Found monarch caterpillars on milkweed. Frost on spiderwort. Ice in birdbath. Changed out water in hyacinth vases, bagged them & put them in fridge. See if that helps (SMcQS advice). Cold night, light freeze.
Wednesday: Worked at Amy's in afternoon, clearing bed and planting tulips.
Thursday: Bloom Day. Worked in back. Planted hyacinths in hayrack on fence. ~~~ Worked on rocks in front again, moving moss rock from back to see how that looks as a border. Why aren't I putting a liner under rocks in front to prevent them sinking? Red ceramic pot as focal point on south side?
Friday: Too chilly to work outside. Monarchs still on milkweed. Stopped at HPGW on walk home, went back & bought 23 plants for $24. 7 qt pots Scabiosa, 3 Sedum Fuldagut (90 cents each for qts). 1 Phlox subulata in bloom. 5 Red Rocks Penstemon, 5 Pike's Peak Penstemon. Gallon Fuldagut, gallon Furman's red Salvia, gallon Agastache Coronado Giant (rotting out, stuck cuttings from broken branch, not optimistic).
Saturday: Outside all day. Where have all the lettuce sprouts gone? Did I underwater or did the onions do them in? Weird. ~~~ Went back to HPGW & bought out Penstemon for Idahogardener. Pruned Marie Pavie, Caldwell Pink on back fence.
Sunday: Gorgeous day. Pruned more roses: Mutabilis (partial), La Marne, Mme Antoine Mari, Martha Gonzales in pot, Reve or Perle in rose bed. Cut back red bauhinia so sun could get to front of corner bed.
Monday: Walked to Lowe's, power outage while there. VERY windy day. Bought 15 ft hose at Lowe's to connect sprinkler hose in back to hose bib stake. Works! Need hose for that now. Worked on Mutabilis again. Planted my Ivory Floradale tulips under the Gothic arch. Dug up & replanted Angelonia. Dug up one small skullcap. Pruned skullcaps on corner bed, street & alley side. Driveway side needs doing. Cut back Pigeonberry in back, scattered seeds/trimmings in front under Buckeye and around that area.
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