Not much happened over the summer. More specifically, I neglected my gardens. I am so glad that my plants have more sense than I do, so most of them made it. The summer was ROUGH! It was sooo hot and dry here. My poor beds have gone to the dogs. . .and the cats and the weather.
The cats have decided that their favorite place to conduct "buisness" is under my russian sage. We are in a custody battle for the dirt that my sage lives in. Sadly, the cats are winning. The dogs have decided to completely trample my pine bed, and erosion is helping them. I don't particularly like the look of retaining block surrounding every single bed, but I may have to break down and retain this bed. I'm pretty sure I've lost most of the plants in the pine bed.
On the other side of the house, my maple bed, I had bought the thin blocks instead of the retaining blocks and they are NOT working out. The dirt is pushing them over, so again I'll need to put retaining wall blocks here too. Also in this bed, the cats are at it again. I have recently discovered that my precious maple tree's tiny little trunk has spent the summer being used as a scratcing post. Shock! Gasp! Horror!
The gorgeous spiral tree that I got for the front of the house croaked soon after I planted it in the spring. I figure it just got too dried out before I finally got on the ball and planted. When plants get root bound they just can't soak up their water.
The last piece of bad news is that my greenhouse finally croaked too. After last winter the plastic was cracking and tearing, but I could still use it as a storage tent. The summer's winds finally did it in, blowing it and it's contents all over the place. Honestly, I have yet to go out and relocate all of my containers and such into the shop building. It was hot, now it's cold. What the heck happened to fall? Oh yeah, my real job.
I'd love to say that I have some good news, but unfortunately there is none. Time to accept bygons and prepare for winter sowing. Whew! I need to buy an almanac and prepare.
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