I notice that a little push goes a long way with me, at least in order to move projects up to the front burner. I got Adam's room done last December with just days to spare before his winter break. Ditto for Bonnie's room this past month. I had to hustle to get it ready for her to sleep in...
Now, I have my book group coming to my house on July 7...which means that I have to race to get all my garden beds cleared, do fill-in planting, and trim everything up. I have SO MANY WEEDS! I spent about 5 hours out there today and there are many, MANY more hours that will be necessary for it to look the way it should. Luckily, I have done the front yard and the two side yards, and only have the back left. Of course, I am OLD and so after 5 hours, I am totally racked out and exhausted.
I was most amused by Cookie taking on the lawn mower in a very aggressive way. while I was mowing, she was running back and forth, barking away. After I was done, she barked at it for another 5 minutes, just to let it know who was boss! It was very funny.
What was not funny was finding Cookie digging up a number of the plants that I had just put in the ground. She was banished to the house at that point.
The good news is that my plants over-wintered pretty well and the garden doesn't need a whole bunch of fill-in. I did find some lovely dahlias today and they grow pretty big/are prolific flowerers, so they are great for said fill-in. I planted my lantanas and they are gorgeous color spots, also. I wish they were a perennial here, as they are in California, but they're not. I am finding lots of orange flowers that I like, which I find really lovely when mixed with blue-violet flowers, like common annual salvia.
I really do get an artist's joy out of putting together my garden. So, though the work is tough, it is very rewarding.
Weeds - ugh! They over-wintered better than a lot of my perennials did, this year (we had a couple of hard frosts which we don't normally have, and I lost a lot of my euryops daisies). I love orange/yellow flowers set against the lavender/blues, too.
Show us some pics when you're done!
Posted by: tinker | Friday, June 29, 2007 at 07:05 PM
Yes, pictures! I'm excited to see how my sage has done at the island this weekend (it's been a month since we've been there!) The hummingbirds just love that stuff, and I'll bet it's grown a bunch. (And I'm sure the weeds have grown a bunch, too...)
Posted by: Tonya @ Kingfisher Cove | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 08:18 PM
I'm the same way, need that little push sometimes to get me going. Don't feel too bad about the lantana. I've heard people hear complain about it as if it were a weed. But the hummingbirds sure like it.
Posted by: Barbara W. Klaser | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 07:18 PM
I absolutely hate weeding, but love the flowers to look nice--so spending time in the flower beds is a necessity. It always gives me a backache! Good luck with the yard project, and behave yourself, Cookie!
Posted by: Margaret | Monday, June 25, 2007 at 08:56 PM
Pictures, please? ^-^
Posted by: Leslie | Monday, June 25, 2007 at 07:46 PM