Since it’s past 3 pm it’s now only 26 days until the summer solstice
Weather today has been really nice. Planned to cut grass & bring out the mower, but ended up cutting branches & reading up on how to treat sick rhododendrons
My garden shopping list grows…
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I really should cut the grass up front at least, water trees, pots & the newly planted sloe & rose
And cook dinner…
Fried fillets of cod already defrosted + some spinach. Alice will appreciate those leftovers
Distractions…
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23 days until the summer solstice & the weather is way colder, about 14°C, but feels worse with hard winds
The amount of pollen is now such that I find it hard to be outside. When I woke at 7 I could hardly breathe.
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Ok…
2 carrot cakes & 1 experimental parsley root cake to the right. Should be enough for at least 3 decorated cakes.
And I wonder what my experiment tastes like. Slightly tweaked seasoning, but it smells parsley root…
Time for bed.
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✔️Rhododendron manure & soil (+maybe irresistible new begonias? Garden centers are full of temptations…)
✔️Larger plastic bags for those cakes plus powder sugar
✔️Possibly screws & paint
Dividing with myself- go east or west? I think west.
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It’s 21 days 18 hrs until the summer solstice & at 8.30 pm it’s +17° outside
Yesterday I paint for benches & more brushes. Then went to the grocery store & bought powder sugar + cacao + more. I can now decorate all of the banana, carrot or parsley cakes…
The garden smells of nothing but neighbors’ grills tonight
Ended with watering on strategic places.
Tomorrow… 👇🏻
Next garden center
Pharmacy for cat Alice’ anti tick medication
Perhaps plant those perennials
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The pile behind the garage is growing …
No grilling tonight… instead my honeysuckle fills the air
And look at that azalea- almost ridiculous …
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At 6 pm it’s 19 days 21 hrs until the summer solstice
+16° & the day has been sunny but windy
1st days of June is also time for graduation from upper sec school & I hear the reception for my neighbor’s eldest daughter behind the trees
Street is full of cars
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Finally the long consoles were cut so that I have 9 lengths for the garage wall
The grass outside my fence along the streets was cut
Cat Alice got to spend some time in her favorite spot under the azalea before lunch & a midday nap
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I will not disturb the party with grass mowing or any machines this evening
If I do anything more it will be moving plants outside & water pots
I woke at 5.30 this morning, so might as well call it a day.
Quarter to 7 on second day of June & in this light & wind you can actually see where the new fresh water supply line runs on bottom of the lake, an artificial bank stopping the waves
+8° & sunny when it’s 19 days, 8 hrs until the summer solstice…
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So, what did I do today?
First I got rid of all branches by mulching them
Then I mowed grass …
First up front
It feels a bit sad to prune those wild roses, but they are far too high so they are next. Buds in a vase is also nice
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Really pleased with the day… Next is the weekend
I can clean the patio from pollen, no addition since yesterday & I might tackle the new mailbox, marking it properly and getting it installed.
I think I deserve some Sara Paretsky by now…
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What can I say about today’s gardening? Well absolutely nothing as nothing was done…
It’s 17 days until the summer solstice & I divided the day between cheese making & bed with cat Alice & Victoria Warshawski in a midwinter Chicago 📖
Alice is very content
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Spent most of the time today looking for my best secateurs - completely gone
I then put the last bedding plants so far in pots, made sure all pots had saucers…
The squirrel is digging holes in my spinach- he’s also mislaid something…
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Cat Alice is waiting for me to go to bed, guarding my current read (great anthology @asaplsnr & @Skolinkvisition, such a good read❣️)
I’d better finish off this day…
Plan is:
-Move rest of debris on the patio & beside the garage while still cool
-Sit in the shade & assemble benches after mid afternoon
I get out & find the squirrel in that pot of tiny spinach sprouts again, so I start by covering both pots temporarily
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I will get help, Wednesday morning. My leaf blower is not strong enough to clear the gravel…
Tomorrow is painting, in the morning!
And tonight I’ll water. Right now it’s too hot
Some things grow anyway, bean trees or sunchokes (true success that one)
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It’s getting late… half past 9 pm as these were taken & it’s 9 days 17 hrs until the summer solstice…
It’s been a very lazy Sunday.. my website was curated already last night.
Before dinner I watered plants & trees again, considered getting a sack of manure to spread & weed the nearest flowerbed now that all spring bulb leaves have withered, but I gave up
Right now it’s very still. Blackbirds sing & the honeysuckle smells heavenly
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Sara Hjelm