Jaci Dawn

I think I may hurt all over tomorrow… Spent five hours  just getting back to Square One in the garden. It’s really disheartening to be so far behind on the weeding. The constant cool rains have set everyone back, not just me. Yesterday I picked up eight pepper plants at the farmer’s market and everyone I spoke to has their plants in some sort of greenhouse still. Farmers haven’t even set their crops out into the ground. We all know we’ll eventually get warm and sun, but…

It was warm today and the sun came out for about thirty minutes, but it also rained and was muggy. I managed to get the island flower bed completely weeded, then went back and re-weeded the prayer garden and worked on the south border garden. The yard’s a mess!

The state of my peonies.

My poor delphinium after torrential rains and slugs. The slugs love this weather.

The south border garden before I started on the weeds. The weeds are what all the really tall plants are.

I feel pretty overwhelmed by how much needs to be done. None of the plants I’ve been buying have been planted, I need to move some plants to better locations, I still haven’t been able to kill the borage (actually, I think it is mertensia paniculata or a bluebell, but it is in the Boraginacae family)  (beware of growing any in your garden! It takes over!) or the fireweed and… it’s just a lot of work!

I think I want a smaller yard…