I have done all I can do in the garden for 2025. The roses are mulched, the peonies have been dead-headed, and the rains have begun the relentless parade of clouds, downpours, wind, and occasional sunbreaks whereby we build a fire in the fire pit and sit outside with our hands in fingerless mittens, hovering close to the warmth.
It is time to think about a different tack on the blog. But before I switch gears, here are the newest residents of my garden: the fungis. I don’t know my mushrooms well enough to identify them (beyond the panaeolus).
Inexpensive and probably not highly rated, but perfect for all I want it to do, which isn’t much more than knock down the sod so I can plant more things.
But I had a heck of a time putting it together until I handed it to my husband and he had it assembled in 15 minutes. i hate men.
I tested it on a muddy section of yard (it is far too muddy to be doing anything right now, but this was just a test patch).
That’s what I want to achieve. So – I have the small rototiller I want and it works like I want and I should be able to post more about how I have opened up areas to more garden space. It does bounce around and work my back, but not like the old way of doing things with the manual edger. Yay.
ANNNND I ordered three roses from Jackson-Perkins. Their roses run from $35 – $44 but the day I decided to order two more roses, they had a special going for “3 roses for $75”. OY. Can’t pass that up! I have two yellow and one white English Tea roses coming.
Last year, for whatever reason, they sent me my rose in February and it was too cold to plant. I’ve never had this issue with J&P before. It was strange and the rose died, but I’m giving them a second chance since they have always been reliable over the last 40 years I have ordered from them. I will post when they come in and I plant them, but I am pleasantly surprised that they have not shipped them too early. I think last year was a fluke.
Jaci Dawn 