From the Garden......Dan's Ramblin'sAugust 31, 2010
August is gone :-( Summer is almost gone and in many sections of the garden it is time to think about next year. Surgery went well. I am still having a real difficult time with the concept of no pulling, tugging or lifting over 10 pounds! I thought the 50-60 refills of the 2.5 gallon water jug that are needed to water the baskets and containers was a lot. Now that the container was reduced to 1 gallon to get below my 10 pound limit... well lets just say that it’s a good thing that Carol is around to help most of the time! The veggie garden is about gone by, it got out of hand while I could do nothing and now is mostly a weed patch. The cauliflower crop was over abundant, Carol & I have decided that we won’t need to buy it for quite a while, not because we saved any of it but because we’re sick of it!   Carol’s small pond in the Quilt Shop garden (under the fountain) has 1 - 2 frogs within it and the grandkids get a kick out of looking for where they are hiding when they visit. My larger pond behind the greenhouse is real low on water but still has it’s usual crop of frogs within it. The hummingbirds have been abundant of late, not just in the early AM and PM but throughout the day. Fun to watch, but they tend to jump me when they show up at the same basket I am deadheading. A new hummingbird spinner of copper has been added to the garden, picked up on a motorcycle ride earlier this summer.The golden glow has laid over onto the strings that I put up earlier. As I find time & energy, I am trying to get many of the perennials deadheaded to prohibit self-seeding and to clean up the look as well. The black-eyed susan has taken over the landscape as the garden begins to take on the tired look of the yellows and oranges of Fall.
August 10, 2010
Still struggling to keep ahead of the deadheading (loosing battle). The petunia baskets are still looking great, though a little more bedraggled then earlier in the season. Golden glow in full bloom and still standing!  Have been trying to get the greenhouse firewood split, moved and piled before my surgery (about 1/2 done, maybe a little more) on the 19th. Hernia repair #4 ~ looking forward to it like I would a hurricane in August!  Veggie garden growing strong. Have been handing veggies to neighbors etc. depending on the given day and what I picked. I have not reached the point of looking for opened car windows to deposit them, but Carol and I have talked of going to 4 meals a day so we could get rid of more veggies during the extra meal!  I have been receiving many comments on the garden this summer and hopefully the display lasts for another month at least. Some mornings have reached the high 40’s for low temp for the day. Chilly starts for this time of year. Some of the vine crops are beginning to develop powdery mildew from the dry, hot weather. Affected the most so far is one section of my 8 ball zucchini. Once infected, the plant no longer sets fruit so I’ll have to pull them before they spoil all the vine crops. No great loss with the zucchini, although I did discover that they make remarkably good bowling balls and will travel pretty straight and true out the driveway and will break on the other side having gone airborne after hitting the dip on the side of the road. Carol says that I have too much fun and should learn to control myself. I hope she didn’t mean grow up because I don’t ever plan to do that!  Please contact me with any comments or questions! August 1, 2010
Welcome! We are going to be trying something different with my rambling. In conjunction with Threads Galore’s new web page I will try to update my garden ramblings on a more regular basis. Check in often to see what’s going on! I will also be posting pictures of the yard, the many flower gardens and, when appropriate, the greenhouse as well. Part of the idea is to post pictures that were taken from the same locations around the property showing the seasonal changes. Well behaved garden admirer's are always welcome. I only ask that you stay on the paths and refrain from picking anything without asking. Enjoy!! This summer is going by rapidly, the brisk 49 degrees this AM hints that fall is quickly arriving. I don’t think I’m ready to think about losing everything yet. Let’s hope for a late frost!!!
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