Of course, now, sitting at my computer at midnight I regret my laziness today. But, it was a beautiful day and I wanted to sit on the porch and drink my coffee and play with my camera. I didn't have the time to spare, but, I took it anyways and used it poorly and enjoyed every moment of my lazy evening after work.
I wish I would have remembered that I agreed to shop for bathroom tile tomorrow night, then tomorrow night would have been the ideal lazy day.
All I did out in the gardens today was water the potteds and pick a 5 gallon bucket of weeds. Of course, we had an inch of rain last week so a 5 gallon bucket of weeds is a drop in a river of weeds. I'm about ready to drop cardboard down on a 20 foot section and cover it in mulch and just restart it that way. I made the mistake of using a grow through weed barrier. I loved that it was eco friendly and biodegradable. Anyways, when it was new, the zinnias I spread on it couldn't quite root through it and died, but, now this year the weeds are using it phenomenally. It is biodegrading in pieces of course. Those pieces snag around my hula hoe and get caught in the rake. Yes, in other words past Jen made a giant mess for future Jen to clean up. However, I bet that if I throw a layer of cardboard over that and cover in mulch that the rest of it will be biodegraded by next year. If I assembled the raised beds that came in last week, I'd even have the cardboard for it.
The rest of my garden is so much easier to maintain while this section is an unholy nightmare.
I have clay soil, so was bewildered to note things a bit wilty. I assumed immediately maybe some kind of rot, but, no, in fact somehow our soil is dry 4" down. I would love to know how, maybe we weren't that humid during the day? Seems unlikely, but, here we are. I have a rain meter and I dump it at the same time every day and make note of any rain. A quarter inch of rain fell two days ago, a quarter inch the day before that and a half inch a couple days before that. Everything would usually be still hydrated. Unfortunately, I noticed about 8 pm, so I will be getting up at 6:30 to water everything before work. I did water the fussiest tonight- the hydrangeas and new plantings and Siberian/Japanese iris. No rain in the forecast for two more days, so I get to go be a water fairy.
I should have another box of iris arriving tomorrow, I printed the tags for them this evening. I usually don't print ahead with iris orders- so many of those come with extras that I usually find I have to print a few more labels. But, I figured any bonuses can hang out on the patio table until after work. It's going to be a reasonably cool day. The mail carrier often arrives at my house before 9 AM, so if I'm lucky I may get them all potted before my workday.
I have a few rolls of weed barrier that were gifted to me by someone that decided not to add to their garden and I was going to use them for another few beds- but now I'm so nervous of using it and having it be terrible. I'm tempted to just buy the kind I know I like instead of using these rolls that look suspiciously like the terrible stuff I used last year. BUT, I'm also incredibly cheap, so I probably will use it and either pat myself on the back next year for saving money or curse my frugal butt.
Noticed a funny smell in the kitchen and was struggling to place it. Not a bad smell, just an unusual smell. Realized my Hoya shepherdii was in bloom.
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