A Happy Bee (covered in pollen)
My garden and mind are being cleared today. A simple and enjoyable way to accomplish both simultaneously!
It has been a while since I have had any time in my gardens. Home school has resumed (my son in a sophomore this year!) and my Star Garden Greenhouse (a garden greenhouse of a different variety) has been a busy place! Of course, I have enjoyed my gardens via photos, cutting flowers for "inside blooms" and drying, rubbing my Mints and Rosemary and the occasional weeding. However, today I delight in the tasks of detailed maintenance and the purging which accompanies the change of seasons.
Blessed with clouds, mild temperatures and a gentle breeze, I set out with the priority of pruning back the wildly-happy Sweet Potato Vine and the exuberant members of the Mint family! Along with a prune here and there on the fading-blooms of the Crepe Myrtles and weeding out the crabgrass and Bermuda hither and yon! As well as the task of deciding which plants need a proper burial in my compost bin and which ones may remain until the first frost.
It truly has been a wonderful gardening year! Over the past 12 months, I reaped the promise of Van Gogh's wisdom: Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
That is how I started last year. I knew my health-rollercoaster-ride could dip or it could take me to new highs. Fortunately, it has been "up" for most of the past five months! :-) And I feel stronger than I have in many years.
Other fun things in my garden right now:
- Rosemary topiary
- Cuttings from Pineapple Mint
- Cleared areas for Autumn plantings
- Herb Harvests
- Photos of Hummingbirds and Bees and Butterflies!
