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Garden accomplishments
Jul. 16th, 2012 08:03 pmI got the beautifully blooming bluish-purplish hibiscus tied back so that I can get past it to the raspberries. Fortunately a neighbor walked by as I was struggling with it and lent a hand. It's not easy to tie back a bushy tree alone, especially with a very thorny overgrown rose behind it, and the porch behind that.
Then I tied back the raspberries, and ate a handful of ripe ones.
Then I dug out the ambitious maple tree that had established itself between the porch and that thorny rosebush. The trunk was already an inch thick, but it was easier to dig out than I expected, and I managed to get in there without losing any blood to the roses.
Then I dug out some other weeds, and pruned the smoke tree so it doesn't shade the crookneck squash plants, and called it good.
Once I get out in the garden, there's always more to do than I expect. Weeds that become visible when I'm right next to them, suddenly overgrown bushes, whole volunteer trees in inappropriate places. I have to approach it with the same attitude I have toward housework. Better is good. Any amount of progress is better than not doing it at all.
Then I tied back the raspberries, and ate a handful of ripe ones.
Then I dug out the ambitious maple tree that had established itself between the porch and that thorny rosebush. The trunk was already an inch thick, but it was easier to dig out than I expected, and I managed to get in there without losing any blood to the roses.
Then I dug out some other weeds, and pruned the smoke tree so it doesn't shade the crookneck squash plants, and called it good.
Once I get out in the garden, there's always more to do than I expect. Weeds that become visible when I'm right next to them, suddenly overgrown bushes, whole volunteer trees in inappropriate places. I have to approach it with the same attitude I have toward housework. Better is good. Any amount of progress is better than not doing it at all.
