This spring has been difficult for me weather-wise. Seems we vacillate between nice sunny weather and pouring rain. Great combo for the plants to grow in. Not so great for working in the yard. As usual, the yard is turning to jungle, quickly. Our main mower malfunctioned early on, and rather than trying to muck around with it, I just bought a new rider. The new one is way less user friendly, but I'll get used to it. Then my baby battery mower gave up the ghost. I was hoping it was just needing a new battery, but that did not solve it, so again, new mower. I do like the convenience of the little mower, especially in my herb garden. As with the big mower, the replacement is not as good as the prior model - it cuts out and dies if you are mowing too tall grass. So much for new technology...
Andy & MaLinda came up for a weekend and I was a bit disappointed to not have the garden beds all weeded and mulched. But oh well. We still have all of the summer to get things in order for their wedding. I sure get why folks like a June wedding - things really pop in early summer. I fear that a late August wedding will be pretty parched looking. But, I'm embracing the notion that true gardeners will understand, and non-gardeners will think anything green is lovely. MaLinda's first comment was, 'Wow, it's even prettier than I remembered.' Notwithstanding that there was 18" field grass in all my flower beds, and the herb garden was virtually unrecognizeable. It's all about perspective.
Yesterday I got the tomatoes and squash in and today it is raining. Yay.
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