@Kabby, I am officially Melissa Kay, but there was once another Melissa here who disliked her middle name so I started going by mine to avoid confusion. The other Melissa is gone, but Kay has stuck. I guess people think the simpler name suits me better. As long as no one reverts to calling me by my childhood name, Sissy, I am satisfied. Only octogenarians who have known me since birth are allowed to do that.
@BetNC, I am resigned to only having hellebores as images on Christmas wrapping paper until we have a second garden in north Alabama. They should thrive in that climate. I’ve read there are a couple Mediterranean varieties that might grow this far south, but the low maintenance plan I agreed to states we will only grow plants that have been proven hardy and trouble-free in our area. (Being a solo gardener does have its advantages). Of course, if a pack of seeds from one of those Mediterranean varieties should happen to fall into one of the nursery beds in a frost pocket and thrive. Well, they are considered very bee friendly plants.
The book , Easy Lifelong Gardening: A Practical Guide for Seniors should have been on my list. I will attempt an edit.
Today was another recovery day for me after putting in a new onion bed. I hopefully will not need so much rest time as the season progresses and I get back into shape. The downtime was spent re-reading and sampling the books listed for inspiration. I initially read most of them as a visually impaired, but otherwise healthy and strong, 40-something. The books dedicated to seniors are much more meaningful to me now.
@MISSINGROSIE, I recalled the comment in your January 29th post when I read the following in Jim Wilson’s book.
In a decade, if God grants me that much time, I will have lived as long as three of my grandparents. I hope that, like them, I will have had the guts and strength to garden until the day I die and that death will come to me in my garden. What a way to go! I just hope that the emergency medical team that comes after my remains will avoid tromping on my flowers.
