General maintenance, planning, planting, watering - all required in May.
This has been an amazing spring but it's about to change with a
heatwave descending on us for the weekend! Shorts and sun hats
are at the ready for any outdoor activity. (Sorry Brits and European
readers - know your weather is not good yet - I'm trying to blow our
warmth and sunshine across the pond). All this week I've been very
busy piddling and pottering to get things done in the garden before
it's just too hot. The first mosquitoes have arrived and I was bitten
several times yesterday so bug spray is at hand, yuck!
I found a favorite at the Farmers Market - a pot of Heliotrope.
Then, at LIDL, the awesome pot of French lavender at a very good price.
I didn't grow the basil - bought it at the grocery store as my pots, which
you can see below, are freshly planted seeds from a couple of weeks
ago - but they are coming along well and I'm looking forward to pesto
making days ahead!
This is the best time, early morning, for hydrangeas and hostas
around here - sunny and cooler, but the afternoons are really too hot
with blazing sun. Too late now to move them though and they've survived
for many years so we keep on doing what we've always done with fingers
crossed they will not fail to glorify this spot in front of the porch where
we love to sit after a busy day.
Thanks to all who have asked how I'm doing after almost a month on
medication for the Polymyalgia Rheumatica flare. Along with the
drastic Low-Histamine diet (which is really no fun at all) I must say I truly
am 100% better. I am just about pain free, several pounds lighter, have
much more energy, can lift things again, and feel ten years younger, haha!
Monday I go for a follow up visit with my doctor and am hoping to celebrate
my good fortune with a glass of wine and some cheese on the front porch,
oh how I've missed cheese!
Enjoy your weekend. I'll be back at the farmers market with my granddaughter,
then we'll be checking a local antiques shop now re-opened with the COVID
rules changing. We are vaccinated however still wearing masks in public
despite them being no longer mandatory in many stores.
Rather safe than sorry.
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