Arrrgh!!!

Gardening. I spent five hours on my hands and knees today, weeding and planting my herb garden. When I have pictures, I'll nag Red Eagle to show me how to post some of them.

The herb garden is my special garden. My mother has had a hand in most of the other gardens, so this one is mine to design and direct. Last year I joined an on-line herb group and under their influence I dedicated a wing of the garden to lemon scented plants.

Last fall they encouraged me to store the scented geraniums bare rooted, in the garage. I planted them today, and I don't have terribly high hopes that it worked, but the attempt to revive them is interesting. If I don't see some evidence of growth by the end of June, I'll get some new plants.

So...in the lemon garden, I'm growing verbena, grass, balm, savory, thyme and scented geraniums. If I come across a lemon basil, I'll add that later. I also planted a citronella plant. I had some lemon colored marigolds left over from another section of the garden, so I tucked them in, too.

I figure I have about 75-80% of the garden done. I still have to weed part of the chat walkway, and I plan to renovate one five foot wing. The garden is almost ready for the wedding now.

Tomorrow I have to pick up weeds that have been pulled, plant the tomatoes and a shrub, three roses and a couple of buddleia bushes, and that will be the last of my gardening for the week. I've been longing to be out in the gardens all spring, and in the past week, I figure I've put in about 20 hours.

I HOPE the iris will last until Saturday! They are stunning this year.

Okay.....if you've gotten this far you know just how dull I can be.....but I sure enjoyed my day in the gardens. :-)