I’ve had a full day, today. I can recall as a child that I thought Sunday was a lazy day, but it’s been a long time since I’ve frittered away a Sunday.
\nThe CPA’s assistant, who is also a CPA, is going to visit us tomorrow to help me with some accounting problems. I’ve been trying to clear things off my desk, and make a list of all that I need to have her oversee. I still have a stack of filing (don’t I always), but I managed to clear the important things off my list, and I can get to the filing and a few less important things tomorrow morning.
\nMy next big block of work was centered on the herb garden. It seems that when I have the time to work in the gardens the weather is foul, and when the weather is gorgeous, I have too much work that must be completed inside! However, we managed to get one of those rare spring days when the weather was beautiful, and I could get out to enjoy the gardens.
\nI started by pruning back the oregano, which took the largest part of my gardening time. I have six or eight mounds of oregano, enough to supply a small town, and I followed the current thinking and let the superstructure of the plants remain in place over the winter. The oregano is leafing out. If I had waited much longer to prune, I wouldn’t have been able to avoid taking some of the new growth. I took a picture before I started. I’ll try to get one of the pruned plants, and one a week later. You won’t be able to tell it’s been pruned by next weekend.
\nI cleaned out part of the chat walkway today. I left a few volunteer Shasta daisies, and some lamb’s ears and thyme, but I pulled up the garlic chives that have spread. If you don’t get those chives before they establish themselves, you have to dig to the other side of the world to get them out!
\nAs I was working a bird sitting above my head started calling. I have NO idea what kind of bird I was listening to. For all my musical training, I find myself unable to read the call charts in the bird books, or describe to someone what the call sounded like. What was interesting about this particular call was that half-way through a bird across the grove picked up the call and imitated it. I don’t know if the birds were looking for mates, or if they were trying to establish territory, but the timing of the repeat, and the pitch of the repeat were perfect!
\nI planted three Italian Flat-leaved parsleys earlier this week, and a bunny or a deer had a fine meal one night! There are still some leaves, and I’m fairly sure that the plants will come back. However, when I plant the spinach this week, I’ll surround it with circles of hardware cloth!
\nIt was a joy to be out today. I don’t work as fast or as long as I once did, but I probably enjoy my time in the gardens even more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve had a full day, today. I can recall as a child that I thought Sunday was a lazy day, but it’s been a long time since I’ve frittered away a Sunday. The CPA’s assistant, who is also a CPA, … Continue reading