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The word is out: I can keep things alive that others can only kill!
I have offered my daughter an hour of gardening per week. It is going splendidly - aided, of course, by all the rain we have received. Next week, I shall set up an herb garden on her kitchen window sill (Basil, Coriander and Italian Parsley). I saved a bundle of self-seeded violets from the planter boxes on her window sill, and interspersed them with succulents which I struck for her. I have a little nursery here in pots, to use when necessary. Other than that, gardening is simply keeping the muck down.
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Speaking of which, my son asked me over for some tips on his garden. I assumed he wanted elbow-grease, but no. No, he didn't. I suggested. I pointed. He moved. He pulled. We reorganised things according to the sun's transit and the type of plant. We pulled out old and dying. Trimmed and swept. We even worked out a good spot for a Hills Hoist. He now is charged with obtainng one - legally!
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6 comments:
I like the traily plants in the middle.
Of course I had to look up Hills Hoist. Never seen one, but it looks like the hot walker at my stable.
It looks like the hot water at your stable!!
Umm ... let me think ... a HH looks a bit like a spider's web ... and you live behind LA ... therefore I am taking it that your stables dont really need hot water for keeping everything moving during winter ... so ... I cannot imagine why the hot water at your stables has the shape of a spider's web ...
Hot walker, Julie, not water. It's a device with a motor and six arms. You hook your horse to one of the arms at it walks her around (and can walk six at a time) until the sweat is dry.
guffaw!!
Beautiful words and pics.
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