Finally I can clean the trays and cell packs. Got most of the plants in the ground now. Just a swish in a pail, and drying in the sun.
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Drained the pool, cleaned it out, and got it filled with fresh water. Ready for the heat wave next week!
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The hummingbird has returned, and has found his favourite perch, high above the garden.
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Lots of shrubs blooming right now. Abelia at the front right, bridal wreath spirea behind, then the high bush cranberry, and on the far right is the beautybush.
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The dogwood tree’s blooms are getting bigger. Full of blooms, for the first time ever.
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Some edging work. Always looks so tidy.
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The pergola clematis is starting to bloom.
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And of course the lupins. I have never had such a lupin display, and I won’t count on it for next year! So I’m totally enjoying every day of their beauty.
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A bit more news from the week. Wednesday night, trying to fall asleep, my left ankle was getting really stiff, swollen and sore. The next day, I tried to not aggravate it more, but by Thursday supper, I could barely walk on it. Near the ankle bone, it was itchy, red, very tender, almost purple. I couldn’t think of anything I had done to injure it so badly. By Friday morning, it was still a bit swollen, but less red, and I could flex the ankle again. I also got a possible answer – it could have been a bite from some bug. On Wednesday I had cleared away a big ant hill full of tiny red ants. So maybe it was one of them, I don’t know. I seem to be having bad itching and redness from a lot of bites this summer, so maybe it’s time for some repellant. (Which I don’t like wearing)