Simply Balisha

Simply Balisha

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

I had the morning planned..............

Time to get out that gardening outfit and work out in the garden...as weather permits. My gardening outfit begins with faded old jeans, T shirt, sweatshirt, hoodie, and then my pillow ticking garden jacket. Shoes or boots depending on the wetness of the ground. As you can see....I dress in layers. As I work, off comes one layer and then another. Soon, I am there with just my denim striped jacket, shirt and jeans. I've had this jacket for probably 25 yrs. It just keeps on going....like I do. Like the old energizer bunny. I hate wearing something on my head, but sometimes I'll wear a bandanna and then just move it to my neck as the day warms up. I have a couple different kinds of garden gloves. Soft deer skin and fabric ones. I also have heavy duty ones for pulling branches etc. I won't be doing any of that this year. Lastly we come to the best companion a lady of 76 can have....my trusty old green plastic chair. Joe's son didn't want these chairs a few years ago and I snapped them up. They are just the right height for me and I have three that I put in strategic spots around the yard. I carry that plus my tool bucket (a 5 gal container fitted with and insert to hold all my necessary things like tools, phone and sometimes my AM radio. So, you see....I'm no fashion plate when I'm out working. I look rather like a character....my posh neighbors must watch for my outfit to change, but it never will. My kids and husband hate to hear me talk about my demise, but my garden outfit is one that I should be buried in :) Just a little garden humor this early morning:) :) :)

Today is chilly and I may go out and do a couple of things....but guess I'll stay in and just stew about the stew I made yesterday. I did this because we usually go swimming on Wed morning and I like to have a quick meal when we come home. Joe decided to take the car in for service and go swimming tomorrow...he planned this at the last minute.

So, my plans had to change. I hate that. Oh, well....be flexible they always say....who are they anyway?
Balisha

Oh, my goodness...I'm just in from outside...I had a card to put in the mailbox. The wind had died down and then I decided to take all the terra cotta garden pots etc. out and place them where they belong in the yard. This being said...I wonder, do you put things in the same place year after year? I seem to do this, only because the succulents in the strawberry jar love full sun and not much water, the Italian pots hold Dipladenia plants...and they love a good soaking with the  hose. The handmade concrete shell with hens and chicks....looks so nice sitting on the purple chair. My stack and grow is so bright with geraniums.....and those do well on the deck.The huge cup and saucer planter holds moss roses and goes with the red geraniums. So these plants dictate where they like to be placed and the containers just follow along.
I'll be back tomorrow with other things going on in the garden. I may be walking with an umbrella...or maybe snow shoes :)
Balisha

13 comments:

  1. I would love to be outside working in the yard right now...it desperately needs raking and cleaning up. Unfortunately, I can't do so due to a shoulder injury. The orthopedic surgeon told me yesterday to "not do anything" - to let it rest. I'm having a MRI later today to see what's going on. Well, since we're due to get rain later today and then the next few days, I'm going to take advantage of that sunshine right now - even if it's cold out there - and at least go for a walk. I need some fresh air! Have a beautiful day.

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    1. I hope your shoulder heals before you want to work in the yard. Good luck on the MRI

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  2. Hello Balisha! We are doing fine out here in California. No more shaking..but lots of warnings..and still very aware of a sudden loud roaring or trembling. So far, so good. I have read some of the most dire accounts of what will happen to California one day. I will be gone perhaps, but my family members will still be here. Speaking of "demise" my children are the same. :)
    I DO put my plants pretty much in the same place. The thing is that I do not have to bring ours inside during the winter months. WHAT Winter??? :) We had none this year. It was a very odd seem so complex, like reading a recipe for meatloaf and there are all sorts of ingredients that you never heard of. My way of gardening is to dig a hole, plunk in a plant, add some water and dirt and on to the next plant. I DO however feed my roses and citrus trees. I think I would rather be out gardening than anything I can think of. Except perhaps playing the piano.
    Take good care, Balisha..and thank you for inquiring after us. :)
    You are a dear!
    Mona

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    1. Glad to hear from you, Mona. I have been concerned about you and Howard. Take care during this shaky season.

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  3. I think we well seasoned gardeners have our own particular ways! I love the way you dress for the day...it does turn sort of into a strip tease! I have to get a bucket to hold all my tools, I'm constantly searching for where I left the last one I used. And they should have fluorescent handles to be seen in the grass!

    I really hope it warms up soon. I don't even have any spring bulbs sprouting!

    XO,
    Jane

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    1. Hi Jane....Do you know that I almost said that I only had my gardening jacket left on...I had to go back and add T shirt and jeans.

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  4. Oh---and you MUST post pictures--so that I can steal ideas for container plants from you, LOL.
    Yes--I so had the bug to get out and dig today, but really, not yet.

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    1. Do you have your stack and grow all planned? Mine will have geraniums...they did so well last year.

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  5. We had one decent day though very windy and then it poured yesterday and the weather indicates more of the same to come :( While I see the rain is helping some of the grass to green up, with the dogs running out back there's mud too.

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    1. I'm just waiting for a green lawn...now I hear the s word is coming tonight and Sat.

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  6. Oh Balisha, it is good to find your blog again. I swear it wasn't long ago that a left a comment on your other blog. How could it just vanish like that? Anyway your last comment about your attire made me laugh, I am in the same predicament, snowshoes or umbrella or both?! As I look out the window the snow is coming down heavy. *sigh*

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  7. Still to much snow to garden yet.
    Cathy

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  8. I have "outside work clothes" too and don't think about it until someone comes into the yard. Oh, well, I'm working:)

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