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
