March 20, 2014. Spring is almost here. Well, as of today, it is here, but someone didn’t tell the weather service. We have had winter storms, one right after another. And they are calling for one more that should hit us next Tuesday. Sigh. The ground is saturated. The plants are confused and frankly, so am I. Confused, not saturated.
I had commented on the state of some of my plants last time. Well, now some are not looking good at all. Evergreen plants tend to hide their stress and death throes long after they have had the crap kicked out of them. Now the Gardenias and the Jasmine are looking worse than I thought. We'll have to wait and see.
My yard and garden has not only had to cope with the weather, but four footed creatures. We came home the other night from having dinner out at a nice restaurant only to have burst in on an orgy in my garden. We were all in a good mood from good food and conversation when the headlights illuminated 4 large deer in my front yard.
I laid on the horn, pulled the car up in front of the house, came to an abrupt stop, put it in park, jumped out and proceeded to run through the yard, yelling and clapping my hands like a man possessed. I wanted to scare the crap out of them so maybe next time, they would think twice about indulging their vegan tendencies on my plants.
The next day, in the light, I was heart broken to find that they had sheared dozens of tulips down to the ground. Some of the bulbs had been pulled right out of the ground in their attempt to mock me and get their fix on. It was just the leaves, mind you, as it is still too early for the stalks and buds to have been formed, but disappointing just the same. I don’t know if they will have enough energy to grown new leaves in time to produce some blooms.
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| March 17 Snowfall |
I had commented on the state of some of my plants last time. Well, now some are not looking good at all. Evergreen plants tend to hide their stress and death throes long after they have had the crap kicked out of them. Now the Gardenias and the Jasmine are looking worse than I thought. We'll have to wait and see.
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| cropped Tulips thanks to the Deer |
My yard and garden has not only had to cope with the weather, but four footed creatures. We came home the other night from having dinner out at a nice restaurant only to have burst in on an orgy in my garden. We were all in a good mood from good food and conversation when the headlights illuminated 4 large deer in my front yard.
I laid on the horn, pulled the car up in front of the house, came to an abrupt stop, put it in park, jumped out and proceeded to run through the yard, yelling and clapping my hands like a man possessed. I wanted to scare the crap out of them so maybe next time, they would think twice about indulging their vegan tendencies on my plants.
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