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Thoughts for a Monday
Not only is a Monday, but the 13th of the month besides! Does that qualify for a double whammy, or what? For me, it’s a day to plan for the rest of the week and think back to the past weekend.
This last weekend we went to Sacramento to attend a “seconds” art sale. I found a few ceramic and glass pieces that requested a ride back to Suisun City with me, but I somehow kept my money in my purse. Perhaps it was Bruce’s scowl at more things to hang on already drooping walls OR crowded walkways between venders. Anyway, I walked out with empty hands.
But then I saw the prize! In front of the art and garden center was a magnificent stand of camellia bushes – almost tree-sized –the one lording over a mulch of bright pink petals! That bush was covered in 3-inch single pink blooms, just like the ones shown in catalogs. If only I had a small army of men with shovels! That’s what I wanted in my side yard; but, alas, too many people, no shovels, and a husband giving me the “dagger” stare. Heck, I didn’t even have my camera!
Right now, Sacramento is full of color: rhodies (rhododendrons), camellias, and other late winter/early (very) spring blooming trees and shrubs! McKinley Park was full of people walking, running and just hanging out – it was a beautiful day. It was a real change from my area of Suisun, where the yards are quite brown, dead-looking really, except for the spring grasses sprouting up.
This late October, we sprayed pre-emergent to halt the spring weed tide in the back and side yards. Next month, will re-spray the same areas to hold up the summer and fall weed crops. It’s much easier to try to prevent weeds than fight them “on the root” so to speak.
As to my “war on Bermudagrass”, I’ve managed for now tore claim two raised beds made of reclaimed concrete and the 12X12 wooden raised bed; but, that’s for now! With the help of weed-eaters, grass-killers, and just plain hand-pulling, I hope to keep seeing this area and even more by mid-summer!
I’m off to find more drip irrigation leaks and other items that have been hidden. Would you believe a found a small seal sculpture in one of those beds? And I just know I have a rain gauge (do I really need it now?) hidden elsewhere! This is going to be a real treasure hunt! See ya!
