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>> >>
>>> And not here or stitching???
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>>> Cheryl
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>> I wish I were - instead I was at work. Which was just fine until the
>> horrible, condescending, passive/aggressive other shift came in at 7 (yes, I
>> was at work at 5 am with the fun, nice, young shift supervisor). >>
>> I'm thinking about plunging into the yard - soon. Any day now. But, my
>> gorgeous moonlight brilliant crimson/gold/orange broom is in bloom, as are
>> some of the rhodies, and the lavendar is starting. So, I have to go weed
>> and rip and remulch, and clean up really last week - but soon. Maybe Sat
>> morning, Sun afternoon. It is gorgeous out today - so there's a hope -
>> depending on what I get up to.
>>
>> Sadly, I'm way too tired as I'm way, way, overdue for my "pump up" of blood
>> stuff - DH said that he couldn't tell if I was wearing anything when I had a
>> white shirt on (his humor of "get your butt to the hematologist). So,
>> tomorrow is lab, next week doc, then likely my day in the hospital
>> outpatient - after which I'll have plenty of energy. Going to work so early
>> - 5 am til about 11 - I find that while I can make it thru the day, dinner -
>> unless I grab a nap - I can't do anything strenuous. Bah.
>>
>> But, I'm thinking about the garden - and what to do with the sick trees.
>> I'm hoping to be able to salvage the Sangu Kaku & the Bloodgood - I know the
>> cryptomeria is coming out. So, one of the errands today is to go to the
>> nursery where we got the trees and talk with their horticulture person. I
>> hate to sacrifice the 2 that are at least half blooming - if they can be
>> salvaged. I think DH will go with me to pick out a set of River Birches to
>> replace the Crypto - it's just too damp in the yard there for the crypto.
>> Any other ideas?
>>
>> Ellice
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> Willows love damp, if not too near the house.
Very true. We had a pair of gorgeous weeping golden curly willows at the old house. The yard here is nowhere that huge, and so we're trying to be careful with the trees that we've planted along the fence area, and by the deck. My plan is then to cut beds along that perimeter and have a border garden. I've stayed away from the willows for this location as we're hoping that finances will straighten out, and we'll be able to put in a small swimming pool. Most of the willow roots would be too dangerous to have in the area of the yard where the dead crypto is. But, we've been looking to see if we could find another semi-dwarf type for the back yard. Willows do very well in this area. One of the large ponds near the entry to the community is bordered with some stunning willows that have grown in really well 0 there's a nice path to walk down to the water.
Ellice