General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...Part 28...! :-D, 0 by balvenie

balvenie wrote:
Overcast with a hint of rain in the air. Just right for the past 3 hours of weeding. Plan on pulling everything out of the 12X12 raised bed this time. Took out the 3 big clumps of hollyhocks ( they have roots like huge parsnips), and cut all the seed capsules from the poppy bed. They were all labeled trying to keep them straight was to difficult. Next year-- Mixed Poppies. All the gallon brugmansias (about 23) are repotted in nice big pots. Too bad I don't have a place to put them. (along with the other 50). When I get bored with weeding in the back there is always the front landscape that is fast becoming an unsightly wilderness of overly mature plants. Tried carving in the sunroom. The light was great, but the glass top table left a lot to be desired. I can just picture giving a gouge a good rap with a mallet and having the tabletop disintegrate. Not a bad idea! I never liked that table anyway.

Meezer, The Rucker family was prominent in the founding of Everett, Rucker Hill, with some of the 'posher' homes and Rucker Ave. Don't know if they are your kin, but they were 'from the east'.

Now that the Ceonothus is trimmed I can look out my window and enjoy the second flush of bloom on Sally Holmes and Ballerina. Finished my ham& cheese sandwich, big dill pickle and glass of milk, so maybe I better get back out and get to work. Best wishes for all those under the influence of Katrina.