Accessible Gardening: #14: Practical Matters for Physically Challenged Gardeners , 1 by Amargia

Amargia wrote:
Planted some creeping. Clear red verbena for ground cover around the daylilies in Jim’s Old Soldiers Garden. Perhaps that will save some weeding and prevent quick evaporation. Keeping moisture in the soil long enough for the plants to draw it up is always a challenge in sandy soil. Groundcovers help with that. (There is a plant family to consider, Carrie. Verbena is a good choice for a Texas garden,) the daylilies are starting to bloom here. ‘Spiced Custard’ was the first to put in an appearance, even before the native orange kind. Found some pink snapdragons on sale. They had done their thing for spring, but I’m hoping they will be like the yellow ones I have. Rest through the summer and bloom again in fall. The yellow ones have even re-seeded themselves…under the open stairs. :-) I was going to transplant them, but Jim says he likes the look of the bright yellow against the black steel.
Harvesting dewberries, strawberries (just a few) and the last of the snow peas. Have started planting the seeds of different gourds, (bushel, snake. Swan, birdhouse and a mixture of little ones.) I just like growing gourds. I don’t mind cleaning and cutting them, but I need to find someone who likes to paint and finish them. Also, planted cantaloupe and watermelons. Staying with the small varieties of melons such as ‘Sugar Baby’. I never have a great deal of success with the larger melons like ‘Carolina Grey’ (blossom end rot) and they are easy to find at roadside stands if I want one for a large get-together. I have volunteer corn this year. Never had corn volunteer before. Planted some squash and beans at the base and watching to see what comes of it. Could be popcorn for all I know. Lol. k*