more from today (May 2, 2007)

It's barely still today, but pictures are slowly uploading!! http://picasaweb.google.com/arwen.long

The coreopsis is looking amazing. That thing scares me *every* year by looking like a dry stick, and then it pokes all these lovely ferny leaves through new places in the ground. It's spread to at least double, if not triple, the surface area it covered last year.

That verbascum is awesome. I think it has 3-4 buds on it already.

The hibiscus are doing ok. The leaves on top are going to die and fall off (they're pretty shriveled!) but there are some healthy leaves with good turgor pressure beneath. I took a picture of a hibiscus bud against the shriveled leaves late last week (?), and when I came home Monday night it was blooming happily. The bloom didn't last very long.

I moved the rain barrel, so Justin will have to admire my ripped muscles instead of flexing his. It's where my little portable greenhouse was sitting. When I moved the greenhouse, I found a turtle! It was hanging out in the shade by the water barrel and probably enjoyed the damp from the runoff spout. It's back in it's place now, between two water barrels, but I redirected the runoff spout from the one attached to the gutters so it now points into the unattached barrel. It's an... interesting (?) setup. Hopefully picture soon, because it looks a little bit funny.

I am severely overdue for a good garden gossip with Sandy.