We continue to enjoy unpredictable spring weather. Unlike the dry heat of the last relentless drought (which started in the late summer of 2007 and continued straight through until very early this spring of 2008). Each week is a division of warm, sunny days that fill us with gardening ambitions quickly dashed by the return of gloomy, chilly days. We vacillate between May and March, weather-wise and our energy levels match the barometer. If the pressure is high, so are our spirits. Low... and we are too.
Now, if we could just get loose from the to-do list long enough to lay around and enjoy the advent of springtime before the dratted flies and mosquitoes arrive!
Last week, we had the pleasure of a full, glorious rainbow in the morning drizzle... followed by a sunny warm day... and another rainbow with the evening showers.
Everything that has been planted or transplanted is thriving in the wonderfully damp ground. A nice comparison to the many plants that were moved from the nursery into the farm land and lost during the drought months.
Hey Sybil:
ReplyDeleteHope that you're alive and well. I still am -- though it's a little more difficult. I used to be able to tell whether it'll be a good day by looking out at the grass and checking to see whether I am still on the "green side." But down here my DDW (that's Dear Dear Wife -- for short) insisted that we tear out the lawn and install stone. So, now I never am sure.
What I wanted to find out is whether you are still nurturing the "white" cuttings I sent you. Mine is fantastic. It is a real keeper.
Be well
Brad
Bradford, I just found your comment from last June! What a surprise and pleasure! Yes, indeedy, I DO have my "Savitz White Greek Fig" although, bless it, it has not grown much under the benign neglect foisted on all of my gardens since we retired.
ReplyDeleteI am only now really starting back into gardening in ernest - I think we had to take a large step back in order to make the transition to simple pleasure gardening.
Are you blogging on this web? If so, please do share your blog link with us so I can keep up with what you are doing! I hope your other Paradise figs pulled on through - I remember that your Violette was struggling when we last talked. Incidentally, the paradisenursery.com domain name has finally been sold to a fruit farming family nursery in CA. With luck they will be encouraged to expand into more figs - their only fig tree offered right now is - here you go! - a white fig.
Sybil