What a relief to feel like myself again! I hadn't even realized what a mess I was. I think yesterday was the first day I truly felt back to normal. I only worked a couple of hours in late afternoon, but it was a good productive couple of hours. Weeding the bank by the road, where we're going to put the new roses, and digging one of the planting holes. That makes 2 of the 5 holes dug. Unfortunately those were the two easiest holes & the rest won't go so quickly. Still, I feel confident that we're going to get all the roses in the ground before my surgery. Another relief.
I didn't see any more aphids when I watered the roses today, but just in case I bought some neem oil from the organic gardening store in Carrboro. Which seems to be 1/3 organic gardening supplies, 1/3 fancy flowerpots and lawn art, and 1/3 hydroponic gardening supplies. I guess it's the store for rich hippies who grow pot organically, in fancy containers.
Tonight I didn't get home in time to do any gardening, but Georg did an amazing amount of weeding. We will defeat the weeds! They are no match for us!
We had a wonderful dinner tonight. Grilled pork tenderloin and vegetables with bourbon molasses barbecue sauce. I love barbecue so much.
As a lark this year I decided to try growing artichokes. They're doing great so far: ten cute little seedlings. Today I realized that to figure out where to plant them, I need to know how big they're going to get. My vegetable garden says to space them 2 feet apart, but doesn't say how tall they grow. So I searched Dave's Garden for photos, and found this. Holy moley. I think ten of those would fill the entire front yard. That photo is from Southern California; here's hoping they don't get that big in this part of the country!
Yay for back to self! Yay for food!
I think Phil has summarized my feelings admirably. Yay for food in you!