Sunday ramblings

I went out after church and pulled some weeds, but it was too hot and humid to stay long. We are definitely into that time of year when you work outside in the early hours and then run for air conditioning. I am quilting along on my snowman quilt, and have a good book to read, so garden or house I am happy.

I plant to clean out the large bed with the Japanese maple close to the backdoor tomorrow and then go buy some new stuff to put in there. I just hate all that varigated periwinkle that has taken over the world. I need to stake up the top of my persimmon tree also. I do not know if I can accomplish all of that in one day because of the heat factor. It may take a day or two, or three. I will send a picture when all is done. I have a dental appointment on Thursday and then will have check-up number two taken care of. The annual physical is the 20th and then I will be done for another year hopefully.

The plants in the new bed are beginning to look more established and not so raw and new. I am pondering what other things need to be added. I have some iris and daylillies ordered and will set them out in late summer, but will most likely not add too much more until fall. The grasshoppers, or something, is chewing big bites out of the leaves of some of my plants like the coleus. Where is a hungry bird when you need one????