Wednesday, August 27, 2025


 More sowthistle.  I know it's a weed, but I still love the colour.

And here's another one, faces to the morning sun.


It's bloody hot here, 33C (91F), and forecast for even hotter tomorrow.  I took some water out to the two spruces that I transplanted this spring.  Hopefully they survive.

I took the dogs for their walks early this morning, so I was finished early and it still wasn't too hot yet.  I thought, I'll just move a couple of plants, because I need to do some major editing in my garden.  Things have gotten out of hand.  So I dug up a very sad looking delphinium that was not happy where it was and thought, I'd move it to the front garden.  And I could move the bergenia in the front garden to the back, under the pear tree which is shady and which the delphinium didn't like.

All good in theory, however, the lamnium has gotten out of hand, the solomon's seals have been underwhelming, and the irises are fewer and fewer every year.  So I had to dig up a bunch of stuff, to get to the delphinium and make room for the bergenia.

I went around front and started digging up the bergenia, which was an enormous plant, but I also had to pull out lamnium and yarrow to make a hole for the delphinum.  I also thought I would move one of the salvia's further back into the front garden, as it gets taller and would look nice next to the delphinium.  

As I was doing this, I kept snagging on low branches from the crabapple tree that grows in the front bed, so I cut some of those branches down.  I also found an astilbe, barely alive, in the middle of the yarrow, so I had to find a home for that as well.

There was so much bergenia that I put it into two beds in the back yard.  Two hours later, I had moved five plants and dug up a copius amount of lamnium and some of it's roots, as well as pruned the crabapple.  And this is why it's hard for me to work in the garden sometimes, the work multiplies, even when I just want to do a little:)


5 comments:

  1. I didn't know that plant is sow thistle! I've seen it all my life without having that piece of info, so thanks for educating me!

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    1. I didn't know it was called sow thistle either until this week:)

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  2. Satisfying, I'm sure, but are there not aches and pains. There certainly would be for me.

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  3. Sounds like you done great today! I love the yellow as well. Brings a smile to my face and my camera.

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  4. Love that cow thistle! I think you're very brave moving all those plants. When I do that, they die, so I just dig them up and chuck them. Saves time. We dug up a Rose of Sharon, left some roots in the ground, and now they're suckering. This will be a project for awhile.

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