The plants have been drowned now

Okay, so I spoke too soon! My poor plants have suffered both ends of the spectrum now – first they were sunscorched and neglected by my sister while I was away and now, they are being drenched by the 9 inches of water that has fallen in the last 24-48 hours!!! Can we find a happy medium in here somewhere, please? My unfortunately little plants are either going to be drowned after this is over or they will experience a growth spurt such as man has never seen. They have had so much water now that I probably could go on three vacations and they will still be alive and kickin’ on my return! Now, why couldn’t it have rained like this while I WAS away…?!?! Some of my plants went on to the happy place due to my sister’s neglect and if it had just been a week later, they might have lived! Life takes nasty turns sometimes though and I guess it was their time to go.

 Well, their survivors will have stories to tell to the seedlings after this major rainy week! I hope it dries up though this holiday weekend as I have big plans for working in my garden.

I have this crazy viney thing that some have called Virginia Creeper (but  I am not convinced that is what I am dealing with) growing rampant in my yard. It started out subtily around the base of the house but now it has spread INTO the yard! It grows so fast too so this rain is probably causing foot long growth jumps this week! Other than digging up the yard, I am not sure how to get rid of it. I was digging around the base of the house on Saturday pulling out viney roots after viney roots. Nasty! They never end! I have used weed spray and it seems successful on the surface stuff but not in going to the roots and killing the real problem. The bottles all claim this miracle occurs but I have yet to see it happen! It has spread more this year than any other year too which concerns me. So, I have waged war on it and plan to conquer it one way or the other!

heigh, ho, heigh, ho…

Add a comment June 27, 2006