One-a-Day sounds like a multi-vitamin pill. I’m talking gardening, not supplementing my diet, though gardening could be hard to swallow for a novice. When neighbor Joyce loaned me some of her home gardening books, I learned that there are a number of shrubs that need to be pruned in February. All these years, I’ve wasted the month dreaming of snow, certainly not going out in the garden to trim bushes. Today the thermometer outdid itself, showing 59 F (15C) well before noon. That kind of warmth could not be ignored.
I began my one-a-day plan of trimming a single plant. Knowing I had to use both hands, I took David’s suggestion of nudging Kacey toward her large bone on the porch. She accepted that I wasn’t going back to one-handed gardening and whined occasionally to remind me she would prefer to be getting in the way.
Beginning near the fence between me and the horses, I cut a crepe myrtle, leaving a foot of dry sticks for the plant to dream with. It has had eight years to dream of becoming a tree, but I have kept it from chasing the Wicked Wisteria. So far, so good. We’ll see if snow will get the forecaster’s memo this weekend.
with warm temperatures like that at least your green thumb will stay green and not blue!
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I laughed at your witty comment. Hope I have sense enough to stay inside on cold days.
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Gardening is very therapeutic to me. You are taking a great approach with the one-a-day gardening. I always used to overdo it trying to do too much at once!
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I have stayed in the garden until I was unsteady on my feet. That was dangerous!
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Oh yes! I’ve worked in the heat until I almost passed out! Also dangerous!
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I’m jealous of your
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February temperature when on occasions my Summer temperature doesn’t reach that.
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Wow! You live in cool weather in the summer! How cold does it get in the winter?
Sending WARM hugs. You need them.
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Warm Hugs enjoyed on this frosty day. Warm Hugs returned to you in case it cools off a bit.
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Weathermen are trying to tell us we’ll get snow soon. I don’t believe them.
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Wow, you have started gardening, another good exercise❤️
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Here is warm temperature. You are taking a great approach with the one a day gardening. You have started gardening . another good exercises . You have a enjoy weekend.
God blessing!
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I’ve never started gardening this early in the year before. God bless you, too.
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Thank you so much!
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Well, you beat me. I was thinking of cutting back some perennials today but maybe I’ll wait until March.
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Waiting sounds like more fun than pruning.
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It is a learning process and but such delight when finished.
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But it’s never finished!!
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LOL..not at my house either.
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I am just happy to see some sunshine for a change! I am hoping the yard will dry out enough for me to do anything.
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Good luck.
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Think one plant per day is a great way to pace your pruning of those bushes,
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I still think you should dream of snow. While pruning.
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Great idea!
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We used a warm day to rake the leaves out of the hosta beds, and out from under the azaleas. Lots more to do, but it was a start!
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I might have to start my one a day trimming plant too….my garden started to look like a post apocalyptic land🙄
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LOL! My plants would have intimidated me in a few months.
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Good for you out there already Anne! My first year of taking over pruning duties after my father left, my mother said “better get out and trim the bushes out front so the front yard doesn’t look unruly – do the back later.” So out I went, the first nice weekend in May and by Memorial Day, all those bushes had new growth like crazy. Now I wait ’til Memorial Day … you are more industrious than me!
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I’m just an early starter.
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