Re: Today in the Yard

Finally worked through this massive indexing jog to the point that I could 
take
an hour off to start my bulb planting.  It is getting pretty chilly, but the 
sun was
bright, so I enjoyed the hour outside.  I have found the dull, overcast days 
we 
have had so many of this fall qute depressing.  The colors have been as bright
as I can ever remember, but the weather has not been at all attractive.  Now 
the
leaves are almost all down, and the sun finally comes out.  

And then there is the end of daylight saving time.  How I hate that!  It is 
now
dark at 5:00 PM, and soon will be dark a little after 4:00.  That's the worst
thing in my mind about living in the North.  I can cope with the cold and 
snow,
but not the long nights and short days.  Many years ago when we were younger,
we were recruited to be involved in a shop in Freeport, Maine - right across 
the
road from L.L.Bean, which some of you were discussing recently.  In the 60's 
there were a lot of creative-style shops.  The Freeport Maine Country Store
was going to be one of them.  We were intrigued, and went up to look over
the situation.  The place was attractive, but the lovely old colonial house 
where
we stayed had no central heating.  The water in the toilet froze over night.  
And
it was dark in the middle of the afternoon.  It only took one weekend for me 
to
decide against that project!

I am trying an experiment, which may not work.  In the bed where we pulled
out the big Mugho Pine and replaced it with a 3-foot one, I have been busily
putting in things I hope the deer won't like.  Today I planted several dozen 
daffodils - different sizes and blooming-periods.  I know the deer won't 
bother
those, so among them I planted handfuls of species tulips - the tiny T. tarda
and some of the little Kaufmanianas, and a batch of Iris danfordiae.  I put 
them pretty well back under the pine and surrounded by the daffs.  I'm hoping
Bambi will avoid the prickly pine and poisonous daffs, and leave the other 
things too.  We'll see next spring if it works.
Auralie - Zone 5

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