Re: Adapting
- Subject: Re: Adapting
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 12:57:38 EDT
In a message dated 6/3/02 8:02:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Blee811@aol.com
writes:
<< We adapt, don't we? I was hugely entertained at the thought of your nice
terrace, created to solve the mowing problem, and then turned into a garden.
Bill Lee >>
You will then more entertaineed than to hear that he has built another
terrace for a outdoor picnic table and umbrella. We hardly ever use it as we
have a ground level screened room. In these mountains the bugginess of
outdoors drives one away from out sitting or eating outdoors. There is a
vicious insect for every season if you would sit still. This little plaza is
completely covered with blooming forgetmenots (self planted) into which I
put Tulipa batalinii last fall. I, of course, did not tell him. I found the
rodents don't eat them in that location. I know (sigh) I will not get that
spot away from him and the forgetmenots will probably get sprayed with
Round-up but it looks terrific this spring.
Anyone looking for a very small tulip which looks like a miniature of a very
large tulip, try T. batalanii. It is very persistent here when not found by
voles. It is small enough to grown and bloom in paths and is totally
charming, also long blooming.
With all the garden art and furniture around this year I can only offer
sympathy to the lawn mower lovers. I know it is a great trouble to keep
moving this stuff when you are working hard at cutting grass. I have a truce
with the mower person and nothing appears in his grass and he tries to avoid
cutting down any plants that are actually planted by me. Also all cats are
locked up when the machines are around after one was so terrified by a
tractor mower we nearly struck her.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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