-- Planted a few more of the sprouted daylily seeds. Almost all of them have sprouted, and the few left might, too. The paper that came with them said it could take up to a month...
-- Planted a couple packets of seed. I've had these for months, but just never got around to dealing with them. One pack of (annual) black-eyed Susan. I may have waited too long for those... We'll see. If so, I'll try again next year. I enjoy our coreopsis, which reseed themselves pretty well every year. I hope that black-eyed Susans would do the same. The second pack was (perennial) purple cone-flower. I really want to get these started... I'm on the prowl for hardy perennials. Annuals are nice, but something that comes back year after year is even better.
-- Transplanted a shrub crepe myrtle ('Victor', supposed to be about 3'x3' with red blooms) from the front/side of the house. It wasn't doing well in the old spot; in fact, I was surprised when it put out leaves this year, because I thought it was long gone. Maybe it will be happier in its new location.
-- Transplanted various and sundry other plants from around the yard-- bulbs the identity of which I am not sure and some daylilies that I think are the plain orange type. I think I'm going to move the latter yet again, because I don't want them crowding out the hybrid daylilies that I plan to (eventually) put in the same area. These can go down by the shed, maybe... Or along the edge of the garage... Somewhere out of the way.
-- Cut back the English dogwood, because it needed a fresh start. (Should've done that immediately after blooming, because now it wasted energy putting growth on the old, tired, mostly-dead stalks, but that's ok. I think it will bounce back. If not, at least the piece by the bay window is doing really well.) I dug up two rooted bits and moved them to a couple of different places around the yard (by the front left corner of the garage and at the corner of the covered patio). One of them alternates between drooping sadly and perking back up, depending on the time of day, but I think it'll settle down soon. (If I recall correctly, the one by the bay window also went through some theatrics before deciding that life was good again.)
-- Set up the birdbath in a new spot. I don't know if any birds will use it, but it's there. (And now I have to remember to keep it clean... I may be too lazy and inconsistent for regular birdbath maintenance. This one is so heavy, too! Not easy to empty.)
-- Moved the tiny, sad little clump of what I think is agapanthus (a.k.a. lily of the Nile). It's dwindled away to almost nothing, and I don't know if I've ever seen it bloom, here. (It came from Mom, and I remember hers blooming, at the old house.) From what I'm reading, it sounds like lots of people have problems getting them to bloom, so at least I'm not alone. ;o) If I remember, I may try to scrunch it into a small pot, sometime... (Many people say it seems to like being crowded, and at least that way it would be easy to move it around as I attempt to find the right light situation.)
-- Pulled weeds... including tons of cypress vines. The little red star-shaped flowers are pretty when the vine's in bloom, but they do drop a lot of seed and pop up everywhere the next year. I'm pulling most of them out, this year, where I find them. I still haven't decided whether or not to let one or two of them stay... Maybe up by the front fence... I'm not sure I'll be diligent enough to get them all, anyway. They're very easy to pull, fortunately, but there are so many of them!
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Here's some of the produce from our garden. A couple of bell peppers (already chopped and frozen for use in that "Wendy's chili" recipe we make fairly often), a handful of cherry tomatoes, and a "regular" tomato that ripened early.
