The mosquitos
are so bad out there you just can't be outside for more than about 5
minutes. Nevertheless, we got out there Thursday and Marc cut up the
five fallen limbs of the pecan tree while I loaded them in the garden
cart and picked up the hundred other small to medium dead branches
scattered about the yard (three mature pecan trees drop a lot of
branches especially when someones us just lets them
accumulate), then into the truck and drove it over to the burn pile
and tossed it out. Three loads.
A very big chunk of the biggest limb
is still lodged in the crook of the tree. We're not sure quite how to
get it down without it crushing the azaleas which I would not like at
all.
The impetus to
finally deal with the branches is because the backyard needs to be
mowed and not just to help cut down on the mosquitoes but also
because the mature pecans are starting to fall and I can't see them
in the tall grasses and weeds.
The heat is
stubbornly refusing to go away, the humidity is fierce, and the weather peeps say it may be the
second or third week of October before we get anything even
resembling a cool front and by that they mean highs in the 80˚s.
Year before last
I think, one of the members of the garden club brought a box of mixed
and unlabeled bulbs for the taking. I selected five and put them in
pots so I could keep track of them. Early last spring one of them
bloomed and it was a jonquil. Two others have grown enough that I'm
pretty sure they are crinum lilies but they're still too young to
bloom so I have no idea what color or kind they are. A couple of days
ago the last two with no foliage evident started sending up bloom
stalks.
More pics from
the yard...
one of the
fringe flower trees decided to bloom
a daylily at the
end of September
oh those late
summer lazy days either that or it's even too damn hot for grasshoppers
the porterweed
finally sent up a couple of bloom stalks
and, not in the
yard because she's smarter than that, the mosquitos just swarm her
when she goes out, one of Minnie
her work here is
done saving us all from small stuffed toys.
I love Minnie.
ReplyDeleteGood job, Minnie!
ReplyDeleteOh god. I hate picking up those tiny twiglets that always result from branches falling or being cut. It's such a tedious job. I'm sure you're glad you got it all done though. Three loads! Damn!
That grasshopper looks exhausted. I'm sure it is. Same here with the heat although we haven't gotten enough rain to hatch a mosquito. I think those eggs can last for centuries though so we'll get them eventually.
I wonder what happened to my comment, unless I just x'd out before I published, as an old boss used to say. "Just X out of this screen."
ReplyDeleteI think the grasshopper supervisor should be notified.
I ordered all my bulbs over the weekend, to start the great bulb in pot experiment soon. It was difficult to find a nursery that sells bulbs in small quantities!
I bet you were sore after all that work. I love the picture of the grasshopper taking a break.
ReplyDeleteMinnie is such a good girl!
ReplyDeleteThat porterweed is so interesting. Bravo for getting those limbs taken care of!
ReplyDeleteThat grasshopper is priceless! I am jealous of all your bloom. We just had the first autumn storm and the leaves have begun to fall.
ReplyDeleteI think that MAYBE we're finally starting to cool down some? Although the high on Thursday is still 90 degrees, so maybe not all that cool. We need rain desperately. It's been drizzling today - maybe it will enjoy that so much that we'll have a nice downpour?
ReplyDeleteI love your flowers - a nice bonus for the season lasting too long.