No problem with social distancing yesterday because the visitors didn’t stay for lunch. (I had been concerned about them sitting around the picnic table.)
Unfortunately one of the fellows started feeling dizzy walking back from the battery house, so they left early. I’m guessing he was having trouble with the extra latitude, and apparently he was fine yesterday afternoon.
Catherine wondered how the crabapple blossoms at Kaitlin and Torben’s would weather the storm. Kaitlin says they were “a bit droopy but fine. Heavy rain but all is well!”
That’s good news. Unfortunately our tulips didn’t do well at all this year:
Andy has ordered more for next fall. At least the mystery is probably solved — he now thinks he might have ordered and planted them but forgot.
Anyway, try again next year, along with hyacinths and more peonies. We are ever hopeful.
May 16, 2020
sounds good around all the humans but sad about your flowering bulbs…and you’ll be eating crabapple jelly come winter next year!
The guys will have a better understanding about where Andy disappears to now as well…I assume other than the dizziness they enjoyed the trip and “forest” – possibly gave them a different prospective on what the fire did…
They both enjoyed the trip and said they want to come back. I’m guessing the younger one will for sure…he seemed interested in helping.
The tulip mystery sounds like something I would do. LOL
Me too!
I hope all is well with the dizzy neighbor!
He was fine yesterday afternoon and again today.
Our tulips never do well, but Mom thinks she may have planted most of them upside down – BOL. That is something she would do. We had one flower from the tulips this year. The hyacinth was pretty but a blast of cold shortened their life:(
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😀 Andy says he will check when he plants them.
I am not thinking ahead to next year yet…I have things I need to do this year. I need to separate some daylilies an some hosta. I never thing about it till it is too late. I should look it up. I think you can do it most any time according to a couple people I know, but I want to do at the best time.
The beauty of the internet is we can look these things up. And it’s healthy to have things to nurture.
I love that we have all this information at our fingertips! And love being able to have a book to read instantly. And friends to talk to…
yay for visitors that left when they should… it kind of looks like something ate the flower off the tulip… i have never seen a tulip growing and very few in a vase. Bob used to plant every seed that came in every fruit or veggie. and the majority grew like crazy. now with his health issues his thumb went black
Nothing lasts forever. 🙁 I hope you both enjoyed while it did last.
I can’t have bulbs in my yard, for the most part…. the moles eat them. *lol* But that’s ok…. best to not be hungry. The deer are more selective in what they munch on, so I just plant things they don’t like. Sounds mean tho, doesn’t it. 🙂 Love, Andrea xoxo
As I understand it daffodils are rodent proof…that’s one reason they are doing so well up on the land. Also the chain link fence around both areas where we have daffodils and other flowers keep the deer away. Not that they like daffodils either. 🙂 ♥
A change in altitude does make a difference. I hope they enjoyed their visit any way.
Planting and then forgetting sounds like something I would do…lol