It's the season for flowering perennials. The ones being delivered to me at work (to put out for sale) are very full, very tall and very interesting to bees. Yes, we have bees. Lots of them.
I like this border in front of the white picket fence. Salvia, Lady's Mantle and climbing pink roses. Repeating a pattern along the length of the fence is very attractive and also very expensive. Few regular customers are able to afford this, but the landscapers regularly purchase multiples for their clients. Why are we more likely to spend money if someone else is doing the work?
In personal garden news, I have more weeds than flowers. Ugh. This is due to a lack of ground covering mulch. When I was at home (not working much), gardening, everything got mulch. G doesn't mulch. We have a huge pile of composting maple leaves--an excellent mulch-- but we aren't using it. At times like this, I wonder if it would be better if he worked for a living and I stayed home to garden. Both of us at home isn't going to work for me. I like to be here alone some of the time.
The vegetable garden is finally getting ready for super production. My basket, the last time I collected produce, contained zucchini, one yellow squash, four cucumbers, five tomatoes, 2 cups of blueberries and five raspberries. I ate the raspberries right away. Finally! Produce.
I am planning to go to the supermarket and get an eggplant and make a baked ratatouille. Not the stewed one. More of a layered casserole.
My other "news" is that I returned to the doctor who drove me to tears (you are obese) and the 1200 calorie diet in 2007. I expected the "my God, you have gained 50 pounds!!!" rant. But I also was given orders to get my knee and hip X-rayed (done) and also to make an appointment with a foot doctor (done). My doctor thinks all my leg and hip problems may just be caused by my feet. "Awful" feet, in her opinion. I won't disagree. And she has told me to limit myself to 1200 calories and no salt. I am supposed to have lost 2 to 4 pounds by Tuesday (not). A week since I last darkened her exam room. I don't need to express my opinion that she isn't wildly popular as a doctor around here.
I told her I didn't think it would work. She just looked at me over her glasses. This time around I am more inclined to eat products that have only 5 or less ingredients. My Bran Flakes have 5. The lower the calories on manufactured foods--the larger the ingredient list on the package. Mostly chemicals. So, that leaves me with mostly fruit, vegetables, eggs and small amounts of meat. Dairy is a problem as it is high calorie in it's simplest form. Low fat or non fat isn't actually "food". Read the side of the container if you don't believe me. So, I have soy milk for my cereal but finding a soy yogurt here in my Town isn't easy. I did find a plain nonfat organic yogurt with only 2 ingredients. I haven't tasted it yet.
Well, I have to get going. I have 30 minutes of cardio to do (planting some things in the street side plot), the grocery to visit and the garden to pick and weed.
Guess what? Been a whole week and NOT A PEEP from the appliance repair people. No part. No guy to install part. Nothing. Not pleased.
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