Sunday, May 14, 2023

Field Notes- Sunday May 14th. happy Happy Mother's Day!!!! Sunshine.


 Happy Mother's Day.  A Beautiful Day here in Maine.  Warm and sunny.  Long phone call with son in California.   We covered quite a few topics.  Always good talking to him.

Today I am taking a paintbrush out to the Damson Plum.  It is self pollinating but not enough insects visiting to move pollen around.  So I will brush as many flowers as I can reach.  The tree is way taller than I am.  I remember the fruit being dark magenta and delicious. I might borrow husband's step stool  (which he uses as an end table)

The Peach trees have a total of five blossoms.  Five Peaches if all of them develop.  Sad. Very sad.

Having a garden is really really NOT for the Faint of Heart.......It can be wildly wonderful or deeply depressing.  Last summer the Peach Trees were loaded......we had many delicious Peach Cobblers.

I made a lovely bouquet for the house  after walking around picking whatever was in flower.  so much has gone by.  that's what happens here- and if I get ti right (any Gardener's Dream Come True) there is always something in blossom.  Not all at once....that's a Beginner's Mistake.  I used to see it all the Time when I worked at the greenhouse.  I could help with Perennial Bloom Sequencing but the landscape side didn't really try hard enough with their customers.

I did pretty good in my yard....but weather etc can ruin even the best plans.

Watching season four of Fringe.  Very confusing.

Well, I must cut this short and get that brush and start my Artificial Fertilization Project. Long Time Readers know I like a scientific project...a lot.  I saved one ice cream for today. 


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