Category — Jan's Thoughts

Jim’s straw gardening hat has seen better days.

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Earlier this week, I successfully engaged in some good, old-fashioned bartering with my teen-aged daughter. She was hoping for a ride — another ride– somewhere, and promised an exchange: she would take a couple dozen pictures of anything in the garden with her new digital camera, and I would transport her to her destination.
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We scooted out of town yesterday on a 4-day jaunt to Cincinnati. Although we first planned the trip 9 months ago, we were almost caught unaware by the sudden arrival of our departure date. We hastily made arrangements for a friend to pick up mail, another friend to pick up our daughter when she gets back to town ahead of us, and a car to be repaired whilst we were gone.

We left the garden to its own devices.
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If you visit our home in the season that runs from approximately mid-May until at least early October and express any interest whatsoever in our garden, you get The Garden Tour.
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It’s been a hard to week for a gardener, although a very good week for the garden. We’ve had five days of rain and, when it’s not been raining, it’s been 85 to 90 degrees F. The garden is ecstatic. The garden is thrilled. The gardener is wilted and soggy.
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