So I finally got the rest of the plants that we’d picked up at the church plant sale and at Home Depot plopped into the ground (and flower pots) last evening. One of the advantages of summer time is being able to get a bit of light gardening done when I get home.<\/p>\n
That will mean, alas, a bit of extra watering work for our house sitter — especially since, alas, we’ve run out of days to have a sprinkler guy come out and fix the zones that aren’t working, which means the under-deck area will need some touch-up, too — but hopefully the prettiness of it all will make up for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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