Gardening Time-out
We've been having some lovely weather interspersed with January chill, but I haven't been able to enjoy those as much as I would like. I fractured my ankle, it would seem, and my boot, while allowing me more mobility than crutches, is not really all-terrain footwear.
I'm posting a picture I took a few years ago, as a bit of a consolation prize.
It'll be a few weeks before I can legitimately get back to the business of gardening, aside from some pruning. The digging and planting will have to wait, or I'll have to get my husband to do it for me.
(On that note, my husband tilled up our side yard over the last couple of weeks, and we now have a plot of potatoes growing there.)
In nicer news, we got beautiful teak patio furniture a couple of weekends ago, which has made spending time outdoors without gardening implements in my hands far more enjoyable. I have much I want to do with my garden, but it's nice to have a reason to appreciate what I have already done.
I'm reading other garden weblogs with great delight and interest at the moment, enjoying others' adventures in the outdoors, and I'll try to continue my question series soon.
In the meantime, I'm going to try to get my next garden project, a large bed of herbs and vines to camouflage our garden shed, designed and ready to go when I'm back on both limbs.
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I don't think I've visited your blog before. The picture of the Iris was irresistable, so I wanted to stop in. I am sorry to hear that you broke your ankle. It really is frustrating when you want to be in the garden, but can't because of a broken bone. I broke my wrist several years ago, and I remember how cooped up I felt after a few weeks. At least there are garden blogs to read.
For the past few days, I've read a lot of blogs because our weather has been so bitterly cold. It was supposed to warm up today, but instead we had more snow. One of these days, spring will come ...
Heal quickly!
Ow! Sorry about your ankle.
Even without such impediments, I feel like I'm so behind. I really need to get finished with my pruning. And I haven't even gotten potatoes planted yet. I bet it's too late now. When do you usually plant yours?
Lovely photo. Is it a white flag? They've already started blooming here in South Austin. And yesterday, driving up through Pemberton Heights I saw some yellow daffodils already. Seems a bit early.
I hope you recover quickly. How frustrating to be unable to garden when you want to dig! Hope you got those muhlies in the ground already.
Hi Rachel,
Sorry about the ankle - better just sit on the teak furniture and heal so you can trek around with the garden bloggers in April! Just looking at everything is an essential part of gardening anyway.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose