16 April: weeding and…watering?! Tuesday, 16 April 2024 at home Allan took Zinc for a practice walk on the harness. She managed to slip out of it once before, when he thought she could play near him on a long leash, so she must be supervised. After a short walk, she went back into the south catio. I wonder […] https://tanglycottage.wordpres....s.com/2024/04/23/16-
15 April: seeding and reading Monday, 15 April 2024 at home I got some plants from Annie’s Annuals and Perennials…my excuse for the order being that I had stepped on the one nice Nicotiana langsdorfii that I had carefully brought through the winter in the greenhouse. It seems thoroughly smushed. So I got three to replace it, and one iochroma, […] https://tanglycottage.wordpres....s.com/2024/04/22/15-
14 April: edging and weeding Sunday, 14 April 2024 at home I went outside to garden in the late morning only to be turned back by a cold wind and what felt like a chilly damp mist (even though the pavement stayed dry). I returned to my comfy chair and finished the book about Buffalo gardens (see yesterday’s post). When […] https://tanglycottage.wordpres....s.com/2024/04/21/14-
13 April: rearranging and reading Saturday, 14 April 2024 at home The crocs sandals that I had ordered came, but despite my desire to give my sore toe room, they didn’t work….I felt my foot was slipping out the open back. The same delivery had brought Allan a pair of boat shoes with wide toe room, and they fit me, […] https://tanglycottage.wordpres....s.com/2024/04/20/13-
12 April: more composting Friday, 12 April 2024 at home Again, we had rain overnight but no reading weather during most of the day. I sifted leaf mold, compost, and coir to finish mulching the garden boat. My audience: After mulching inside the aft section of the garden boat, I dug up some big Sanguisorba ‘Pink Elephant’ clumps from […] https://tanglycottage.wordpres....s.com/2024/04/19/12-