Garden News: O Happy Hydrangea!

[callmemadam]

Everywhere I go, I see the pale, pinched faces of depressed people. The garden looks pretty depressed, too. Whenever it stops raining for about five minutes, I dash outside and snip off a dead head or pull out a weed. I avoid the patch at the bottom where standing water created a temporary pond for a couple of days. The deer have been in again and between them and the slugs it's a wonder I've a plant left in the garden. But the hydrangeas have never looked better.

C'est la fête à la grenouille.

Comments

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

I have Cerinthe planted out and flowering, although they're half the size they were last year. Nearly everything is behind, growth is so slow. And the slugs ate all the asters! I'm still convinced we'll get an Indian summer.