Tired

After being up half the night with  a baby with cholic the reality has set in that this year may not be a very big year for my gardening, except some maintenance. It may depend a bit on my hubby's enthusiasm too. I will, however be replacing the new d'anjou Pear tree that A decided to bend over and sit on like he was a cartoon character with another of the same kind...The poor tree snapped a foot from the base. We were very sad. sometimes it is hard to learn life's lessons when you don't have anyone else to learn from.

A good tip that I give to anyone who wants to do some serious gardening  and have top pick and the nurseries is to go to them in March. Noone is there, and nothing has been touched. Plus you miss all of the crowds. Soooo nice. Why would anyone want to fight the crowds that come pillaging on Mother's Day? Not me... I have alread planted, dug out and moved things around by then... March is a great month to plant new trees.. but so is October clear into November..I would have replacedd My D'anjou by now but the local nursery did not have what I needed in stock, and being temporarily stuck at home a lot I wasn't about to go venturing for one. Oh well. A time and season for everything.