The Obsessive Neurotic Gardener

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Where to begin? How to share it all? Let’s try chronologically and in bullet form for ease of reading:

Thursday

  • Half day at work 
  • Down to Atlantic City with my boy, Alex
  • Watching NCAA basketball tournament 
  • Many a Guinness in hand
  • No money lost gambling 

Friday

  • Some more basketball watching
  • Nice greasy “breakfast” at Johnny Rockets
  • Back home with the family and still financially in tact

Saturday

  • Children both staying with family for the day/night
  • Daddy getting some “outside time” and a chance to catch up on all things plants. Here are the photos: 

The first blooms of the year … OK, it’s indoors, but still, the Meyer lemon tree is in full bloom.

The garage raised tulips have grown like gangbusters and it’s time to get them outside.

The weeping cherry tree buds have formed so the blooms cannot be too far behind.

While this new growth on the Monarda is exciting, I was more taken in by the scent, that strong mint smell brought me to the summer and love the fact that the deer despise it.

Some serious foliage growth on the Achillea.

And then it was time for one of my favorite tasks. One that symbolizes spring and that the best is yet to come. time to cut down the ornamental grasses.  

The cool season grasses, like this Calamagrostis ‘El Dorado’ already have signs of new growth.

As do the Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’.

  • Saturday night, after a hard day’s work, my wife and I went out for a nice dinner and didn’t have to cut any one’s food or bring anyone to the bathroom multiple times. Here is where we ate – Lily’s on the Canal in Lambertville, NJ. Incredible dinner and an awesome chance to be alone with my bride.
  • Took my Cialis and just like in the commercial, my wife and I were transformed into individual tubs:

Sunday

  • Sleep late and a leisurely breakfast
  • A run outside on a nice crisp morning 
  • More NCAA basketball watching 
  • Some blog time 
  • Kids back home and couldn’t be happier to see them

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13 Responses

  2. I have heard those basketball noises all weekend!

    I know what you mean about the grasses, not my favorite job cutting them down, but they look so wonderful I guess it’s worth it.

    I have actually seen bathtubs like that in people’s gardens.

    Eileen

  8. Hope your team won! Ours pooped out again!:( And I love Lambertville, NJ. Haven’t been there for a very long time! Good memories! Thanks for sharing that tub scene!:)

  11. Sounds like a perfect weekend to me. Very similar to how we spent ours, with the exception of watching England scrape through to win the Six Nations rugby. We had it all that day…..good pub, good crowd, good beer, good food, plenty of time…..just not good rugby from us!

  12. Texwis – those commercials with the tubs have always cracked me up and couldn’t resist sneaking one in here. Especially this one, looks so uncomfortable.

    Gatsby – cutting down the grasses is labor intensive but such a sign of spring that I can’t complain.

    Sue – was a nice break from the “routine” for a few days.

    Susan – the tubs are ridiculous and I always feel cold when I see them

    Dawn – so true, love the alone time but love them coming home just as much

    Paula – always wanted to mock those tub scenes and figured this was the perfect time.

    Kyna – the NCAA’s are overwhelming but I still can’t get enough. Aren’t you all fired up over UNC?

    Lemonverbena – we love Lambertville and New Hope, Pa so much. Such character and awesome places to eat and just hang.

    Marcia – my wife said the same thing, hope everyone got the joke.

    Alex – still strategizing for next time

    Gary – good pub, good food, good crowd – almost doesn’t matter what you are watching!

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