Gardening

A couple of days ago we were worried about frost killing our gardens and today we put the air conditioner in our bedroom. The weather is just so typical for here.

Speaking of gardens, I am just about done with my wall garden. I still have a few more plants to buy and plant, but, for the most part, I'm about done. I decided to go with very low-maintenance flowers this year. The garden, right now, has alyssum, impatiens, and coleus--that's all. I might put some gerbera daisies in the empty spots, but that will be very few plants to take care of. K. took over my mum garden and planted dahlias there. Actually, there were only a couple of very sad looking mums left after I killed everything off with too much weed killer. That is, I killed everything but the weeds! Oh,well.

Right now the biggest problem I have with my garden is the chipmunks. There are so many of the little beasts running around out there that we have to watch so we don't step on them. Anyway, they take all the seeds out of the bird feeders and then bury them for the winter. Trouble is, they bury them in my garden--digging up my flowers at the same time! SOMETHING MUST be done about those little rodents. Maybe if I got a gun...no, no, can't go there! Bad thought! I would be too dangerous if I had one! Guess I have to think of something else.