This weekend, I spent approximately 7 hours planting shrubs and flowers, and spreading mulch. It would have taken less time, but I kept having to go back to Home Depot for more mulch. And to the garden center for more flowers*. I vastly underestimated my mulching and flowering needs. Also underestimated--how freaking heavy bags of mulch are, and how exhausting crawling around and digging in the dirt can be. Every muscle below my waist hurts, and my shoulders aren't feeling so hot either...I stayed in bed for 2 hours longer than I had planned this morning, not because I was tired but because I didn't want to move.
On the bright side, I probably burned a bunch of calories, and my flowerbeds look lovely. Hopefully they will stay that way all summer, because I am so not looking forward to doing that again. :)
UPDATE: And one of my pentas is now looking decidedly droopy. I think I didn't put enough potting soil around him, and he's having trouble rooting directly into the native soil (read: clay). Actually--confession!--it didn't even occur to me until about halfway through the planting that I should put the potting soil around the plants as well as under them. So it's likely that this poor plant is only the first penta to die in my care (or lack thereof). Oh well...I'll do better with the next batch.
*pentas, vince something-or-others (look kind of like impatiens, but the leaves are bigger...I don't remember the name), and begonias.
Posted by Joy at May 7, 2007 10:26 AM