This 'n That

It's been a busy week with many activities, but that's April. With improving weather, we all come alive again after a long winter.  The weather has not been good--very rainy and cool at the beginning of the week.  The sun is out today with stiff breezes and temperatures in the 60s.  At least, the improvement was a lift for the spirits so low after the death of a friend's husband and another friend's mother. It made me feel liking tidying up some loose ends. 

• I planted the chard in the veggie and herb boxes on the deck this morning after yoga. It rained so hard the past two nights that I was concerned the young plants' leaves would be battered--but they looked fine!
• I noticed a planter outside the clubhouse exercise room where we meet for yoga and recalled that I never planted it last year.  Tomorrow I will take a Heuchera and some pansies and topsoil with me to yoga and plant it up after class. 
• I put the black cherry twigs I cut from Sara's tree on Sunday in water and they are sprouting already. I was hoping to use them to replace the Bradford Pear twigs I forced at the public library, but the timing may not be right.
• I pulled the planter out from the garage and cut away the old banana plant stalk. The chocolate grass Carex comans 'Milk Chocolate' still looks good (since it is brown anyway), but didn't show signs of renewal yet.  I'll give it some more time. Sara's grass from the container gardening workshop last May with Cathy Testa showed little green sprouts at its base on Sunday, but I don't know the name of her Carex.



Carex comans 'Milk Chocolate'

• I think I will stop at Country Flower Farms in Middlefield on my way to Wallingford this afternoon to meet a friend for dinner. I'm still looking for Hydrangea 'Endless Summer' to plant for my neighbor in memory of her mother--even though it is too early in the season, I've been told by the local nursery professionals. Isn't that typical of the amateur gardener?