I've been feeling "scattered" lately. My mother-in-law was Pennsylvania Dutch and she called it "vershimlt." It's when you feel like there's a million things to do and you can't get started on any one thing. Or, started on a million things at once. You probly know the feeling.
I have to keep telling myself I AM MAKING PROGRESS. It's just been hit or miss. Once I get all the "hardscape" projects, like walls, walks, arbors, etc. done, then it will be ok. I'll be one of those gardening ladies who wanders the garden with big straw hat, trug, and secateurs, deadheading roses and humming Brahms ( 
, like that's ever going to happen "done" ha.)
Yesterday morning was spent entirely on the Pot Corral. First, I drove over to Jerry's back lot and got a big load of stump grindings, brought it home and filled all the pots. It looked like so much dirt, but those big pots ate it up like nothing and I still need more to do grow-bags for my hot peppers and eggplants. It also took so much longer than I thought. I still haven't planted tender annuals in any pots yet, but the hardier stuff is in: cannas, salvias, elephant ear, etc. And some perennials: mini roses, hostas. The Boston ferns are also out there and in place, they look a little ratty after all winter in the bedroom, but I see a lot of new growth coming in.
Wednesday I was supposed to meet friends in Gettysburg for lunch, but sudden illness struck and they had to cancel. So I went up to Lurgans Greenhouse instead. It's Amish-owned, huge, unadvertised, and the prices are reasonable. I bought a Rodgersia to grow in the Jungle Cliff, a horsetail rush for the little pond there, and a lovely red astilbe with dark red foliage that for now is featured in one of the big Pot Corral containers. I also stopped at a nursery that is going out of business (Snavely's in Chambersburg) and bought a variegated thyme and a pot of Miscanthus grass "Cosmopolitan" which can get to 8 feet tall. I've been lusting for that grass for a while now and since it was on sale, I bought it. I'll be sorry to see yet another nursery go out of business, but I have to be honest: their deep discount sale prices were still pretty high in my opinion and it's no wonder these nurseries are having trouble staying in business. At 25% off I still paid $19 for a pot of ornamental grass. It used to be that a lot of these places would propagate and grow their own stock, now I think most order in from big wholesalers and that's where the price creep begins. It's too bad because the selection used to be AMAZING and the prices reasonable, but now it's a generic selection and high cost.
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