Catmint20906 said:yeah, I like to think about weeding, too!

I like to think about weeding far better than I like to actually do weeding.

Yeah, I go outside and look at the garden and just think and think!

I think up projects. Like moving stuff or making a new garden bed. No more room for new garden beds, thank goodness. I just don't have the energy to get so much done these days.

Your thoughts sound much more focused and productive than mine are! Mine tend to run like this: 'wow, look at all those weeds... oh, look, a butterfly!'

I had that same kind of day.

I puttered and watered a little bit but could not get going on anything of consequence. Not even planting the remaining pansies from the flat my cousin bought last week. There they sit, just hanging out.

It's good for the garden to give it a day of rest, I feel. It's also good practice to spend at least as much time admiring your work as doing the work.

So we've all been good gardeners today, right? Right.

I agree--we definitely need to spend time *enjoying* what we've planted and helped to flourish!

Oh I very much enjoy my garden. A Lot!

I've been busy baking for a huge Yard/Bake sale for Saturday. Can't wait til next week when I can think about weeding and butterflies and maybe actually get something done.

I don't expect to do much outside other than, getting the tropicals inside, digging up a few plants that won't overwinter outside, and a little bit of fall clean up. We will be away for 2 weeks in Oct and a week in Nov.

Oh, Roses, that sounds like a big project! What's the sale in aid of?

Holly, I'm the opposite. I think I will likely be busier in the garden over the next months than I have been lately. There's a new bed to organize with "lasagna method" layers, including laying out paths and steps. And then wintersowing will be a big deal this year. But for the moment, there is a lull.

You guys all sound super busy and productive to me! :-). Holly 3 weeks away later in the fall sounds lovely! Hope you are going someplace relaxing!

Oh yes, 2 weeks at the Beach (with Josh's beach wedding right in the middle) and then a week in Mexico near Cancun. Just can't get enough Beach time.

Sounds great, Holly! We're scheduled to go to Sanibel, Fort Myers Beach and to a villa in Puerto Rico in December. Right now I'm baking and collecting items for another yard sale to support the legal action against the permits given to one land owner who wants to dump sludge on all his tenant farmer's land. We've collected about 50,000.00 so far, but much more is needed to get thru all the legal battles. We organize socials where funding and education against the sludge is targeted. We have a new anonymous donor who will match whatever we raise. We've recently received our non profit status and the Delaware River Keepers are showing interest in our project since we made a video of the water run off which would eventually go into the Delaware River from the streams here. The project keeps us very busy. We have a facebook page and a website. We have 600 names on our petition so far and are constantly doing everything we can to keep the project visible and alive. We've gotten the real estate people on board when we proved that home values go down in the areas where sludge is dumped. The EPA and DEP are being educated by us also. They leave the evaluation of the acceptable land conditions up to the carriers that dump the sludge. These people make so much money from the waste management plants, that they'll dump it anywhere!! We have well water, untillable land, rolling hills and many more factors that make sludging a dangerous thing for the inhabitants here.

WOW Roses sounds like your group is really getting some heavy hitters behind you. Good luck

Roses, would you post your website link here? Thanks! That sounds like a wonderful project and I'd love to stay informed about it.

What a wonderful cause and your energy is inspiring, Roses! Sounds like you are getting some great backers and you've done a terrific job with this effort!

Holly and Roses, I am envious of you both for getting some vacation time in wonderful places! Holly, congrats to Josh and your new DIL to be! sounds like a lovely location for a wedding.

What she said.

Though I really don't have any desire to go anywhere, to be honest. Maybe next year, once things are more established in the garden.

Traveling with a garden can be a real issue and an extra expense. Luckily our neighbor did a great job taking care of the gardens for us this year while we were away. She did a wonderful job earlier this spring taking care of our GH full of very young plants, too.
How about a pic of the finished (for now) pond feature.

It is gorgeous, Holly! Very artistic!