Going to make a nice hot cup of tea and have some dinner and relax after that. Honestly, the stiffness and sorness is just part of getting old! I am not about to give up gardening so just have to put up with it.

I hear you, Rita. I spread compost today, hauling from the back of the back yard to the front yard. With temps in the mid 80s, I was ready to drop. But, at least it's done.

Karen

kqcrna said:Right Marilyn, this heat is incredible for early May. Our normal temp is 70° but it was in the mid 80s and humid today.

Karen

Don't forget about the April weather of extra warm/hot, humid, muggy and stormy/rainy.

Joanne,

Your plants look great!

Rita,

You got tons of gardening stuff done today! Tons more than I could (can do) done (any day)!

It takes a lot longer for me to mulch or put out compost than it used to years ago. But hey, I might be slower but I still get it all done! Planting too. I am slower but it does get done eventually.

I've had MS since Fall 1998. I have limitations because of it (heat, humidity, muggyness being slow doing things - gardening, getting worn out easily....).

Plus, as I've gotten older and having hills/slopes doesn't help either.

But the flowers are worth the effort, right, Marilyn?

Marilyn!

Marilyn, I am sure the flowers bring much joy.

I'm sorry Marilyn, that stinks.

But I'm slow doing things, get worn out easily, and my only excuse is being old and out of shape.

Karen

lovemyhouse said:But the flowers are worth the effort, right, Marilyn?

Yes!

Newyorkrita said: Marilyn, I am sure the flowers bring much joy.

Yes! I live for the Hummingbirds! Most of what I plant and have blooming here every year is for the Hummers!

Love seeing they happy when they're here at the flowers.

I plant containers with Hummingbird attractive flowers and colors they love.

I have flowers that Butterflies love, too.

And Echinaceas for the Songbirds (seeds).

I have a lot and I mean a lot of hummingbird attracting plants here myself. Many honeysuckle vines with both trumpet flowers and the regular glowers. Five butterfly bushes which attract not only butterflies but hummingbirds as well. Many Hummingbird Mints (Agastaches) from High Country Gardens. And the hummers just LOVE those! Then I plant annual Salvias, another favorite of the hummingbirds here. And lets not forget the four o'clocks. Hummingbirds love four o'clocks.

Didn't know they love Four O'Clocks!

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