Rain.

6-12-14 SHORT HILLS: It’s been raining since last weekend. One day there was over an inch in the rain gauge, but most days are dank, dark and damp. It’s been drizzling all day today.

Undaunted by the inclement weather, I have been busy with W & P and other maintenance chores. There have been more dump runs with the cuttings, and I pronounce the yard done for now.

By tomorrow it won't be done anymore—the curse of gardening, and the blessing. One can always find something that needs attention. This weather is actually perfect for all those transplants I did recently.

New blooms: elderberry, buttercup, arrow-wood viburnum, Asian holly.


Soggy spirea.

New clematis at the base of the birdhouse.