I ordered a new WS-2310TWC weather station from Amazon a couple of days ago. It has a temp/humidity/pressure gauge, a rain gauge and a wind gauge. It will connect to the indoor base unit either via cable or wireless. It comes with software to upload the weather data to your computer and or the internet. The software is for Windows only but I found something similar for free that should work on my Linux box. For $44 its a steal if it works at all. Now I just have to figure out where I am going to set it up.
The garden talk is coming up at work in a couple of weeks. Yesterday I picked up some iris and daylilies from one of the attendees. A week ago I was the happy recipient of some African Daisies. We have a plant trade before and after the get together. Anyone with anything to offer up does. The iris and daylilies were pulled out of where a future pond will be. I am excited to see what they are as none of them were labeled. Goodies for Kerry!
Eric picked up a 3 piece iron bench and a couple of chairs that were destined for the trash. He ended up giving me the bench. Too cool. Now I am on the lookout for cushions. I see a quilt, a book and a bench under a shady tree in my near future. Photos to follow.
Today on the propagation bench, I planted some more cukes, took some cuttings from the Scarlet Curls willow to root, repotted many of the tomatoes, divided out the Starbright Zinnias 3 or 4 to a cup and seeded some perennial onions. Some of the cherry tomatoes went outside to get them ready for their new homes in a couple of weeks. I also dug up a little bit of the thyme for the giveaway.
Last spring I ordered two little lilacs from HollyHill Nurseries, a Dwarf Meyer lilac and the Superba below. The plants were quite small when they came, only in 2″ pots but the cost was only a couple of dollars each. They have done great as have the butterfly bushes I’ve also ordered from them in the past. This little Superba has a dozen flower spikes on it and it looks like the Meyer that will bloom next will have just about as many. The scent is out of this world. I moved it to the front porch so we would be able to enjoy the fragrance. I will also move the Miss Kim in the half barrel around to the front of the house when she starts blooming in the next week. Thank God for dollies.
Speaking of Lilacs, there is a gorgeous lilac across from my Chiropractor’s office. Its a deep blue/purple and is absolutely stunning. Nobody knew which one it is but I did some digging on the net and believe I may have found it. I believe it is a President Lincoln Lilac. It is definitely on my must have list now.