Comments on: The slows http://blog.blithewold.org/gardens/the-slows/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Thu, 23 May 2013 15:15:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kim http://blog.blithewold.org/gardens/the-slows/comment-page-1/#comment-3202 Kim Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:15:19 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/gardens/the-slows/#comment-3202 Wow, the gardens are looking absolutely wonderful, Kris! I can see why you're feeling The Slows--you've obviously earned them. :) I never get The Slows, though, I get The Panics. When the calendar flips to July and I realize that I don't have my entire vegetable garden in already, and there are still lots of herbs and things in 3in pots sitting on the driveway, and the fence isn't yet painted, and weeds are encroaching everywhere... well, maybe I should call them The FreakOuts, now that I think about it! Much worse than the Panics! :( <em>Kim, I'm glad I'm in good freaky company! I'm a wreck especially at home - plants in nursery pots all over the place and the weeds got the upper hand weeks ago. There's just no rest for the weary! (We love what we do anyhow, right?) -kris</em> Wow, the gardens are looking absolutely wonderful, Kris! I can see why you’re feeling The Slows–you’ve obviously earned them. :)

I never get The Slows, though, I get The Panics. When the calendar flips to July and I realize that I don’t have my entire vegetable garden in already, and there are still lots of herbs and things in 3in pots sitting on the driveway, and the fence isn’t yet painted, and weeds are encroaching everywhere… well, maybe I should call them The FreakOuts, now that I think about it! Much worse than the Panics! :(

Kim, I’m glad I’m in good freaky company! I’m a wreck especially at home – plants in nursery pots all over the place and the weeds got the upper hand weeks ago. There’s just no rest for the weary! (We love what we do anyhow, right?) -kris

]]> By: kate http://blog.blithewold.org/gardens/the-slows/comment-page-1/#comment-3200 kate Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:51:46 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/gardens/the-slows/#comment-3200 The cutting garden looks lovely. I can certainly understand why you'd be wanting naps - it looks as if you've done a prodigious amount of work this spring and early summer. Enjoy and have a few extra naps - you've earned it! <em>Thank you, Kate! - I think I will take that nap ... zzzzz .... -kris</em> The cutting garden looks lovely. I can certainly understand why you’d be wanting naps – it looks as if you’ve done a prodigious amount of work this spring and early summer. Enjoy and have a few extra naps – you’ve earned it!

Thank you, Kate! – I think I will take that nap … zzzzz …. -kris

]]> By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/gardens/the-slows/comment-page-1/#comment-3199 Layanee Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:56:35 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/gardens/the-slows/#comment-3199 Kris it is just 'Summer hibernation time'. Just get a mojito, a lounge chair, and a good book and spend a whole day or two relaxing. I think it is nature's way of making you sit still to observe. Your pictures are glorious but, perhaps, it is time to trek to Bristol! <em>Layanee, It's definitely time for another visit! I'll put off my mojito lounge chair days (great idea!) so that I don't miss you this time. -kris</em> Kris it is just ‘Summer hibernation time’. Just get a mojito, a lounge chair, and a good book and spend a whole day or two relaxing. I think it is nature’s way of making you sit still to observe. Your pictures are glorious but, perhaps, it is time to trek to Bristol!

Layanee, It’s definitely time for another visit! I’ll put off my mojito lounge chair days (great idea!) so that I don’t miss you this time. -kris

]]> By: Nancy Bond http://blog.blithewold.org/gardens/the-slows/comment-page-1/#comment-3196 Nancy Bond Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:08:25 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/gardens/the-slows/#comment-3196 If the humidity has caused 'the slows' at Blithewold, they've created 'the doldrums' here in Nova Scotia. We've had two uncharacteristically hot and humid days (for June) in a row and I feel positively wiped out. So you have my sympathy. :) A nice clear sunny day with a stiff breeze will probably rejuvenate me. A day at the beach is a guaranteed elixir. <em>Nancy, You're right - a day at the beach would fix me right up - even just a 20 minute swim would sooth my soul. The beach is no more than 20 minutes from here - why aren't I there right now?? -kris</em> If the humidity has caused ‘the slows’ at Blithewold, they’ve created ‘the doldrums’ here in Nova Scotia. We’ve had two uncharacteristically hot and humid days (for June) in a row and I feel positively wiped out. So you have my sympathy. :) A nice clear sunny day with a stiff breeze will probably rejuvenate me. A day at the beach is a guaranteed elixir.

Nancy, You’re right – a day at the beach would fix me right up – even just a 20 minute swim would sooth my soul. The beach is no more than 20 minutes from here – why aren’t I there right now?? -kris

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