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The back garden in May 2011 before the heat hit in earnest.

Why I haven’t written

I’ve been like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rockers.

The back garden in spring

It’s the end of the school year for my kids, and all that entails. The Diva just graduated from high school yesterday. There’s been prom, and a whole host of writing projects.

Plus, I’ve been toiling in the garden of delight. Everything about late May is delightful from the buzzing insects to the warmer weather. I never thought I’d be so glad to see the blazing sun, but it was a very cold spring with little rain. Both were ended this week with rain and then sunnier skies just in time for Baccalaureate and graduation.

Like this agapanthus, I'm a bit blue. No, it will not come back. My friend, Helen, gave it to me, and I'm growing it as an annual.

Tomorrow, I go with my daughter for her orientation at university. She asked me to go, and I’m surprised and gladdened. She isn’t quite ready to let me go yet, and I’m grateful, because if she did so soon, I’m afraid I’d fall. She is my second child, but my first baby, and the parting is such sweet sorrow.

Two more chicks still in the nest make it a bit easier, but still . . . .

The garden is beautiful, but I’m not getting all of the vegetables in because I’ve been so busy this May. It reminds me of when all of my kids played sports simultaneously, and I was hot footing it from place to place. I hope you’ll forgive me and check out these other pieces I’ve written here and there.

A YouTube gardening tip I did while at the Garden2Blog event hosted by P. Allen Smith and his sponsors.

It’s not too soon to deadhead on the Lowe’s LCI Team blog. If you want to read more, just click on my name in the drop down menu on the right side of the blog.

I have two recent articles at the Fiskars website: Daylily lust, it all begins innocently enough, Raised Bed Magic and Honoring mothers everywhere.

If that’s not enough writing to never want to read me again, I also have an article in Oklahoma Gardener magazine this month on texture and color in the shade garden.

Containers all in blue and St. Fiacre too

I hope spring is treating all of you well, and I wish I could walk your gardens with you, or you could come visit. I finally got all the plants planted. Now, it’s time to mulch.

Happy Sunday!

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22 May, 2011 By Dee Nash

Filed Under: Basics, Color, Oklahoma, Perennials

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  1. Dirty Girl Gardening

    27 May, 2011 at 9:16 am

    love your blue container… really pretty shade.

    • Dee Nash

      28 May, 2011 at 5:21 pm

      Cobalt blue is my fave color Jen. Sounds like it’s one of yours too.

  2. Kathryn/plantwhateverbringsyoujoy.com

    26 May, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    Hi, Dee, And as if all THAT were not enough, you get tornados in Oklahoma!
    Wow. Congratulations to your daughter. You don’t have to tell me how hard it is to let your daughter go. Mine is fully grown and it’s still an issue! LOL! (I get better every year, I think.) Our daughters. Our daughters. Our precious beautiful daughters. Give her a kiss for me. 🙂 xoxo

    • Dee Nash

      28 May, 2011 at 5:27 pm

      Kathryn, you really know how to speak to my heart. 🙂

  3. rebecca sweet

    26 May, 2011 at 6:51 am

    Oh Dee, we’ll never get tired of your writing! Have a wonderful time at your daughter’s orientation. I remember taking my mother to mine and loving it.

    • Dee Nash

      28 May, 2011 at 5:34 pm

      Thank you Rebecca. Sometimes I tire of myself. It was a fun day at the college. Hard to believe she is so “old.”

  4. karen

    25 May, 2011 at 3:50 pm

    oh, forgot to add that I love your quote! too funny : )

    • Dee Nash

      28 May, 2011 at 5:40 pm

      Thanks Karen.

  5. compostinmyshoe

    25 May, 2011 at 10:24 am

    You certainly are burning lots of candles these days. Glad you have so much exposure to your work. Keep it up!

    • Dee Nash

      28 May, 2011 at 5:42 pm

      Yes, my candles are now mere nubs of their former selves. I plan to take a few days away as soon as I finish a couple of projects before vacation. Ugh on the projects.

  6. mary

    25 May, 2011 at 2:01 am

    Another milestone! We will all enjoy hearing about college in future posts. Glad you are getting into your garden. Between the end of school activities, stormy weather, and soggy ground I just finally spent a couple of hours in mine yesterday!

    • Dee Nash

      28 May, 2011 at 5:48 pm

      Yes, so exciting. May is always such a busy time. Now, the kids are out of school, and I’m so grateful. You enjoy your summer too Mary.

  7. Cherie Colburn

    24 May, 2011 at 5:18 pm

    Dee, I feel your pain. So hard to be everything to everyone (including your plants), especially when your heart is torn between pride and despair. With two daughters grown and now married, I understand that feeling, working yourself out of a job, your little girl all grown up. She’s like your beautiful roses, though: even when they’re fully mature, they still need someone to watch over them. The season may be changing for your family, there’s always another spring ahead. c:

    • Dee Nash

      28 May, 2011 at 5:53 pm

      Cherie, it is hard to work oneself out of a job. I know she’ll continue to need me especially when she moves away. I’m okay. It’s just one more small step to adulthood for her. Thanks so much.

  8. Linda Lehmusvirta

    24 May, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    Wow, I understand about busy! I’m taking a week off from blogging this week, so I have to time to catch up on your fun. Happy graduation and have fun at orientation. That’ll take you back, huh?

    • Dee Nash

      28 May, 2011 at 5:55 pm

      Glad you’ll get a break. I sure need one too. Yes, orientation was so familiar it was scary. I loved college.

  9. Sweetbay

    24 May, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    Contratulations to the Diva. Graduation from high school and going to college are big steps, filled with excitement.

    Your garden is looking beautiful.

    • Dee Nash

      28 May, 2011 at 5:55 pm

      Thank you so much Sweet Bay. I’ll let the Diva know of your good wishes.

  10. Jennie Brooks

    23 May, 2011 at 7:09 am

    “hot footing it” – my dad used to say that. thanks for the wonderful memory. love your articles, even when they’re short.

    • Dee Nash

      24 May, 2011 at 7:02 am

      Thank you so much Jennie. Yes, hot footing it is another way to say you’re way too busy.

  11. Susan Tomlinson

    22 May, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    Congratulations to your daughter! A milestone in both your lives that you will both remember fondly, to be sure.

    • Dee Nash

      24 May, 2011 at 7:02 am

      Thanks so much Susan. You get to see the college ritual every year. It is a milestone. We went to the college yesterday to enroll.

  12. Gardener on Sherlock Street

    22 May, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    Thanks for the link to your video “garden tip.” I had fun watching those.

    • Dee Nash

      24 May, 2011 at 7:02 am

      Thank you for stopping and watching it. 🙂

  13. karen

    22 May, 2011 at 1:13 pm

    Blessings to Diva! Isn’t it great that the garden goes on even when we are busy with other things? We are back to cool weather here after all the rain… good for more planting!

    glimpsesofglory-karen.blogspot.com

    • Dee Nash

      24 May, 2011 at 7:01 am

      Karen, I love that thought. Yes, the Creator keeps on working even when we’re away.

  14. Stacey

    22 May, 2011 at 12:39 pm

    Congratulations to your daughter. My youngest son graduated last year. He’s home from college now…actually both boys are home now. 🙂 Makes me smile and grumble at the same time. You’ll get used to one or more being gone faster than you think you will. I promise.

    Question for you…what did you do about your crepe myrtles? We dug up two of ours because the new growth was not on any of the old wood. The other crepe myrtles are leafing out but they are UGLY. Thinking of taking them out also.

    • Dee Nash

      24 May, 2011 at 7:01 am

      Stacey, I simply cut the dead wood to the ground. Crapes recover pretty quickly and once the branches are tall, I’ll select for three or four to make them into trees again. I wouldn’t take out the other ones either. If you don’t like the new growth, just cut to the ground. They will recover and be beautiful again. Sorry it took me so long to respond. I didn’t get any notice by email of the comments. Another glitch. 🙂

  15. Gardener on Sherlock Street

    22 May, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    I’m mulching too!!!
    Enjoy all the special events.

    • Dee Nash

      24 May, 2011 at 6:59 am

      GSS, yes, it’s that time of year. We better get the mulch in. 🙂

  16. Lisa at Greenbow

    22 May, 2011 at 9:24 am

    By all means enjoy your daughter while you can. It won’t be long and she won’t “need” you any more. It will be like watching a beautiful butterfly flit across your garden and be gone yet showing up all brilliant and beautiful again and again. It is good to hear you are well and happy. Your spring garden looks beautiful. All filled in it seems.

    • Dee Nash

      24 May, 2011 at 6:59 am

      Oh, Lisa, that was so beautifully said. Thank you.

  17. Leslie

    22 May, 2011 at 6:01 am

    There are a few bloom stalks just beginning to show on my agapanthus. You are quite a bit ahead of here! Quite the busy spring for you. Things change when the babies start to leave the nest but life is still good…just different. It will be OK.

    • Dee Nash

      24 May, 2011 at 6:57 am

      Hi Leslie, this agapanthus was grown in a greenhouse. It was already starting to bloom when I planted it. Thanks for saying it will all be okay.

  18. Cindy, MCOK

    22 May, 2011 at 5:23 am

    Like you, I’ve been too busy gardening to blog about gardening. I feel like I’m working under a deadline: our weather-induced summer hiatus will arrive all too soon and balmy will become blazing.

    Congrats to the Diva … I hope orientation is all she hopes it will be!

    • Dee Nash

      24 May, 2011 at 6:57 am

      Thanks so much Cindy. I’ll tell her. I feel like I never get away from deadlines, ya know? Hope you have some fun in your garden before it is blazing hot.

  19. Carol

    22 May, 2011 at 4:26 am

    I’m still planting! Then I need to mulch! And plant some more! Spring is so busy, hang in there.

    • Dee Nash

      22 May, 2011 at 4:46 am

      You too Carol. Spring is the busiest time of the gardener’s year.

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