Sunday, April 15, 2012

The Potting Bench is Still Empty

Because it's been so cold (20's at night), I have not been able to get out and do any garden work.  My poor potting bench that I set up during the warm March weather, still sits empty.
I did go out this afternoon just to take a walk around the Ponderosa to see if everything survived the winter.  I was happy to see buds on the cherry trees.


 I was surprised to see creeping phlox that survived the multiple doses of Roundup I gave it last summer/fall.  I am actually kind of happy to see this as I really hated to lose all of it.



I see this blue oat grass survived in the rockwall garden.   As you can see I have not even raked this area yet.


I noticed tulip buds in the wagon wheel garden out by the road.  I hope I can get out this week to rake and cut down the dead sedum heads before the tulips bloom.

Up on the deck I was ecstatic to see the Hot Papaya coneflower survived in one of my barrels.  I sure hope it's more impressive than it was last year when it died shortly after planting and never really rebloomed as I expected it to.

I really did not do anything very impressive this weekend. Even the  banana chocolate chip bundt cake I baked did not turn out as I had hoped. It looked pretty promising as it went into the oven.

Unfortunately I did not let is cool before I turned it out.
 and just like the directions warned, the warm cake stuck to the pan.

It did not look as nice as I would have liked, but it tasted good.  If you want to try it, I found the recipe on One Crazy Cookie blog.  Just make sure you let it sit and cool before you turn it out!

7 comments:

  1. You'll get it all done. Normally this is when we'd be doing all this stuff. I think we all feel behind because of the weather we've had. Here maple leaf seeds are going nuts dropping. I must have a hundred thousand out there and it's overwhelming. Then today I noticed the leaves on the Crape Myrtle that had started leafing out were completely dead from last week's freeze. Hope it didn't kill it.

    Cher Sunray Gardens

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  2. This weather has been so crazy-I wish it would make up it's mind. Warm/cold/warm/cold. I've lost so many perennials this spring. The last straw was my Perovskia--the star of my sidewalk border. I babied it along for 4 years, but the constant freezing/thawing this spring did it in.
    I'm also having the same problem as Sunray Gardens with maple seedlings. In all the years I've been here, I've never had such a bumper crop of seedlings.....

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  3. Your zone is about three weeks behind me here in Zone 6. I have had sooo many beautiful days, and feel pretty good with the progress. Hubby and I were talking about bundt cakes this morning. Yours looks just fine. I like your blue accents - bench and chair. They look fresh!

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  4. One thing that did turn out is that ROCK WALL. I want it!

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  5. Nothing planted here either Zoey. I covered some of my perennials two nights this last week. I didn't want the buds to freeze. I was able to get out and clean up some of the flower beds yesterday. Now it's cold and rainy and they are even predicting a few snow flakes for tomorrow.

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  6. I'm coming over for some of that cake!!! LOVE your blue potting shelf. Get ready Zoey - temps in the high 80's today!!!!

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  7. You have some good things coming, ours are just about gone, daffodils, tulips, rhodies, etc. I do have a Pagoda Dogwood that is ready to bloom. Sometimes it is not good to have the early warmth.

    Eileen

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