No pity from me. I'm thinking of just giving half of mine away. Just gave away 4 pots of columbine.

Tylenol PM? Hot bath? Reward yourself for all the hard work :)

I've planted out a few containers, but still have lots of work to do to get the garden ready for more. Husband promised to help, but of course he's on a long golf weekend with his buddies in Williamsburg. Figures, right?

Giving them away would be hard to do :)

I guess I can just plunk them everywhere....

Tylenol PM and a hot bath sounds great.

I have lots of baseball games to attend this weekend.

I had to plant out a lot of the seedlings last night in the dark. lol

I will be out in the dark again this weekend.

Karen

Karen, though I never used it much, I actually bought myself one of those flashlight headbands for planting out in the dark in year two!!! Maybe you should get one?

Stay calm. It will all either get planted out or stay in its container for awhile and that is ok. Put "screaming to get out" containers in dabbled shade near a sprinkler you can just turn on and walk away. It's kind of like an exhausted parent plopping the toddler down and turning on the TV - as awful as it is, soemtimes its best for both of you to avoid anyone getting hurt!!!!

For the body aches - I am a bid fan of Aleve "all day strong" 220mg gel caps. I take one when I get in from the garden (7pm, 8pm?) and it starts to work, then has enough power to get me through to morning and waking up able to move again. Do NOT take two to "get more relief". Even these over the counter pills are bad for you in big doses.

Also, while I always feel too attached to give my babies (sprouts) away, it is inevitable when you just plain run out of dirt and I feel a whole lot less negative if I just give away "chunks" and don't have to go through the bother of "potting up" for gift receivers. I just keep a bunch of milk jug bottoms around to make " mixed variety packs" of chunks for friends who can then plant them out in their gardens. They're happy, I'm happy.

Nancy

I guess I worry the HOA will get on my case if I leave all those containers out there.

I wish I could take aleve. I miss it so much. I have Crohn's and can't take anything but tylenol. And sometimes that is just not enough. (also have fibryomylgia, lucky me)

I have been told about the light before. I am really going to get one now. It will make it much easier. I checked the alyssum i planted out in the dark and it was an ok job.

Now more planting tonight....HOS 1/2 to whole containers.

Karen

Karen that light might be a big help. Good idea Nancy. I too have fibromyalgia, and the extreme heat wipes me out.I am freq up at night anyway when I cant sleep.
tammy

It's amazing how many plants come from just "those few (hundred) containers". I think we're all guilty of our eyes being bigger than our gardening space or our avialble time...

Don't put so much pressure on your self girls,& guys.
Last year, I did not get to all my containers,not even by late fall, they stayed under a tree all winter, in their orignal sowed in containers,and they lived.
Do a little at a time, they will be just fine if you wait a few weeks.
cAROL

tonight, I tackled more Ruds and all my creeping thyme.

The positive is I sowed lots of the same flowers. SO I have a bunch of the same and I am picking a 2 flowers at a time.

I sure sowed a lot of creeping thyme. It was able to go completely around the beds that go around my house every foot or so. WOW that is a lot of THYME! I am excited about it!

I guess some staying in containers is not bad but my containers are in my veggie bed. oops...

I will focus on the containers that the HOA would hate the most (those blue water cooler bottles are going next)

Thanks for the encouragement. It was cool outside tonight so I did well and it is only 640pm.

Off to shower now....I love getting dirty!

Karen, it's not too early in our area? I have planted a few things and they are doing fine. Whatever you are doing is certainly encouraging. I have very ambitious plans for the weekend and I took Mon off. Hope, I'll empty a "few" containers.

Also, I still have to do some sowing. I guess, right now, the correct name is spring sowing (SS?). Thank you nan-6161! Advil for me tomorrow.

adamark everything I am planting out is a perenial and has second set of leaves. (actually some have more than second set of leaves)

you can plant out stuff now, these ws plants are so strong! Plus I have perenials in my garden sprouting and some are flowering so I figure it is safe to plant out now.

I do try to keep them wet for the first week or so though. I water with a mist for 30 minutes-1 hour so my beds get a nice soak and not just a quick water.

Go ahead and plant some stuff out. Last year I did some in March (poppies)

Karen

Adamark - I mentioned Aleve, not Advil. Might be "the same active ingrediant" though. Does the Advil have noproxen? That's the kicker in Aleve that works much better for me than motrin for soem reason.

We have one of those lights for picking up dog poo in the dark. LOL! I was thinking the other day I could use it for planting out after dark, too. :) Haven't had to resort to that yet. I did have to take a week off work to get everything straight in the front yard.

I don't take anything but Tylenol products either, so hot baths are it for me. I use Epsom Salts and that seems to help a lot. If I get in the tub, as hot as I can stand it, right after I come in, it usually knocks the soreness out and I'm better the next day.

Would you believer it? Hod to go to a Hoe Down last night. Haven't square danced in 40 years. Can hardly move this morning and have to go plant and plant and plant. Oh well, I did this to myself.

I can only take tylenol no aleve or advil. Both can cause bleeding for me, plus I get a horrible tummy ache.

I am sore today but all I have to do is watch my kid's baseball tournament.

I am going to water the plants some then back to games.

Karen