Cabin Fever

16 years ago

Reading about hosta sprouting, lists made and orders being placed -- really has the Cabin Fever rising in me. Receiving unseasonable rain today in Minnesota. But it'll soon be back to freezing temps and more snow. Have my garden photos on screensaver and desktop - so a lot of daydreaming.

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A lost summer last year with house and neighborhood under construction - new streets, siding, gutters, driveway and roof with lots of dust and trampled hosta. Add to that many new hosta in 09 so anxious to see a fresh look in the gardens and yard.

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Still to do - repaint inside and start some hosta seeds -- that'll get me to mid-Feb or so ....maybe plan a new garden bed.... jeez... this is going to be a long wait till April and May.

Very quiet on the forum, how are you all managing?

Paul

p.s. - Keep posting those pictures - it's therapy for my seasonal affective 'hosta' disorder.

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Comments (9)

hostasformez4
16 years ago
Hi from sunny FL.

Just think of how wonderful everything will be when you are completely finished and can just think about hostas.

We can't get Internet signal in the parks we are staying at so have to go to McDonalds and use their free one. Fred gets ice cream everytime we stop and it isn't helping his waistline.

Lots of frost damage to the tender plants here. Not nearly as pretty as other years. The azaleas are damaged also.

Connie
swmogardens
16 years ago
I try to get outside on every fairly nice day. A couple of days ago I pruned my Japanese maples, with 43 of them, that took up several very enjoyable hours. Yesterday I cleaned up all my Daylily foliage and covered them with mulch. One day I turned my compost pile, anything to get into the garden. This week is supposed to go back into the deep freeze again. April seems a long way off. I need a new roof too, and seeing your photos, I'm really dreading it.
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hosta_freak
16 years ago
April and May?? Hostas start to come up here in early March! And,montana Aureo,comes up in late Feb.! Nyahh,nyahh,na,nayhh,nayhh!! Lol! Phil in NC
aahostas
16 years ago
Paul,
You always take great pictures.Even your pictures of destruction are well done. I hear the cabin fever cry! It was 48 today so I built a bonfire with limbs and sticks from the yard and woods. I then pitchforked about 20 carts of leaves and piled them in the ravine. This was my first outdoor fix in weeks and it feels great to be tired from physical labor.I will start my seeds in early March but I want to do it now. Give me something green!

Connie,
Enough already! Jeez! LOL!

Phil,
Ditto!

Denny
Babka NorCal 9b
16 years ago
Hosta Freak- Early March here too. LOL. Love it!!!

-Babka
yardmom
16 years ago
I got out this weekend but not for something fun! I picked bagworms off the leyland cypress and the blue spruce at our new house! Anyone had problems with these?
slp0100
16 years ago
Turn compost - wow My out door activity was limited to chipping 3 inches of ice off the front walk.
in ny zone5
16 years ago
We here in zone 5a had 50 dgrF, rain and wind today. I need to cover up the M.Aureo and Great Expectations with more mulch. I bought some hostas and conifers yesterday. The cold is starting tomorrow again. But magically on April 1 exactly all snow will be gone here.

swmogarden, make sure you actually need a new roof. I got mine cleaned of moss and black algae 2 months ago, and it looks like new.
hostahillbilly
16 years ago
Thanks so VERY much for the collage of your beautiful yard. Be careful on that roof!

hh