[gardeners] Iced Tea Weather
Liz Albrook (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 21 Apr 1998 15:31:47 +0000
The subject says it all -- it's iced tea weather here in the greater
Lewiston area. It's just warm enough for iced tea to taste *extra*
good and just cool enough that you don't need to worry about
dehydration. I can sum it up in two words: Wooooo Hooooo!
The leaves are finally showing on our new lindens. I didn't realize
these trees would be so late to leaf out. The lilacs are just
starting to bloom. The late tulips flushed into color on Saturday.
This is the peak beauty season here in Lewiston -- the dogwoods are
just starting to bloom and the cherries are just fading. Flowering
trees are very, very popular here and for about 2 weeks it looks as
if everything in the valley is blooming.
I've been planting and the some of the snaps are already starting to
bloom. After I planted the southside bed and had bought the plants
to line the walk in the back I realized that I'm having an "intense
color" year. Every annual in the southside bed is intensely colored
or white -- deep, velvety reds abound. People who know me will be
shocked when they see the walk behind the house -- I'm lining it with
3 foot tall *orange* marigolds and intense blue lobelia with some
purple alyssum thrown in for scent. Doesn't that sound hideously
ugly? Looks pretty good though. Perhaps I've lived in Idaho too
long.
No more water gardening in the pool -- it looks lovely sparkling in
the sun. Cheska the Wonderbeagle has a rug at each corner of the
pool and she's spent the day sleeping in the sun, comparing the rugs
for comfort. In order to give her some excercise I tossed her a pig
ear. She spent about an hour walking from place to place in the
yard, trying to find the perfect burial spot. She finally gave up,
sat on a rug and chewed it.
This evening will be Grilled Dinner Weather. The zucchini and
eggplant are already sliced and in the fridge. If the truth is told
we have grilled dinner weather at our house every month of the year.
There's just something about the taste of food -- particularly
veggies -- cooked on the grill. It reminds me of summer and lifts my
spirits. Last year when there was a couple of feet of snow on the
ground I was out on the patio grilling away.
Hope you folks are enjoying iced tea weather of your own.
Liz