Camellia japonica 'Tick Tock'
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I'm home, in my South Carolina garden, to both check on my place and spend a bit of time in the lab. Fortunately, the position that I have right now supports a certain number of research days per year (a generous number, too) - and I must say that it's wonderful being home. It has been such a mild fall this year, and I arrived to find roses blooming along with the camellias - late-blooming salvias are still in bloom as are many other things. What a treat!
While it's been a bit cool, the weekend is supposed to be in the upper 60s - low 70s, which sounds great. I did go to Lowe's today and purchased a good spade - when I visited in October I managed to plant two rows of garlic in the vegetable bed, but I want to turn over the garden (and get some of the weeds out) and put a layer of leaves over it for winter. Or maybe, if I have time, I'll plant some annual rye or some other cover crop. I hope to make it back in early spring to plant dutch white clover in the backyard - that is where I have two pomegranates, an asian pear, a persimmon, and a (very small) olive tree. A lawn of clover surrounding these trees sounds perfect.
Oh, and I am staying in the Airstream. I had electrical issues when I was here in October, but I found an RV repair person (aka a lifesaver) who fixed this while I was away. He'll hopefully be back over the next week to help me with some plumbing issues. When I arrived, I had no internet access/cable - and so the 'cable guy' came out today and made repairs (it was a problem with the connection on the utility pole by the road) - so it's nice to be back online. It's bizarrely nice to be back in my tiny home - I didn't bring much with me (just what I need) and so it almost seems spacious. The dogs and cat traveled down with me (of course!). They are happy to be home too.
Welcome (briefly!) back!
Posted by: Jess | 30 December 2011 at 12:33 AM