The Great Summer Gardening Adventure
...Now that it is passed Memorial Day, officially summer has begun. Typically here in northeaster Ohio the weather was cold and wet, then hot and muggy. All of this variance took place in a 24 hour period of time. Ah, summer...! Just when we thought it would warm up, the bottom dropped out and we saw 40 degree temperatures at night again. And the rains came to create a miserable start to the summer. Everyone I talked to was grumbling about the lousy weather and asked the question of whether it would ever straighten up and stop being wet and cold. But the last several days have given us warmer temperatures in the cool low 70's with today being a bit drier for a pleasant change. Due to an abundance of rain all my newly potted herbs are already in need of re-potting. The magic elixir of rain water has caused my herbs to virtually explode out of their current containers. One of my favorite tasks is that of repotting herb plants into larger containers. Being able