Summer Solstice - Planting Day #9

Happy Summer Solstice and New Moon! It's hard to properly celebrate the Soltice on a work-night as staying up to last light isn't really an option for me. But at least I did get to spend the evening in the garden, honoring Mother Earth a bit. It was cloudy off and on today,but warm, which led to a humid evening in which to plant. We sweated a bit getting another 12 dahlias planted before calling it a night. We now have 170 dahlias planted or 74.8%. Blessed Litha.

The Summer Solstice & a Busy Day in the Garden

I had an epic day down in the big garden today. I started the day by planting 13 dahlias by myself. Once Dad returned home, we got out the lawn mowers and mowed the entire garden, inside and out. Then, in the evening, we took another small load of dahlia plants down. I watered everything already planted in the ground and all of the dahlias still in pots and then we began planting again. We planted until just past 9 o'clock and got another 16 dahlias in the ground, for a total of 80 planted. Once we got back to the house, I sat outside with the cats until 9:30. It was still light enough out that you could see everything clearly. I tried to capture the feeling and sights of the day in my mind, to play back on those short, dark days of December & January. Happy Summer Solstice!

The Summer Solstice

This afternoon, at 4:09 PM PST, Summer officially arrived here in Oregon. Tonight the sun set behind our hill at 8:10 PM. There was some trace of light in the sky until after 10 PM. Now the sun will start its slow march, setting futher south along the hill-line, a bit earlier every night. Happy Summer Solstice!

Happy First Day of Summer!

“Whatever is dreamed on this night, will come to pass.”

- William Shakespeare (From A Mid-Summernight’s Dream)

Happy Summer Solstice!

Happy First Day of Summer!

Today is the official start of Summer and the longest day of the year. Thankfully, after a cloudy morning, we are enjoying a beautiful sunny afternoon. Hopefully a sign of things to come! Fingers crossed, we can rototill the big garden again tomorrow and then I can start laying out the rows on Thursday. The first dahlias might actually get planted - in the ground - by the weekend. Hope springs eternal on a sunny, summer day.