![]() This time we decided to actually stay in Denver to enjoy all this city has to offer. Normally we would use Denver for a jumping off place to start a hike in the Rockies. Denver is so easy to get to and there are so many kinds of trips that you can base out of there. We checked to see what bands would be playing at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, one of our favorite places to go for a quicky. Everything looked like no one would even know if we disappeared for a few days. Mimi and I saw our opportunity to skedaddle out of here last week. We might even turn on our irrigation system for the first time in two months. It seems less humid later in the month and I’ve always believed late September and October are the best months to get projects done because it normally rains less. September is the month that things begin to dry out some. The landscape company did some fancy dancing with the weatherman and had very few weather hiccups. It’s hard to tell the guys to come in or not depending on what area of the Northside their crew will be installing a landscape, even then we can be fooled. Our landscape company had to really watch the radar because the storms were so spotty. Garden Works retail has had a relatively busy August which is pretty rare. We have even added some bedding plants as summer rolled forward. This year the ground has stayed workable, the lawn has flourished, weeds have been easy enough to keep in order. The ground gets too hard to have any fun, the plants shut down to go into survival mode just like us. We will, in that case, turn on the irrigation system and wait for August to go away. We’ve noticed over the years that when it gets August, hot and dry, people just don’t get out in their yards. ![]() The crop loves the intensity of the light coming in from all directions because it offers light to the upper sides, undersides and all around the leaves growing some very good looking plants.įrom Mimi’s retail side of life at her garden center the frequent rains have not been all bad. Those glasses can give me a good case of the raccoon eyes. There are days that it is so bright that I wear my glacier glasses since they protect my eyes from above, underneath and from the sides. The floor in the greenhouse where I spend most of my time is a very clean, white concrete so the intensity of the light reminds me of walking on snow, bright from above and reflective from the ground. When the storms pass through I must admit it’s been a nice break from that intense sunlight coming through the greenhouse plastic which acts as a magnifying glass. It seems like in between rains the sun has come out plenty enough for the plants that we’ve been growing to get plenty of light. From my greenhouse life it’s been pretty good. It’s hard for me to believe that we are already into September. Domain menu for The Sun-Sentinel (mobile)
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