Ferns

Some of the ferns survived the heat of the summer quite nicely without any attention from me. Others didn't do as well, though they seem to be recovering now that I'm giving them a bit of water every other day. But I don't want to waste that much water, so I guess I'll move them to a shadier area and see if they perk up.

The Lady Ferns and Ghost Ferns are the ones doing well. They're in a dry spot - not ideal, but the whole garden is dry. The Ursula's Red and the Silver Falls (Japanese Painted Red) are the ones I'll try to move.

Similarly the astilbe aren't very happy campers either. Oh well, dry sandy soil under pine trees - gotta be happy with anything!

New Grass Seed

The crabgrass is taking over! We didn't spread much of the corn gluten weed killer in the spring and haven't been very diligent about mowing this summer. So, loads of crabgrass. We have lots of corn gluten week killer to spread in a few weeks. In the meantime, I put down some Scotts Premium Sun/Shade grass seed on Sunday. A 20 lb bag?. It's a hot, damp, drizzly week, so should be perfect for grass sprouting.