Three-day weekend

There is not much better than a three day weekend during the summer. Well it is not actually summer yet but it feels Like it. It has been in the nineties all weekend. Next week looks like more of the same. I always forget how brutal the weather is in Georgia during the summer months. Oh well it makes the plants grow. We did a lot of work at the greenhouse this weekend. We started off by ripping half of the plastic off. The temp's were around 120 degrees in the middle of the day. Too hot! Even the cactus don't like it that hot. I found out that most cactus and almost all succulents go dormant if temp's are over 110-120 for a long length of time........We also did some landscaping around the greenhouse. I think it turned out nice. I planted mostly perennials, so it will take some time for the beds to fill in. Some of the highlight plantings are red banana, black elephant ear, variegated ginger, salvia, echinacia, monarda, lantana, butterfly bush, and zinnia. There is a lot more than that, and in a couple of months it will look great....I'm glad we don't have to work tomorrow.......