Gardening After Dark

Although I can usually make my own schedule, the last several days I have been arriving home after dark. Computer clients have kept me hopping all week and the lantana I bought over a week ago still languishes on my front porch.

Despite Rosanne regular (and only half joking) threat of installing lights in the garden so we can work at night, I am not sure when I will get to some very important tasks. Planting needs to be done, for sure, but rose pruning needs to happen soon. I wouldn't even try to do that in the dark, though. I get torn up enough when I can see clearly.

Lights would certainly help, though, even in the summer. During the height of the heat here in SoCal it doesn't cool down at all until the sun slips below the horizon. No one wants to be out working when it is over 100, no matter how pretty the garden or how necessary the work.

Do you garden at night? How do you fit in all the work when the real world enroaches on your time? Drop me a line at: douglas@welchwrite.com and let me know your secret.

This weekend should bring a few spare moments, I hope. I am determined to spend some time digging.