Nasturiums and Termites

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These topics are not really related, but I figured I would catch up on some quick garden news in one posting, so there it is.

The Nasturtiums are doing well in the back garden, helping to cover over the retreating foliage of the daffodils and snowbells. They seem to get more prolific every year when they return.

On a less friendly note, we are having the entire house tented and fumigated in about a week in order to get rid of drywood termites that have been active recently. We have seen sporadic evidence of them over the 8 years we have lived her, but it seems time to finally get them cleaned up in preparation for remodeling plans that have been in our minds for a long time.

On a gardening-related note, there are some beds that will have to cut back from the house so that the tarps can be placed. This isn't a bad thing, necessarily, as some of the azaleas out front have needed trimming for a while and this gives me the impetus to get on with that project. There are two Nandina bushes, also called Heavenly Bamboo, to move, as well, and I will probably transplant them into another area of the garden. This plants are Bamboo at all and are much better behaved than traditional, garden-eating bamboo. They stay nice and compact and don't try to take over everything.

I will have to detach and "tilt away" the rose trellis near the front door where the new Bankside roses are growing. I have to come up with some way of propping it up while still giving the workmen enough room to do their thing.

I am not expecting any large damage to the garden and I will keep you informed of any problems I find with the process.