Mostly sunny, 70º Rain is expected tomorrow (but we'll see.)
Front corner bed is clean and edged. Cut down some dead branches from the Box Elder. Comon lilac has lots of leaves, but no sin of blooms. I need to look into a fertilizer to push some flowers next year. Potash, I think. All three shrub roses are in great shape. Bleeding Heart blooming, loads of flower buds on the Flowering Almond. I pruned, weeded and edged - no mulch, no fertilizer.
Turned the sprinkler on the old garden/new lawn. Left a window down on the truck, too. That'll make it rain for sure. Strawberries have had a great growth spurt over the past few days. They like the straw, guess that's why they're called straw berries, huh? First spinach sprouts.
Nothing else new. I need to get the screening on the strawberry house and the plow off the tractor.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
April 26, 2008
Low 60s, overcast today. It will likely rain this afternoon. Spring sprung early this year. We've already had several 80º days, though that seems to be past now.
We purchased Matt's land in March (14th) and spent last weekend beginning to clear the hedgerow. Messy business - lots of grapevine and Virginia Creeper in there. I've decided to move the vegetable beds over to that area - a tiny little piece of it anyway. Eventually there will be 4 raised beds, each 6' x 12'. The strawberries will remain where they are right now, and the rhubarb. I'll move all that in the fall, I think. Most of the bed has been plowed under and grass seeded. I've got peas and snow peas at the furthest part of it.
Planted raised bed - buttercrunch, mesclun, danvers carrots.
Picked up 5 Col. Blue Spruce ($2.99 each!) and have heeled them in. Missed the Midd Garden Club's lilac giveaway today. Oh well.
Driveway bed - Daffs are blooming, astilbes are sprouting. No sign of the hostas yet. Grape hyacinths are coming along, but will bloom after the daffs fade.
Garage bed - Chiondoxa and crocuses are done. Tulips are budding, but no blooms yet. Hyacinths are gorgeous. pink, dark pink, purple. No white. Both burning bushes (destined elsewhere) are leafing out well, as is the rescue lilac (also for elsewhere.) What was the mystery iris from Mark last year? Need a name. No apparent problems with the patio or the roof drainage project. It was nice to have a dry walk this winter.
Front corner - lots of sprouts. Autumn Joy is running rampant. Daffs in bloom. Lilac, HB Cran, Miss Canada all leafing. Same with all three shrub roses. Nothing from the spirea? Loads of buds on the Flowering Almond. Peopnies (2?) are up, irises are everywhere but not blooming yet. Soon.
Grass is green, trees are leafing out. No more snow, please?
We purchased Matt's land in March (14th) and spent last weekend beginning to clear the hedgerow. Messy business - lots of grapevine and Virginia Creeper in there. I've decided to move the vegetable beds over to that area - a tiny little piece of it anyway. Eventually there will be 4 raised beds, each 6' x 12'. The strawberries will remain where they are right now, and the rhubarb. I'll move all that in the fall, I think. Most of the bed has been plowed under and grass seeded. I've got peas and snow peas at the furthest part of it.
Planted raised bed - buttercrunch, mesclun, danvers carrots.
Picked up 5 Col. Blue Spruce ($2.99 each!) and have heeled them in. Missed the Midd Garden Club's lilac giveaway today. Oh well.
Driveway bed - Daffs are blooming, astilbes are sprouting. No sign of the hostas yet. Grape hyacinths are coming along, but will bloom after the daffs fade.
Garage bed - Chiondoxa and crocuses are done. Tulips are budding, but no blooms yet. Hyacinths are gorgeous. pink, dark pink, purple. No white. Both burning bushes (destined elsewhere) are leafing out well, as is the rescue lilac (also for elsewhere.) What was the mystery iris from Mark last year? Need a name. No apparent problems with the patio or the roof drainage project. It was nice to have a dry walk this winter.
Front corner - lots of sprouts. Autumn Joy is running rampant. Daffs in bloom. Lilac, HB Cran, Miss Canada all leafing. Same with all three shrub roses. Nothing from the spirea? Loads of buds on the Flowering Almond. Peopnies (2?) are up, irises are everywhere but not blooming yet. Soon.
Grass is green, trees are leafing out. No more snow, please?
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