Scott's cutting the grass. Roses are fertilized, and I've bought the lumber for 2 raised beds.
It's coolish, mid 60s, few clouds. Drizzled much of yesterday, rain is expected again tomorrow.
Peas are up, both snow peas and regular. Salad bed is doing nicely.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
May 11, 2008
Done. The front corner bed is cleaned, the tulip bed is weeded, the daffodil hosta/astilbe bed is done, the peas are in the rest is grassed (coming up nicely.) The front of the house needs some work, but I have to figure out how to build a retaining wall and incorporate the downspout drainage.
I haven't bought the wood for the raised beds yet. Picked up some azaleas (yuck) for $2 each that will work in the property line border. I'm going to dig some saplings out of the hedgerow and woods to add to that line. Maples, oaks if I can find them. Maybe hickory. I wonder what hickory leaves look like? And how to determine sugar maples from others. Homework...
Oh, 1st Season's open!
I haven't bought the wood for the raised beds yet. Picked up some azaleas (yuck) for $2 each that will work in the property line border. I'm going to dig some saplings out of the hedgerow and woods to add to that line. Maples, oaks if I can find them. Maybe hickory. I wonder what hickory leaves look like? And how to determine sugar maples from others. Homework...
Oh, 1st Season's open!
Sunday, April 27, 2008
April 27, 2007
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.
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.
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?
Monday, February 11, 2008
February 11, 2008
Brrr! 3º overnight, I thin it's up to 10 or so now. Very few clouds so there's nothing to trap the heat in.
We've had about 20 inches of snow so far this month, and more predicted for tomorrow night.
Salad bowl is up about an inch. I'll need to thin a little this week, I think
Planted 12 Oriental Poppies (seed - Burpee Brilliant Red) and 6 head lettuce (Burpee - Iceburg A) for Tori.
We went to 4 Seasons yesterday - how nice to breathe all that free oxygen surrounded by green while the snow blew and fell (hard) outside. We'll do that again, I'm sure.
Daniel chose a "nice cactus, no spikes" (Jade plant - Crassula though it's too small to even hazard a guess at the variety. Arborescens maybe?) I picked up a leaf from a c. argentea (what it said on the pot) and stuck it in the soil with Daniel's plant. Maybe it'll root, maybe it'll rot.
We've had about 20 inches of snow so far this month, and more predicted for tomorrow night.
Salad bowl is up about an inch. I'll need to thin a little this week, I think
Planted 12 Oriental Poppies (seed - Burpee Brilliant Red) and 6 head lettuce (Burpee - Iceburg A) for Tori.
We went to 4 Seasons yesterday - how nice to breathe all that free oxygen surrounded by green while the snow blew and fell (hard) outside. We'll do that again, I'm sure.
Daniel chose a "nice cactus, no spikes" (Jade plant - Crassula though it's too small to even hazard a guess at the variety. Arborescens maybe?) I picked up a leaf from a c. argentea (what it said on the pot) and stuck it in the soil with Daniel's plant. Maybe it'll root, maybe it'll rot.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
January 29, 2008
Started indoor crop of Mesclun - 35 days to harvest. I'll likely start another in two weeks, and then plant a crop outside under the glass early March. Can't wait!
Still no appreciable snow. It's been cold, down into high teens overnight, and colder some nights, but the snowcover has remained minimal since Christmas.
Still no appreciable snow. It's been cold, down into high teens overnight, and colder some nights, but the snowcover has remained minimal since Christmas.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
January 8, 2008
We had snow before Christmas (Dec 16 - 14" on top of the 8 we had), we had MORE snow at New Years (+6"). It's almost gone. It was 50º yesterday and should hit higher than that today. With rain. There will undoubtedly be more snow before it's really spring, but it sure feels nice out there right now. Last week it was -4º.
Still no action on Matt's property. I can't imagine what his hold up is, but that man is the slowest thing I've ever seen. He keeps complaining about how broke he's going, but there's an opportunity here, RIGHT HERE for him to make a little money, he's already accepted the offer, and he's still dragging his feet.
Still no action on Matt's property. I can't imagine what his hold up is, but that man is the slowest thing I've ever seen. He keeps complaining about how broke he's going, but there's an opportunity here, RIGHT HERE for him to make a little money, he's already accepted the offer, and he's still dragging his feet.
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