glorious "summer" weekend
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fleaI spent most of Saturday outside. We attempted to tame the wild clover (i.e., we mowed the lawn) but I swear, it looked like it had already grown two hours after I did a patch and this morning seems as big as ever. We ran the reel mower into the shop to be sharpened to aid us in the quest.
I worked in the vegetable and flower beds, and at the shop we bought six alyssum (Casper's choice, pink, natch), six petunias (hot pink), six impatiens (mild pink), woolly thyme, a cucumber, a zucchini, and a Big and Beefy (or somesuch) tomato. The last were all 75 cents apiece, so if we get frost this weekend (which we may) there will be no big loss. I also planted another row of peas and still have so many peas I think I'll have to send them to my sister, and planted more lettuce and some marigolds.
Right now we stand at: pea planting 1 is 6 inches, pea planting 2 is 3 inches, sweet peas (both plantings) are about 3 inches, and kale and lettuce are tiny tiny still. My Turkish tulips have blazed out, and the daffodils are mostly gone, too, but we have violets in the lawn and lots of grape hyacinth. My dogwood is barely blooming for the second year in a row, but when I asked my colleague the former landscaper she said it was probably just too heavily shaded by the massive pin oaks, and there's nothing I can do about it. The climbing rose and clematis look good (especially the rose), and the iris are very leafy looking. Lilies just starting to sprout.
Supposed to be hot today, but as I mentioned, they're talking frost again this coming weekend.
I worked in the vegetable and flower beds, and at the shop we bought six alyssum (Casper's choice, pink, natch), six petunias (hot pink), six impatiens (mild pink), woolly thyme, a cucumber, a zucchini, and a Big and Beefy (or somesuch) tomato. The last were all 75 cents apiece, so if we get frost this weekend (which we may) there will be no big loss. I also planted another row of peas and still have so many peas I think I'll have to send them to my sister, and planted more lettuce and some marigolds.
Right now we stand at: pea planting 1 is 6 inches, pea planting 2 is 3 inches, sweet peas (both plantings) are about 3 inches, and kale and lettuce are tiny tiny still. My Turkish tulips have blazed out, and the daffodils are mostly gone, too, but we have violets in the lawn and lots of grape hyacinth. My dogwood is barely blooming for the second year in a row, but when I asked my colleague the former landscaper she said it was probably just too heavily shaded by the massive pin oaks, and there's nothing I can do about it. The climbing rose and clematis look good (especially the rose), and the iris are very leafy looking. Lilies just starting to sprout.
Supposed to be hot today, but as I mentioned, they're talking frost again this coming weekend.
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Date: 2007-04-02 05:23 pm (UTC)