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Apr. 12th, 2011 12:52 pmSo far today, I have:
* started wshing bedding for the household
* fixed my garden sprayer
* strapped kids into swings and finished spraying the grass in the veggie garden
* sprayed honeysuckle and other weeds along north side of house
* chased kids around house and down driveway more times than I care to count
* admired my spring garden
The 'Jane' magnolia is in full bloom today, the few sprigs of flowers on my redbud are blooming, and 'Thalia' daffodils are in full tilt, so the garden smells nice.
The little crabapple in the front yard has bloomed, and its dark red buds are shell pink when they're open. The pear tree ( just a bradford, nothing fruiting) bloomed a couple days ago but the wind has taken most of the blossoms this year. A couple of the lilacs are open already.
The 'Black Dragon' wisteria is finally leafing out. Yay!!! It probably won't bloom for a couple more years yet, but I'm pleased to see it survived the winter.
The medlar is leafing out well this year. I'm glad I moved it last summer, it's much healthier. Maybe it will set fruit this season.
I dug out 20' or so of iris out of the big beds this weekend. The rose bush (long sice reverted to the rugsa rootstock) has been moved to a dust-blocking position in the hedge in the ditch. The iris are in trays, waiting for new homes. I'm going to work on taking out the iris beds, they're just too hard to maintain, and gone far enough that catching up is more work than I'm up to. I'll gradually move the things I care about (not much of that left) to other parts of the garden, and try to get the iris moved out so that area can be mowed. Ideally, I'll keep one of each variety I've got up there and pass on or compost the duplicates. Not sure that will happen.
I do want to "remake" one part of the iris beds....Tuffy and Baggins are buried up there, and I'd like to make a bed around their markers, with a nice brick edging and simple, durable flowrs between them. Maybe a little fairy rose between them--they both would have liked that.
* started wshing bedding for the household
* fixed my garden sprayer
* strapped kids into swings and finished spraying the grass in the veggie garden
* sprayed honeysuckle and other weeds along north side of house
* chased kids around house and down driveway more times than I care to count
* admired my spring garden
The 'Jane' magnolia is in full bloom today, the few sprigs of flowers on my redbud are blooming, and 'Thalia' daffodils are in full tilt, so the garden smells nice.
The little crabapple in the front yard has bloomed, and its dark red buds are shell pink when they're open. The pear tree ( just a bradford, nothing fruiting) bloomed a couple days ago but the wind has taken most of the blossoms this year. A couple of the lilacs are open already.
The 'Black Dragon' wisteria is finally leafing out. Yay!!! It probably won't bloom for a couple more years yet, but I'm pleased to see it survived the winter.
The medlar is leafing out well this year. I'm glad I moved it last summer, it's much healthier. Maybe it will set fruit this season.
I dug out 20' or so of iris out of the big beds this weekend. The rose bush (long sice reverted to the rugsa rootstock) has been moved to a dust-blocking position in the hedge in the ditch. The iris are in trays, waiting for new homes. I'm going to work on taking out the iris beds, they're just too hard to maintain, and gone far enough that catching up is more work than I'm up to. I'll gradually move the things I care about (not much of that left) to other parts of the garden, and try to get the iris moved out so that area can be mowed. Ideally, I'll keep one of each variety I've got up there and pass on or compost the duplicates. Not sure that will happen.
I do want to "remake" one part of the iris beds....Tuffy and Baggins are buried up there, and I'd like to make a bed around their markers, with a nice brick edging and simple, durable flowrs between them. Maybe a little fairy rose between them--they both would have liked that.
