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Rain finally!
Category: weather report | Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 6:07 pm Who knew I'd be excited for rain in May here....but, I am. Watering 3 times a day was getting to be difficult. I also didn't get much done when it hit 80 & above. Got another couple rows of seeds planted in the veggie garden & 2 of the 4 tomatoes in the gound. Have a holding area full of the free plants that I'm hoping to get in today, tomorrow & Monday. My young man comes this week end and he's pretty good on the end of a shovel. Some of the ornamental grasses have huge root balls, so we need some hefty size holes dug... Radish seedlings are up, seemed like I just planted them. Hoping the timing works out to have lettuce to trim when the radishes are mature. I've actually planted these 2 crops in the shade this year, as I haven't been too successful the last couple years. It got too hot and things bolted almost before I could mix up some salad dressing! I'm having difficulty finding local plants & seeds for my veggie patch. Wondering if gardening is going to be a lost art too?? Always think I should have been born about 50 years earlier, as the things I like to do are going out of fashion these days! Back to work, it's a great day to be in the garden! This blog entry has been viewed 486 times
Heat wave hits WA state
Category: weather report | Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 8:45 pm For the 2nd day, it's going to top 80 here today. Yikes! I fade after 75 degrees.......... not getting much work done here today, as I'm just way too hot. Need to go out pretty soon and get all my new garden goodies a drink. I put in so many seeds yesterday, and they are spread out from front to back here......need to use 3 different hoses. I answered a Freecycle ad this AM and got the notice that the plants were MINE. Was supposed to be vinca and some ornamental grasses. I came home with the back of my van FULL of plants. A full size forsythia in a pot, almost 4' high, lambs ears, vinca, 5 or 6 kinds of grasses and some iris. A promise of a lilac too, from another garden of theirs. I have everything unloaded, sitting in the shade & watered down. I am going to wait for a cooler day to transplant, both for me and the plants!! Ran out of time today, was going to make a much needed trip to the nursery for starts and more seeds, but will try again tomorrow. Looking for some inside jobs today.......... This blog entry has been viewed 392 times
April showers lingering in May
Category: weather report | Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 12:45 pm We've got another grey day here in the Pacific NW. Drippy and cloudy too. Good for the plants, but absolutely no good for the gardener in me. I refuse to garden in the rain. Using the time to play catch up in the kitchen........doing all the extra cooking I can fit in. Double batching and stashing things in the freezer & things like that. Preparing for days when the sun is out and I don't want to be lashed to the stove, doing my Betty Crocker impression! Another couple of dogs in the new grass patches and seeded garden areas yesterday. Can't believe people that bring their dogs and just let them go amuck. What is that about anyway? I can't imagine letting my dog out of the car in someone elses' yard, let alone just letting them romp through obvious gardens.... (alright, there isn't much you can see yet, but I did mention I had seeds planted EVERYWHERE!!!) Gads. And, I'm a dog lover. I guess I'm not a dog owner lover sometimes! This blog entry has been viewed 368 times
gorgeous & crisp here
Category: weather report | Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:11 pm It is a beautiful morning........ hoping I can get outside a little later. Only 37 here now, but supposed to be in the high 50's which is terrific gardening weather, IMO One of my respite kids is coming this afternoon, the one that likes working with a shovel & wheelbarrow. I have a list of jobs for he & I.......always prepared. (I would have made a good boy scout!!) I've finally found the planters from the old house, not really planters, like they were made for this purpose, but things I use for planters. My favorite is an old ammo box, with a hinged lid and someone before me, put it up on legs. Cute and now full of strawberry plants. The others can be hauled to the new dirt pile, filled and set around the front yard area. I've got seeds to put out, but I still think it is too soon. Ice on the bird baths this AM!! But, I'll be ready! If not windy this afternoon, I'll get all 3 boys out front and we'll light the burn pile. See what sort of progress we can make on the piles of branches & trimmings out there. These guys don't know this is a "chore", so I can keep them at this job for hours! Was supposed to get 2 mature pampas grass clumps yesterday.......but I don't see them out front. A friend called & asked if I liked these & of course I said "yes". (I truly do, too) I tried a plant years ago, but it never did well & finally I took it out. It was a pink variety which I still would love... I am crossing my fingers that these plants show up!!! They will be just perfect on both sides of the front gate. Hoping everyone enjoys their day & gets a chance to dig in the dirt .........at least a bit!! This blog entry has been viewed 439 times
Turn Around Weather
Category: weather report | Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:05 am It is the most beautiful day here right now. Sun out, blue skies, hard to believe how gray & drizzly it was this morning. My transplanted goodies from yesterday are really perking up, with a rain and now some sun....they are looking like they are going to like it here! With the exception of a couple slips I took from a shrub~ gads, I've forgotten what it is.....from the mallow family. Most people hate these, but I absolutely love them. I've got a couple rooted plants too, but these little slips were going to waste, so I stuck them in the ground. They look pretty pathetic today....we'll see if they take hold and grow. The sword ferns I put in the ground about a month ago haven't done anything yet. I cut back all the old fronds, leaving the newly emerging curls. But, nothing has happened. Wonder if I should have left all the old stuff on them for a bit?? I can get more, so not a total loss, but I was hoping these would grow. Hate to dig a hole & go through the work if they aren't!! Planted Sweet William seeds today..........I had gathered them from the old yard on the last day there. Here's hoping the cats don't mess with them before they can get going. (I didn't tell the cats I was planting this time!! :) ) I have never had cats that were this destructive. I can't tell you how many times I've had to re plant the same plants here. Gardening with no progress, that is what we've got going here!!! This blog entry has been viewed 354 times
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sleet, hail, sun & rainbows
Category: weather report | Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:08 am well, we've had it all this Easter weekend. I have never seen this variety all together. Power outages from electrical storms on Sat, gray, gloomy and WET on Easter Sunday. Today, we're just at the rain & sun mix, thus the rainbow..........hopefully, a sign of things to come for a few days. I did sneak out between showers today and put some rose food on a rescued rose garden here at the new place. Since I'm gardening on a budget (what budget? I'm gardening for free here this season), I picked up the box of plant food from our local freecycle group. Hope these roses appreciate my attention. They were almost ignored when I inherited them in Oct. I waited all winter, then cut them back, now they are leafing out all over. Just need to get in the garden with my clippers & cut out the dead canes...........I'm so new to roses, I wasn't sure what WAS dead when I was trimming them back. Now it is obvious, even to me!! Re planted the plants the kittens had pulled up when I was gone over the week end. I don't know how to cat proof my plants, but I need to investigate something. I'm so grateful I'm not paying for these plants!!!! I would string the kitties up if I had money invested in these new additions. As it is, I just keep re planting things.... Frustrating. My acorn squash seeds are almost 75% up now. Oddly, no sprouts in 2 containers of seeds I planted. Interesting experiment here.......maybe they are just taking their time?? If all these get to the garden & actually grow...........I'm already double the usual plants I have put in. Progress!! Watching the cuttings from hydrangeas and a mystery shrub I put in..........all doing well. Another 4 or 5 years & I'll have actual plants!! :) Good thing I'm patient! (and have a sense of humor) Hope to be bringing more free plants home from a meeting tomorrow..........I'm taking empty boxes & buckets so I can raid my moms garden. Many native forest type plants there and I've got one shade garden just waiting for plants! This blog entry has been viewed 370 times
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