This is the forth day in the sixties with now rain either; for this part of the country and this time of year that is unusual. I think it was two or three years ago that we had a snow storm...how times change.
I played out in my garden again today, since I seem to only have a couple hours where I have any kind of energy I might as well take advantage of the nice weather. I transplanted some lily plants that were growing in the new walkway that I have created with the chippings that I made from the branches and other things.
I also pruned the roses a little more, more for making them look better more than any other reason, although a couple I cut just because I could see that they would be growing into the walkway when summer got here.
I also gathered up a couple piles of brush, mostly from the lavender bush that I took out a few weeks ago, but there were also some raspberry stalks as well.
I also fertilized the blueberry shrubs in hopes that we will get another harvest like we got last year. I am not sure if it was the fertilizing or just a good year for blueberries, but I want to do whatever I can to encourage a lot of berries.
After going in the house and making myself some lunch, I went back out and mowed the lawn for the second time this year. I think that my reprieve from mowing has come to an end and I will be mowing at least once a week until the hot dry summer weather stunts the growth of the grass. This time of year the lawn really looks nice all green and healthy.
After cleaning up and sitting down for a while I sat down in my chair and took a nap for a while. Our neighbor called and woke me up, she said that one of my refund checks had been dropped off at her house and wanted to meet me at the back fence to give it to me. I received the first one earlier in the week and when I checked the web site it said that they both had been mailed out so I had been waiting for it.
I did not want to go to the bank and just deposit one of them and was getting a little concerned when the second one had not shown up.
It finally got to be 1745 and Kathleen still had not made it back home today so I reheated the left-over spaghetti from last night for dinner. She called just as I was cleaning up my dinner mess and loading up the dishwasher and said that she was on her way home.
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I spent a half an hour pulling those weeds from the front flower beds, then went out back to the "vegggie" garden and pulled up grass for 2 hours...you can hardly tell I was there...think I may try a different tool tomorrow if it's still sunny. I was using a hand-held spading fork and while it did the trick, it wasn't as fast as I'd like. It sure felt nice to be out in the sun.
I use the hand-held spading fork for areas that I have just a few weeds to take care of otherwise I use a regular spading fork to turn the soil over and then the hand-held spading fork to separate the weeds from the soil.
I think it is suppose to be nice, or at least not rainy in the morning and sometime in the afternoon it is suppose to start raining.
Good luck with your gardening!
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