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which_chickIt's the first of Mulch in my world. Yardwork is underway, which mostly means that I'm raking up dead wood bits and leaves and assorted other detritus and setting the lot on fire. This probably isn't very interesting material for a livejournal post, but it's better than OMG -- AM GETTING FAT, OLD JEANS DO NOT FIT!! Also, this post has less whining than an OMG -- FAT posting.
I'm going to plant tomatoes this year, heirlooms from cousin Heather's *other* people. I might also do some jalapenos and some cilantro and stuff. Gardening is good, elements of control are even better. I really need to mulch the peonies and roses this year because I skipped last year and feel kind of bad about that. (I only call it mulching because people seem to feel that this sounds a lot better acceptable than "putting down a 6" layer of horse shit around the peonies". I still do the same thing, but people feel better about it. Whatever.
The red raspberries look really good. They didn't do much last year or the year before that (they were planted in spring, 2006) but brother-the-younger kept saying that they would need three years to do anything. Last year, I got about six red raspberries from the canes. I am cautiously optimistic that I will get more than six red raspberries this year before the canes consume the entire side yard and escape into the wilds beyond the fence, the which it looks like they may accomplish before the end of October. They look rather a bit stronger this year than they have in previous years.
I have daffodils blooming, which is not particularly newsworthy. Nothing eats daffodils and apparently they don't ever get sick or anything either. Daffodils are reliable and (unfortunately) the free kind that I have are yellow. I don't really like yellow, but it's nice to have flowers before May, so daffodils it is. I am aware that there exist colors of daffodil that are not yellow, but I like *free* daffodils and the ones I got for free are yellow.
It looks like I might actually have poppies this year. I've tried a couple of times to establish poppies, though I didn't do the pay-for kind after the first batch of those died unhappily without ever flowering. I did the "steal very small baby poppy sprouts from the yards of other people" method and I'm reasonably sure that the kind of poppies I got are the boring orange ones that everybody has. I actually like that color, so I'm good on the poppy front. (Once the poppies are installed, they are not much of a problem. It's the getting them started part that is difficult.)
And now I'm going to go see if there is any jumping clinic left and go grocery shopping and then go play horse. It looks like a gorgeous day out there.
I'm going to plant tomatoes this year, heirlooms from cousin Heather's *other* people. I might also do some jalapenos and some cilantro and stuff. Gardening is good, elements of control are even better. I really need to mulch the peonies and roses this year because I skipped last year and feel kind of bad about that. (I only call it mulching because people seem to feel that this sounds a lot better acceptable than "putting down a 6" layer of horse shit around the peonies". I still do the same thing, but people feel better about it. Whatever.
The red raspberries look really good. They didn't do much last year or the year before that (they were planted in spring, 2006) but brother-the-younger kept saying that they would need three years to do anything. Last year, I got about six red raspberries from the canes. I am cautiously optimistic that I will get more than six red raspberries this year before the canes consume the entire side yard and escape into the wilds beyond the fence, the which it looks like they may accomplish before the end of October. They look rather a bit stronger this year than they have in previous years.
I have daffodils blooming, which is not particularly newsworthy. Nothing eats daffodils and apparently they don't ever get sick or anything either. Daffodils are reliable and (unfortunately) the free kind that I have are yellow. I don't really like yellow, but it's nice to have flowers before May, so daffodils it is. I am aware that there exist colors of daffodil that are not yellow, but I like *free* daffodils and the ones I got for free are yellow.
It looks like I might actually have poppies this year. I've tried a couple of times to establish poppies, though I didn't do the pay-for kind after the first batch of those died unhappily without ever flowering. I did the "steal very small baby poppy sprouts from the yards of other people" method and I'm reasonably sure that the kind of poppies I got are the boring orange ones that everybody has. I actually like that color, so I'm good on the poppy front. (Once the poppies are installed, they are not much of a problem. It's the getting them started part that is difficult.)
And now I'm going to go see if there is any jumping clinic left and go grocery shopping and then go play horse. It looks like a gorgeous day out there.
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Date: 2008-04-19 06:30 pm (UTC)I will have to wait until they finish blooming and get a little sun before I dig them up.
I also have jetfires, but haven't seen them this year. Those are little with and bright orange trumpets and yellow backwards facing frills.
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Date: 2008-04-19 09:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-20 02:50 am (UTC)The in-laws came just as the hyacinths, daffodils and one of my anemones stopped blooming, and the bluebells, tulips and the other anemone are just on the verge of starting. But the lilies of the valley that I stupidly pulled up last year came back! I will not make that mistake again! And the sprouted iris bulbs that I bought on impulse actually grew.
lost old id, spelled it right this time
Date: 2008-04-20 02:02 pm (UTC)http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/19/london.stink/index.html