I’m always surprised to find out that the fish survived the winter, but they did yet again. I was outside over the weekend and did a headcount, so that’s how I know. Soon, it will be time to get the pond running again. I’d like to get a power filter …
I hate to call spring already, but things are definitely thawing out (and I saw a bunch of motorcycles out today–a surer sign of spring than robins). I was outside doing my post-winter dog area cleanup (ugh). While outside, I took a look around the yard. The blueberries were eaten …
As mentioned earlier in the season, I bought a couple of tomato teepees. I never did make a final assessment of them, so here goes. I started the plants in the teepees in early May. By the end of the month, the plants were huge–way bigger than the non-teepee plants. …
The nice weather is almost coming to an end, but I have hopes for a few more nice days so I can do more outside work before the snow arrives. Today, I planted garlic. Brian turned over the garden for me last weekend, so the soil was all nice and …
As mentioned in my last post, I spent some time dividing perennials. Brian helped with some of the larger ones. My goal was to make the pond area symmetrical plant-wise. Mission accomplished. I originally tried doing a random planting thing there, but I’m not a random type of girl, so …