Sunday, May 18, 2008

Dig, plant, dig, eat, plant, dig, mow, eat, dig, plant (all verbs)......

We spent nearly all day working in the yard. Mrs. had purchased a bunch of perennials and had planted a lot of them before I even had my first cup of coffee. I finally made it outside to join the fun. I was completely out of gas for the mowers so I drove up to the corner to get 5 gallons.... $20! I talked to a gentleman there who was actually excited to see gas for $3.89 as he was from Connecticut and told me their regular was over $4. It sort of took the sting out of the purchase I had just made.

After we planted three new roses, I cut the grass on the side and front yards. This was the first official mowing of the season and gave several bags of nice greens for the compost. We also moved a good number of perennials from near the tool shed into more permanent homes. This will also make way for more food producing gardens.

Some of the asparagus is growing nicely but there are several plants that have not emerged yet. I'll give them some time, but I don't hold out too much hope for them. I also mulched the spinach, lettuces and carrot to try to give them a boost. One more weekend and it will be time to plant everything else.

We had a surprise visit from my old friend Jeremy and his wife Ady. They had been cycling all over town (literally!) and stopped in on their way back to North Falmouth. They're getting ready for the MS ride from Quincy to Provincetown scheduled for sometime in June. SO good to see them.

The weather was absolutely perfect for most of the day. Both of us got some color which we desperately needed. Later in the afternoon the clouds rolled in, it became breezy and a few rain drops fell.

I took a few images but they all came out crappy. I'll try again tomorrow.

There is more news but it will have to wait until I work a few things out.

3 comments:

Live/Love/Life said...

Thanks for the cliffhanger Barry........

Anonymous said...

what kind of roses?

Barry said...

Betty Prior and Apple Blossom Carpet.