Archive for June, 2001
Focusing on the big picture
Posted: June 24th, 2001 by Lisa
Today was supposed to be rainy all day, but it turned out quite lovely, actually. I got a good bit of weeding in this morning, hitting the beds in the center of the circular drive. I’d been pretty disappointed by how many weeds were coming up through all the mulch, actually, but it turns out
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Posted under Fish, Flowers, Gardening, Trees, Window Boxes.
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Bursting into summer color
Posted: June 20th, 2001 by Lisa
There is a severe thunderstorm warning today, with hail, wind and rain expected. It’s that kind of day today. I weeded for about an hour, but it was so hot and muggy that I could barely stand it. There are lots of new things in bloom, especially my window boxes along the deck. The
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Posted under Flowers, Gardening, Lawn, Window Boxes.
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Tulips, Daffodils and Iris — All at once
Posted: June 9th, 2001 by Lisa
The fish are getting quite brave. We seem to have around 12-14 of them. It’s hard to count the little buggers. But they now come to the surface when we feed them, and if we just go to look at them, they think we’re going to feed them, so they all rush over to
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Posted under Azalea, Iris, Lantana, Lilac, Lobelia, Lupine, Phlox, Poppies, Window Boxes, bridge, daffodils, dahlia, deck, sweet peas, tulips.
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The First Lawn Mowing
Posted: June 7th, 2001 by Lisa
Valerie and I gave the lawn its first mowing on Thursday night, after I’d been out of town all week. I think she had more fun driving the little lawn tractor than in actually mowing the lawn, but she did a pretty good job. The finished product in the front — we left the mower
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Lawn Woes
Posted: June 2nd, 2001 by Lisa
We’re not sure when Skip and his crew is going to show up again this year, and the lawn is looking patchy and barely green, so we broke down and bought 50 pounds of seed and a seed spreader at Agway today. Then when we got home, it actually wasn’t raining at the time
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Posted under Flowers, Gardening, Lawn.
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