Archive for 'deck'
Posted: September 20th, 2003 by
Lisa
We’re finally home on the weekend again, and worked ourselves until we were exhausted outside today. Marmalade kept us company no matter where we went outside. It was very cute. The first thing we did was get started again on the firewood. We heat with wood on the first floor of our house, and in
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Posted under Blewitt, Chips, Elm Oyster, Hypsizygus ulmarius, Firewood, Harvesting, Marmalade, Mulch, Mushrooms, Reviews, Sawdust, Stacking, Window Boxes, deck, stropharia.
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Posted: July 7th, 2003 by
Lisa
I’m pretty pleased with how well the vegetables that I planted on the upper balcony are doing. I’ve never grown peas before, and only planted one window box with them, and they did very well and we are eating peas now, which is neat. My plan to have them drape down didn’t go so well,
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Posted under Basil, Lettuce, Onions, Peas, Peppers, Reviews, Self, Tomatoes, Window Boxes, deck.
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Posted: April 29th, 2003 by
Lisa
One of the species tulips is opened up today. It’s yellow and white, and so cute! These are the ones, unfortunately, that the mice at most of, though, so there aren’t that many plants. I think they are adorable, though. Maybe they’ll spread. It really barely looks like a tulip to me. The hyacinths are
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Posted under Clematis, Farm Life, Structures, astilbe, bridge, dahlia, deck, gazebo, hosta, oxalis, peony, pergola.
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Posted: April 19th, 2003 by
Lisa
It’s Saturday, it’s warm, I’ve been gone all week, and I couldn’t wait to get out there in the garden and get going. I started this year with my least favorite bed. I figure if I start the spring clean up here, or perhaps I’ll keep it under control and stop avoiding it so much.
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Posted under Bindweed, Compost, Gardening, Mice, Mulch, Mums, Sawmill, Splitting, Weeding, Weeds, Zebra Grass, daffodils, deck, heather, tulips.
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Posted: November 27th, 2002 by
Lisa
It’s not unusual to have a white turkey day, and this year, the weather for it was beautiful. Big blue skies after the storm cleared, dropping four inches on us overnight. I had time to get the decks cleared and such before the guests started to arrive for the holiday meal, which was nice. I don’t know how long I’ll keep trying to do that back deck, but I did it today, anyway. We haven’t yet had enough to be plowed. This year Frank got some orange metal stakes/pole thingies, and outlined around the driveway where we want the plow guy to plow, in the hope of saving a few of our plants that usually get beat up pretty bad. We’re pretty sure he’ll just plow right over those, though, unfortunately. But it is worth a try!
Posted under Driveway, Snow, deck.
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Posted: November 22nd, 2002 by
Lisa
Yet more snow, and it’s sticking. I’m not sure we’re going to have another thaw this winter, which is a bit early for us. It’s not unusual for us to have the first sticking snow around Thanksgiving day, but we’ve had three or four already this month, and with these last several, there’s been no melting in between. We did some more stacking of the firewood, having to brush off the snow. We (and the kids) have stacked quite a bit of it on the back deck, right by our bedroom door. We are hoping the deck is strong enough to hold the load! But it will sure beat hauling it up from outside the basement door. We have a fairly decent size stash under the deck, but we know it’s no where near enough. Oh well. The view of the swamp is just gorgeous after a snow storm.
Posted under Firewood, Snow, Stacking, deck.
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Posted: November 15th, 2002 by
Lisa
I was in Chicago earlier in the week, and I seen to have brought back all snow here. It’s supposed to turn to rain tomorrow, but right now, it’s pretty. I got the front deck shoveled, at least, before getting tired. There’s not much else I can do out in the garden at this point, but I’m really reluctant to give it up. We are keeping an eye on our compost pile, as this will really be our first year heading in with all of the bins full to capacity. How long will they stay hot? I want to remember to get a thermometer. We were noticing today that the newest pile seems to be melting its snow off much faster than the others.
Posted under Compost, Snow, deck.
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Posted: August 16th, 2002 by
Lisa
Mom, this lady called and said you said she could come over and see the garden. Um, okay. I don’t remember that, except maybe back at the garden tour, but I certainly don’t remember a specific date. I’ve been gone all week, the garden needs to be watered, but sure, drop on by at 2.
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Posted under Books, Carrots, Cherry, Clematis, Compost, Deadheading, Gardening, Gladiola, Lantana, Lavender, Lettuce, Lily, Madame Hardy, Onions, Reviews, Roses, Star Gazer, Sun Gold, Tomatoes, Tropicana, Vegetables, Viola, Visitors, Window Boxes, cuidad victoria, deck.
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Posted: January 6th, 2002 by
Lisa
I was as excited as the kids were last night, waiting for the snow to start. We were supposed to get eight to twelve inches, and the kids were hoping for a snow day, of course. We’ve had so little snow this year that the yard is barely snow covered, especially where the flock of
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Posted under Driveway, First Snow, Wild Turkeys, deck.
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Posted: September 8th, 2001 by
Lisa
The garden right now is absolutely gorgeous. Fall is so close. My burning bushes are turning, and the trees around the house are just starting. Peak time for us for fall color is usually the first weekend in October, which I realized today is not really that far away. Fall feels like Mother Nature’s reward
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Posted under Obedient Plant, Weeding, Window Boxes, deck, gazebo.
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