karynthegarden's Blog

A Full Day
Apr 21, 2008 | 7:58 PM PST
Busy day  potting shed has been thoroughly cleaning and reorganized  I even took the shop vac to it, I have a total of 9 flats in the shed to be harden off geraniums, petunias, and impatiens, the  forecast calls for mild evening so they should be fine I also cleaned out the storage shed  and area around the other side of the garage and  made a nice place with a little bit of a garden for Rudy to sit and ponder when he is not working on his trike project  I wasn't able to get to the cedar hedge that will have to wait until Wed. and I soon want to think about painting my potting shed will see what the weekend brings We had our first BBQ this evening and did enjoy it.  I am still dreaming of a deck on the back of the house it sure would be a nice addition to our yard  and now that garage is rebuilt we are going to look into it .   Work tomorrow so I am off to bed.

Just what I'd been waiting for
Apr 21, 2008 | 4:27 AM PST

Spring has sprung here finally the last 3 weeks have been lovely and warm and much is happening in the garden all the beds have been prepped and ready and I have begun moving some plants around but must be careful to watch for some of the late boomers like my balloon flowers which seem to take their time to break soil . Temps have been good today is going to be in the mid to low 70s and  on the weekend we  were in the low 80s  in fact we could use a bit of rain.   Today I want to clean up under the cedar hedge along side of the driveway that we planted last fall they made it through the winter ok but I will need to replace 2 cedars out front that are lookin pretty sad.  My potting shed needs a going through want to clear out a few things I am  not using and never will time to purge some and since this is our week for spring cleanup I want to get things ready for the curb and drop off the rest of the items at the sally ann. Its also its time for some of my plants to come out from under the grow lights and into the potting shed so they can begin to harden off   I am pleased with my plants this year my geraniums petunias and impatiens have done really well and are ready for the potting shed but will need to be covered if we get any frost so I will be watching the forecasts closely. I have 8 blue poppies  but they are very slow growers just now getting true leaves. the danish flag poppies grow at a much faster rate and of them I have 6, but the poppies will stay under the lights for a while longer and those blue poppies are really going to need babying .  I feel for  the folks out west as they are up to their necks in snow and temps are bitter cold there. Well sun is shinning and much I want to accomplish today so better get started.

:-)
Apr 3, 2008 | 7:26 PM PST
this will be short and sweet since i am dog tired but what a day outside in the garden finally my garden is  awakening after a long winter  I was surprised at the amount of growth on many of my perennials and my daffs and tulips are up about 3 inches  Yards cleaned up and looking much better Saturday is expected to be another beautiful day even warmer than today so I will work on the front beds and get my shed ready for painting  I want to do as much as i can this weekend since Haliee boo will be coming to spend next weekend with NaNa and Opa   I also  worked on the woodwork in the house and managed to strip the old varnish off the door trim in the dinning room and the old oak under all the dark stain is really lovely it looks so much better  Ok  I am sure none of this is making any sense cause I am half asleep  time to call it a day  Goodnight :-)