osprey94's Blog

Snow White...that's me!

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:59:00 GMT

I was finishing up in the veggie garden today and as I was closing the gate behind me, I noticed a bird inside the fence. She (I'm just gonna go with she, here) was so close to me and completely un...

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a random list

Thu, 28 May 2009 01:30:00 GMT

More beautiful weather here. Enough to make me moan with pleasure when I walk out into the golden warmth at the end of the workday.

A list of things...

1. The beans, cucumbers and squ...

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Bird Garden Plant List

Mon, 18 May 2009 18:30:00 GMT

I spent the morning (I have a personal day) creating my plant list for the bird garden. I think I finally found a relatively organized, quick way to get a wildlife-friendly plant list! Here's what...

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Summer is HERE.

Sun, 17 May 2009 15:56:00 GMT

There's a lot going on in the Jardin de Deitz lately. The "Bird Garden" is really coming along. While I was at a late work function one evening last week, D made tons of progress on it. He lined t...

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The no-name garden

Sun, 10 May 2009 22:13:00 GMT

I don't know what the heck to call this garden in the front of our house I wrote about last time. It's been so many things. For a long time we called it the "herb garden" because that's what it was...

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phew

Sat, 09 May 2009 20:52:00 GMT

Since this was the first nice day we've had since the birth of Jesus, I finally got some work done today. D and I worked all morning on the front of the house. This area has been a bone of contenti...

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They grow up so fast!

Tue, 05 May 2009 00:04:00 GMT

I've been having some...difficulty...hardening off my little seedlings because every time I get some nice weather and haul them all out of the greenhouse for some hardening time, we get either gale...

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not again...

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:29:00 GMT

I just wrote a GIANT blog entry and lost it. It had pictures and everything. I'm too annoyed to start all over. I'll try again tomorrow. It was a good one too! Pout.

Got a new camera, so I ha...

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OMG spring is HERE, like totally!

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:32:00 GMT

So, spring is really in the house, now, man! The swallows have made it back to our garden and the mason bees are just now exiting their little mud cells. D said he can see them chewing their way o...

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The day's accomplishments...

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:30:00 GMT

From 7am until around 10, D and I worked in the yard, planting. He ordered a whole bunch of bee balm and hardy fuchsia varieties plus one really cool butterfly bush from Big Dipper Farms which arri...

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Sprouts

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:23:00 GMT

Well, that greenhouse has powers. I planted all those seeds on Saturday and couldn't believe that some of them have already sprouted. That was fast! I propped the plastic lids up on those trays. Wh...

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Getting caught up

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:04:00 GMT

This weekend, I finally was able to plant all the seeds we'd bought AND sow the pea and greens seeds in the garden.

So, using 3 of the Jiffy trays (with the little soil cells that swell w...

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And the husband of the year award goes to...

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:17:00 GMT

My husband secretly took the day off of work today to rent a trench-digger, hire an electrician and get our greenhouse up and running. All winter I was bummed that we hadn't gotten the thing electr...

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Hummer Time!

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:53:00 GMT

I just heard the MC Hammer song in my head when I typed that.

So, I knew the hummers were back in this area because a friend said her mom had one on her patio on Thursday/Friday, so I w...

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First of '09

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:06:00 GMT

It's time to start thinking about gardening again. For some reason I'm not as excited as I usually am. Checking out my old entries helped a little, but, still...I'm not in the right mindset yet. Pa...

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