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May 23, 2008 | 6:31 AM PST
Tag: mowing
Patrick got the riding lawnmower running yesterday - hooray! We were both so excited. He had a lot of fun tooling around on Yertle the little red turtle :) And it was surprisingly easy to drive, too - I took a turn also. I like going around trees - the turning radius is pretty good!
We are just so excited to have a lawnmower and a yard to mow that mowing is not a chore - it's a lot of fun!!!
He's off to finish mowing, and I need to get ready for work. It's hard to go in when it's such a beautiful morning, but I get to enjoy a 3 day weekend after this so, I'd better go!
Also, I wish you could insert pics right into your blog entry instead of uploading from a url.
That is all.
Happy Gardening!
May 15, 2008 | 8:48 PM PST
Tags: violas , silver mound , shade garden
Today I worked on a flower bed in the front yard - there are 2 in the front yard that are full of gigantic Silver Mounds that could take over the entire yard if left to their own devices! Today I planted some pretty Violas around one of the mounds. I'm not sure what I'll put around the other.
The shade garden that Patrick worked on yesterday looked pretty great today! We had a few sprinkles this afternoon, too, which seems to help a lot.
Tomorrow we will plant strawberries and spinach. Perhaps also carrots and moonflowers and morning glories also :)
Happy Spring to You!
~jami
May 14, 2008 | 9:39 PM PST
Tags: hostas , shade garden , arctic beauty kiwi , hardy kiwi , Ostrich Fern , cinnamon fern , scotch moss , irish moss , lady's mantle , Bleeding Heart , astilbe , coral bells , hyacinth , dublin elaine daylily , Daylily , blue flax , minnesota , weeds , weed hound , lawn care
Patrick started off his day with lots and lots of dandelion pulling with our favorite new gardget http://www.hound-dog.com/weed
_hound.htm in our wild looking lawn.
After I returned from work we ate a quick lunch and headed out to a nearby greenhouse that comes highly recommended. I wanted to look around for inspiration, but of course we came home with a backseat of treaures :)
We were lucky enough to find a male and a female Arctic Kiwi! They are hardy enough for us here in MN and they are a perennial vine that grows up to 30 feet tall! Patrick is planting an awesome partial sun garden/shade under our deck. So far we have:
Male and Female Arctic Kiwi
Ostrich Fern
Cinnamon Fern
Scotch and Irish Moss
Lady's Mantle
Coral Bells
Astilbe (a red drooping variety)
Bleeding Heart
We went to a great plant sale last weekend, too, and bought a couple of mini hostas. Turns out that we already had a few clumps of variegated hostas in the rock garden out front - they just started poking up! So the minis will be an extension of the existing hosta display. We planted Lemon Delight, Jelly Bean, and Baby Bunting. I also planted a Dublin Elaine Daylily behind the hostas.
I put a row of hyancinths along our front door stoop - they smell so gorgeous! I alternated whites and blues.
I put a small patch of blue flax near the septic.
Pictures soon, sleep now :)
May 13, 2008 | 8:58 PM PST
For the first time we have a house with a yard and garden and all. It is so amazing we will post many photos and such as time goes on.
