osprey94's Blog

Finally, it's warm. Yesterday it was sunny and warm. Today it's sunny and HOT! I've gotten a lot done. D and I worked all morning on the area in front of our potting shed. We added a mounded bed to one side of it and enlarged the gravel path up to it. Pictures to come.

We also pruned and trimmed the trees we have planted all around the perimeter of our 2 acrews of non-wooded land. That was quite a job! We have over 100 trees. D did half of them yesterday, while I was at work, thank goodness!

A couple of exciting developments. A pair of coopers hawks have started a nest in a tree not far into our woods. Sometimes I see one of them flying into the woods from the fields nearby. We can hear them "kek, kek, kek"ing from time to time.

D bought a new Cub Cadet zero turn mower. It is wonderful and cuts down on our mowing time. We have A LOT of lawn. Unfortunately.

The swallows are back! This morning, for the first time we noticed, they were dive-bombing and swooping all over the yard.

Our mason bees appear to be hatching from their little cocoons. Two of the capsules show signs that they've been breaking out! D also said he'd seen a yellowjacket in one of the holes in the mason bee house, though. He'd better get outta there and make room for the mason bees.

It was so nice out today that I spent some time sprawled out on my new daybed, looking through my gardening books for ideas. It was so hot, I ALMOST had to take off my long-sleeved shirt and get down to a tank top (I'm always cold) AND I was barefoot on the deck and the deck nearly burned the soles of my feet.

More later. After dinner, we're back out in the yard, working on the footprint for the greenhouse. We have to get it flat and level.