osprey94's Blog

Is how you'd describe the weather here today. Golden, warm, clear, wonderful weather. 80 degrees and breezy. Hallelujah! Finally! Tomorrow's supposed to be even warmer.

When I got home from work, I planted two mugo pines (in the shed bed), a Lysimachia punctata (loosestrife 'Alexander'), a purple fountain grass, and a Stella de Oro daylilly (in the deck bed).

The deck bed had been ignored by the deer for a few days (just long enough for me to stop being afraid), so I left the little chicken wire cage off one of the beautiful, full, red-twig dogwoods in the deck bed and it was pretty much just twigs today. Also, one of the andromedas had been yanked right out of the ground and was lying next to its hole.

Also, they'd munched on heucheras and lady's mantle. Ah, well. I suppose that whatever they don't eat, I'll keep and whatever they eat, I just won't buy again. Or I'll fence in the entire 2 acres around the house. Sigh.

The greenhouse is almost done on the inside, now, too. The cedar potting benches are in as well as the potting soil tub. We just have to install the shelving and get all the electrical stuff done.

It was so hot in there today when I got home from work, that the thermometer we put inside couldn't display the temp. It was too hot. Must've been well over 100 degrees. Gotta get the shade cloth on the top if I'm going to attempt to grow seedlings in there this summer.

My asparagus show no sign of any growth. I wonder if there's something wrong. I need to read up on them and find out how long it takes to see something happening!

My herb garden is coming up. The lettuce, cilantro and spinach are too. The tomatoes look okay, the peas are doing well, but have a TON of little bites taken out. I've put "Sluggo", that iron phosphate slug bait/killer, all over the place. Hopefully that will help. The onions look good. I really need to sow carrots, beans, and cucumbers still. I'm so behind. I also need to fill the fourth raised veggie bed with soil mix so I CAN sow carrots, beans and cucumbers!

I got my first issue of Organic Gardening magazine today and it is GOOD. Combined with "Garden Gate", they have already made a great reference. I can't wait to get the next issue of both.

Well, no pics today. I'm tired, it's late (for me) and I can't even think straight.

Off to bed!