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Thanks Mother Nature that was a nice gift
Posted by doggonedmysteries
After so many dreary days of rain, it was nice to see sunshine today. I managed to get outside and plant a few of my cannas. It’s amazing how many places I don’t have room to plant this year. I guess this means I won’t spend as much at the nursery next week as I normally do. My list has whittled down to veggies and (if I can find them) two more black iris plants. Only one of mine made it from last year.
Around six this evening I happened to be out on the front porch when we had another quick rainstorm pass through. I grumbled and then looked off to the south and what should I see but a gorgeous double rainbow. Who cares that it rained again. The rainbow made up for it. That’s what I call eye candy.
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More garden pictures
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Since fishing was a bust yesterday I worked in the garden until dark.
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April’s weather teases us
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It never fails, this is the month that gives us many promises of warmth and sun, and then it snatches it away.
The magnolia is in full bloom, what few tulips I have left are opening, and the daffodils are about finished. The old-fashioned bleeding hearts are blooming as are the grape hyacinth. The yard is beckoning me. “Come play, come play!”
If only the weather would cooperate and warm up enough. A frost warning might have my magnolia tree all brown by the time I get up today. I hope the frost stays north of us.
I had to stop putting out year round suet for the birds because the tree rats were raiding it and leaving nothing for my feathered friends.
The hummingbird feeder is up and I hope it will attract some more this year. I had so much fun watching them last year.
I can’t wait to set up the hammock. However, I think it will have to wait until next month.
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Picture day!
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I took the camera outside this afternoon.
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The gardening begins!
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Although we had clouds that threatened rain all day, we had a warm and pleasant day yesterday. When I woke up and saw the sky, I put off my trip to the grocery store. I knew with my luck, it would pour buckets full, when I had to carry all of the bags into the house. Therefore, I decided to try to sneak in some much-needed gardening before the rain.
I could’ve gone grocery shopping since the rain never made an appearance. However, I’m glad I did the gardening because I managed to clean out both the side and pond gardens before dinner. It felt good to be outside for change.
I have only one more area to clean out and ready for planting and that’s along the back fence. For now all I need to do is trim back the zebra grass and keep the weeds from overrunning the area until it’s time to plant my veggies there.
I’m glad to see my perennials are happy and thriving because I’ll split some of them to take over and enhance the landscape at the MIL’s house.
Posted in my garden, Weather related
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Out like a lion
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At least the flowers are trying to bloom. Goodbye March!
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Signs of spring
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We begin a new month. We’re closer to spring now, oh joy!
When I took the dogs out today, I saw crocus and daffodils poking out of the ground in the gardens and they were over an inch high. The day lilies, iris, and many other flowers are awakening too.
For the last week, huge flocks of geese have flown over our house every day. Some of them are so high you can barely spot the Vs but you can still hear them honking.
The robins haven’t appeared yet but they can’t be far behind. Birds are beginning to hang around the feeders in larger groups and the crows in the cemetery are practicing their aerobatics. They swoop low over the tombstones and grass racing each other to the tallest spires.
I’ve had to chase suet raiding squirrels out of the yard several times a day. Yes, spring is arriving.
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I sooo need this!
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Where have our little birds gone?
Posted by doggonedmysteries
G and I were talking the other day and during the conversation, I mentioned that I hadn’t had any birds at my suet feeders in a while. She remarked that they haven’t had to put out fresh suet for quite a while either.
In fact, the only birds I’ve seen lately are crows, grackles, and the occasional mourning dove. Where are my woodpeckers, juncos, titmice, cardinals, and sparrows? It dawned on us that we haven’t heard any birdsongs for a month.
We’ve never had such a bird empty winter before. I do hope spring brings them back and they aren’t gone due to some devastation. I miss my happy little birds.
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I wonder, do Koi get the sniffles?
Posted by doggonedmysteries
It seems that pond heaters, when used hard in very cold weather, have a two-year lifespan. I have to replace ours this winter. It isn’t heating well. Without a heater in the pond, our lovely Koi won’t last through the winter. I was glad to find them on Amazon and ordered two so I had a spare just in case.
So far, we’ve been lucky with the old heater managing to limp along. The pond hasn’t frozen over completely yet. Sunday we’re supposed to have a day in the fifties with rain. However, the temperatures will take another dive after that. I hope the old heater survives until the new ones arrive.
I also hope the Koi stay healthy in the meantime.
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There are no leaves in the yard
Posted by doggonedmysteries
AJ of AJ Wildflowers cleaned our yard today. She did an outstanding job and I highly recommend her. The pups had to go out twice while she worked and she was very sweet to them. After a good butt and ear scratching from AJ, Patty has decided AJ is a friend for life and even showed off her stick ‘em up trick multiple times without a cookie reward. Gavin too has nominated her for good friend award. He enjoyed having his neck scratched and back rubbed.
With all the leaves are gone I can pull the netting off the pond, clean the filters, and get it ready for winter. The Koi will be pleased.
I can’t tell you what a relief it is to see the yard cleared. With all that is going on here, I didn’t have the heart or energy to do it this year.
The next time the pups will see AJ is when there’s snow to clear from the walks. We’ve already hired her for both our walks and the MIL’s.
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Too many Cannas?
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Is there such a thing as too many cannas? I managed to dig out and bring in the cannas and black elephant ears yesterday. It’s a good thing I did since we hit freezing temperatures during the night. The day was a mild mid-fifty degrees.
I was amazed at the size and number of cannas when I dug them out. While I was working on the last bunch in the yard, S walked by with her basset hound Cosby, and I offered to give her some. I have more than enough for the garden next year. I gave her a plastic grocery bag full.
It took me three trips to the basement to get all the elephant ears and cannas down there. I store them in a dark, cool, and moist area.
I did set some of both plants aside for AJ. I’ll give them to her when she comes to take care of the leaves. She’ll also get some lily pads and the lizard tail for her pond.
My van had its second flat tire for the week—same tire. I won’t ask ‘what next?’ because when I do there’s always something that will raise its ugly head.
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