I'm glowing like a light bulb
I am truly effulgent at the moment. I just finished mowing both the front and back lawns -- without a break in between. I usually mow the front one day and the back the next (or several days later, depending on weather). While the temperature is quite comfortable today (74 F at the moment), it's sunny and I will not be surprised if I have a mild sunburn. Right now, you can't tell because I'm so red from exertion. But it's a testament to my being in much better condition than I've been in years, because I was able to mow the front and back without a break. (And it was a tough job, because we've had a lot of rain, and the grass was embarrassingly tall.)
According to the calorie calculator at CalorieKing.com I've burned 668 calories with 87 minutes of lawn mowing. Theoretically, I can eat anything I want now, but I think I'm going to stick pretty close to my regular eating plan. I might have an extra ice cream tonight at work. That's always a treat, and I'll probably be dragging around 10 p.m. tonight.
I want to know why I have so much trouble establishing shrubs in my yard. I planted a burning bush behind the garage early last summer. It didn't exactly thrive, but it didn't wither and fall over either. Then, early this spring, it leafed out like gangbusters, and I was sure I had managed to plant a bush that lived. But for reasons that are beyond me, it has completely died now! It withered and all the leaves fell off it. I can't figure out why. There is plenty of light (the area is as close to full sun as you get in my yard). There was plenty of moisture (we've had so much rain that I haven't been able to mow the back lawn). I haven't fertilized yet this spring, but I wouldn't think that would cause sudden collapse. I just don't get it. It may be significant that the rose I planted at the same time is also dead -- though it simply never woke up this spring. I have a long history of dead shrubs. I think I get one established about one out of four tries. A lot of the problem has been overly wet ground in one area where I've tried to put in shrubs (I'd like to screen my back fence.) But there are shrubs I've planted in PERFECT spots -- no excess water, but close enough to the house that I could water it during droughts, that have also gone belly up. I just don't know what the problem is. I suppose I should have my soil checked.
According to the calorie calculator at CalorieKing.com I've burned 668 calories with 87 minutes of lawn mowing. Theoretically, I can eat anything I want now, but I think I'm going to stick pretty close to my regular eating plan. I might have an extra ice cream tonight at work. That's always a treat, and I'll probably be dragging around 10 p.m. tonight.
I want to know why I have so much trouble establishing shrubs in my yard. I planted a burning bush behind the garage early last summer. It didn't exactly thrive, but it didn't wither and fall over either. Then, early this spring, it leafed out like gangbusters, and I was sure I had managed to plant a bush that lived. But for reasons that are beyond me, it has completely died now! It withered and all the leaves fell off it. I can't figure out why. There is plenty of light (the area is as close to full sun as you get in my yard). There was plenty of moisture (we've had so much rain that I haven't been able to mow the back lawn). I haven't fertilized yet this spring, but I wouldn't think that would cause sudden collapse. I just don't get it. It may be significant that the rose I planted at the same time is also dead -- though it simply never woke up this spring. I have a long history of dead shrubs. I think I get one established about one out of four tries. A lot of the problem has been overly wet ground in one area where I've tried to put in shrubs (I'd like to screen my back fence.) But there are shrubs I've planted in PERFECT spots -- no excess water, but close enough to the house that I could water it during droughts, that have also gone belly up. I just don't know what the problem is. I suppose I should have my soil checked.