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I have a metric shit-ton of work to do around here this weekend but at the moment I'm doing my best to chill out and not think about it.

The list, if anyone is interested, includes:
Cleaning the gutters
Weeding the flower beds
Putting down fertilizer
Putting the veggie garden to bed
Cleaning out the container garden
Cleaning the house
Shopping for books ( Read more... )

Holy Crap!  How long has it been since I posted anything ( Read more... )

Remember the picture of the flower garden I posted yesterday with all the weeds?

This is what it looks like now:

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Work is the usual - we aren't going to talk about that right now.

When not working (HA!) I've been working on the flower bed in the back corner of the yard.  This space used to have trees before I had them taken out.  I started a perrenial garden back there last year.  This year I've been adding to it. 
These pics were taken last weekend - I've made ( Read more... )

I finally got the last of the mud out from under my fingernails ( Read more... )

My yard still looks like shit but I have buds and blooms all over the place in the gardens.  So Yay! 
Some of the seed I put down is coming up but I still have spots that are just bare.  Not sure why.  I think I'm going to have to take the de-thatcher/aerator tool and dig up those sections a little then reseed.  Bummer.  I was hoping the ( Read more... )

The back yard is raked, seeded and watered ( Read more... )

I am doing shit today.

I overseeded the front and side yards yesterday, a necessary step after last year's drought, so I went a bought a sprinkler today.  That purchase is currently running on the front lawn as I type, watering in the seed.  I'll move it to the side yard in about 15 minutes.  Then to the other side yard about 30 after that.  Then ( Read more... )

The seed catalog came just after Christmas - yesterday I put the order in.  Seeds are on their way!  Woo hoo! 
This time I took the catalog into work so several of us could combine our orders and get free shipping.  Would you believe that with four people ordering there wasn't a single duplicate?  Not one!  I'm not surprised with the flowers but ( Read more... )