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This morning I have finished hacking the miniature *cough* rose bush. \o/ I pulled out the two dead roses and am giving two more apparently dead ones a few more weeks before I pull them, hacked my pretty red and white rose (Cherries Jubilee maybe?), trimmed the sprawling almost-a-climber on the side (it grows through the bushes and looks really cool when flowers appear in the blue spruce), and trimmed the actual climbers on the little pergola (one of which I accidentally tried to kill with RoundUp but it has survived.) Today's pruning was bloodless but I did slice my finger on a broken ceramic bowl this morning. Bled for an hour. *sigh* I attacked two volunteer trees but have begged assistance of ScrubsHub for complete removal.
My magnolia seiboldii has buds on it! WooHoo! I've had it for a few years now but it's never bloomed. I'm so excited! *is a plant geek* It's supposed to be very fragrant and blooms late enough that it won't get frosted. I can't find a decent picture online so I'll have to take some for you when it blooms. The wisteria is just starting to grow, so I've that fragrance to look forward to also.
When I walked out back this morning, a little house wren was singing his heart out by the veggie garden, trying hard to attract a mate. I'd vote for him on Wren Idol. I looked around for his nest but didn't see it. I do have two robins' nests with three little blue eggs in each. Usually, I've got house finches nesting in my hanging baskets as soon as I put them out but I haven't seen any yet this year. I wonder if they got lost when it snowed. :(
In all, the yard is shaping up nicely, having mostly survived the winter and the snow-after-unseasonable-warmth. We really need to rent a chipper to grind up the yard waste, but we never do.
I need to hunt up some cheap pond fish. The place I usually get them (later in the season, $1 a fish) wants $7 and more for them at the moment! This is outright robbery. I also need to coax the boys into tadpole hunting for me, though we may still have one in the pond. #1Son swears he saw 'a fish,' but I know there are no fish left in there. Sometimes it takes bullfrog tadpoles two years to morph so I imagine that's what he saw.
It's gorgeous. I think I'll putter some more. :D
My magnolia seiboldii has buds on it! WooHoo! I've had it for a few years now but it's never bloomed. I'm so excited! *is a plant geek* It's supposed to be very fragrant and blooms late enough that it won't get frosted. I can't find a decent picture online so I'll have to take some for you when it blooms. The wisteria is just starting to grow, so I've that fragrance to look forward to also.
When I walked out back this morning, a little house wren was singing his heart out by the veggie garden, trying hard to attract a mate. I'd vote for him on Wren Idol. I looked around for his nest but didn't see it. I do have two robins' nests with three little blue eggs in each. Usually, I've got house finches nesting in my hanging baskets as soon as I put them out but I haven't seen any yet this year. I wonder if they got lost when it snowed. :(
In all, the yard is shaping up nicely, having mostly survived the winter and the snow-after-unseasonable-warmth. We really need to rent a chipper to grind up the yard waste, but we never do.
I need to hunt up some cheap pond fish. The place I usually get them (later in the season, $1 a fish) wants $7 and more for them at the moment! This is outright robbery. I also need to coax the boys into tadpole hunting for me, though we may still have one in the pond. #1Son swears he saw 'a fish,' but I know there are no fish left in there. Sometimes it takes bullfrog tadpoles two years to morph so I imagine that's what he saw.
It's gorgeous. I think I'll putter some more. :D