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March 24, 2007
What...who...where?
I....am.....soooooo...tired....and sore.....Up at 6:00am to hit the road by 7:00am to get to the nursery by 8:00am when it opened so we could pick out our new fruit trees before the crush of customers arrived...Brian was at the nursery yesterday at lunch and there were so many folks there, he couldn't find a place to park...so we knew today would be hell...we were in and out in an hour, by 9:00am there was a line of cars/trucks coming thru the front gates as we were leaving...such a crazy nutty time of year...But we scored a gigantic Meyer's Lemon tree, a Key Lime tree and a Grapefruit tree (for Brian)...along w/ soil, mulch and a few misc butterfly plants to start our garden going...
We made it home w/ out any flat tires or disasters (soil is heavy...we live far in the boonies...long trip w/ heavy load always = disaster...but not today!)...Then BACK into Austin to take in a load of cross stitch finished work from 10 yrs ago (some from 1989!) to have it framed...that took hours to pick mattes, frames, take measurements, write quotes...Finally home by 3:00pm (only the hottest part of today, of course) and proceed to Start The Planting!...Two of the trees got planted in their whiskey barrels (these are authentic Jack Daniels whiskey barrels our grocery store was selling...Brian said when he used the paddle bit to drill the drainage holes, the shavings smelled like whiskey)...new roses bushes got planted, new butterfly plants (mexican sage, lantana, verbena, another type of sage, more butterfly weed) were all put in and mulched...and it only took a few hours instead of a few days, because we had already tilled up the soil last fall...Tomorrow it might rain, so that's perfect weather for the new plants...
Our neighbor had their horse out, their new baby goat was bouncing around and our dog was hanging out in the street...all in all, a very countryfied day in the dirt...Amelie liked the smell of my toes and rubbed her little fat cheeks all over them and tried to bite them, they smelled so good...mulch, compost, soil, its all dirt to her...
Tomorrow, we finish the roses, the morning glory vine, the last fruit tree and I need to go get more mulch to finish half the front yard...I snapped pics, I'll see if they turned out decent and post if they did...
rock and roll, I'm going to bed...zzzzzz...
Posted by Donner at March 24, 2007 09:24 PM
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Hey there John and I went down to the Natural Gardener today too. We talked to a nice lady who knew you. Forgive me I am horrible with names but she said something about landscape design. She commented on my braclet asked if I made it. I told her yes and how I made the beads to and then your name came up. And we both talked about how cool your stuff was. And how I wanted to be cool like you one day. =) Happy Planting
Posted by: Rachel at March 24, 2007 10:06 PM
I cannot wait to see the pix of the new garden. You both did such a great job at the previous house and with the clean slate at this one it will be fun to see.
Liz
Posted by: Elizabeth Ross at March 25, 2007 09:04 AM