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May 11, 2008
Dirty, tired, achy, sunburnt...how was your weekend?
Today was great! A cool front blew thru and took us from 93 to 70 and we took advantage of it to finish up some work in the yard...and man, are we dirty! but it was worthwhile...Brian finished the part of the yard that had weeds, I mowed the entire back yard and parts of the front, then dead headed the roses in front and back, filled bird feeders, removed sunflowers (there were a lot!)...dug up young pecan trees that are trying to get growing (sorry)...mulched the blackberries, relocated 6 swallowtail caterpillars from the dill (they completely stripped it) to the parsley (its the size of a watermelon - huge!)...then a new swallowtail came floating thru the yard and deposited even more eggs for us...Amelie also spent time outside with us, she likes the garden and does well to stay close by...she even caught a new butterfly and ate it on the spot...so now she'll be pooping butterflies...tasty...
In the backyard my goal was to mow, then distribute the 8 bags of compost onto the ground so the trees will have some good nutrients...i'll also be adding other liquid food as we go..i'm trying to offset any problems from the years of 'weed and feed' product that has been applied to them...it doesn't kill trees all at once, but it will kill them, so I hope to keep that from happening...we can't lose these pecans, they are too majestic and fantastic and provide shade that we desperately need...so, I am going to make them happy...
tonight, i'll water everyone, then apply seaweed, then call it a day...i'm fried, my back hurts, my hand hurts, and I'm ready to lay down...but its all worth it...its good to get out and explore the yard, we found new caterpillars and cocoons and saw a big blue jay...I hope you had a good day too...i have bracelets to string and I'll be working again tomorrow...sweet...
Posted by Donner at May 11, 2008 05:39 PM