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Excellant weather this weekend! Mid-seventies today and the 'maters are enjoying their first outing on the porch. Onion and leek plants went out last week and are ready for their final home in a day or so. Marigolds have been out for several days.
Went out for sunday paper this morning and scored twelve lawn bags full of leaves. The elderly lady was appreciative of having them hauled away as she wouldn't have to pay the hauler. I generally ask the homeowners before raiding the curb, until it comes to citywide cleanup when you have to fight with the other vultures over discarded treasure. That's in three weeks.
Digging thru one of my many boxes of assorted junk, that has been waiting years to be sorted, I found one of those remote temp probes for grilling, the one with a long braided tail and digital readout. I straightened the probe and taped the whole affair to a bamboo cane and now don't have to ben dover to get the temp of the soil and compost piles. Just a handy little fun gadget for those who are interested in such things.
Got the 350 gal. water tank plumbed into the gutters.
Cleaned up more of the winter's accumlation of crap.
Built two more mason bees homes and hung one in the apricot tree which just started it's bloom.
Started another compost pile. Checked the temp of the one I turned one week ago and it is at 143F.
Planted four large pots with assorted lettuce, greens and other stuff. Decorative, edible containers. Prepared another bed for amaranth, coneflowers and calendula. Built a small raised frame that I am going to use for starting Precoce d'Argenteuil asparagus from seed.
Got the year's first pinkskin.
Munched on a garlic "scallion".
Added more mulch and compost and fish squeezins to the asparagus plants that survived last year's flood and washout. Had a hell of a time not picking the spears, this is year two.
My Lovey is pleased with my outdoor accomplishments.
Time to kick back for the rest of the evening. I'm tired and just know I'm gonna hurt worse tomorrow.
Care Charlie
"There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments." -- Janet Kilburn Phillips