Monday, November 24, 2008

Notes for November 24, 2008

This past weekend was fairly productive. I got all the leaves done. I worked 3 hours on Saturday and 2 hours on Sunday and finished what I needed to get done. During the winter there will be a couple of times where I will blow and mulch the leaves that get blown in and piled by the wind.

I finally installed the storm door windows and put the screens in storage.

On Saturday I also picked the last of the radishes. On Thanksgiving morning I plan on picking my carrots for baby carrots. Next year I will definitely plant them earlier and maybe they won't be babies.

I've started getting seed catalogs already.

Now that I have finished with the leaves, I can get back to my garden and remove the dead tomato and pepper plants and sunflower stumps.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Notes for November 18, 2008

I never did get to the leaves on Sunday. I forgot to mention that when I woke up on Sunday, it was hard to keep my eyes open let alone try to get vertical. I felt as if my body was saying get some rest. Well, when I got home from church, my neighbor had already mulched his leaves and he had a new coating of leaves courtesy of the high winds. so I stayed inside and did other things. Sunday night as I lay on the couch watching football (the wife wasn't home), I felt my body shut down. I took about a half hour nap around 8PM and I woke up with a sore throat. I felt better Monday but still run down. I am hoping to get to the leaves this weekend.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Notes for November 16, 2008

I am hoping to get to the leaves today but we will have to see what the winds are doing when I get home from church.

I emptied 1.2 inches from the rain gauge this morning and then put the rain gauge away until spring. This morning its in the upper 30s and it supposed try to get into the 50s this afternoon and then drop into the 40s. It was nice not having to run the heater.

I noticed another flower blooming. In the flower pot by the front door an Ageratum was blooming alongside the geranium.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Notes for November 15, 2008

Its raining today, so the leaves will wait until tomorrow and then I have to battle the wind. I emptied 1.0 inches from the rain gauge yesterday and the carrots and radishes still look fine. Saw on the news last night that of the 14 days of November, 9 have been in the 60's. Today will be too. Tomorrow, Canada is supposed to give us a hint of winter and even forecasting rain/snow showers for one day this coming week. I noticed when I got home from work yesterday that I have chrysanthemums and daisies in bloom along the side of the house and a pink geranium in bloom in the flower pot by the front step next to the pumpkins. The wife carved a pumpkin three weeks ago and I put it in the compost pile yesterday. It was severely deflated and needed a shave and a haircut.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Notes for November 9, 2008

I can't believe the amount of leaves that fell this week. I worked in the yard for 3 hours today and only finished 2/3rds of the front yard!

I emptied 0.35 inches from the rain gauge today and I picked about a dozen radishes.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Notes for November 8, 2008

Haven't seen the sun for several day and it has rained off an on. It's raining again today. Yesterday I emptied 0.75 inches from the rain gauge. Its supposed to be sunny tomorrow and of course I will be mulching leaves after church.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Notes for November 3, 2008

Saturday I mulched and bagged all the leaves in my yard and this week it only took me two hours (last week it was three). There weren't as many leaves as there was last week and I even debated doing them but I did them anyway. Afterwards I picked a half dozen or so radishes and then watered the remaining radishes and the carrots. I had thought of cleaning up the rest of the garden (pulling out the stakes and throwing the plants in the compost and maybe even tilling) but I decided there was a higher priority of inside housework to do. The temperatures are forecasted to be in the 60's all week and so the leaves will be slow to fall.