Notes for April 29, 2009

Thinned the radishes last night and today we are having some light rain. The dogwoods and the wisteria are in bloom and we turned off the AC.

Notes for April 27, 2009

Busy weekend with beautiful weather. Its been in the 80s and near 90 since Friday and will be again today and tomorrow. And yes we broke down last night and turned on the AC (IN APRIL!).

Friday night I cut the grass to get a head start on Saturday. Saturday, after the usual running around (dropping off and picking up my daughter and picking up hoagies from the local church hoagie sale), I finally did get to work in the yard. First thing I did was to plant the flower bulbs we got for Easter (hyacinths and tulips). I planted them with a handful of ground up leaves and a tablespoon of bone meal.

Then I mulched up the six bags of leaves that my neighbor gave me. I dumped them out of the bags and ran them over with the mower.

Next I played with a toy I got for Christmas and finally took out the new weed wacker out of the box and started that learning process.

Then I put some block edging in a circle around my mailbox post where the Joe Pye Weed is. I put the rest of the edging around some tiger lillies in the back yard but I didn't dig them in yet. Next I straightened out the pile of remaining edging and old bricks (to be placed in the trash a few at a time; just after the used mortar pieces are gone).

I water the radish and spinach (which are starting to sprout) and the onions. I then mulched the onions.

I then sifted the bag and a half of potting mix (using a dollar store wastebasket). There were just too many large pieces in the mix. I put the large pieces in the flower bed as mulch.

Notes for June 3, 2008

By the way, we turned on our Air Conditioner Sunday night. It will probably be on from now until September.

Notes for October 23, 2007

We did get 0.6" of rain on Friday last week and I can really see the difference in my carrots. I am still picking tomatoes and I have some small peppers. I am also picking radishes and I have a little bit of spinach I could pick. Enough for a bowl for a salad or probably enough for one helping of cooked spinach at dinner.

We were near 80 again yesterday and we did have to turn on the AC on Friday it was so muggy and warm. Our temperatures are about 20 degrees warmer than they are usually or so they say. We are forecasted for more rain tonight into tomorrow. Southern California really needs it right now.

October? Turn on the AC!

Today it is forecasted to be in the mid 80's THROUGH MONDAY! Turn the AC back on. On Tuesday it's supposed to be more seasonal and today is only Thursday.

My grass is brown but it doesn't bother me. I am on well water and I know my well is shallow and almost all my neighbors water their grass and I wonder when my well will be affected by their water usage.