I just don't want to, so there!

Category: FRED - the garden | Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:41 pm

Have you ever just not wanted to go work in the yard? Today was one of those days.

Took Amanda to the dentist for stage one of a root canal this morning, got home almost noon. I had planned on getting out back when we got home but I just can't get out there.

It is a beautiful day for gardening in north Texas, sunny but at the same time the front that came thru last night is keeping it really comfy. This time yesterday it was 84, today it is 66. Thinking about the weather makes me feel guilty for not being out there....so I went out to have a look around and take a picture of the first bearded Iris in bloom.

I also opened up the door of my bloom house to let the air thru and realized that the pumpkin seedlings really have to go in the ground soon, they are about 8 inches tall now. Really hate to put them out yet since the forecast for later this week includes more heavy rain storms and I don't want them broken down.
Oh, wait, I just realized that I could get them in the ground tomorrow and protect them when needed by turning a plastic storage box upside down and putting it on top of them, weigh it down with a brick so the wind doesn't blow it away...that would work.

We did some tree trimming yesterday evening. One of the branches was a really long one on the large Hackberry. It was putting too much weight on the part near the trunk of the tree, that part has grown out perpendicular with the ground for almost 10 feet and is a really cool looking feature, I didn't want it to be damaged by the end of the branch getting too heavy.
Pointed out to Randy where to cut...which was just a little away from the hanging birdfeeder. He took the chainsaw to it, then we chopped it into smaller sections and carried them to the curb....I did not fall when doing that chore this time. Went back to look things over for other possible branches to take off and realized that without that weight on the branch, the end of it was now about 12 feet off the ground. Have you guessed where this is going yet? That meant that the birdfeeder is now about 7 feet off the ground. I can reach the bottom of the feeder but can not pull it down and hold it while raising the lid to fill it. We will need to make the chain longer so I can feed the birds before they think they are starving to death.

I will get out there tomorrow. I haven't finished getting the area around the half barrels cleared out and I noticed the weeds are enjoying the absence of me and my trowel too much. That heavy rain is forecast for Friday into Saturday so tomorrow is it for the rest of this week.

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katsback wrote on Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:09 pm:

Toni, whats your low temp gonna be at night there?Were heading a little further south saturday to visit my relatives for easter,though it wont be much warmer,maybe just more pleasant being around family till the cool weather dissappears.To soon for pumpkins here,my seeds are still hanging in the barn.

Polly wrote on Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:08 am:

I think it is quite okay to not want to garden sometimes. But I know what you mean about feeling guilty when the weather is good. Hope you catch the high birdfeeder before the birdies get too hungry.