More March Winds

Progress is slow...

Saturday March 27, 2010 The day started out cool and clear with gusty winds, 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, clouds moved in around 2 in the afternoon. So far no rain.

Yesterday the guys got to play. The yard was too muddy to work on the flagstone or to till or to grade, so they had a fun day inside working on the '53 chevy. Tater is a cousin to Mater and is getting a complete make over. If you run into Mater, tell him Tater has an extra hood he might sell to his cousin. Pictures of Tater will be posted later, he's too shy to show his face today.

While the boys played, I worked on drip irrigation. Drip lines in two beds are finished. I would have finished the "island" bed but Home Depot did not have another reel of hose, so it will have to wait.

Saturday morning David and I went to the nursery and with great restraint we only bought what we went to get. We purchased 6 azalea bushes. We have acidic soil so we are hoping that the bushes will adapt well. The "island" bed is now home to the six, Encore Autumn Sunset azalea bushes. I have high hopes that they will grow and will have showy blooms from spring through summer. Now I have to consider what else to plant in that flower bed that will compliment the azaleas, spring blooming daffodils and day lilies. If you look close, you'll see the new bushes. Of course David thinks the green tractor in the background is the best feature in the picture.

I have to be careful when I go into a nursery this time of year, all the plants are so full of blooms, bright in color and ever so tempting.

More progress, 4 O'clocks, zinnias and marigolds seeds planted in the west bed. Lettuce and bean seeds planted in the vegetable bed and 6 tomato sprouts transplanted.

It does feel like spring time. Thanks to Patricia, Ricky and Jackson for the peach tree last summer, it is beginning to bloom and for some of the seeds I've started in pots or scattered in the beds.

The pallet of flagstone will just have to wait. Maybe next weekend we can work on the walk.
Soon it will be time to till the yard and plant grass seed. We do have a vision and one can hope.

The east bed is still bare of anything but mulch and drip line. What shall I plant? I also want to plant climbing roses on the l-shaped pipe fence at the SW corner of the drive.

The "sunny" bed will be home to morning glories, sunflowers and any other hot dry sun loving seeds this year.

Plans... plans.. plans.