Day 21

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Two hours in my flower bed around the arbor using the hand cultivator . . . raging war on the dandelions . . . and winning!

I thought the frost had killed my Trumpeter vines . . but I found three shoots starting to come up in three different locations!

I am putting in 75 milkweed seeds into starter pots to transplant later. Milkweed is the favorite food for the Monarch Butterfly. I hope to 'create' a breeding area for them. Nature is so awesome!

  

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Day 20

Monday, May 20, 2013

And on the 20th day . . He rested!

  

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Love it! Report Inappropriate Comment

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Awesome fire pit! Enjoy! Report Inappropriate Comment

LEANJEAN6 5/21/2013 6:41AM

LOL--I didn't know whether laugh or not--ha ha--Lynda Report Inappropriate Comment

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Day 19

Sunday, May 19, 2013

The day started out brisk and windy. I was not able to burn today with so much wind...but I ended up doing more than I planned!

I punched two more holes.. set four 4X4's because that is all I had! then I mowed the lawn on my new Toy.. I split about 3/4 face chord of firewood.. stacked it and moved the entire wood pile in the photo in one of my previous blogs... I trimmed back some of the evergreen bushes that will eventually come down when the privacy fence goes up!

I planted 6 rows of 10 corn seed.. Cherry tomatoes.. radishes... onions... garlic... pumpkin... squash.. zucchini... peas.... beans.. the broccoli is not big enough to go in. I did 48 new sunflower starters today and I will do 10 new ones each week... this way they will continue to bloom for a while!

I have 12 lily plants to set this week also! My clematis is well over 2 feet tall already!

  

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Day 18

Sunday, May 19, 2013

This was my pine tree!

It was taking too long to burn the small limbs and made way too much smoke..so I filled the van full and took it to the recycling center !

I punched 5 holes into the ground at 8 feet apart and two feet deep today!

Tomorrow I will set 4X4 posts in the holes

  

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I broke a sweat just thinking about it! lol! Report Inappropriate Comment

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Day 17

Friday, May 17, 2013

A lot of walking today moving brush and limbs. Tomorrow I will fill the van and take them to the recycling center where they will turn them into mulch/compost. It is free and it will take me forever to burn them as they are green!

I got out the glass insulators for the electric fence and I tested the charger as well!

I measured the north property line distance so I can run electricity to the east end shed for lights . I bought some solar powered lights to set around the BBQ pit for late night fires!

I moved the pile of wood away so there is an open area around the fire pit.

I am slowly building a couple Adirondack chairs and an Adirondack bench !

  

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PLATINUM755 5/18/2013 3:09PM

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KBEHNKE81 5/17/2013 11:53PM

Wow, what a day! Report Inappropriate Comment

ALYSSAR2012 5/17/2013 11:47PM

Sounds busy! I built an adirondack chair once, in my 8th grade shop class. It was great. Report Inappropriate Comment

BIGPAWSUP 5/17/2013 11:38PM

You are beyond amazing! Congrats on getting so much done. Report Inappropriate Comment