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| Entry tags: | garden |
Garden time!
While Charles mowed the lawn for the first time this season (after starting the mower using the trick Bob taught us) I filled the window box with potting soil and planted some lettuce and spinach seeds. In the process I turned on the water to the outdoor spigot and learned that something's wrong with it (probably the gasket, Charles thinks) because it's leaking water everywhere. Time for a trip to Menard's. Maybe as part of this process we can haul out of the cellar the giant useless pipe that leads to the defunct sump. Maybe even as part of this project we can replace the pipe leading to the outside (it just runs along the top of the staircase and then through the wall) and have it actually come out from the wall a wee bit so it's easier to reach. Not that Tom and his father jury-rigged EVERYTHING they did or anything.
Then I pulled up/cut off all the fake blackberries taking over the edge of the garden (they look like blackberry vines to me, but they haven't produced so much as much as a blossom since we moved in... they've had their chance) and pulled some of the largest stuff out of the garden. Next to rake up the dry stuff, pull up the world's largest dandelion, and turn the soil over. I think this year I'm just going to buy plants from Burpee, and stick to tomatoes (Brandywine!) and peppers.
THEN I decided since I had the pruning shears out already, I might as well try taking care of the rosebush next to the house. I cut a bunch of dead branches out and now look like I picked up an unwilling cat. (Did I mention I can't find any of my gloves?) I'm not sure how you tell a climbing rose from a bush rose, or if there's a way to train a bush rose other than just cutting off the branches going in the direction you don't want. Time to do research.
Also we programmed the Prius to open the garage door (not that there's room for a car inside, mind) and are trying to figure out how to program the keypad on the garage since that's one piece of info that wasn't left for us.
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