Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts

Sunday, May 31, 2009

I tried to start a blog yesterday but my alone time was up and it was time to get my day started and actually do something besides sitting in front of the computer which would have been very easy since it called for rain all day... so working outside would have been out of the question...
Actually that is where I should be at the moment because Carl is out there working in the flower beds with the little tiller... we are giving up on the mulch this year in most of the beds and using the tiller to get rid of those bloody weeds that I can't seem to control very much... by the time I am done weeding the beds which takes about 5 days I have to start all over again... especially the ones that look like little Christmas trees when they come out of the ground... they are worst then the weeds from hell aka bishops weeds... I can't believe that I actually seen some of the Bishop's weed being sold at Canadian Tire this year... any way I should be out there behind him smoothing out the beds as he goes along and as you can see what I should be doing is not what I am doing this morning... he he ... but then when the heck do I do what I am suppose to be doing any way... LOL...
As I was getting ready to leave yesterday Carl was out checking on the bird feeders and discovered that we had a very big visitor to the feeders the night before... not one we wanted to even see in our yard but it was here... a black bear cub actually... it cleaned out all the feeders, bent the Shepard hooks, and then had the nerve to leave its droppings behind as if it was saying I was here and you can't do anything about it... we know it is a cub because it was back last night trying to get to the feeders that are in the front of the kitchen window... and every body knows if there is a cub around mother bear is not to far behind...
A few days ago I was driving down to the house and passed a field where the bears are normally seen but I had not seen them for a few years but every time I pass I slow down to check it out... I was wondering where they were.... then I met up with one of our neighbors at the gas bar and he was telling me that there was a mother with two cubs around the area and they were putting out traps for them because they are actually coming up on to the patios not thinking that they would even come close to the house... boy was I mistaken or what...
Back to yesterday... it would usually take about an hour or so to get to Jardin's but yesterday we left the house about 11:30 and only got back at 6:30... very nice day trip for us without leaving the area... stopped in at the Bargain Shop along the way... picked up a few things there... then stopped at a shoe place that I always go looking for my shoes at.. no luck this time... dropped in at a garage sale... and then to the garden center to visit the gazebo that we have fallen in love with but there is no way we will buy it... it is made of cast iron and the price tag is 5000.00.... but boy if we had the funds for it... and we actually bought it I know where it would go in the yard but that is one of those things you think about and put out of your head because it is not going to happen... so going back to reality we picked up a couple of trays of Petunia and a tray of gazania and went out merry way... to visit and see what Jerry has been up to with the camp ground... Cedar Cove.. and there were many changes there... a short visit with Claudette since she was already up at the campgrounds...
As we headed up a drop in to say hi to both parents and home for relaxing and movies... the end to a perfect day... think we should do this more often... actually...
Well I think it is time for me to get some breakfast and get out and help Carl before we decide what else we are going to do ...
Have a great Sunday all... Joanne

Monday, May 04, 2009

The Weekend Was Perfect For

The weekend was a perfect weekend for outdoors and working in the garden and getting some things cleaned up and fixed... Carl and Matthew were sweethearts and re did my green house.. the wind is not going through it any more... actually this morning when I was working at getting all my tacky decorations back on it the temperature was up to 25C already....

Nanny's rose bush has been moved with hopes that things will go a little better for it this year... teddy bears have been replaced on the bike but ended up using the old ones again... I glued one's butt to a rock and it is sitting on a rock chair in the back bed...... I also added another bike to the marigold bed that I got the last time we went through Rogersville.... my little swinging turtles needed some new rope to swing by.... and after all that was done I actually got to clean up two of the many beds this weekend... I also moved my baby's breath because the area was getting crowded...

Carl got the summer time hangers of the bird feeders out... so I also spent a little while getting all the colorful feeders up and the others that we put on the trees for peanuts for the Mr. Nuttys and Blue Jays... actually yesterday while I was working around I was informed by a few of them that the feeders were not filled yet what was going on... I guess that will be another little job for me to do this morning before heading into town....

Carl also plotted out an area for a veggie garden this year... not sure what is going in it but there will be a small one out there.... I know spring beans will be the first thing on the list when we decide what is going in there.... nothing like a pot of beans for a meal...

I do have photos of all of this but nothing is in the computer at the moment... actually I am writing this on Carl's this morning.... I know if I go up to mine I will never get out this morning and that is what I have today... the morning because this afternoon I have appointments and things to do... I think that is the hardest thing about this time of the year having to leave the yard to get other things done... maybe I should hire someone to do those things so I can just stay here and play in my flower beds....LOL

Well I am not getting anything done sitting here this morning...Have a wonderful Monday all... will be back later with photos... Joanne