First Full Spring Weekend!

Okay. I had the rudiments together here and never got around to posting. This should be circa Palm Sunday, April 5.

Finally a full Spring weekend, featuring weather that accommodated work outside both days. I suspect we made lower 60's today, and forecasts for tomorrow include 70! (Forecasts also include the old eight-to-five, unfortunately.)

And the weekend was made even more enjoyable because Mara was here (though Sean, alas, not), trailing the two Blue Heelers. The three of them jacked the amperage up a good deal.

Besides yard accomplishments, of course we made and fondled some great food. That grub may be the subject of another post.

Here and now, though, just the out-of-doors basics. Saturday we two weeded for probably at least a couple hours each along the way. In my case that was punctuated with planting (after clearing space for) a row each of beets, radishes, and turnips (the latter a first for me, the prior a rarity). We also exercised our Felco's on miscellanea to the point of probable wrist strain, in my case including a couple post-dinner rose-prunings.

No seeds today. But even more time-in-the-yard. I'm close to finished with the roses, another fifteen or so taken care of today. Token pruning on plum trees, which are too young to have yielded fruit. Judicious, very limited, touch-up on blueberries. More work on apples from obscure angles not susceptible to ladders. A bit more aerial work is still essential there, alas. Ladders, bracing, and trickery essential.

And planting? Two dahlias and a lovely little pastel Corylopsis. I.e., shovel-work rather than the relatively delicate work of getting veggie seeds planted in established beds.

Deck-chairs out of storage. Railing planters in place. All but one container plant retrieved from potting shed and installed in place of honor.

And, most importantly, rocking Adirondack on the front porch!