This past weekend, I planted the last of four arborvitaes that I bought back in spring. I wanted something for a bit of privacy in my backyard, and read that arborvitaes are native-ish, easy to care for, and great for privacy. I saw them 50% off at Petiti’s one day while looking for other stuff, so I went ahead and picked up four that were maybe 4 some feet tall for $200.
Continue reading post "Arborvitaes"Finally getting some decent rain.
Continue reading post "#4416"I’m really happy to see that my larger eastern redbud tree has fully bloomed. Looks great.
Continue reading post "Redbud first bloom"It is only the end of February, but an outsized number of recent days have been very spring-like.
Continue reading post "#4261"The weather has been positively spring-like. Some of the bulb plants in my yard have been sprouting and some of the snow-drops I planted this past fall have actually been blooming already. I’ve been trying to spend extra time outside, especially when the sun is out.
This past weekend, I bought and installed a tree in my back yard, an eastern redbud, after years of wanting some kind of redbud. I had been thinking of getting the smaller weeping variety, but this year I finally decided I’d be willing to get the native tree variety.
Continue reading post "Welcome, redbud tree"Snowy day today.
Continue reading post "#3977"The weather has been really nice lately, highs in the 70s. It was getting pretty chilly for a while and really fall like, but it feels like later summer again, save for all the colorful leaves. I went on a nice walk on the Tree Farm Trail today. Yesterday and Thursday I planted more bulbs, over 100.
Continue reading post "#3862"I think the deer are eating some of my bulb plant leaves.
Continue reading post "#3397"I planted some flowers in my garden today, and discovered a large number of acorns in my bags of soil and soil enhancer.
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