Kousa dogwood flowers starting
On Friday morning I was up at 5:30AM and got my post up. I got the kitchen cleaned up and set up to feed the seedlings inside. When I went to do the ones in the office, I realized they were big enough to go to the cold frame.
So I collected all that were ready to go out on the dining room table and found I had room in the living room for those that weren’t yet.
So I stopped what I was doing and started taking down all the lights in the office. I got them neatly stacked and when my #3 helper came at 12:30PM, we’d get them packed up and downstairs.
I sat down for a while, then got up and finished feeding and watering the seedlings. Next I went outside and set up to feed all the seedlings in the cold frames.
I was delighted to find a bud on the East Shed peony. The last time was in 2023 and I got 3 flowers.
I pissed off Mama Robin royally by taking a photo of her baby when I was out setting up.
Back inside, I sat down again and then got up and made some lunch. My #3 helper arrived and the first thing we did was get the seedlings out to the cold frame, the trays leveled, and then we fed them all well. It’s going to get really hot the next few days so I wanted them to be well hydrated for it.
We had to refill all the quart jars of amendment so they’d be ready for the next time.
Then we came inside and started packing up the lights and she carried all the stuff to the cellar. I didn’t put away anything; I can do that when it’s hot.
We headed out to the Big garden and started putting up the pea fences. It took several tries before we got it down pat. I was using old aluminum fence wire to attach it to the posts.
We got the 2 sugar pea rows done, then went and got the next 2 rolls of wire for the green peas out of the garden shed. We got most of one done and ran out of wire. So we went up to the barn and she went up into the loft and found some more. But it was too late by then and she had to go.
I got my photos and my notes and went inside. It had been a cool day with off and on sunshine. I had to sit down for an hour before I had the energy for a shower.
Mr Sparrow on his house over the Big garden
I made some supper and sat down to watch ‘The Queen’. It finished just after 8:30PM and I was in bed by 9PM after pulling all the shades.
On Saturday my brother and I will be out at 7:30AM to empty the trash shed and go to the dump. I will wait until the grass is really dry before I try to mow. It’s very high and thick. I also have the kitchen to clean up. That ought to finish me off for the day. It’s to hit 77F and be sunny.