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tagrynI spent a good part of Sunday afternoon pruning the apple trees. It looks like that hasn't been done in quite a while, at least years before we bought the house: there were numerous branches that were crossing and colliding with one another, not a good thing. I finished pruning the one outside our kitchen window and started in on the other, denser one, and now there's a large pile of apple branches and twigs in my discard pile for Spring. This should help the trees breathe a little and circulate air better; whether all the effort translates to a decent fruit crop this year is anyone's guess.
I also cut all the dead flower clusters off the hydrangea out front, and found there's already new buds starting to grow on it, a good sign. I had bought a gardenia at 75% off late last fall and stuck it in the garden out front, figuring it probably wouldn't last the winter, but the thing is managing to survive so far. Managed to find the time to wash both cars, mainly just to get the winter salt off them. Weather is supposed to continue in the 50s all week, possibly getting up to mid-60s on Wednesday. I got a jog in yesterday, will probably do another Wednesday and hopefully Friday as well. I'm OK with doing the treadmill and elliptical in the gym at work, but running outside just feels better.
Interestingly, I thought I had a whole bunch of tomato seeds that I bought at some point, but it turns out that I've only the cherry tomato seeds. So, something else to hunt for next weekend; may go down to Charlotte Hall, there's a decent nursery down there, and also a grocery store that stocks meats from where I grew up (SE Pennsylvania).
I also cut all the dead flower clusters off the hydrangea out front, and found there's already new buds starting to grow on it, a good sign. I had bought a gardenia at 75% off late last fall and stuck it in the garden out front, figuring it probably wouldn't last the winter, but the thing is managing to survive so far. Managed to find the time to wash both cars, mainly just to get the winter salt off them. Weather is supposed to continue in the 50s all week, possibly getting up to mid-60s on Wednesday. I got a jog in yesterday, will probably do another Wednesday and hopefully Friday as well. I'm OK with doing the treadmill and elliptical in the gym at work, but running outside just feels better.
Interestingly, I thought I had a whole bunch of tomato seeds that I bought at some point, but it turns out that I've only the cherry tomato seeds. So, something else to hunt for next weekend; may go down to Charlotte Hall, there's a decent nursery down there, and also a grocery store that stocks meats from where I grew up (SE Pennsylvania).
