Gardening/weekend update
Jun. 15th, 2009 09:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tagryn* Did another session staining the fence, its getting there. Couple more weekends of work and it should be done.
* Found two HUGE zucchini on the plants Sunday, bringing the total for the season so far to four. As I said on Facebook, perhaps I've taken the recession gardening thing too far and created a monster by planting multiple z. plants?
* The cucumbers and tomatoes are showing blossoms as well, a good sign. The comfrey plant is huge again, and the flowers on it are attracting bees into the garden.
* Replaced the top of the birdbath last weekend, but not sure the birds have figured out that its there yet. Then again we're not in a drought, so they probably have other options right now.
* Trimmed the hedges by the kitchen window, also chopped down the weed trees that had grown by the screened-in patio. Definitely leaves in a lot more light, and there's actually planting space along that raised bed for a change.
* After living here for almost 2 years, I finally (I think) figured out what variety the apple trees in the backyard are - they're Mutsu (Crispin), a kind of Japanese apple variant. It fits the Japanese theme of the whole garden, which is understandable since the previous resident was from Japan, and she probably liked having trees and plants around to make it feel a little more like home.
* Unfortunately, a lot of the apples have started dropping off the tree and are littering the lawn under both trees, so I've had to sweep them up. This is not a particularly good sign, as the apples if they are Mutsu aren't supposed to ripen until early autumn, but I recall this happening in '07 when we moved into the house, so its probably par for the course.
* We went to see Up on Saturday. It was fun and quality, as we've come to expect from Pixar, but I also agree with some reviewers that its a fairly dark and adult film to take young kids too - more like Miyazaki's work than Saturday Morning cartoons.
* Found two HUGE zucchini on the plants Sunday, bringing the total for the season so far to four. As I said on Facebook, perhaps I've taken the recession gardening thing too far and created a monster by planting multiple z. plants?
* The cucumbers and tomatoes are showing blossoms as well, a good sign. The comfrey plant is huge again, and the flowers on it are attracting bees into the garden.
* Replaced the top of the birdbath last weekend, but not sure the birds have figured out that its there yet. Then again we're not in a drought, so they probably have other options right now.
* Trimmed the hedges by the kitchen window, also chopped down the weed trees that had grown by the screened-in patio. Definitely leaves in a lot more light, and there's actually planting space along that raised bed for a change.
* After living here for almost 2 years, I finally (I think) figured out what variety the apple trees in the backyard are - they're Mutsu (Crispin), a kind of Japanese apple variant. It fits the Japanese theme of the whole garden, which is understandable since the previous resident was from Japan, and she probably liked having trees and plants around to make it feel a little more like home.
* Unfortunately, a lot of the apples have started dropping off the tree and are littering the lawn under both trees, so I've had to sweep them up. This is not a particularly good sign, as the apples if they are Mutsu aren't supposed to ripen until early autumn, but I recall this happening in '07 when we moved into the house, so its probably par for the course.
* We went to see Up on Saturday. It was fun and quality, as we've come to expect from Pixar, but I also agree with some reviewers that its a fairly dark and adult film to take young kids too - more like Miyazaki's work than Saturday Morning cartoons.
