Monthly Archives: April 2015

I did not work Thursday so I had the opportunity to go to the garden centers before the crowds. It was a beautiful day with temps almost 70.

I was good and didn’t spend much money! I purchased some herbs, tomatoes, and a fern from the “scratch and dent” clearance section.

It’s temping to purchase a few annuals but I want to wait another week. Today, I cleaned the vegetable beds and planted dill, basil, peppers, and tomatoes and put up their trellis.

  And lunch was at Seaboard Cafe: a veggie sandwich and a friend enjoyed her chicken salad sandwich. They are served with picked carrot and a pasta salad. Yum!

There was a cute cat at one of the nurseries.

It was after something in a drain. I did not investigate!

Of course, I am off today so as Betty and Wilma use to say: “Cha Cha charge it!”.

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The return of warm weather means a return to grilling…everything! Grilled bratwurst, potatoes, and pound cake! 

Now I am ready for garden work!

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The Eastern Grey Squirrel are like rats in my neighborhood of oaks and loblolly pine! They chew open bird boxes, knock down bird feeders to get to the seed, and dig up and destroy plants. They seem to watch you from the trees and then come right behind you and dig up and eat what you just planted. They will dig out all the soil in a pot to see if there is anything worth eating. Did I mention they grow as large as a small cat?

Even the bird boxes with the metal protectors over the holes are no match!

The redbuds are blooming! It is impossible to capture the beauty of a tree in a picture so a close up will have to do!

The Eastern Redbud blooms along the top half where as the Asian redbuds will bloom at every leaf node along the entire plant. The Eastern redbud reseeds very easily,too. There are always volunteers around the garden.

In the vegetable garden the arugula is coming along but the squirrels are digging through the carrots! The chives look nice with a few sweet violets here and there.

The ferns continue to unfurl fiddler heads.

These are Japanese painted ferns below. They will become a silvery green.

Oh! And I did see Jesus on Blount Street last outside an Irish pub! I guess everyone needs a pint every now and then? 

Happy Spring!