Or, she’s getting ready to. We’ve had unusually warm weather for April. I’m sure the Cubs are thrilled to be playing in warm weather, but the results for some of our plants could be disastrous.
\nI see that tulips I planted last fall are up and ready to bloom, but today we are supposed to slip into the 50s as a cold front passes, and by the end of the week, we’ll be flirting with freezing weather at night. I hope the tulips can deal with it. They never last long here, so I’d like to have at least ONE season of bloom.<\/p>\n
\nThis past weekend, Dear Husband and I were talking about the fact that it was time to trim back shrubs. I agreed with him, and went on to do some chores that had been waiting for me. Today, as I looked out the window, I realized just how right he had been. I wanted to cut back a shrub that was encroaching on the veggie garden. It’s already leafing out, so the job will be a little harder now.
\nLast summer DH covered the raised veggie boxes for me with black plastic, in an effort to kill off a weed that had taken hold. If the weather allows, this weekend I’ll uncover those boxes and add compost to them, and we’ll hope for the best. I’d like to have room for more tomatoes and salad greens. If nothing else, I’ll plant potatoes, and hope the greenery from the potatoes will compete with the weeds. (I know…..wishful thinking!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Or, she’s getting ready to. We’ve had unusually warm weather for April. I’m sure the Cubs are thrilled to be playing in warm weather, but the results for some of our plants could be disastrous. I see that tulips I … Continue reading