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Jun. 25th, 2005 09:52 am
Jun. 25th, 2005
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Jun. 25th, 2005 02:37 pmGot part of the lawn mowed today - hoping to do the rest in the evening. Might also move the iris from the garage wall (where the black?/rasp? -berry bramble is growing and plant them along the stone stream.
The other day the three mixed foxglove arrived from Gurney'sm and we planted them by the hosta along the stone stream. Been so long since the mulberry trees arrived, I thought the company had forgotten about them, which I wouldn't have complained about - I hadn't paid for them yet, and they weren't a critical backbone plant. That said, that should give us 12 foxglove blooming next year - maybe more, as I have to get the 3 Pam's Choice replaced - which will be real nice. Only three this year (mixed - so far all purplish!), as the 3 Strawberry Crush appear to have been eaten by chipmunks. As foxglove are poisonous, surprising if they walked away (far) after eating that meal...
Speaking of chipmunks, Deb rescued another after Tika was playing with it for a while - might actually have been uninjured, though. Not the brightest beasts these chipmunks - I've almost stepped on a couple, Justin picked one up, and Tika wears a bell.
As for other creatures, we watched some bats feeding a few nights ago - nice to just relax on the hammock and watch them. Deb, Justin, and I seem to have been doing quite a lot of twilight lounging - and we all have a number of bug bites to show for it. Seems the citronella candles don't scare all of them away. Perhaps the bats will multiply and take out the little bloodsuckers.
Blueberries are starting to be fairly edible - munched on a few this morning while walking and watching the cool fog roll off the trees. Had a few after mowing and they taste *much* better in the cool morning than after they've had some hot sun on them. At this point, there's not a single point in our yard (lawn and house foundation excepted) where you're not ten feet away from a nice, ripe blueberry. Of course, the rest of the ones on the shrub aren't quite ready yet...
The other day the three mixed foxglove arrived from Gurney'sm and we planted them by the hosta along the stone stream. Been so long since the mulberry trees arrived, I thought the company had forgotten about them, which I wouldn't have complained about - I hadn't paid for them yet, and they weren't a critical backbone plant. That said, that should give us 12 foxglove blooming next year - maybe more, as I have to get the 3 Pam's Choice replaced - which will be real nice. Only three this year (mixed - so far all purplish!), as the 3 Strawberry Crush appear to have been eaten by chipmunks. As foxglove are poisonous, surprising if they walked away (far) after eating that meal...
Speaking of chipmunks, Deb rescued another after Tika was playing with it for a while - might actually have been uninjured, though. Not the brightest beasts these chipmunks - I've almost stepped on a couple, Justin picked one up, and Tika wears a bell.
As for other creatures, we watched some bats feeding a few nights ago - nice to just relax on the hammock and watch them. Deb, Justin, and I seem to have been doing quite a lot of twilight lounging - and we all have a number of bug bites to show for it. Seems the citronella candles don't scare all of them away. Perhaps the bats will multiply and take out the little bloodsuckers.
Blueberries are starting to be fairly edible - munched on a few this morning while walking and watching the cool fog roll off the trees. Had a few after mowing and they taste *much* better in the cool morning than after they've had some hot sun on them. At this point, there's not a single point in our yard (lawn and house foundation excepted) where you're not ten feet away from a nice, ripe blueberry. Of course, the rest of the ones on the shrub aren't quite ready yet...
