2008
*rain: 1/4"

2008
rain: 1/8"

2008
*rain: 1 1/4"

2008
*rain: 1"

1994:
*Bought our home on 2 1/2 acres. A house, 6 maples lining the unpaved driveway, foundation plantings across the front of the house, 18 pecan trees & 2 black walnut trees across the back property line, 6 old & diseased peach trees, a pool, a small deck, a basketball goal & a concrete pad outside the garage, a dog pen, swing set, and lots of bermuda and pasture grass.

1997
*spitting snow

1999
*set out blueberry bush - third from south [in east row]
*tilled new vegetable garden spot behind pool fence
*planted odd white-flowering bulbs
*mowed yard for first time this summer

1996
*planted Kandy corn

2000
*moved hostas from amid irises in bed east of AC to bed west of AC, on both sides of pool gate, and halfway down north pool fence bed - each hosta moved is a single stem.
*cut back mums.

1999
*first bloom: dark purple iris in north bed

1996
*set out Texas Sweet onions

2000
*newly in bloom: dark purple iris (east bed), Spanish bluebells beginning to open, & ajuga

1999
*newly in bloom: dark purple iris (east bed)
*also in bloom: violets, yellow tulips, tiny yellow narcissus, vinca minor, grape hyacinth

2000
*newly in bloom: spiderwort

1998
*bought Craftsman lawn tractor [returned]

1996
*light frost (29F)

1999
*pruned deadwood from cherry bush
*pruned lower branches from butterfly bush

1999
*newly in bloom: tiny yellow narcissus & violets

1999
*set out second blueberry bush - Blue Ray - second from south [in east row].
*planted tulip bulbs from red potted tulips Love gave me - along east fence outside pool area
*planted 30 Brodiaea corms (Queen Fabiola) from Wal-Mart - along north and east fence outside pool area
*discovered astilbe is alive - I thought it died last summer.
*newly in bloom: yellow tulips & grape hycinth
*bought metal swing set for Skye - purple!

1995
*set out raspberries from Wisty
*set out 26 Surecrop strawberry plants from Ames

1996
*light frost (29F)

1995
*potatoes coming up