2008:
*3/4" rain

2008:
*rain: 1"

2008
*rain: 3/10"

2008
*rain: 7/10"

2002
*planted 3 Oriental Hybrid lilies 'Sierra Nevada' in front of Mother's peony - bought from Walmart sale rack - white lilies with yellow throats - marked with blue golf tees
*weather: overcast in morning, sunshine in afternoon, cool & windy
*coming up: one hill okra, several hills cucumbers, one hill green beans

1998
* in bloom: peony

1995
*planted green beans

2008
rain: 1/2"

2002
*set out Festival Maxima Peony at southwest exterior corner of pool fence - root from Walmart sale rack
*transplanted mallow & angel's trumpet from burn pile to provide cover while peony grows
*planted 25 'Fidelio' gladioli - bought from Walmart sale rack - brilliant pink - planted on west side of Mother's peony, intermingled with irises, at south end of daylilies & at SW corner of pool fence in groups of 5 or more - marked with white golf tees
*weather: threatening rain
*adopted black & white long-hair 7 week old kitten from family outside Elkins; Skye & Love named her "Cookie"; her mother is a Siamese mix named Taco & her father is a Sylvester-cat named "Oreo."

2000
*dumped pool water
*newly in bloom: mallow

1999

* 2" rain

1997
*frost
*in bloom: Mother's peony

1994
*planted 1/2 row Kandy corn
*set out 6 habenero pepper plants & 6 cayenne pepper plants

1994
*set out mint from Mom. I had given her a start from my Tontitown start from Dr. McRae.
*set out lemon mint & catnip from CG.
*set out 28 tomato plants: Rutgers & Ozark Pink
*set out 12 jalapeno pepper plants.

2002
*newly in bloom: purple Siberian iris & Golden Showers rose
*8/10" rain
*place bricks on 2 hydrangea limbs in hopes of rooting

2002
*set out red bee balm & crested iris from Lowe's
*set out tall yellow iris, "augergine" iris, and purple/white irises & blue-eyed grass bought from the house at the SE corner of Sang & Wedington
*in bloom: cornflowers (blue, pale pink, bright pink & purple), annual poppies (pink & red, single & double), iris (pale purple & medium purple), small white wild daisies, peonies, & chives


2000
*newly in bloom: Mother's peony

1999
*planted 'Clemson' okra, 'Straight 8' cucumbers, Henderson bush butterbeans, & sunflower seed mix
*set out tall white ruffled, tall dark purple, common yellow & peach iris -- all bought from the house at the SE corner of Sang & Wedington

1998
*in bloom: golden iris

1997
*in bloom: golden iris


1994 *planted 8 hills canteloupe, 'Sparkler' radish, 'La. Green Velvet' okra, 'Blue Lake' bush beans, cucumbers, 'Ruby Queen' beets, early butterhead lettuce, & cabbage

2008
rain: 1/2"

2002
*set out tiger lily from Mom's
*9/10" rain

2000
*made bed under butterfly bush at SE corner of pool fence
*opened pool
*newly in bloom: purple coneflower

1999
*set out 2 banana peppers, 3 jalapenoes, & 2 bell peppers

2002
*planted Blue Lake bush beans, Greystripe sunflowers, red lupine
*set out: white & yellow narcissus & 'Poet' narcissus from old house place across from Holcomb Elementary
*transplanted medium purple iris to south side of pool fence
*newly in bloom: Mother's peony


2000
*newly in bloom: purple Siberian iris

1999
*in bloom: golden iris, medium purple iris

1997 *planted zinnias (Giants of California)
*found volunteer poppies

2000
*newly in bloom: red Oriental poppy

1999
*2/10" rain

2000
*newly in bloom: golden iris

1999
*killer tornadoes in Oklahoma City; 8/10" rain here

2000
*newly in bloom: ruffled white iris

1999

*set out/fertilized/mulched with straw/ caged: tomatoes - 3 Ozark Pink, 3 Big Boy, 3 red cherry

1996
*vinca blooming

2008
*rain: 1/2"

2000
*newly in bloom: Ultimate Pink rose, pink cornflowers, medium purple iris, & chives

1997

*pruned apples, pear, and plums

1996
*chives blooming
*canna up
*set out tomatoes & peppers
*planted cucumbers & okra