2002
*harvested 1/2 pt blueberries

1999
*rain: 6/10"
*in bloom: ditch daylilies, sunflowers
*harvested first cucumbers

1996
*in bloom: mallow

2008
*rain: 1/2"

2003
*harvested 9 pts blueberries

1999
*rain: 1/2"
*daylily bloom count: 26

2002
*harvested 3/4 pt blueberries

1999
*pool: at 83F
*daylily bloom count = 30

1996
*in bloom: moss rose, butterfly bush & coneflowers

1999
*installed E80 Emerson 1/2 horsepower disposer in kitchen sink (replaced ISE Badger 5 - 1/2 horsepower)
*pool: 81F, main bugs: flies

1996
*in bloom: phlox, purple coneflower, & liatris

2002
*7/10" rain

1997
*back rail fence installed
*in bloom: Meg and ditch daylilies & phlox

1996
*in bloom: hostas

2002
*froze 5 oz jalepeno peppers
*harvested 1 pt blueberries

2001
*canned 6 1/2 pts plum butter

1999
*rain: 1+"

1996
*in bloom: Sister Ruth daylily, cock's combs, sunflowers

1995
*canned 4 pts pickled beets - Butter 'n' Love, p 129

2008
rain: 1/2 inch

2002
*harvested 1st potatoes

2001
*harvest 4 oz blueberries

1999
*1 2/10" rain
*daylily count: 20 blooms

1997
*in bloom: hostas

1996
*found and protected wild rose inside pool fence [mistake!]

2003
*harvested 2 pts blueberries

2002
*harvested 1 pt blueberries

2000
*hummingbirds swarming feeders - have seen 9 at once

1999
*in bloom: pink phlox

1997
*began swim season

1996
*set out: 2 rudbekias, white coneflower, moonbeam coreopsis, pink cheddar dianthis, bergenia, and Earnest Markhum clematis [as of April 2001, only the rudbekia has survived]

Summer Soltice

2001
*straight line winds - lost 1 plum (loaded with fruit) and 1 pecan - power out 2 hours

1999
*3/10" rain
*in bloom: big yellow daylily

2003
*harvested 3 pts blueberries

1999
*9/10" rain
in bloom: 'Meg' daylily

1996
*in bloom: gypsophilia, angel's trumpet, & poppy

2002
*harvested 1 1/2 pts blueberries
*newly in bloom: sunflowers

1999
*7/10" rain

2003
*harvested 4 pts blueberries

2002
*harvested 2 pts blueberries

1996
*'Master Stroke' daylily blooming

2008
*rain: 1 inch

1999
*9/10" rain

1997
in bloom: Grand Ways daylily

2009
*harvested onions
*pulled up & composed radishes, spinach, & garden peas
*noted chives, cilantro, & basil up

2001
*harvested 5 oz blueberries (aprx 1/2 pt)

1996
*began swim season

2009
1 1/2" rain

2008
*harvested 5 oz blueberries (first harvest of the year)

2003
*harvested 4 1/2 pts blueberries

2002
*harvested 1 pt blueberries - Bluecrop & Blue Ray
*first daylily bloom of season - 'Meg'

2008
*rain: 1/4 inch

2002
*rain: 7/10 inch

2001
*harvested 20 oz blueberries

1996
*in bloom: bee balm & spiderwort

2009
*1" rain
*bought pale purple foxglove & unlabeled Asiatic lily from close-out table at Wal-Mart

2002
*harvested aprx. 1 pt blueberries
*1 3/10" rain

2009
*1/4" rain

2003
*harvested 1 1/2 pints of blueberries

2002
*began harvesting Blue Ray and Bluecrop blueberries
*saved poppy seed
*planted lirope in pool area

2009
*3/4" rain

2002
*8/10" rain

2001
*bought patio furniture

1999
*9/10" rain
*newly in bloom: Grand Ways daylily
*also in bloom: yellow mums

2008
*rain: 1 & 1/4 inch

2002
*in bloom: hydrangea - back half only, Shasta daisy
*1" rain

1999
*picked first blueberries - a handful

2008
*rain: 1 inch