The Place Journal

2009-07-08T18:05:00.001-05:00

2009
*continued potato harvest: red: 7 lb 10 oz, Yukon Gold: 1 lb 12 oz

2009-07-07T18:47:00.000-05:00

2009
*continued potato harvest: 22 lbs 9 oz Yukon Gold, 1 lb 8 oz red

2001
*canned 8 pts green beans

1999
*picked first tomatoes of season

1997
*daylily bloom count: 39

2009-07-06T18:45:00.000-05:00

2009
*found two ripe raspberries

2002
*froze 4 qts onion
*harvested 1/4 pts blueberries

1997
*daylily bloom count: 35

2009-07-05T18:41:00.000-05:00

2008
*rain: 1/10 inches

2002
*harvested potatoes & onions
*planted Merit corn, black-eyed peas, and straight 8 cucumbers

2001
*set out 2 daylilies: Halleluah Chorus & Mrs. Aaron

1997
*daylily bloom count: 26
*in bloom: liatris, sunflowers, astilbe, spider wort, rudbekia, & butterfly bush

2009-07-04T18:16:00.002-05:00

2009
*1/2" rain
*began potato harvest: red - 7 lbs, 3 oz & Yukon Gold 14 lbs, 14 oz
*set out 2 daylilies & 2 irises from Mother's before rain -- daylilies & blue iris in flower row on southeast corner of Pantry Garden, brown iris in "island" within Cottage Garden

2008
*rain: 1/2 inch

2003
*harvested 6 pts blueberries

2002
*froze 28 ears corn & 2 qts onion

2001
*began main potato harvest

2000
*canned 9 pts of green beans; froze 2 pts

1999
*dug 1 hill potatoes - small but rotting from rain
*pool: 87F
*harvested first apples from William's Pride tree - windfalls

2009-07-03T18:13:00.001-05:00

2009
*1" rain

2000
*canned 9 pts green beans
*froze 3 pts green beans

1999
*rain: 3 7/10"
*picked first cucumbers

1996
*Blue Moon

2009-06-29T18:10:00.000-05:00

2002
*harvested 1/2 pt blueberries

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

1996
*in bloom: mallow

2009-06-28T18:08:00.000-05:00

2008
*rain: 1/2"

2003
*harvested 9 pts blueberries

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

2009-06-27T18:06:00.000-05:00

2002
*harvested 3/4 pt blueberries

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

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

2009-06-26T18:03:00.000-05:00

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

2009-06-25T18:00:00.000-05:00

2002
*7/10" rain

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

1996
*in bloom: hostas

2009-06-24T07:16:00.000-05:00

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

2009-06-23T07:13:00.000-05:00

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!]

2009-06-22T07:06:00.000-05:00

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]

2009-06-21T07:03:00.000-05:00

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

2009-06-20T07:00:00.000-05:00

2003
*harvested 3 pts blueberries

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

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

2009-06-19T06:59:00.000-05:00

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

1999
*7/10" rain

2009-06-17T06:57:00.000-05:00

2003
*harvested 4 pts blueberries

2002
*harvested 2 pts blueberries

1996
*'Master Stroke' daylily blooming

2009-06-16T06:56:00.000-05:00

2008
*rain: 1 inch

1999
*9/10" rain

1997
in bloom: Grand Ways daylily

2009-06-15T06:55:00.001-05:00

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

2009-06-14T06:53:00.001-05:00

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'

2009-06-13T06:51:00.001-05:00

2008
*rain: 1/4 inch

2002
*rain: 7/10 inch

2001
*harvested 20 oz blueberries

1996
*in bloom: bee balm & spiderwort

2009-06-12T06:50:00.001-05:00

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

2009-06-11T06:48:00.001-05:00

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

2009-06-10T06:45:00.001-05:00

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

2009-06-09T06:43:00.000-05:00

2008
*rain: 1 & 1/4 inch

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

1999
*picked first blueberries - a handful

2009-06-01T20:14:00.000-05:00

2008
*rain: 1 inch

2009-05-27T20:05:00.000-05:00

2008:
*3/4" rain

2009-05-26T19:56:00.000-05:00

2008:
*rain: 1"

2009-05-22T19:55:00.000-05:00

2008
*rain: 3/10"

2009-05-14T19:55:00.000-05:00

2008
*rain: 7/10"

2009-05-11T06:40:00.000-05:00

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

2009-05-10T06:27:00.000-05:00

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

2009-05-09T06:24:00.000-05:00

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

2009-05-08T06:13:00.000-05:00

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

2009-05-07T06:11:00.000-05:00

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

2009-05-06T06:05:00.000-05:00

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

2009-05-05T06:03:00.000-05:00

2000
*newly in bloom: red Oriental poppy

1999
*2/10" rain

2009-05-04T06:02:00.000-05:00

2000
*newly in bloom: golden iris

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

2009-05-03T06:00:00.000-05:00

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

2009-05-02T05:57:00.000-05:00

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

2009-04-25T19:45:00.000-05:00

2008
*rain: 1/4"

2009-04-24T19:44:00.000-05:00

2008
rain: 1/8"

2009-04-23T19:43:00.000-05:00

2008
*rain: 1 1/4"

2009-04-22T19:43:00.000-05:00

2008
*rain: 1"

2009-04-15T05:00:00.000-05:00

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.

2009-04-12T05:56:00.000-05:00

1997
*spitting snow

2009-04-10T05:53:00.000-05:00

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

2009-04-09T05:47:00.000-05:00

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

2009-04-08T05:45:00.000-05:00

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

2009-04-07T05:44:00.000-05:00

2000
*newly in bloom: spiderwort

2009-04-06T05:43:00.000-05:00

1998
*bought Craftsman lawn tractor [returned]

1996
*light frost (29F)

2009-04-04T05:39:00.000-05:00

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

2009-04-03T05:31:00.000-05:00

1999
*newly in bloom: tiny yellow narcissus & violets

2009-04-02T05:26:00.000-05:00

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

2009-04-01T05:25:00.000-05:00

1996
*light frost (29F)

1995
*potatoes coming up

2009-03-31T05:21:00.000-05:00

2002
*tilled garden

1996
*pruned peach trees

2009-03-28T05:20:00.000-05:00

2000
*set out Olympia rose (an anniversary gift). Used rose soil and cow manure.

2009-03-27T05:17:00.000-05:00

1999
*in bloom: vinca minor & orange-centered narcissus

2009-03-26T05:14:00.000-05:00

2000
newly blooming: yellow tulips, tiny yellow narcissus, grape hyacinth, & speckled violets

2009-03-25T05:11:00.000-05:00

1999
*set out southernmost blueberry bush: Blue Ray from Lowe's - mixed peat moss with soil. [This is the blueberry bush in the southeast corner of the blueberry patch in 2008.]

1996
*snow flurries

2009-03-23T05:10:00.000-05:00

2001
*planted radishes, lettuce, and mustard (2nd planting)

2009-03-22T05:08:00.000-05:00

2001
*set out blueberry bushes
*set out dwarf Fuji apples & Brown Turkey fig

2009-03-21T05:06:00.000-05:00

2009
*3/4" rain

2001
*set out blueberry bush

1999
*pruned pear & plum trees
*pruned #3 peach trees heavily
*marked limbs to be sawed off peach trees
*marked site to move vegetable garden to site behind house

2009-03-20T04:49:00.000-05:00

2001
*planted potatoes: 2 1/2 lbs Yudon Gold and 2 lbs Red Pontiac
*planted 2 parsley plants (curled leaf)
*radishes sprouting (planted March 10)

1999
*pruned Polish Spirit clematis back to 12"
*pruned #2 peach tree and three apple trees

1995
*set out 'Polish Spirit' clematis and 'Serrata Pink' hydrangea [which blooms blue]

2009-03-19T04:43:00.000-05:00

1996
snow flurries

2009-03-12T14:02:00.000-05:00

2009
*snow flurries

2009-03-10T04:44:00.000-05:00

2001
*dormant oil spray on pear, sweet cherry, apple, apricot, Starkling Delicious plum, and peach
*Ozark Premiere plum and Lucille plum leaving out
*tilled garden spot and added row on east side
*planted: Cherry ball radishes, Danvers carrots, sugar snap peas, Little Marvel peas, Detroit Red beets, Bloomsdale spinach, Florida Broadleaf mustard, buttercrunch lettuce, and prizehead lettuce
*set out: 5 Packman brocolli plants and 7 red-leaf lettuce plants

2009-03-09T04:42:00.000-05:00

2000
newly in bloom: yellow daffodils with orange centers

2009-03-04T22:36:00.000-06:00

2008
*school "snow day"

2009-02-28T14:05:00.000-06:00

2009
*sprinkling of snow

2009-02-25T22:45:00.000-06:00

2003
*school "snow day"

2009-02-24T22:43:00.000-06:00

2003
*school "snow day"

2009-02-14T14:07:00.000-06:00

2009
*raspberries coming up

2009-02-11T14:09:00.000-06:00

2009
1 4/10" rain

2009-02-09T22:41:00.002-06:00

2011
school "snow day" #8; 16 inches of snow in our back yard; Drake Field reports 18", a record snowfall for Fayetteville; temps tonight predicted -4 to -10 degrees, which would be a low temp record for Fayetteville

2009
4/10" rain

2004
*school "snow day"

2009-02-08T19:19:00.004-06:00

2009
*set out red, white, and yellow onion sets, all from FFC. Created "x" in center bed on north end of pool -- set at 4" intervals in a strip 2 onions wide, with 1 onion in center of each square created by onions. Also strip in eastmost bed on north end - yellow onions.
*started seed: Mammoth Red Rock & Stonehead cabbage. (27 plants total)
*pruned 3 oldest branches from each of the older blueberry bushes
*pruned laterals on blackberry bushes to 18"
*got 2 plastic 55 gallons drums from LM for use as rain barrels.
*toured GL's chicken set-up and made arrangements to take chicks. Cuckoo marans should be ready early next week.
*first blooms: daffodils & crocuses -- south end of house

2009-02-07T11:06:00.000-06:00

2009
*Temps in mid 60s & windy.
*Planted garden peas. All seeds from Reimer Seeds, all planted on east side of the pool. One row of Sugar Snaps in northmost bed, along east fence. Three closely planted rows of Oregon Sugar Pod II Snow Peas running east-west in center of 2nd bed from north. Western half of 3rd bed from north planted in 3-inch grid with Mr. Big Sweet Peas.

2009-02-04T19:24:00.000-06:00

2011
school "snow day" #7

2009-02-03T19:23:00.000-06:00

2011
school "snow day" #6

2009-02-02T22:39:00.002-06:00

2011
school "snow day" #5

2007
*school "snow day"

2005
*school "snow day"

2009-02-01T22:34:00.001-06:00

2011
school "snow day" #4 -- 6 inches snow

2008
*school "snow day"

2007
*school "snow day"

2009-01-31T21:10:00.005-06:00

2009
*power out 8:40am-11:40am
*worked with Love and Skye to clear broken branches in front yard trees

2008
*school "snow day"

2000
*school "snow day"

2009-01-30T07:31:00.003-06:00

2009
*school "snow day" #5 for 2008-09
*power out 4:15pm-5:40pm
*cleared branches in front yard with Skye

2009-01-29T19:32:00.001-06:00

2009
*school "snow day" #4 for 2008-09; power out 12:25pm-3:10pm; cable restored 6pm; roads passable; ice beginning to melt from trees in pm

2009-01-28T19:34:00.001-06:00

2009
*School "snow day" #3 for 2008-09; last night got approximately 1/2" crunchy snow over yesterday's ice. Power out 4 hours overnight plus 5:30am - 1:20pm; cable out. Love and I cleared driveway from fallen maple limbs. Overcast with temperatures below freezing: no melting from trees yet, but roads were passable enough for Love and I to go out around 6pm -- dry in some spots, slushy in others. Trees down on roads in places, but cleared enough that one lane of traffic could get by. Sam's, convenience store on the Interstate, and closest Harp's all closed because of no power. Road south of our house has lots of trees bending over the roadway, plus a low-hanging power line on the hill.
Damage observed on our place:
Trees older than 15 years (here when we bought the place): The tops are broken out of all the pecans trees, with perhaps 1 sustaining life-threatening damage. The wild cherry at the southeast corner of the property (Skye's climbing tree that she calls "Elizabeth") is broken into the trunk and will probably have to be removed. The southwest-most maple along the driveway is the only older tree that did not sustain damage. The northwest-most maple along the driveway is split into the trunk and will probably have to be removed. The other four maples along the driveway all lost lots of large limbs; their fates remain to be seen.
Trees 10-15 years old (which we set out): All four sawtooth oaks have significant damage. The cypress looks undamaged. The maple on the north end of the pool area has the top broken out of it. The maple outside our bedroom window lost one large limb; it would have probably lost more if Love hadn't gone out yesterday afternoon in the freezing rain and beat the ice off of parts of it. The plum tree looks undamaged. The maple near the south fence is badly broken. The pecan in the southeast corner is broken. The two maples along the county road have lost large limbs; the two shumard oaks in the same line appear undamaged.
Young trees: Our younger trees (most less than 5 years old) seem to have mostly escaped damage. Exception: the peach tree I set out last fall is broken off about 2/3's of the way up. Because the trunk was crooked, I tied in to a pole beside it when I set it out. This meant the tree could not bend, so it broke.

2000
*school "snow day"

2009-01-27T10:57:00.004-06:00

2009
*snow day #2 for 2008-09 school year - ice on trees, fences, grasses, everywhere
Power out 11:30am - 2pm & 3:10pm-4:05 pm; cable out at 3pm.
Freezing rain most of the day. Ice difficult to measure, but local news says 1". Rain gauge was over 1" when it finally froze. (Later note: when melted, rain gauge measured 1 1/2".)

2004
*school "snow day"

2009-01-26T16:54:00.000-06:00

2009
*schools released at 1pm in anticipation of forecasted ice storm

2009-01-21T17:43:00.001-06:00

2011
school "snow day" #3

2009
planted lettuce in cold frame: buttercrunch, bibb, & romaine

2009-01-20T19:18:00.001-06:00

2011
school "snow day" #2

2009-01-19T22:47:00.000-06:00

1995
*school "snow day"

2009-01-17T22:43:00.000-06:00

2003
*school "snow day"

2009-01-15T14:28:00.000-06:00

2009
snow showers - no appreciable accumulation

2009-01-13T14:27:00.000-06:00

2009
spitting snow

2009-01-12T14:13:00.000-06:00

2009
*spitting snow

2009-01-10T23:18:00.004-06:00

2011
school "snow day" #1 - not much snow, probably unnecessary

2009
*picked up 3 lbs pecans (over several days)
*canned 4 pts applesauce from last of Fuji apples picked in October

2009-01-08T23:33:00.000-06:00

2009
*harvested lettuce for tacos

2009-01-06T22:46:00.000-06:00

1995
*school "snow day"

2009-01-05T16:58:00.002-06:00

2009
*light sleet before dawn

2009-01-01T23:17:00.001-06:00

2009
*picked up 6 lbs pecan