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
*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
*1" rain

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

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

1996
*Blue Moon

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
*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

2008
*rain: 1 inch

1999
*9/10" rain

1997
in bloom: Grand Ways daylily

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: 1/2"

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

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

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