2009
*found two ripe raspberries

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

1997
*daylily bloom count: 35

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

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

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]

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

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

2008
*rain: 1 & 1/4 inch

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

1999
*picked first blueberries - a handful

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

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

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