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

2008
*rain: 1/4"

2008
rain: 1/8"

2008
*rain: 1 1/4"

2008
*rain: 1"

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.

1997
*spitting snow

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

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

2000
*newly in bloom: spiderwort

1998
*bought Craftsman lawn tractor [returned]

1996
*light frost (29F)

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

1999
*newly in bloom: tiny yellow narcissus & violets

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

1996
*light frost (29F)

1995
*potatoes coming up

2002
*tilled garden

1996
*pruned peach trees

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

1996
snow flurries

2009
*snow flurries

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

2000
newly in bloom: yellow daffodils with orange centers

2008
*school "snow day"