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
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July 4, 2009
July 3, 2009
June 22, 2009
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]
*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]
May 10, 2009
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
*frost
*in bloom: Mother's peony
1994
*planted 1/2 row Kandy corn
*set out 6 habenero pepper plants & 6 cayenne pepper plants
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
May 7, 2009
May 2, 2009
April 9, 2009
April 8, 2009
April 7, 2009
March 28, 2009
March 26, 2009
March 9, 2009
January 31, 2009
January 28, 2009
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"
*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"
July 30, 2008
July 15, 2008
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