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" rain

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

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

1996
*Blue Moon

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

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

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

2002
*planted green beans for fall crop

1999
*canned 6 1/2 pts pepper jelly

1994
*canned 4 pts green beans
*canned 7 pts tomato juice

1998
*first okra ready

1994
*canned 8 pts green beans
*froze 1 1/2 pts corn

1994
*canned 6 pts green beans
*froze 3 pts corn

1999
*bought upright freezer

1997
*transplanted 2 daylilies from Mother's

1994
*canned 5 pts green beans

1999
*pool: crickets

1994
*canned 4 pts green beans

2002
*final blueberry harvest

1998
*canned 4 pts green beans

1994
*canned 6 pts green beans

2003
*golf-ball sized hail

2002
*canned 8 pts green beans

2000
*canned 5 pts green beans
*harvested first standard tomatoes (Bradleys & Travelers)
*picked first mess of purple hull peas

2008
*rain: 1/2 inch

1998
*canned 5 pts green beans
*in bloom: Golden Glow