Friday, 7:30 AM. 40 degrees, wind WSW, calm. The sky is a hazy blue, and the barometer predicts rain.
The worst of the yard and garden cleanup is done, only a couple of hours of raking etc. remains in the front yard. The garden is all cleaned up, the Iris and poppies and daylilies and daffodils already coming up vigorously, and the roses shrubs and trees are all pruned. I will not mulch the garden with wood chips this spring, I overdid it last spring and there is still sufficient mulch. In fact, I think the garden did not look as good as it could have last summer because even though I fertilized pretty heavily the wood chips still robbed the garden of nitrogen. I will mulch around some of the trees and shrubs but that’s it. Andy and Judy’s family are staying in Garden View Apartment for a few days while they help wrap up the maple sugaring for the year. Tyler (Andy and Judy’s grandson) is eleven today, and we all are going to Maggies tonight to celebrate. Joan is baking a birthday cake. We just returned from visiting our own kids and grandkids but we miss them already.
It feels like rain, and I will hustle to get the yard work done before it does. Maybe if we get a good rain over the weekend it will be good stream fishing next week.
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