April 2020

As we get this lawn taken care of we
have an issue with broad leaf grass that
isn't perennial grass we grow here.
Some bird or critter has brought
seed in and it's spreading like crazy.
So we will be spraying for it.

We have also been spraying for
Dandelions and thistle that has been
coming in my seeds.  No one sprays
for weeds so when they go to seed
they spread like crazy.  All one has
to do is look around at the yards with
weeds.

I have been putting out plant markers
so that the plants have a name so when
the gardens open the olks can pull the
marker and see what it is.  What the
goal is ID all the plants with what they
are called and on the back the name of
the plant.  Clematis on the front of the
label and the back 'Multi Blue'.  That way
they are marked and not in my head!!

We have tilled the veggie garden and
put out lime to sweeten the soil due to
the fir needles that have falling into this
area.  With the drop in temps we have put
off planting crops as we learned a few years
back that seeds won't sprout until it warms up.
Our temps have been going up for a few days
and then dropping to cool for seed germination.
Way to cool for tomatoes without giving them
some sort of protections.

We have just recently given the whole yard
the first of the fertilizing for the year.  Something
are growing leaps and bounds where there are other
things like the brugmansia needing some warmer temps.
The first tulip has bloomed so we are starting to
see the yard bud out more.

Come on May!!