West Fence

 This is the year that the Hydrangeas need 

to be cut down as the blooms this year were

to heavy and pulled the limbs to the ground.  

Before Photo:

11/29/2022 Photo:

Still working on them but due to all the leaves

in the bin they both are full.  So I'll have to wait

a week to finish.

When I removed the one to the left of what is 

still there I found a lot of the grass that blew 

through the fence when it was hit and it was 

open for a month.  All I can say is I'm glad 

those trees are gone.  I'm still finding wood

chips and pine cones due to that area couldn't

be cleaned up due to the size of the shrubs.

12/6/2022

Finally able to finish the cutting back in the

yard.   Just a few more things to tidy up but

they can wait.

11/30/2022 Predicting Snow and High Winds

The weather report this evening 

stated snow is possible on the 

valley floor and high winds.  

We shall wait and see if this 

forms!  

No snow on the valley floor 

but one heck of a wind storm 

and rain!   44 this morning

and snow around us.  Now

we are holding our breath for

Thursday's storm.  

I spent my outside picking

up leaves!  I vaccumed up the 

whole yard and will have a 

couple spots that I can't reach

to do by hand.  It is so nice to

get my yard back!

We are currently up to 16 bags

of leaves that we have taken off

the yard for this year!  With another

15 bags of pine needles.  

12/2/2022

This morning after one hour cleaning

and removing 4 full bags of pine needles

here is a clean area for Sable!

 

I am unable to get to the garden beds as 

they are still to wet to vac up.

12/3/2022 

Lets add another 6 bags of pine needles 

and 1 bag of leaves to the count.  More 

to be added on Sunday.

11/27/2022 Another Windy Stormy Day

While out trying to cleanup yet another

storm hit.  After being pelted with ice 

pelts it was time to stop until it cleared.

I ended up re-vaccuming the whole area

and then able to clean up one of our trees.

I took 4 bags off the north yard of maple

leaves and will have to wait until it dries

to cleanup Sable's area of the needles.

This area was cleaned up just 40 hours ago.  It 

was also littered with limbs and leaves. 

11/25/2022 Rain and Windy Day!!

This morning I was out and picked up

the yard (3/4) bag and as I finished the 

job the rain started falling.  Time to go

in after picking up the mess.  Mid after

noon the wind kickup and my yard is 

trashed again.  I will not go out and 

pickup until it dries.

More when I can get out to pick up.

So this morning 11/26/2022 I picked

up a full bag of leaves on the north

yard.  

11/22/2022 Another Rainy/Windy Storm

 Finally around 3:30PM the rain let

up but the wind kicked in with the 

last of the rain.  I sat here and watched

the maple leaves from the north 

neighbor's tree fly clear over our

home.  When I went out to check

the tarps on the greenhouses I checked

the deck and yes the neighbor's tree

to the east had again dumped the 

needles all the way to mid back yard.

Before the storm hit I had picked up

a full pickle bucket full.  Then later 

in the afternoon I picked up 3 bags of

mulched leaves.  There are leaves all

over the roofs so I know I'll be back 

out in the morning to pick up more.

There is no way I'm going up to the

roofs to clean off the mess, not suppose

to climb or kneel yet.  No photos but I

can tell you one of my bins is half way

full of mulched leaves.

11/13/2022

Over night we had some wind and the

evergreens were all over Sable's area.

I ended up picking up a bag and a half

of mulched leaves.  

Yet Another Wind Storm! 11/17/2022

I was out in the back yard cleaning 

up the leaves when all the sudden

the wind kicked up from the east.

Time to stop as I watch the maple

leaves blow all the way to the west

over our fence to two house away.

They stated 35 to 40 MPH. 

Needless to say the yard was trashed

by in the morning!   

I spent from 9:30AM to 3:35PM 

today cleaning up the huge mess!

3 bags of pure pine needles, 3 1/2

bags of pine and leaves mixed and 

then 6 bags of leaves.  The yard

was totally trashed by neighboring

trees!  

They say more wind tonight. 

11/20/2022

Today I picked up another 2 bags

of leaves after putting up a strand 

of Christmas lights.  I hurried as 

several neighbors were burning!

The air was so full of smoke I now

have a headache!

Yep the doctors state to stop smoking!!

11/21/2022

Today I picked up 2 more bags of 

mulched leaves!  We then decided to 

taken the bags to H&H and we were

going to use the coupon for free leaf

disposal.  When we got there they weren't

going to allow us to use the coupon due

to there was some pine needles in a couple

bags.  We were unaware of the changes that 

the city made no needles, just leaves.  So if

you are going to use the coupon, make sure

it's only leaves!!   The lady was so kind and

allowed us to use the coupon due to they

weren't our leaves, they came from neighboring

trees!  But we had to dump them in the yard 

debris spot instead of the leaf pile.  Bless her!!

9 and 1/2 bags are what we collected so far and

yes several bags of mixed were put in our recycle

bins.   It is now time for letters to go out, we shouldn't

have to deal with this mess or have to pay to have it

taken away.  We are also concerned about the issue of

there trees that they cause our property.  There will no 

longer be insurance claims but we will take them to 

court!   They don't care!!

How I Spend My Day.

 Morning

Noon

8 bags of mulched leaves were removed.

This is an every day event and I will say

none of these are our leaves.

11/11/2022

More wind and rain today and I removed

3 bags, I have to do it twice before I was

to tired.  

11/12/2022

Another day of cleanup, I removed

3 1/2 bags of mulched leaves off our

property by noon.  If you look out there

now you will know I'll be back out there

on Sunday!  I even blew out the circle

to have a clean street again.

11/16/2022

Still cleaning up daily and today was

a real mess but the yard is starting to

bare!  Today was a 45 1/2 gallon bag 

full of leaves!  Windy over night and

they say for the next few days.  I hope

that all the leaves will fall with this 

wind storm.  Temps are dropping so

that also helps.  I'm finally getting to 

our stuff to cut back, 2 weeks to late.

11/17/2022

I went out and picked up another 45

gallon bag of leaves from the north.

with 35 to 40 MPH winds more will

be headed downward.

Went back out after lunch and started

to pickup the west side until I was 

pelted with Pine needles.  The pollen

was so bad one couldn't breath.  After

one bag full I had to stop and at least

try to get a path out to the gravel for

Sable.  I picked up 1/4 bag of needles

alone.  I know what I'll be doing on

Friday!

What A Difference A Few Months Make!!

September 2022

November 2022

 

2022 Seed List

 Coming Soon!!  I have been working hard

getting all the seeds dry and packaged!

A

Abutilon

A. mix

Aquilegia/Columbine

Back mix 

Front mix

A.' Winkie' Hybrid

A. 'karma'

A. Red 'open face

A. Red/White center

A.  'Rosa'

A. Pink--front yard

A. Pink mix off deck

A. Purple/White edge

A. Special purple/yellow center

A. White /pals blue

B

C

Convolvulus Royal Ensign--Blue/Yellow

Clematis Mix

C. 'Crispa'

C. Roggi

D

Datura-Mix

Daylily  Short Orange-No name, was a gift.

Delphinium -- Blue and Pale Blue

E

F

G

H

Hibiscus 'Simple Love'

Hollyhocks--Mixed, Red, Pale Pink

Hollyhocks--Mixed back fence

Hollyhock - pink by the greenhouse

Hollyhocks - pale Pink

Hollyhocks - pale Pink #2

Hollyhocks - pale Pink #3

Hollyhocks-Double Pink

Hollyhocks-Deep Red

Hollyhocks-Red

Hollyhocks- Yellow

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Perennial Hibiscus

Luna Series

White/Swirl

                       

Pink

                       

Red

Petunia-Mix

Poppy -- Orange large dinner plate size

                Salmon color

              

              P.   Large Orange

             

 P.   Orange Ruffle edge

              

P.   Red Livermore

Q

R

Ricinus/Castor oil Seeds

S

Siberian Iris mix

Sunflower giant

T

Trillion --White

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

$2.50 per package or I will trade

if you have something of interest.

Please be patient. Will list more

when they become available. 

Let me know what you want and 

how many.

Sorry if you are looking for named

varieties I try to list what I know as

I do a lot of trading for what we grow.

One needs to know I will not post my

hybridized pods, all are open pollinated

that we list.  Seed companies are the 

place to get named varieties.  One also

needs to know some species do not come

true to what the mother plant is when 

open pollinated.  If you have any 

questions please contact me.  I do list

by what the mom plant is.

This will be the last year for seeds!

I will try to post photos of the plant

when I get the fall cleanup done.

***2/1/2023***

Now closed, no more orders!!

I am adding the seeds back into

the garden beds.

33000 Viewers!

 11/11/2022

We hit 33000 today!  Thank you!!

Merry Christmas

11/6/2022

Yep it's Christmas time in the hood already!  

Let's just bypass Thanksgiving and put the 

lights up and turn them on!   But we forgot

to remove the Halloween pumpkins??  

Sorry but Christmas Holiday season isn't 

until after Thanksgiving.  Look around do

any of your other neighbors have their 

Christmas lights on?? 

Holiday etiquette?

Yet Another Storm With Wind

 11/03/2022  

I cleaned the yard due to there was a big

storm coming and with the amount of rain

they were saying was coming I had to mow.

First, I vac up the leaves before mowing.

I love the yard when it's all cleaned up!

Friday the storm hit and no way would

we be out in the pouring rain!  Then the 

wind hit and the yard was trashed yet again.

Saturday 11/5/2022

It took me 4 trips outside to clean up the 

yard today.  8 totally full bags were 

removed!  photo to come

Sunday 11/6/2022

It took me a few trips out to get the clean

up for the day done.  A total of 9 full bags

were taken off the yard today.  

Monday 11/7/2022

A day of rest as the knee was acting up in 

the morning.  It took putting BioFreeze

on the knee twice before it stopped hurting.

I was able to go out and cut some of the 

blooms off the Hydrangeas to get the

yard debris bins full.  Maybe tomorrow I

can cleanup the yard again.

Tuesday 11/8/2022

Yet another day of cleaning up the yard.

I have the front yard 75% cut back and

cleaned up.  Still need to cut the grasses

back and strip the rest of the roses.  Then 

vac up the leaves.  The nanas will come

down maybe tomorrow.

Then I vac up 3 bags of leaves and cleaned

a path for Sable to her area due to the wind

blowing, not a good day to clean out her

gravel area.  

6 Month Checkup

After surgery on the knee went well.  They

took 6 x-rays and  I was able to walk away

without an injections!!   I still have some 

issues but I need to learn to stop and ice!

The sports doc said she could hear grinding

when she moved the knee.  Ice will be my

good friend!  Still no kneeling.  She showed

me the x-rays and explained what was going

on and why the pain I was still having.  The

x-rays also showed issues starting with the 

left knee in a comparison.  

Then in the evening the report came in.  

Folks take care of your knees!!

Time To Tarp!

 I spent my morning tarping the two 

greenhouses to help keep the heat loss

to a min.

They say next week we will be seeing freezing 

temps in the lower 30s.  I still need to find the 

greenhouse rope to tie the tarp down as the strings

will not work if we get high winds.