Re: In other weekend activity...

Cyndi, do you work outside the home?  I read your e-mails sometimes and
think "dang, I have a farm too but I SO don't have time to do all that and
work a full time job".  If I stayed home...I'd be a whirling dervish at my
place.



On 1/26/09, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI <
cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
>
> Fortunately the rest of my weekend was better than dealing with our poor
> sheep. I finally got into the front yard and did more cleanup out there.
> I had planned on getting the lawnmower out and running it over the giant
> leaf mounds but the rain left things too wet for that. On the theory
> that anything is better than nothing I started raking and putting leaves
> in the dumpster. Got quite a bit more in there than I thought I would. I
> also managed to prune a couple roses before the wind came up and made
> everything too unpleasant.
> In the dry garden, lots of grass coming up. I pulled some of it but I
> was hesitant to disturb anything in the areas where I scattered
> wildflower seed last fall. I have a big area that is solid with
> California poppy seedlings and another place with about 25 penstemon
> seedlings very close together. I'll try moving some of the penstemons in
> about a month.
> I did a hike with my friend on Sunday morning, about 7 miles.  She is an
> avid photographer but forgot her camera this trip so naturally we saw a
> bunch of deer (not at all common here) . It was pretty brisk out and
> rained on us a little, and the trail had not been maintained in quite
> some time so we were clambering over a few trees and leaping across
> eroded bits, but it was all good. Saw the first California poppy bloom
> too, funny since all the other poppies are months away from flowering.
> The rest of the day was much too windy to do any yard work.  I sure wish
> all that wind would blow the leaves out of our yard instead of against
> the house. Doesn't seem fair that BOTH sides of the house get piles of
> leaves.
> I'm going to order my onion plants and seeds this week.
>
> Cyndi
>
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