May 12-18, 2019
Garden, Youth Program Party Prep, Strings Practice, Dentist
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| My joy of the week---seeing the wonderful Wrens around our house!!!! |
Hello, Friends!
I worked way too hard this week, but I didn't have a migraine and so I really went gang-busters on getting things done; especially in the garden area. It is amazing how much green is everywhere now!
Dd asked if she could host the LAST Youth Program, on Sunday night, at our house and gave me a few days notice.
You'd think I would spend the week cleaning in our house, but I always seem to do the opposite of what I'm 'supposed' to do and ended up spending 80% of my time working outside in my veg and flower gardens.
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| The plastic is helping keep the seedlings cared for! |
We have two hoop houses again this year.
Veg Gardens:
I decided to transplant about 1/3 or 1/2 of all the seedlings that I've been growing inside to my outside beds.
I planted kale, Swiss Chard, Kobusha Squash, and asparagus.
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| I added 10 new asparagus plants this year |
Planted Green Beans!
Transplanted heirloom tomatoes: Black Prince and San Marzano's.
We had some volunteer lettuces pop up randomly in the garden area--in the grass and in the beds, and I've dug them out and put them in a permanent spot.
Flower Gardens:
It's practically impossible to summarize all the work I did in the various flower gardens this week. When we moved in the three sandy beds in front of the outbuilding had some harsh spiky bushes planted in them, and I hated them.
Last year we finally dug out all the bushes and this year I planted, so far, two of the three beds with hostas, black-eyed Susan's, two baby lilacs, and volunteer sunflowers.
I also moved a few perennials like Peonies to better locations. Took the Morning Glory seedlings from inside to the outbuilding bed with a trellis.
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| Grape vines pruned WAY down. |
I finished up the pruning of the grape vines and also the pool plants---roses and hydrangeas, and butterfly bush.
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| The new blackberry area---I've really cleared out the thorny bushes |
Compost:
This is the wonderful time of year that all the work I do on our compost pays off and I can dig out all the processed new material to add to our garden beds. I honestly lost count how many wheelbarrow loads I took from the compost to the beds! A lot!
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| This is the area of wood peat--I think the previous owners must have dumped their horse manure here. |
Wooded Peat/Dirt:
I also brought a few loads (4-6) of the peat from the woods to the flower beds. I've found a few roofing tiles in the wooded peat area so I'm just using this material for flowers and not anything we are going to be eating.
Hostas and Ferns:
The previous owners had quite a few hosta plants around the front gardens and they continue to spread out new offshoots. I have been digging up some of those volunteers and moving them into my new flower gardens for variety. I've done the same thing with ferns too.
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| Here is ONE of the piles of pulled up thorny bushes I've made this week. |
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| This is what the bushes look like before I pull them up. |
Woods/Thorny Bushes:
I spent a few hours this week on my pursuit of digging up all the thorny bushes I can!
Last Olympians:
Monday night I met with Shawn to decorate for our Olympians party on Wednesday. We set up four tables, with table clothes, with prizes all broken up into $1, $5, $10, $20 tables. The prizes on the dollar table were simple things like pencils, crayons, stickers...and the things on the $20 table were LEGO sets, hammocks, huge Twizzlers... it was a lot of fun setting it all up! Then on Wednesday, the kids had a blast using the "Olympians" money they earned to buy the prizes of their choice. The more things they pass (memorizing bible verses, read books, do chores to help parents or elders) the more money they earned to spend on this final night. I was surprised how sad the kids were that this was the last night and some were graduating and that made it worse for them. I'll miss seeing them each week too!
Dh Sick:
Dh caught a really bad bug this week. He actually had to stay home on Tuesday and should have stayed home Wednesday too. He had a fever and has coughed non-stop for days now. Bless his heart, he is really exhausted.
Dental Cleanings:
Dd and I had our teeth cleaned this week. It went really well. We had to switch hygienists and this new person did a really good job and was especially pleased with how well Dd does with keeping her teeth clean in spite of her braces. She was glad we are such fans of our Waterpik's, as that makes such a difference in dental health.
Strings Practice:
We had Strings Practice and we tried to iron out the songs we are going to perform for the church on Sunday. Joe suggested I take home the AutoHarp and see if it is an instrument I might enjoy playing...what fun!
Morel Mushroom:
Saturday I found the first morel mushroom of the year! I hope we find a lot of mushrooms this year like I did last year!
New Raised Bed by Compost:
Dh made a new bed out of spruce trees for the frames. I think we will plant peas and squash out there---not sure what else yet.
Dd's Academic Progress for the Week:
LAST week of Grace Classes!!!!
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| What a difference in the sky photo's now--so much more green leaves. |
Bible:
Church, Sunday School, Youth Program and independent bible study: Word of Life Teen Bible study and Awaken: 90 Days with a God that Waits from Priscilla Shirer
Volunteering:
1 1/2 hours at Olympians Program
Music:
Strings Group Practice: 1 1/2 hours
Grace Classes: Finals all Completed!
Cultural Geography
Spanish I (BJU)
Algebra I (Saxon)
Introductory Logic
Exploring Economics (Ray Notgrass)
Dd spent a lot of time finishing up her class work this week and completing papers.
Physical Exercise: 1:00 hour
Dd helped me with planting flowers this week. She did a great job with the hanging baskets.
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| The Mayapples are getting big but still not blooming yet. |
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| It's getting so green in the woods! |
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