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| How fitting it's from Raintree Nursery... |
And so I shall, tomorrow. Rain or shine (and, unfortunately, it looks like rain). One of my favorite nurseries had a great sale and I bought three more willow bushes with which to buffer the onslaught of the road traffic, dust, noise, ad nauseum. I did not make this decision lightly, as it means digging a sizable hole for each bush. There is a good reason that our area is filled with gravel mines.
They look like nice,healthy plants and I am looking forward to my Wall o' Willows.
I also ordered a new variety of Alpine strawberries to complete my little patch. Thanks to much hovering and covering/uncovering/covering of my new plants during the endless freeze, it looks like they've all survived.
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| Alpines in their raincoat. |
I have taken a Mental Health Day tomorrow which is almost as fully planned as
Chicken Mama's Day Off (hahahahaha - choke, sob - if my day off was that packed with to-do's, I'd never get out of bed!) Mine is comparatively mundane - cat rassling (the Boyz have their annual check up), digging, digging, schlepping manure, digging and more digging, planting, and dinner prep.
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| Three healthy plants! |
I am planting my basil, parsley, lemon balm (in a pot), and a blueberry bush (another damn hole!), after I finish clearing out the herb bed. I am planning on taking full advantage of this long weekend even though, oddly enough, it is also filled with social-type things. Another reason I have to plant all these seedlings is that I need to clear out the laundry room space for...my incubator! Having had no luck finding keets, I successfully bid for a clutch of eggs on eBay. It was reasonable enough that I won't throw myself in the river if they don't hatch. Of course, I am also going to the one final poultry tailgate of the spring on Sunday. This should guarantee that they are up to their elbows in keets. I look at it like wearing both suspenders and a belt. A trait I do NOT find attractive in a man, by the way. Fickle me.
My coldframe is perking away, which always gives me hope when I pass by. I've already harvested some arugula, the radishes are growing, and the lettuces are just popping up through the soil. It's hard to think of it as May - even though the days are getting gloriously longer. With this grey, cold, weather, it just seems weird.
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| Arugula and row of radishes. |
So, what kind of mischief are you all digging up this weekend?
