Mentally prepping for winter
Nov. 18th, 2007 05:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billeylerToday was a calm, gorgeous mid 60s, cloudless late and definitely shirt sleeve warmth. Tomorrow is supposed to be 71...15 degrees above normal for late November...
But the weather pendulum swings the other way starting Wednesday. Down into the 40s for highs for at least a week and killing freezes into the mid 20s by early mornings. The chance of precip has faded from slim to nothing. Why did the forecasters just tease us with an 80% chance in a week yesterday to zero for the same day as of today?
Spent a bit of time cleaning up more yard debris, another large bag of leaves. Planted 18 daffodils, which may be wishful thinking. I've never had a daffodil bloom yet that I've planted. Maybe this next year will be different since I mixed them in with the tulips in the terraced areas that do bloom nicely.
Planned out extending the drip system to more of the north fence to plant more honeysuckle next spring. Decided to cut down the wormy apple tree that's just been useless forever. I suspect the kids that lived here before planted the tree 30 years ago within inches of a different variety of apple tree that had merged with it long ago. I cut that weird tree away about 7 years ago, and won't have any regrets for this one either. That'll lighten up that patch of the yard. I'm sure the neighbor will be happy, since it just drops dozens of wormy, flavorless apples into their yard, too. Just more debris to figure out how to get rid of.
Disconnected all the watering timers, stored the batteries and put it all away until next April.
That's my true seque from fall to winter, disconnecting the water. Sort of like taking the garden off of life support, with a DNR order.
Spring is only 5 months away!
But the weather pendulum swings the other way starting Wednesday. Down into the 40s for highs for at least a week and killing freezes into the mid 20s by early mornings. The chance of precip has faded from slim to nothing. Why did the forecasters just tease us with an 80% chance in a week yesterday to zero for the same day as of today?
Spent a bit of time cleaning up more yard debris, another large bag of leaves. Planted 18 daffodils, which may be wishful thinking. I've never had a daffodil bloom yet that I've planted. Maybe this next year will be different since I mixed them in with the tulips in the terraced areas that do bloom nicely.
Planned out extending the drip system to more of the north fence to plant more honeysuckle next spring. Decided to cut down the wormy apple tree that's just been useless forever. I suspect the kids that lived here before planted the tree 30 years ago within inches of a different variety of apple tree that had merged with it long ago. I cut that weird tree away about 7 years ago, and won't have any regrets for this one either. That'll lighten up that patch of the yard. I'm sure the neighbor will be happy, since it just drops dozens of wormy, flavorless apples into their yard, too. Just more debris to figure out how to get rid of.
Disconnected all the watering timers, stored the batteries and put it all away until next April.
That's my true seque from fall to winter, disconnecting the water. Sort of like taking the garden off of life support, with a DNR order.
Spring is only 5 months away!
