Mowed the front lawn today.

Ron and I have poison ivy rashes. Mine is mild; his looks horrible but he says it’s not bothering him much.

Planted Fluffles’ Barley Grass yesterday.

The astilbe in the front yarden are growing. Very relieved.

We had over an inch and a half of rain, and it’s still drizzling.

I fed Neptune’s to the peony, which looks like it might (knock on wood) actually bloom this year.

Bought three trays at the Wholesale nursery for Edgewater. Planted Vinca in front of the house and Pachysandra on the side.

Still pulling tiny weeds out of the compost from the transfer station.

We’ve been digging out the leaves in the front yard at Edgewater and we’re almost done. I’ve also been pruning the forsythia and am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel for that project as well.

The new garden is in where there used to be weeds. I’m very happy with it. Fingers crossed.

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After…

Once we’re done with the front, we have the left side of the back yard to do. That’ll pretty much finish up the grounds at Edgewater.

Fed the roses today.

Holly Toned the rhodies yesterday.

Put in a new perennial garden at Edgewater, too. Picked up some nice plants at Soares. Emme kept me company and helped with the soil prep. We went to Sea Mist later; Ron took the boys swimming.

Emme stayed for supper. We made swordfish kebabs from one of the Fisherman’s Market purchases. Emme helped skewer them with tomatoes, onions and oranges. Delicious. I ended up getting “emergency” rice from the Chinese restaurant since it didn’t occur to make some earlier. I grilled yellowtail tuna the night before, but without marinade, it was not all that great. Good cold with Trader Joe soy sauce, though.

Raked the back yard here today while Ron mowed. Got rid of a lot of leaves, thatch and pine needles. Exhausting work, though. We did the transfer station as well. Grilled burgers for supper.

I planted asparagus and tomatoes. Supposed to be very warm this week. Peter graciously offered to do the screen door repair, thank goodness.

Found the hose nozzle. Did some forsythia pruning and raked out maybe 1/3 of the area on the right side of the yard. Am encouraged by new growth on the forsythia.

Set up the earth box for tomatoes, but it’s too early to plant outside.

Was reminded earlier this week that the new grass seed won’t germinate because I (duuuhhh) put fertilizer/weed inhibitor on the soil.

Ron and I had to deal with sour stomachs this week. We’ve had tuna casserole and home made chicken soup for supper. Could be worse things on the menu, for sure.

James and I arranged the granite blocks in front of the house today while Ron attached a couple of hose holders and fixed the lattice under the porch.

I did some watering earlier and managed to misplace the brass hose nozzle. Damn.

Ron and I finished the closet today, painted the inside white and left the outer wall for the Cohens.

We saved a lot of money doing the mudding, sanding, priming and painting ourselves, but oh, our aching arms, legs and backs!

Planted the potatoes in a 12 inch tall “found” container. Added some soil acidifier and put it in the cold frame.

Ron suggested we go to the grocery store this morning for closet hangers and on impulse, I picked up a ham for Easter dinner. Good thing, too, the store closed early today. Transfer station was open, though.

Yesterday, I finished spreading the Step 1 Jonathan Brown at Edgewater. Even after doing both the front and back yard a second time, I still had about a quarter cup left.

We tested the compost pH: between 6 and 7, perfect for planting. Temperature in the potato bin is also warm enough for planting the seed potatoes.

Worked on the yard and the closet at Edgewater. We sanded and applied the second coat of drywall mud. Planning to do the last sanding and apply primer tomorrow.

We mowed the patch of tall grass in the back yard. I started digging in the front to place the granite blocks.

Ron went to bed very early tonight. He was pretty whupped after some hewing and hacking at Edgewater and then later on at Dixon.

We dropped by to check out the making of the new closet. The same carpenter who installed Emme’s door built the closet today. We need to do some finish work, and he helped us by putting on the first coat of drywall mud.

We did some brush clearing on the right side of the front yard, enough so that we may actually tackle the leaves.

I watered the grass seed there and the peas and lettuce seeds here. Did a couple of loads of laundry and grilled some burgers for supper.

Beautiful day to be outside.