Got a lot done this weekend! I finished pruning the remaining fruit trees – my count was incorrect… there were 3 apple trees remaining, plus the plum. That was a lot of work.
Ryan backed our cars out of the garage and set to work improving the rickety shelves in the garage. Two 12-foot shelves are done… 2 more to go!
Besides pruning the fruit trees too late, I broke another rule this weekend… I planted fall bulbs in spring. We’ll see what happens. I ran out of time last year to get them in the ground. I kept the bulbs in the garage so they would be nice and cold all winter. I saw them beginning to bud already, so I figured I may as well give it a try – I hope they do okay! I accomplished this by digging the first few inches of unfrozen soil from the bed on Saturday, and letting the sun warm the ground for a day. This worked well – come Sunday, I had a few more unfrozen inches, so I amended the soil and dropped the bulbs in with some fertilizer. I’ll let you know how it goes (grows).
On Sunday, Ryan got the chainsaw out and helped me trim a shrub (fun stuff!) and then cleaned up the lower dead branches on a big pine in our back yard. Looking better every week!
We took the dogs for their first morning walk of the season this morning. Yay!
Let me know how the bulbs do! I often have this same problem in fall, just run out of time. BB