Sumer Is Icumen In

Summer is a-comin’ in

Loudly sing cuckoo!

Bloweth seed and groweth mead

And springeth wood anew,

Sing cuckoo

Ewe now bleateth after lamb,
Low’th after calf the cow. 

Bullock starteth, buck now verteth,
Merry sing cuckoo,
Cuckoo, cuckoo,
Oh, loud now sing we cuckoo,
Oh, cease we never now!

Many updates to note!

We had hail twice again last night but it wasn't as long in duration as last time. It took some leaves from the trees but no big branches, so I'm hopeful it didn't damage any plants.

Skinner's Nursery 04/28/11

This was the day Mom and I went in to Topeka and scoped out the evergreens at Skinner's Nursery.

Houston, We Have Hedge !

"It was the work of a moment." Well, not quite, but it came together very well in the end. In the course of the morning we got every last evergreen planted - spruce and arborvitae and juniper. Joe's Landscaping came Thursday morning and dug the holes (in about 1 hour).

Spring Cover Crops. . . Planted!

One Morning in May

And a fine morning it was! It was supposed to drop down into the mid-30's last night but I don't think it could've since it was near 50 this morning. It will apparently drop down into the 30's again this evening, but then the lows will be in the 40's and finally 50's by the end of the week. Here is the forecast from Wunderground:

Today is the observed Feast Day of St. Joseph the Worker. He did a lot of manual labor too, so good St. Joseph, please ask God to bless our efforts in the garden! I am sure Our Lady did some gardening as well, and she must have had quite a green thumb. Dear Blessed Mother, please ask God to give us a good and healthy crop this year, Who fed the Israelites with manna from heaven!

The soil is still pretty chilly so it's not yet time to plant the warm-weather crops. Hopefully sometime today I will be able to sow the Spring Cover Crops. The package came a few days ago. Here are the descriptions of the types I have: