From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Drew Lawson wrote:   
   > songbird writes:   
      
   >>  yesterday sunny and windy, but warm enough to   
   >>get out and get some gardening done.   
   >   
   > I wasn't as productive as you, but compared to last year, yesterday   
   > was productive.   
   >   
   > Last weekend, I stripped off the deer fence so that I could till   
   > all the way to the edge.  That included cutting all the stuff   
   > incroaching from the neighbor's yard.  (I hate wild grape vine.)   
      
     yeah, wild grape vines can take down a fence.   
   i finally had enough of it last year along one   
   area and spent a lot of time clearing it along   
   one half of the bank, but could not get the   
   rest done in time.  i've also cleared most of   
   it out of the north hedge but it looks like i   
   missed a vine i'll have to go back in there.   
   i have to check that hedge once in a while for   
   poison ivy too so...   
      
     i'm hoping it won't be coming back this year   
   or that i can get back along those areas to remove   
   any new vines that try to show up.   
      
      
   > Yesterday, the weather allowed tilling.  Had to get it done in one   
   > day, given the forecast.  But this pudgy couch potato managed.  Even   
   > got the fencing reattached to the posts.  (That needs a better   
   > concept for the older year that are upcoming.)  Hopefully my stamina   
   > will improve as the gardening year progresses and the muscles adapt.   
      
     that's how it goes for me as long as i don't   
   injure myself or make current issues worse.  at   
   the moment it's been rain/rain/rain so not much   
   is getting done outside other than once in a   
   while plinking at the last three grackles that   
   are being more persistent than the rest (which   
   seem to have gotten the message and gone elsewhere   
   to nest).   
      
      
   > Oh!  And I got my red currant plants in the ground.  Still can't   
   > get black currants in Ohio, but I'll be happy with red -- in 2-4   
   > years, given that they are 3" tall.   
      
     we had a friend who made jelly out of them   
   and it was ok, but i've never grown them myself.   
   if i ever get the north hedge properly fixed my   
   plan would be to put a decent fence along there   
   and then put in a line of blueberries because   
   those are so good to have fresh.   
      
      
   >>  today snowing.   
   >   
   > Today was scattered thunderstorms (and a tornado watch).  But in   
   > the intervals between downpours I managed to get all the piles of   
   > brush -- the grape invasions, the excess redbuds, and the attempted   
   > pawpaw expansion -- into the truck.  Back and knees permitting,   
   > after work tomorrow I'll drop them off at the county yard waste   
   > site, and load my first truckful of mulch for the year.  The tilled   
   > garden takes about 12 trips to mulch.  Last year I went ahead and   
   > planted before it was all mulched, the weeds got ahead, and I never   
   > got things contained.   
      
     cardboard can do in a pinch.   
      
      
   > Hoping to avoid that this year.   
   >   
   >>  i was going to get peas planted but i think with the   
   >>weather forecast being cool and too wet i'll wait a   
   >>week longer.   
   >   
   > The way spring is tending around here, I think I've already missed   
   > the window for peas.  I intended to till at the beginning of March,   
   > but wasn't dedicated enough.  If I had, peas would be in the ground.   
   > Maybe next year.  If so, sugar peas are on the menu.   
      
     rain and cold still in the forecast so i'll be   
   waiting for a bit more warmth and less rain...  the   
   clay is a mess if it gets this much rain and i'm   
   better off not trying to do much.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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