Everyone Knows it's Windy
20 Mar 2026 08:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursulas_alcoveToday was suppose to be our third windstorm of the week but so far so good. The whirlwind of weather put the garden on pause. In between bits of rain and cold, I started scrapping the weeds in the back. They got composted. Topsoil got scrapped to go into the potato bed. Cardboard and mulch goes down after I finish a section. Doing work piecemeal takes time but eventually progress will be made. The compost pile is growing if nothing else.
In the midsection (Middle Earth), more branches got cut. It's slow going. Clipping greenwood into bits is hard on the hands and the clipper. Yinz were right, a huge branch doesn't yield much mulch. The mini-chainsaw made quick work of the larger branches.
In the front, the yew bushes are being hand-trimmed. It's time consuming and will take multiple days. I tried to attack the fallen Japanese maple. Dang. That is some hard wood. That's going to take a while. I switched from the chainsaw to a hand saw. I wasn't getting anywhere and the chainsaw was overheating. If I see the neighbor kid, I may borrow him to help me haul it into the way-back., where it can rot in peace. I started to clear the dead plant material from last year. There was a marigold from last year in a crack in the sidewalk. That definitely got cut out. The sedum is up and growing as well as the poppies. The first asparagus is poking up its head.
While we started the week with 16 degree nighttime temps, they are now calling for 80 degrees on Sunday as a high. Tuesday sees us back into the cold with a low of 26. Never have I seen weather so unsettled for so long. They say we could get hit with a super El Niño. In my experience, besides hot temps, it means no rain. I'd love to be collecting water now but cannot with lows below freezing. The ice trashes the spigot in the water barrels. It is something to ponder.
Inside: Statice got transplanted into bigger pots. Looks like I might get 2 rosemary this year. More celery got transplanted. This one is a pink variety. The beets have been going outside daily to harden off during daytime.I'll keep them inside on Tuesday. I needed the space in the grow room. Sweet potatoes need to go into the front window instead of hogging my heating pad. So far, so good.
I also did a video on when to plant because my neighbor can't be the only one who doesn't read seed packets. https://youtu.be/6qZ761cMIv8?si=8MrTUpmZlAVOFvc9
In the midsection (Middle Earth), more branches got cut. It's slow going. Clipping greenwood into bits is hard on the hands and the clipper. Yinz were right, a huge branch doesn't yield much mulch. The mini-chainsaw made quick work of the larger branches.
In the front, the yew bushes are being hand-trimmed. It's time consuming and will take multiple days. I tried to attack the fallen Japanese maple. Dang. That is some hard wood. That's going to take a while. I switched from the chainsaw to a hand saw. I wasn't getting anywhere and the chainsaw was overheating. If I see the neighbor kid, I may borrow him to help me haul it into the way-back., where it can rot in peace. I started to clear the dead plant material from last year. There was a marigold from last year in a crack in the sidewalk. That definitely got cut out. The sedum is up and growing as well as the poppies. The first asparagus is poking up its head.
While we started the week with 16 degree nighttime temps, they are now calling for 80 degrees on Sunday as a high. Tuesday sees us back into the cold with a low of 26. Never have I seen weather so unsettled for so long. They say we could get hit with a super El Niño. In my experience, besides hot temps, it means no rain. I'd love to be collecting water now but cannot with lows below freezing. The ice trashes the spigot in the water barrels. It is something to ponder.
Inside: Statice got transplanted into bigger pots. Looks like I might get 2 rosemary this year. More celery got transplanted. This one is a pink variety. The beets have been going outside daily to harden off during daytime.I'll keep them inside on Tuesday. I needed the space in the grow room. Sweet potatoes need to go into the front window instead of hogging my heating pad. So far, so good.
I also did a video on when to plant because my neighbor can't be the only one who doesn't read seed packets. https://youtu.be/6qZ761cMIv8?si=8MrTUpmZlAVOFvc9
