07 – July 30 - Journal Entry

2006



2006

Can't believe we've been here [in Nevada] nearly a year. So much accomplished, a few disappointments and so much more to look forward to.
  • Watered
  • Front trees
  • Fruit trees
  • Veggie Bed
  • Little Lilacs
  • Bird Bath
  • Ficus
  • Kitchen Window Plants
While watering pines out front, I noticed that each has its own resident lizard. They looked like some sort of anole Eat bugs, eat bugs and go forth and multiply.

Smooshed a grasshopper.
  • DONE – mulch hybrid poplars (2006-07-30 – ½ done; 2006-08-13 Front done)
  • DONE – Get rid of dead indoor plants
  • Pot up houseplants into dirt
  • Clean bird feeders
  • DONE – Pick up trash [along fence line] – 2006-07-30
  • Put away tree pots
  • Build bird houses
  • DONE – Make soap [glycerin; not home made, but I did combine the ingredients and set it up in molds]
  • Concrete [plant] markers
  • Suet pinecones
  • kiddie pool to burry for bog garden [at some point I realized I lived in the desert and gave up on the idea of a bog garden]
  • Order [driveway] gravel – 2006-08-24 delivered 12 tons $265 [12 tons is nothing; could have used 3 times as much]
  • DONE – sow clover and winter rye – clover done 2006-9-3
  • [Buy] thick plastic from Wal-Mart
  • DONE – Take more photos – 2006-08-06
  • Make map
  • DONE – Order Garlic – 2006-08-06 due to arr mid September
  • Order small river rock
  • Dig a compost pit
  • Inventory seeds – 2006-09-08 started
  • Plant out lilacs
  • Russian Sage Cuttings
  • Sweet potato cuttings – 2006-08-11 – it's dead
  • DONE – Clean bird fountain
  • Raspberries for fall planting
  • Get site ready for bulbs – 2006-08-20 will use old day lily site [chipmunks and/or mice ate them all]

The list goes on and on. I am currious to see if the daffs survived our brutal summer and if they will return [in] Spring. I hope, I hope

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