Happy MARCH!! Spring starts this month!! (Or Fall.) But SPRING!! It is deffinitely starting to feel like early spring here. I've been seeing robins and I can see the very beginning of buds on one tree next door. I need to check on my crocus to see if any are popping up. I've also seen several garden centers getting ready for the year.
What are your plans for the upcoming season change?
For us it's all about the outdoor house projects. I can start getting my gardens prepped soon but I won't plant anything for a bit. I'd like to be smart and spread the work out some more this year. I've been wanting a yellow rose bush for Noodles. Something light yellow; not too deep. With our yard being torn up this winter it kind of gave me a new spot to plant something. I'd like a few more lilacs too. Unfortunately the garden center I got my last lilacs from closed this winter. I need to see
For DH; he's focused on getting grass to grow in the yard again. It's a muddy mess out there right now. And then it's time to do something about the shutters. Right now they are red but fading and the red has bled down onto the house below them some. I don't think you can see it from the road or anything; but still. I'm thinking a nice green would really refresh the house without costing a ton. I'm "over" red. Nothing so dark as a hunter; but not as light as a sage either. There is a new building near us done in a green with white trim and it looks amazing! I wouldn't want a whole green house; but green would look good with our siding. He has to power wash the house again too. Last year we borrowed a power washer and tiller from a friend; but that friend is still recovering from surgery and just starting to bear weight again. So we aren't asking him! Maybe a local rental place will have them for a good price.
We were supposed to have our big maple tree pruned this year but we might put it off. It was going to be done last summer but then a storm made a ton of tree damage and that kept the tree company busy until after all the leaves were down. If they come now; my yard will be even muddier! So DH was thinking we should wait.
What are your plans for the upcoming season change?
For us it's all about the outdoor house projects. I can start getting my gardens prepped soon but I won't plant anything for a bit. I'd like to be smart and spread the work out some more this year. I've been wanting a yellow rose bush for Noodles. Something light yellow; not too deep. With our yard being torn up this winter it kind of gave me a new spot to plant something. I'd like a few more lilacs too. Unfortunately the garden center I got my last lilacs from closed this winter. I need to see
For DH; he's focused on getting grass to grow in the yard again. It's a muddy mess out there right now. And then it's time to do something about the shutters. Right now they are red but fading and the red has bled down onto the house below them some. I don't think you can see it from the road or anything; but still. I'm thinking a nice green would really refresh the house without costing a ton. I'm "over" red. Nothing so dark as a hunter; but not as light as a sage either. There is a new building near us done in a green with white trim and it looks amazing! I wouldn't want a whole green house; but green would look good with our siding. He has to power wash the house again too. Last year we borrowed a power washer and tiller from a friend; but that friend is still recovering from surgery and just starting to bear weight again. So we aren't asking him! Maybe a local rental place will have them for a good price.
We were supposed to have our big maple tree pruned this year but we might put it off. It was going to be done last summer but then a storm made a ton of tree damage and that kept the tree company busy until after all the leaves were down. If they come now; my yard will be even muddier! So DH was thinking we should wait.