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Hi all - the weather has been delicious here in the Piedmont of NC. The air was particularly fine yesterday. I’ve been growing some seedlings (tomatoes and flowers) and rooting some cuttings that I took during class a couple of weeks ago. It’s been exciting to see them grow.
I haven’t done anything outside except raking up leaves and bagging them. Still have so much to do to improve the appearance of my father’s house. I’ve just peeked at my plants from last year - most are covered with mulch or branches from the Christmas tree.
Last week in class we learned about pruning and how to select and grow fruit trees. I really have no interest in growing fruit trees (at this time). Every week there is something new to learn and I’m looking at things so differently. As soon as the ground dries out around here I’m going to take soil samples and get those sent off in April. I feel like I’m so far behind the curve that I’m really just going to set my sights on establishing a lawn in the back and front yard this year, deal with the drainage problems and doing clean up on the property. I have some roses coming in May and will have to move things around a bit to fit them into my Mom’s (deceased) garden.
I’m looking forward to gaining in wisdom and knowledge this year.
As soon as the big freeze is for-sure over, I'm setting out peanuts up front as ornamentals/getting rid of grassburrs. That may be the extent of my new gardening this year. I'll just live on the existing stuff that is out there. And there seems to be lots of it. ;)
/johnny