Misc.

[helwen]

Welcome back to LJ, freya46!

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Attaching neck band to silver/grey kimono; should be able to finish that today sometime.

Yesterday there was some decent enough weather so we got pots from the hardware store, and I dug up some sand near the river. I also checked out the kale, which is sad but alive, and I trimmed a bunch of stuff around a tree near the river and pulled some grape vines out of it.

L lopped off a good part of the Crabapple branch that was going toward the house -- no ant highway this year! Took a while for him to cut that bit down into manageable pieces to take to the brush pile. Then he pulled some more of the grape vines out of the tree I'd been working on. The vines need digging out, but the ground is still too hard for that. He thinks we can keep that tree for now, as the trailer will be passing in front of it, not through it to get to its parking destination.

The Crabapple tree will be coming down this year. It needs more sun than it's getting, and the trees shading it are good for summer shade for the house and are in good health (Shag Bark Hickory and a young Sugar Maple). Since the only direction the Crabapple can go to get sun is toward the house... We have a Serviceberry that's been waiting patiently for its new home, and it loves partial shade, so it should be happy in the Crabapple's location.

The Hickory needs a few branches trimmed, but that will likely be the job of the power company (resting on lines).

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Today I'll be potting up some baby green tea plants I got :)

I also plan on taking some of the mulch hay and laying out out in the lower yard. I'll make sure to place some of it under the kale, to see if that helps them perk up a little. They're in their second year, but I'm hoping for a few more leaves, and also some seed. If any of it can go to seed that would be great, because then I'd have seed that's more suited to damp ground. Even though we're moving the beds to higher ground this year, folks are saying it's going to be a wet summer, so adapted seeds would be good.

We should also tackle the turkey today; it was on sale, so I got it (before we finally got the date for the chickens). So since I needed freezer space, I took it and put it in the fridge for a few days. Finally roasted it, and now we need to take it apart so it takes less space and I can freeze some of it. Well, we can at least start today; L has a hay delivery to make, and yard work is best done in the sun!

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[freya46.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the greeting. :-)

What kind of sun/shade does the green tea require? I want to try to have some sort of garden in pots on my porch, wherever I end up. And I drink Gen Mai Cha every morning. :-)

I hope it isn't as bad a summer as last year or this winter/sprinter.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

:)

Part to full shade, and they'll be primarily indoor here, as it's too cold for them in the winter.

I put them in 1-1/2 gallon pots (approx.) -- I wanted to give them the best chance for initial good root growth, although of course I can't let them get as big as they'd like. These pots should be good for several years, I think.

[freya46.livejournal.com]

Awesome. I may come back to you next year when I'll be able to plant from cuttings or seed. Since I'll be moving over the summer, if I have anything, it'll be from the growing plant.
But next year..... :-)

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Nifty :)