A Weekend at the Farm 11/24-27/2011

• Thanksgiving day was really lovely. We ate outside under the arbor. Small group, Josh in California and Josh and Blake at Josh's folks' house.
• Had more dirt delivered to the house. Jim delivers my dirt. A sweet older gentlemen that was born, raised, and still lives in Burton. Always wants to talk for a while which is okay with me.
• Planted 50 Gladiolus Byantus Communus in one of the new beds I built last week. These are small bulbs that bloom hot pink flowers. The flowers look similar to the gladiolas that are sold in the store, but they are smaller. These are the species glads that grow wild on the hillsides of Turkey.
• Built a new bed and planted the other 50 glads in that bed. Blake gave me these bulbs for my birthday.
• Finished filling a bed that I started last week.
• Moved 10 Philippine Lily seedlings into the new bed from a bed that has lots of things growing in it that are not compatible with the lilies.
• Dug up some bluebonnet seedlings that were growing in various paths and moved them into the Rose Garden and the Star Garden.
• Fertilized the Erlicheer Daffodil bed.
• Mulched part of a bed in the Orchard that was prone to weediness.
• Weeded the Orchard.
• Adjusted the sprinklers, reduced the number of days and times to water.
• Rained hard on Saturday. Sat on the porch and watched the rain.
• Was alone on Friday. For dinner I ate some Swiss Chard from the garden.
• Got really cold on Sunday. I'm ready for winter, the sooner it gets here the sooner it's gone.
• Leaves are beginning to fall. I will start shredding next weekend and putting them in the compost pile. The leaves won't be too bad this year. The oaks didn't leaf out too much due to the drought. And there are hardly any acorns. The deer will suffer this winter.
• Left early on Sunday.