Wednesday Working — Gardening
Spring has finally arrived here in the high desert, although it’s still possible to get snow until the end of May, but the 10 day forecast shows no freezing temps and just a chance of rain this weekend. It’s strange to live in a desert that has freezing overnight temperatures for nearly five months of the year. The water managers tell use we’ve managed to get a normal amount of snow and rain for the season. So that means it’s time to go out and start gardening.
Yesterday I turned on the irrigation system and tested all the lawn sprinklers. Because of the low temps here the irrigation system needs to be turned off and drained each winter — a task I never had to do in California. It’s also true that in the summer a plant needs to be on the drip irrigation system or it will die.
Since we’re just warming up this week not much is out, but we have plently of green and a few early blubs flowering:
Heather is getting ready to plant a few more things out and start her vegie garden seeds. Here’s some of the things she’s planting:
Today we went to the garden center and picked a new tree for the front yard and Heather made a long todo list. That list includes improvements to the irrigation system I promised last year.
Well that’s it for today … if you need me, I’ll be out back digging trenches.
Andrew's View of the Week 
Things are starting to come up in our flowerbeds here, too. It is nice to see. We have had a mix of everything it seems – all in a week! But that is typical for our spring. Have a great week!
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We got rain yesterday and today is cold, but next week is supposed to be hot. Go figure!
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I love gardening posts.
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me too
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Such pretty flowers! We’re well into our spring tasks, too. It’s a lucky thing we get winter – it leaves us eager to get outside and do all this work when spring comes! :-)
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Denver is also called high desert and our last freeze, on average is May 12. There’s an unofficial rule here that says you don’t plant anything until after Mother’s Day. (No problem, since I don’t plant anything anyway.) But I don’t have the sprinklers turned on until the first or second week of May. Love your bright colors. Grape hyacinth is one of my favorites.
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We have two unofficial rules here – don’t prune roses until April 15 and don’t plant until the snow is off Pevine (a mountain just north of Reno) which is normally early May. Our official calendar lists freeze is possible between Nov 1 and May 31.
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Gorgeous flowers! Your passion shines through them. 🙂
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Lovely.
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Thank you.
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You did something right because your flowers are gorgeous.
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It’s Heather’s touch that makes them grow – I just do the irrigation part.
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Your flowers sure look vibrant and healthy!!
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They are doing well!
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