Zone 6 - what are you doing?
Potted up geraniums
Planted 15' row of strawberry bare root (first time to plant
strawberries!)
Fertilized lawn at half rate
Spread 2 coffee can-fulls of cottonseed meal under blueberry mulch
Applied rotted cow manure to roses, prune out dead branches
Stack leaves for composting
Repacked mower springs, sharpen mower blades, replace carb air filters
Cleaned out nesting boxes (bluebird, wrenhouses, robin shelves, etc)
Test electric fence
Continued to care for coleus cuttings, wandering Jew, cactus pads for
planting outdoors later.
Repaired deer cages.
Coming up:
First lawn mowing
Trimming
Erect peony support
Trim Rose of Sharon
Remove excess algae, parrot feather, elodea from pond for compost
Maybe plant potatoes
The strawberries should be interesting. I used cow manure, peat moss,
leaf mold, and 10-10-10 tilled into a ridge mound. I have always
considered wild strawberries a noxious weed, maybe this domesticated
variety will grow well in my vegetable garden, here in E.TN.
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