Well, he did it. After researching riding mowers {and tractor attachments} for nearly 4 months my husband finally bought a mower. A PUSH MOWER!!! Bahahaaaa! I nearly fell over when he brought it home. Because seriously, wasn’t he the one who said we weren’t going to bring our old push mower with us because it would take 4 DAYS TO MOW THE LAWN with it? YES, that is what he said.
Mowing totally isn’t my deal {I have enough to do around here!} but in case you were wondering, the mower has a 30″ deck and it took him 2 1/2 hours to mow both the front and back with it. 😉 So you know, I guess he won’t have to worry about getting exercise during the summer months. 😉
He said he couldn’t justify spending money on both a riding mower and a tractor {apparently the backyard is too hilly and would have tight turns in some spots for a tractor mowing attachment? I don’t know, I think that’s what he said}. WHATEVER. He’s happy, so I’m happy, and now all he needs is his tractor and the wood splitter and he’s good to go on the manly man project front. Husbands. They’re a funny lot.
Can you identify the mystery plant of the week? We’ve got a bunch of these plants with yellow flowers, whatever they are. Update: The plant is Cushion Spurge Euphorbia.
And how about this red flowering bush? Any ideas on what it could be? Red Flowering Quince! {And now I know thanks to all you super sleuths!}
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The last few days I’ve been working on getting the area in front of our fence {that faces the road} weeded and planted with sunflower seeds. Pussy willow, lilac and double bridal wreath spirea bushes dot the fence line and since I had planned on growing sunflowers for sale this summer at my little pop up stand, I thought this would be a great spot to plant seeds.
I’ll be planting ProCut White Nite sunflowers on the road side of the fence and ProCut Orange Excel sunflowers on the side of the fence that faces our backyard. I’ll also plant a packet of Jack Be Little pumpkins and some Bird House Gourd seeds along the fence line as well so they’ll be able to climb up the wire and spread out. Remember that post on Emily’s decorative bird house gourds? I thought it might be a fun winter project to try.
The cherry blossoms are out in full force these days {I’ve counted 3 cherry trees so far} and so are a bunch of other trees and bushes. 
And the azalea bushes are going crazy too!
As for the vegetable garden; beans, chard, turnips, beets, onions and peas are up. The carrots are just breaking through the soil and I planted my tomato plants in the ground last week and they are still looking good.
And surprisingly, the peppers I started from seed that have been sitting on the back porch for the last 2 weeks, those are doing marvelous as well. Just as soon as I get a spot cleared for them I’ll get them in the ground.
SUMMER… and fresh garden veggies are just around the corner. Can you believe it?
Keep calm and garden on,
~Mavis
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