54\u00a0 bar steady\u00a0 29.77 3mph ENE dewpoint 32\u00a0 Spring<\/p>\n
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This is a fecund time.\u00a0 I spent a couple of\u00a0hours today putting down pre-emergent weed prevention in the flower beds, moving some mulch completely off now, the garlic, and putting Cygon on the Iris to prevent borers.\u00a0 Cygon is now\u00a0a prohibited insecticide so my stash is pretty much it.\u00a0 Our beds are not near running water and we have a storm drainage basin to catch run off so I don’t see my limited use of Cygon, once or twice a year on about 40 Iris, as a great health hazard.<\/p>\n
Just being outside is wonderful.\u00a0 Where the snow melts back, as it has begun to do even here, we often\u00a0 find\u00a0tiny tunnel systems in the grass.\u00a0 Voles dig these under the snow all winter.\u00a0 At first it seems that they might kill the grass, but in fact, I think the opposite is true.\u00a0 Where they go, the soil gets aerated and the grass continues to grow.\u00a0 It looks strange and possibly harmful when\u00a0you first see it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Iris have grown about six inches and now is the time to get those damned Iris borers.\u00a0 If you raise Iris, you know what I mean.\u00a0 If you don’t, well, they’re slimy and icky and eat the rhizome.\u00a0 Yeck.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tulips and daffodils have also begun to press through the snow and frozen earth.\u00a0 With the showers we get this week I wouldn’t be surprised if we get some blooms, especially\u00a0if it warms up, too.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
54\u00a0 bar steady\u00a0 29.77 3mph ENE dewpoint 32\u00a0 Spring \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Moon This is a fecund time.\u00a0 I spent a couple of\u00a0hours today putting down pre-emergent weed prevention in the flower beds, moving some mulch completely off now, the garlic, and putting Cygon on the Iris to prevent borers.\u00a0 Cygon is now\u00a0a prohibited insecticide … Continue reading Tulips and Daffodils, Oh My!<\/span>