Labels: Boulder, Colorado, Erie, garden, harvest, onion, potato, sunflower, zuchini

Oasis is nearly done with the pergola. They feel they have roughly 4 more hours to go.

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I'm very excited about this post!

Back Story: My evil older brothers would feed me horse radish sandwiches when I was little. Funny thing was, I liked them.

Fast forward to today: A coworker gave me a plant for the beds. I just need to find a home for it.

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At first i thought "COON!" but the soft scent wafting through the breached bed told me it was skunk.

Must mean the corn's ready. Too bad it got most of the mature ears.



UPDATE: Consensus tells me this is a raccoon. Experts have advised everything from strychnine-laced cantaloupe, offered hav-a-heart traps (where I'd take them I have no idea, and traditional firing squad techniques. I think I'm going to go the route of feed the needy and electrify my fence for next year.

Labels: Boulder, Colorado, corn, critter, Erie, garden, racoon, skunk

Labels: Boulder, Colorado, Erie, garden, Heirloom, plants

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Labels: Boulder, Colorado, Erie, garden, iris, landscaping

Suz and I went down to Cherry Creek Tree Farm this afternoon and picked out our new White Ash. The back yard needed a bit more shade as did the west side of the house. We are taking advantage of the town of Erie's tree planting incentive and discounted installation coupon we got in the mail. It's a 2.75" caliper and I'd really like to save my back.

We really wanted to pick up a second: a Golden Rain Tree, but the only one they had left was half dead and wilted dry. we passed on the $80 offer. It had a limb that was torn from it and had a year to heal over. I wasn't sold.

We should see it in place by Memorial Day.

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Just a photo reference on where the 5K Garden is at. Most everything that was put in a few weeks ago is up. All the remainder plants are in the soil and ready to go.

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After some trouble with my browser timing out, I decided rather than placing my order online, I wound up calling Burpee and placing it verbally.

I know this is the busy season for them, but customer service told me there was nothing they could do to see if my Internet order came through and that i should call back Monday to see if I've place 2 orders rather than 1.

Labels: Boulder, Burpee, Colorado, garden, order, seeds