another wonderful day here...

this morning, after I got my shoes and socks on...

I headed out here while DH worked on cleaning out the shed...

got a couple of areas cleaned up today...

and I had some help...

I had every intention of getting rid of these "weeds"...

but a closer look and I found columbine...

so I am leaving it all for a couple more weeks to see what is what...

the ferns on this side of the house face the sun and are up and about already...

the other side is just starting...

I love watching them uncurl...

so since I didn't have as much weeding as I thought I was going to have...

I jut took photos instead...

and I put my chicken and rooster out...

because I want real ones...

and DH says no or divorce...

its him or them...

so I have to settle for these guys...

so I can have chickens in my yard...

I bought this a couple of weekends ago...

so got it potted, too...

it was just nice to be outside...

high of 79...

unreal...

and the booby trapped hook for the bird feeder...

might not be the fanciest looking thing...

but it is working...

not one bird seed stealing squirrel around now...

amazing what you can do with a cracker box lid and some zip ties...

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so, our weekend turned out fun...

except for the afternoons when my pinched nerve made me so sick and sent me to bed...

but its all ok now...

just have to get toughened up again...

been down too long...

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so what did you do?

the perfect kind of day...

we played outside quite a bit...

lilacs are starting to open...

soon, there will be this sweet smell floating through the air...

columbine...

clematis...

we cut this back to nothing last fall and replaced a very small trellis with this very sturdy baker's rake that we found at a garage sale for hardly nothing...

its half way up on it this spring...

in a few more years...

it will be spilling over...

things just went pop after our mid week thunderstorms...

the ferns just uncurled over night...

lily of the valley have more flowers on them...

DH and I went to the farm store here in town...

bought my seeds and some grass seed...

I got the green beans all planted in the containers...

they are in front of the house this year...

easier for me to get to on even bad days...

will be easy to pick from my chair...

DH and I mowed the south yard and around the house yesterday morning...

mower guy came in the afternoon...

we are in the midst of the worst dandelion season this area has ever seen!

every yard, almost, looks like this or worse...

my yellow knock out rose is doing wonderfully this spring...

and pretty dern soon we are going to have us some shade!

it just keeps getting greener all the time...

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now this is what I have been waiting for...

have a wonderful day!

PS:

Susie asked for my weed spray recipe...

so this is for those small sprayers that you pump up...

half water, half vinegar...

a half cup of salt...

and throw in some liquid soap of  your choice...

(dish, laundry- doesn't matter)

it just helps it cling on the weeds instead of running right off...

spray after the rain has stopped and you have a few days without it...

spray all the leaves good...

let the sun hit it and they will turn brown in no time...

this is good to use around children, pets and food gardens...

nothing will hurt you...

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