Rey1756

"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers." -- Kahlil Gibran

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Week Past 06/11-06/17/07

Wed 06/13 I miscalculated the amount of work needed to plant the perennial seedlings that W bought. I also thought there were only twelve seedlings. Turned out there were twenty six. Thinking it would be a breeze I volunteered (that was before I realized my numbers were wrong) to help when W decided to plant them as her exercise. We started around 4 pm. Break for dinner then I continued on 'til past 8. The reason it took us or me that long was the first holes that W dug was small so I still had to do some digging. When I asked her to make it bigger it was way a bit bigger. No comment on that. Since our soil is clayish I also had to amend it with manure and humus. Pic at left shows the seedlings planted near the rocks. Three in each rock. They are barely discernable. Hopefully in a couple of weeks I'll be able to take new pictures showing their growth and the change in the landscape. Pic at right is W's landscaping as I mentioned in my previous blog and below as seen from tne deck's stairs. She did additional improvements.

Wed 06/13 Sat 06/16 we went to check out the U of Mn Arboretum at Chanhassen. It's a beautiful place where you can take a trail and hike to explore the gardens or drive the 3-mile route with parking lots along the way so you can alight and check out the various types of flowers, trees, shrubs and also the birds. That's what we did since my parents can't take those long hikes anymore. A couple of steps here and there at every stop is good enough. Pics below shows some sites at the Arboretum with Dad, Mom and moi included.

Sun 06/17, I added two fruit trees in our backyard. We were told that for the cherry and plum trees to bear fruit it must be cross pollinated with another tree just like the apples. So Sat we bought another cherry and a Toka plum tree. I planted it Sun which turned out to be Father's Day. But we celebrated it day before knowing that on Sun restaurants would be full. We had brunch at Mystic Lake. It's the first time my parents went there. Dad enjoyed the prime rib. Pics below left shows the Toka plum. It's already tall and I think I need to prune it. Right is the EvanBali cherry. Looking at the pics it's like I'm just somewhere in one of the mountains in the Philippines especially with my attire. Yup, the shirt is what we call "camisa de chino" that our farmers usually wear. I brought that when I came here to MN way back 2000. This is what I usually wear when I work in the garden even way back at Farmington.

# posted by Rey A @ 6/17/2007 11:40:00 PM

Comments:

Rey,
Nice to see your parent's are still able to visit you. Bilib na talaga ako sa garden mo, "you have the midas touch" Jun

# posted by  Anonymous : Monday, July 02, 2007 2:34:00 PM

 

Hi Jun,

Thank you fo dropping by. Malapit na naman ang reunion.

Rey

# posted by  Rey A : Monday, July 02, 2007 7:40:00 PM

 

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