Month: June 2009

Rain

There was a prediction for rain today but I wasn’t going to get my hopes up. Then, as we sat around enjoying a quiet evening, not only did it rain, it poured and brought with it hail. In true Denver style, however, it only lasted about 15 minutes–but percipitation is percipitation! Guess I won’t need to water tomorrow.

Weeding

After mowing I ran some errands and when I returned I decided to pull some weeds. The peonies and roses and irises were being chocked out by the massive weed-growth. I cleared most of the weeds from the walk to the north along the front of the house but I ran out of steam just after the peonies and roses. I guess the irises will have to wait. In terms of scale, I pulled enough weeds just in the roughly 18 square feet between the walk and the roses to fill a large trash bag. It made a huge difference! Getting rid of he weeds on other spots is going to help tremendously–once I find a combination of time and energy.

Mowing

I got home from work early today and decided to take advantage of the overcast mid to high 70s and get the lawn mowed. I decided to set the blade height to cut the grass lower than I was. I tried setting it to the lowest it would go (testing it on a small spot in the back before moving to the front) and that was a big mistake–it cut almost all  the way to the dirt. I switched it to something in the middle but in retrospect I think that might have been too low too. The grass did look manicured though. The lawn mower stalled on me once during the cutting and I think it might have been out of gas so I filled it but it was still making funny noises and it was dumping a lot of clippings on the lawn. Not sure what that was all about. This is only the fourth or fifth time I’ve mowed the lawn with this mower. Ug.

Watering

Got up and went out to water. Weather report says there is a slight chance again for rain today and tomorrow but I’ll believe it when I see it. Mowing is certainly on the agenda sometime soon. It’s finally time to take the blade height down low. That should mean less mowing required. I also pulled some weeds but there is need to do a ton more weeding in the flower beds along the west side of the house and north side of the property in front. The back also needs a ton but I’m focused on the front this year.

Watering

It was supposed to rain yesterday again and although it got dark and gray at one point, it never actually rained as far as I can tell. That said, I think the amount of moisture was enough to get the growth through in the interim. I’m back to watering today. 20 minutes per side.