While some of our East coasters are digging out from under the snow, or having the national guard rescue them on the Pa Turnpike, we had a mid 70's calm day out here. February is the time when the grass is growing, and the recent rains (after the dryest January on record) had kicked it into high gear. By the time I circled the yard with the mower, it had grown so much I couldn't tell where I'd been before. Okay, maybe an exaggeration.
At last count, Dara has over 100 Pacific coast irises planted around the garden. This year we get to enjoy lots of new ones as well as the newly rearranged ones that got moved to be more color coordinated! A few are out, but mostly they're still on their way up.
The big activity coming up is a new fence and gate. We have a fence that runs along the road, and the only thing holding it up for the last few years has been the chicken wire we use to keep the dogs in. The gate is falling apart as well -- it has to be physically lifted and carried around when you come in the driveway. This will all be a thing of the past within the next month or so, thanks to Dara's efforts to paste together the fence people and the gate people and the landscape people. I don't think she'll be going into general contracting any time soon.
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