This Week at Iten's Acres: Summer Responsilities. May 21, 2018

My responsibilities for the summer:


Hide.
Get up in the morning and fix breakfast.
Feed the Boss....
Walk. Walk again. Walk again. Walk . . .
Sit on the hill and listen to and watch the beauty that will be all around me.
Read--inside on rainy days; outside on sunny days.
Take pictures of the flowers.
Build new beds; re-do old beds.
Mulch.
Feed my feathered friends.
Eat. Slip out to the Pizza Hut buffet once in awhile.
Pretend to weed.
Go to Baker's Acres. And try not to buy everything.
Post something on Facebook once in awhile.
Drink Pepsi.
Oh, and walk.
 

Going to be a rough summer. Whew.

This Week at Iten's Acres: An Evening at The Acres May 9, 2018

An evening at The Acres:
Rushed home after school to do the first mowing of 2018. (If you need work on your mower, call Matt Gnade) Started in the back simply because the grass there was really high. Had to mow in the raindrops from time to time, but I love mowing. Got the meadow and wild area back to "park" status. A few daffodils still blooming--a couple haven't bloomed yet. Mostly miniature ones--yellows, whites--a few others. The green-eyed daffodils are always las...t. They should bloom this week. And it's pink, blue, and white bells time.
The flowering trees are in full array. Redbuds everywhere. Crab apples--red, pink. white--everywhere. Flowering almonds, apple and pear trees, a magnolia or two. The old dogwood should be a white cloud by the weekend. Have to keep your eyes up as you walk The Acres this time of year. The allium have started too--make a nice purple presence in the midst of the tulips. Tons of dwarf iris this year. They usually start in mid-March; this year they are just starting. The "real" iris will be along in about 7 to 10 days. As you know, I am anxiously watching them in search of buds. I caught the iris-lovers disease from Mom as a kid and have yet to be cured--or even seek a cure. The late spring will lead to a dash of color for the rest of the spring and summer. Should be marvelous. Never get tired of the beautiful--and He supplies such an array. Sun, shade, part-shade, He has beauty for everyplace. And not just at The Acres.

This Week at The Acres: The Mystery May 1, 2018

Strange happenings at The Acres: What you say? I have found several items in The Wild Area. The Wild Area, by the way, is at the very back of the property--removed from any humans other than one chubby old bald guy who wanders there daily. What have I found in the proverbial "middle of nowhere"? A baseball. A plastic football--orange. A stuffed animal--turtle. Are my Gardening Angels playing games in The Acres? Are there child Gardening Angels? Mysterious things--you have to admit. Maybe I should set up a remote camera . . .? Nah, the mystery is more fun.