Go me! A quick note. You can't get the honor roll without perfect attendance. So I never missed a day or was dismissed early or was late and I got a 96% or above in all tests/homework. No I could get a perfect attendance without the honor roll but even if I got straight As if I missed one day I would not get honor roll. This is done every month so hopefully if I keep things up I will get six of these for my entire schooling time. Will let you know if I do! I also got a little pin that says "Perfect Attendance" too but my cat was playing with it and I have no idea where it went.
Now onto the garden! The reason I know most of you read this =P
So there was this tree in my backyard that I really didn't like. I think it was just a bird drop or something as it wasn't really near anything. There are others of the same species around the neighborhood so that's my theory. Not only that but it is the same that my old neighbors had where I was growing up. And we hated them (both the trees and the neighbors ).
MWHAHAHA Took that fucker down! Sadly I did manage to fuck my hand up doing it. I only have a rusty/old handsaw/ripsaw. Not even a bow saw so it was slow going. Had to tie a rope around the last branch as I was cutting through it to make sure it feel where I wanted it to and not on my apple tree, or the neighbors roof or even on me! I had planned and still plan too trimming all the large branches tossing the small twigs and leaves onto the compost pile and putting the larger branches out for the trash. Sadly my messed up hand put those plans on hold. Hopefully I can do that sometime this week or the next weekend. Will be easier too once the branches dry out to snap them off. Then going to have to saw the stump down further and get some lye to take care of it completely. I don't even want to attempt to dig that fucker out. But as long as I can keep it from regrowing I will be happy. And of course once I get the stuff into the compost pile it'll make even better soil for my eventual garden! The other tree in the picture will eventually have to go as well but I think it's some sort of oak so I am just going to trim it and try to keep it sensible while I decide what I want to do with it.
Onto what else I did!
So I cleaned out and planted in the other planter.
Can't really see much right now but eventually it should be good looking. Left the already in place rose bush that was in there. I am not 100% sure what color it is but it was very much not taken care of so hopefully it will bloom once I've gotten it healthy again. Along the fence/gate was a very pretty pink rose that roommate's mother gave us. She claims it's a climbing rose hence putting it against the fence but I am not sure if it is or not. We shall see! Around them I put the mini roses that she gave us too. All of them were very expensive and we had stuck them in pots just to keep them alive while I figured out what to do with them. Well they where getting really root bound so I had to do something. I am hoping that once everything fills out and blooms it will look nice. We have some red clover growing here and there and I want to get some and plant it in that planter so it covers the ground. I think it will look nice. Now if only I can get the stray cats from shitting in it. I do so love roses I used to have a very nice rose garden growing up so this is a very nice addition for me.
Some updates!
Remember a post or two ago when I showed off what I did with the other planter? Well that almost black rose bloomed!
It's not really "almost black" and rather small but I am hoping that is due to the aphid infestation that it had. Took care of those and it's actually growing again. Not to mention that I also transplanted it when it was budding so that probably didn't help. Either way it's looking better so I have my fingers crossed.
And finally
I planted my iris. Never grown an iris before but this is called "Dracula's kiss" and the picture in the catalog looked real nice and it was on sale! Yes I know it's just a bucket with soil in it but I didn't have any pots. And that used to have my poinsettia in it but it died. Oh well next year. I have been soaking it for a couple days just to make sure it was still alive. I got it a couple months ago and never planted it. So it seems like it was still dormant but it started to sprout in the water so into a pot it went! Eventually I will get it into something more suitable or even in the ground but as I said first time growing an iris so will see if it survives or not heh.
Well that's pretty much it. Cut my hand open on a pane of glass on Friday but was able to superglue it back together so no big. Did laundry and dishes. But due to screwing my other hand up with the tree I wasn't able to get as much done in the backyard as I wanted too this long weekend. Oh well at least I got some stuff done. And every little bit helps! Just did a lot of inside stuff. Cleaning, dusting, homework, etc. Well I'll see y'all next time!
Also...I've got like almost 200 views... who are you people? I started this just to link to friends so I wouldn't have to type everything out again and again. Just...kinda weird.. heh
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