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2017 (2017)2017
04/07/17 - Valley Tree Service dropped off a load of wood chips, just before Laura arrived to go to Grandma's birthday party. They said they may be able to drop off another load the same day. I had to quickly clear out some of the wood chips so they could drop off the second load.
04/09/17 - When I got back on the 9th, Valley Tree Service did, indeed, drop off the second load of chips.
05/18/17 - A third load of wood chips was delivered by Valley Tree Service.
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2016 (2016)02/22/16 - Brought 14 Hostas into the house.
02/26/16 - Saw an eye on plantaginea 'Athena' (Hosta in the house).
03/04/16 - Saw Tulips starting to come up.
03/06/16 - Saw Daffodils starting to come up.
03/26/16 - Some Hostas in the garage were coming up so I took them outside.
03/28/16 - 1 carload of wood chips. Total - 01 carload.
04/04/16 - One load of wood chips from Tree Techs.
05/03/16 - One load of wood chips from Tree Techs.
05/26/16 - One load of wood chips from Valley Tree Service (this was a large load).
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2015 (2015)5/15/15 - Saw a Pileated Woodpecker but was not able to get a photo.
04/24/15 - 2 loads of wood chips. 04/25/15 - 1 load of wood chips. 04/29/15 - 4 loads of wood chips. 05/01/15 - 3 loads of wood chips. 05/02/15 - 3 loads of wood chips. 05/03/15 - 2 loads of wood chips. 05/04/15 - 2 loads of wood chips. 05/05/15 - 3 loads of wood chips. 05/06/15 - 2 loads of wood chips. 05/09/15 - 5 loads of wood chips. 05/13/15 - 5 loads of wood chips. 05/15/15 - 2 loads of wood chips. 05/16/15 - 3 loads of wood chips. Total - 37 loads.
** - Each load is about 11 contractor trash bags filled with wood chips.
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2014 (2014)10/26/13 - received the Naylor Creek catalog.
11/05/13 - Put the potted Hostas in the garage for Winter. Used three bicycle boxes for storage (plus a couple trash cans).
01/15/14 - Brought two Hostas into the house, from the garage (Thunderbolt & Orange Marmalade).
01/28/14 - Saw a couple eyes on Orange Marmalade.
02/04/14 - Saw an eye coming up on Thunderbolt.
02/06/14 - Brought Ann Kulpa into the house, from the garage.
02/13/14 - Brought two Hostas into the house, from the garage (White Bikini & Wings of a Prayer).
02/16/14 - Saw an eye coming up on Ann Kulpa.
02/28/14 - Saw two eyes coming up on Wings of a Prayer.
03/01/14 - Saw an eye on White Bikini.
03/29/14 - Saw Tulips coming up.
04/23/14 - The Mallards were back in the yard.
05/03/14 - Took all the potted Hostas out of the garage.
04/15/14 - 1 load of wood chips. 04/17/14 - 1 load of wood chips. 04/18/14 - 3 loads of wood chips. 04/19/14 - 3 loads of wood chips. 04/21/14 - 2 loads of wood chips. 04/22/14 - 3 loads of wood chips. 04/23/14 - 1 load of wood chips. 04/25/14 - 4 loads of wood chips. 05/02/14 - 3 loads of wood chips. 05/03/14 - 5 loads of wood chips. 05/04/14 - 5 loads of wood chips. 05/04/14 - 4 loads of wood chips. Total - 35 loads.
** - Each load is about 12 contractor trash bags filled with wood chips.
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2013 (2013)02/02/13 - went to the Minnesota Hosta Society meeting. An expert panel answered Hostas questions. The panel included Bob Olson, Cindy Tomashek, Don Dean and Jeff Miller. Had dinner after the meeting with Hosta friends. Gave two of Mom's aprons as door prizes.
03/30/13 - Saw some tulips emerging where the snow had just melted.
04/16/13 - Took the potted Hostas out of the garage and put them outside.
04/26/13 - The Mallards were back in the yard.
05/12/13 -The water in the birdbath was frozen solid in the morning (the birdbath is about 8 feet off the ground on the deck).
05/13/13 - There was ice in the birdbath in the morning.
05/14/13 - Record 98 degrees in the Twin Cities.
05/06/13 - 4 loads of wood chips. 05/07/13 - 1 load of wood chips. 05/15/13 - 4 loads of wood chips. 06/12/13 - 1 load of wood chips. 06/13/13 - 1 load of wood chips. 06/18/13 - 1 load of wood chips. 08/30/13 - 1 load of wood chips. 08/31/13 - 1 load of wood chips. 09/06/13 - 1 load of wood chips. 09/07/13 - 2 loads of wood chips. 09/11/13 - 4 loads of wood chips.
**each load is what a '95 Ford Escort wagon will hold (10 contractor trash bags are filled with wood chips).
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2012 (2012)2/9/12 - Had a mild winter with little snow, not complaining one bit. Have a few plant orders in. Plan on attending the Minnesota Hosta Society meeting on Saturday, 2/11/12.
3/13/12 - saw Tulips coming up.
3/17/12 - saw Hostas coming up. Took all of the potted Hostas from in the garage and put them outside. There were 199 named Hostas in pots, plus a bunch of seedlings in pots.
3/28/12 - Found a trash can full of potted Hostas in the garage and put them outside.
3/30/12 - 5 loads of wood chips. ** 4/03/12 - 5 loads of wood chips. 4/04/12 - 4 loads of wood chips. 4/05/12 - 6 loads of wood chips. 5/01/12 - 6 loads of wood chips. 5/03/12 - 3 loads of wood chips. 5/04/12 - 6 loads of wood chips. 5/09/12 - 5 loads of wood chips. 5/10/12 - 5 loads of wood chips. 5/11/12 - 5 loads of wood chips (gave one load to Bob). 5/14/12 - 2 loads of wood chips. 9/04/12 - 1 load of wood chips. 9/05/12 - 2 loads of wood chips. 9/06/12 - 1 load of wood chips. 9/08/12 - 1 load of wood chips. 9/10/12 - 3 loads of wood chips. 9/11/12 - 1 load of wood chips. 9/13/12 - 1 load of wood chips. 9/14/12 - 1 load of wood chips.
**each load is what a '95 Ford Escort wagon will hold (10 contractor trash bags are filled with wood chips).
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2011 (2011)The year is starting early.
10/7/10 - received the Naylor Creek catalog.
11/29/10 - placed first order, for 2011, with In The Country Garden & Gifts (early bird special).
4/07/11 - 1 load of wood chips. ** 4/08/11 - 2 loads of wood chips. 4/15/11 - 4 loads of wood chips. 4/18/11 - 4 loads of wood chips. 4/19/11 - 4 loads of wood chips. 4/21/11 - 4 loads of wood chips. 4/25/11 - 4 loads of wood chips. 4/29/11 - 5 loads of wood chips. 5/02/11 - 4 loads of wood chips. 5/03/11 - 4 loads of wood chips. 5/17/11 - 1 load of wood chips. 6/01/11 - 1 load of wood chips. 6/02/11 - 1 load of wood chips.
**each load is what a '95 Ford Escort wagon will hold.
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2010 (2010)11/14/09 - placed first Daylily order of the year with Northern Lights Daylilies (La Auction Daylilies).
11/15/09 - placed first Hosta order of the year with Naylor Creek.
3/15/10 - saw some Tulips poking through the ground.
3/30/10 - 1 load of wood chips. ** 3/31/10 - 1 load of wood chips. 4/01/10 - 4 loads of wood chips. 4/02/10 - 3 loads of wood chips. 4/05/10 - 3 loads of wood chips. 4/08/10 - 3 loads of wood chips. 4/09/10 - 4 loads of wood chips. 4/12/10 - 4 loads of wood chips. 4/14/10 - 4 loads of wood chips. 4/16/10 - 4 loads of wood chips. 4/21/10 - 1 load of wood chips. 4/29/10 - 2 loads of wood chips. 5/04/10 - 2 loads of wood chips. 5/19/10 - 1 load of wood chips. 6/03/10 - 1 load of wood chips. 8/25/10 - 2 loads of wood chips. 8/31/10 - 2 loads of wood chips. 9/07/10 - 1 load of wood chips. 9/08/10 - 1 load of wood chips. 9/14/10 - 1 load of wood chips. 10/4/10 - 1 load of wood chips.
**each load is what a '95 Ford Escort wagon will hold.
4/10/10 - saw the pair of ducks a few times this week. They enjoyed the ponds.
5/9/10 - 30 degrees this morning.
5/10/10 - It doesn't look like too much frost damage. Most of the damage was done to the Hostas with fragrant flowers. There was also one area of the gardens, that must be cooler than the rest, that had damage (section between the deck & first Pine tree). The Fern-leaf Peonies didn't care for the cold. Hosta 'Sunny Disposition' was the Hosta most affected by the frost.
6/15/10 - Hostas to Laura: August Moon Holy Mole June Paradigm plantaginea Touch of Class Whirlwind.
7/31/10 - plantaginea 'Aphrodite' to Diane the mail carrier.
8/16/10 - Emma to DeAnn, Tick Tock to Sue W.
8/22/10 - August Moon, Dick Ward, Dust Devil & Fire Island to Dick & Sarah.
8/23/10 - Fern-Leaf Peony to Sue W. & Tick Tock to Kay.
8/26/10 - plantaginea 'Aphrodite', Dick Ward & Fire Island to Don & Mary.
8/28/10 - Sun Power to Kim. Cathedral Windows & plantaginea 'Aphrodite' to Tami & Randy.
8/29/10 - Fire Island to Tami on Garden View by Westview.
9/12/10 - Fire Island, June, Paradigm & plantaginea to Sheila from spinning.
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2009 (2009)11/8/08 - Received the first catalog for '09 from Naylor Creek.
11/9/08 - Placed first order for '09 with Naylor Creek.
11/25/08 - Ordered Mark Zilis' 'The Hostapedia' (received on 4/9/09).
5/6/09 - Saw our first Hummingbird.
5/13/09 - Saw a couple of frogs in one of the ponds.
10/29/09 - Received the first catalog for '10 from Naylor Creek.
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2008 (2008)11/21/07 - Placed first order, for 2008, with Naylor Creek.
12/3/07 - Planted a small amount of Galaxy and Korean Snow seeds and quite a bit of Blue Lightning seeds.
12/20/07 - One each of Galaxy, Blue Lightning & Korean Snow have sprouted (have to look hard to see them).
1/17/08 - planted more Blue Lightning seeds.
1/30/08 - One Blue Lightning sprouted from 1/17/08 batch, can barely see it.
3/18/08 - first Hosta order arrived from clayton3887 on eBay.
4/22/08 - Saw the first Hosta eyes of the year on a NOID outside.
4/28/08 - Saw eyes on a second Hosta, 'Fragrant Blue'. It is tempting to remove the mulch from the Hostas to see if there are more eyes poking up. So far I have not checked under the mulch for eyes.
4/30/08 - Saw eyes on #3 - plantaginea. They have to start popping pretty soon. Went out later and saw eyes on Fragrant Fire.
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2007 (2007)2007
Just getting ready for a new year.
Started some seeds today (1/16/07). This week has seen green starting to appear, 2/9/07.
Ten orders as of 2/8/07, about done for ordering. Will have to see if Direct Source Hostas has there grab bag sale around June.
Planted Lupine and Delphinium seeds on 3/15/07.
Lupine seeds started sprouting on 3/18/07.
Clark & Laura toured the gardens on 5/28/07.
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Magnet Photos (2008)Photos made into magnets.
These were printed four photos per 4x6 photo paper. The photos were applied to magnet sheets which have adhesive. They were then trimmed to size.
Each photo magnet is about the size of a credit card.
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Requested Photos II (2007)Rainforest Sunrise Photos from 2007. The Hosta is young.
My highest resolution is about 1.5 megs.
Camera is a 3.3 megapixel camera.
The ORIGINAL size is the largest photo. If you can use any of these I could email you the ones you would like to use.
You may click-on any photo to view a larger photo.
John
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