Spring at 83 Durant

Spring is in full effect here at 83 Durant! Check out our daffodils! Unfortunately, our dog can be rather rude, and has taken to sitting in the middle of the flower bed. Argh. What to do?

We had a busy and productive weekend here at 83 Durant. We took care of boring stuff like draining and re-filling the boiler today. We also had the pleasure of our excellent gardening friend, Jess, coming out to help us get our garden plot in order. We did a ton of raking (oh the leaves! You'd think we were busy with something last fall!) and general spiffying up of the yard. We didn't plant anything, but we did get all the "moo doo" into the garden plot, and made plans for where things should go. The strawberry plants are already running around their area, and some herbs (chives, some others) are already popping up! Nice! Thanks so much for your help, Jess! This year's garden will probably be less ambitious. We're hoping to start a rhubarb patch (any suggestions on where to get good plants welcome!) and probably some tomatoes. Maybe some pumpkins, but probably a lot of flowers, since we don't have as much time for gardening this year.


I put mulch around the rose bushes; it's amazing how much better those beds look with just the addition of mulch!


We also set up the bird bath, this time in the front garden plot rather than in the yard, where it got in the way of grilling. Plus, we will be able to see any visiting birds from the front windows. Nice!


The little apple tree is starting to bud! I wonder if we'll get any fruit this year. Carter surveys the work we've done -- not bad!



Jake has also been making final fixes to the kitchen storm door, adding the thingy that closes it, and painting around the edge of the trim.

Of course, after getting all that work done, we needed a place to relax -- good thing Jake set up the hammock!

The beautiful weather continues, so maybe we'll get more done this week! Happy Spring!