Life Goes On

It has once again been awhile since my last blog entry. Time seems to be flying by even though it has been a long long Winter. But with Spring slowly coming our way and hopefully with the warmer weather, things with pick up and I will get out and about more.
I decided that I would start mowing our yard starting this season rather than paying someone else to do it. The exercise will do me good. I went out and got myself a top rated Honda mower that has electronic start and is self propelled. This thing is a beast...very heavy duty and the self propelled system takes a little getting used to. It will give me a good workout in the Summer. I had to a new grass trimmer and a new grass edger...both of which are battery operated. I had previously purchased a battery operated leaf/grass blower. Now I have all of the tools needed for the yard upkeep.
I cleaned out the shed so that there would be room for all of my outdoor tools and equipment.
This upcoming Spring season I will be busy landscaping. I had a ton of plants coming in before the end of April. Last year I planted some peonies and quite a few are already showing signs of life after the cold of Winter. I will be planting a lot of daylilies. I chose many different types and colors. Daylilies are very colorful and easy to grow. They need little care and at the end of the growing season you just cut them down to the ground and they will easily return the following year.  Once every 2-3 years I might have to separate and prune them out since they tend to be prolific growers and spread out quite a bit. But at least they will fill up the gardens that I have.
I have decided to not grow any vegetables this year. So this year there will be no fresh tomatoes, corn nor sweet peppers. I want to focus on planting the flowers and new plants in the garden and get them growing well.
Maybe next year I will get back to the vegetable gardens.
We were supposed to be going to Venice, Italy in a month or so but unfortunately with the corona virus Venice has been closed off to the outside world. We are looking at alternative destinations that will be somewhat safer to visit. No decisions have been made as of yet but we are researching a couple of possibilities. We will save Venice for the Fall, at which time hopefully the virus will have run its course.