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April 21 1983 - Thursday - 38° at 5:30. Mostly fair - Good to see sun again - cool breeze. To Mass. I checked table cloths with Helen for Garden Club meeting next week - we'll use hers. To town for gasoline, bank, Grand Central and Brunetti's. Wes moved one of Oliver hemlock to place behind Rhododendron; across path. Realigned Bog Garden path. I transplanted Jacob's Ladder & Wood daisy to shade garden. We made Sauerkraut-Sausage Pork Chop dish in new Superstone Roasting Pan - very good. 1984 - Holy Saturday - 42° at 5:30. Sun coming up. Sunny beautiful - cold windy. Needed jackets even to work. Did wash - transplanted balance of boxes and leucothoe that had rooted to larger pots. To church at 9:30 to help Louise with Easter flowers. Wes transplanted viburnum, spirea - bog oak - connected garden well pump. I took wire and Ross netting covers from azaleas and rhododendrons - transplanted Maidenhair Spleenwort to bog - dug around ledge stone in North grass plot - watered transplants 1985 - Sunday - 48° at 6 AM. Sunny - very warm. Thunder in late afternoon but no rain. To 8 o'clock Mass. Gave 5 "Early Pick" tomatoes to Gizella - Wes put in Solar Fan and front door screen - opened skylights. To Coggeshalls at 12:15 - nice visit & good lunch as usual - home at 5 pm. I watered lettuce and most transplants on South side. 1986 - Monday - 48° at 6 AM - Cloudy - had a small shower overnight - not measurable. Rained lightly in morning - cloudy afternoon - rain at 6 pm - 4/10 inch in all. Left 29 seedlings (trees) at Hartcorns - to Stop & Shop Liquor - Caldor for fishing line - Marcus - Bank - Post Office - no mailing envelopes for Cornell's pot handle but mailed card & check to John Millar for his wedding - Lunch - nap - out to put 3 bags of Hollytone (75 lbs) on Azaleas, Rhododendron, etc. - finished just before rain - good timing. Stayed up to see Charters & Caldicott again at 11 pm. 1987 - Tuesday - 59° at 6 AM. Cloudy - became fair, warm beautiful day. First day of work at Ballard Garden - had a good crew and cleaned up all but two of the beds. Shopped for a few groceries enroute home. Wes had finished the extension of the water line to the side of the Solar - turned on the pumps - in service for water! He dug a hole off the deck - we added a lot of peat & compost and moved the Enkianthus there from under the bird feeders. Stripped all sod from area off deck. Added lime to vegetable bed - raked it smooth. April 22 1983 - Friday - 34° at 6 AM - Mostly sunny day. House chores early - left at 9 for NYBG - Rock Garden Plant sale - bought three trays full - Walked in Rock Garden and Native garden - home via Poundridge Nurseries - ordered two big Hemlock for delivery Monday. Wes started digging holes for them - hit ledge in several places - discouraging. I planted the dwarf Rhododendron - Azalea - Andromeda along Bog Path also hitting ledge down a shovel depth. Early dinner as worked at St. Eliz. Seton Antique Show taking tickets at East Ridge School 7-10. 1984 - Easter Sunday - 32° at 6 AM - Sunny. Wes has a sore throat - my cold is almost over. Beautiful day, strong wind and cold - a coat felt good. To 8 o'clock Mass. Prepared for Eileen and Mary's visit - here at noon with Boo - glistening white. Had cocktails in Solar, had to pull shades it was so warm. Good dinner if we do say - we had boned the leg of lamb! They left about 5. We cleaned up and read papers. 1985 - Monday - 54° at 6:30. Fair - thunder after 3 PM - no rain (light sprinkles only) until after dinner To Edith Miffley's to meet Hawsie Nash on Memorial Garden plan - from there to Brunetti - Greenhouse for soil. Stop & Shop. Stecks delivered 3 each Rhododendron and Laurel - one Hemlock - Wes had placed. We planted them along Bog Path - Hemlock on Wood Knoll - Wes had transplanted the native azalea to Garden Room. Cut grass. Ordered Waldsteinia ternata for Memorial Garden from Wayside. 1986 - Tuesday - 42° at 6 AM - Sunny - became cloudy late afternoon. To Mass. We went to Ballard Garden right after and planted the two Rosebushes at the wooden arbor - mailed handle of Revere pot back to Cornells - finally. Wes in shop. I transplanted strawberries into pots for Garden Mart. To Waccabuc for lunch as guest of Patty Stecknoth - then to RGC meeting at Billie Newell's - home at 5 pm. Wes had raked leaves from North Slope - had time in shop. Alex brought son Bob to see grounds. 1987 - Wednesday - 56° at 6 AM. Mostly clear day - windy and cooler in afternoon. To Mass. Father Ed there - Father Medynski in Rome. Wes put in Piper pump - a big job to empty and clean the pool. I planted Heuchera taken from wood knoll to cliff path - cut off last year's deadheads from Pieris Japonica. After lunch to Stecks - no rhododendron - to Hollandia via lots of back roads - new country to us - no rhododendron but bought Viburnum Carlesi - planted it along cliff path under deck. Mixed sand and compost and put it in bog garden. Dead tired
