<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Garden @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Garden) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 grerp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:36:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Garden @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Added to the garden</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/added_to_the_garden.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/added_to_the_garden.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=added%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fgarden</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While we were up north last weekend I came across some Gaillardia growing on a pile of bulldozed gravel growing by the dumpsters.  It was gorgeous, so I took a couple of plants home with us and planted them in the garden.  I hope they come]]></description></item><item><title>Scraping and Painting</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/scraping_and_painting.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/scraping_and_painting.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=scraping%5Fand%5Fpainting</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Looking back at my to-do  list, let's see how far I've gotten.  Summer is coming to a close, and I've probably got only 6-8 more weeks outside to accomplish projects.  Here's what I wrote in the beginning of May, along with]]></description></item><item><title>Planting and weeding</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/planting_and_weeding.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/planting_and_weeding.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=planting%5Fand%5Fweeding</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Finally, after the cold and the rain whooshed out, I've been able to get out in the yard and do some stuff.  This week I've done some bush trimming, some weeding of various areas, some mulching, and, most fun, some flower planting.]]></description></item><item><title>The sun&apos;ll come out...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_sunll_come_out.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_sunll_come_out.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fsunll%5Fcome%5Fout</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[...hopefully again tomorrow.  After almost a week of rain, Max and I were quite ready to get out in the yard again.  And look at what was there to greet us!  Lovely irises.  The lilacs are almost gone, the pink dogwoods have peake]]></description></item><item><title>Back outside</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/back_outside.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/back_outside.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=back%5Foutside</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Spring is here!!!Finally!!!After about 5 consecutive days of rain/drizzle, we had a beautiful sunny day today, so Max and I were back in the yard. Last week I did a bunch of yard work, cleaning up everything after the long winter, fixing the new tree]]></description></item><item><title>More update</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/more_update.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/more_update.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=more%5Fupdate</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I forgot to mention, in my update on Max, that he's in a very affectionate stage right now. I think it may have a little to do with separation anxiety, as he is quite shy with strangers, and doesn't like to see me go, but I'm enjoying it]]></description></item><item><title>Back to the garden</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/back_to_the_garden.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/back_to_the_garden.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=back%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fgarden</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Since the weather this weekend was (finally!!!) good enough to venture outside into, I did some more work in the yard. Saturday I trimmed the bushes in the front which necessitated some tree carnage as our conifer on the corner of the house had almos]]></description></item><item><title>Marriage in the balance</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/marriage_in_the_balance.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/marriage_in_the_balance.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=marriage%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fbalance</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Okay, not really.  But there was quite the fracas at Chez Potter last night over the sweet pea in the garden.For the last several years J. has been focusing his efforts on making the front yard presentable. He did quite a lot of work on developing a]]></description></item><item><title>Worked myself into a coma Saturday...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/worked_myself_into_a_coma_saturday.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/worked_myself_into_a_coma_saturday.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=worked%5Fmyself%5Finto%5Fa%5Fcoma%5Fsaturday</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[...but now we have hostas in the way back of our yard and snapdragons and pansies around the patio (which is almost completely mulched - only one little section remains to be done). I also cleaned the house for my in-laws and made my MIL breakfast on]]></description></item><item><title>Gardening</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/gardening.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/gardening.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gardening</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We did more yardwork this weekend. J. put in a little addition to our patio for the grill and I ripped up grass, pulled up and cut out that nefarious rosebush by the roots, and planted hostas that Dad gave me. It&#39;s kind of amazing. I can clean my]]></description></item><item><title>Nice Saturday</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/nice_saturday.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/nice_saturday.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nice%5Fsaturday</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today it was very warm (about 60 degrees). The flowers are beginning to come up; in fact, the crocus already are. They are poking their purple, white, and yellow heads up in my backyard flower bed. Later on in the afternoon it was even sunny. I did s]]></description></item><item><title>Yard ornamentation</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/yard_ornamentation.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/yard_ornamentation.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2003 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=yard%5Fornamentation</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Okay, normally those two words should never go together, IMO. There are no ceramic dwarves on my lawn, no grandmas bending over, no fake deer or pink flamingos. I&#39;ve been conditioned from birth by my father to think those things are the height of]]></description></item><item><title>Kitchen - done.  Garage - done.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/kitchen__done__garage__done.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/kitchen__done__garage__done.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2003 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=kitchen%5F%5Fdone%5F%5Fgarage%5F%5Fdone</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Okay, here's my rundown of accomplished tasks:Clean bathrooms & wax floorsClean kitchen & wax floorOrganize and clean garageI still have to do two windows and two doors, put in the brick patio, clean all hardwood floors and vacuum around]]></description></item></channel></rss>