Phew! That was alot of work.

It was a beautiful day in Trinidad today, warmish for the time of year, and very sunny.  The wind had abated since yesterday, so it was a great day to garden, and that is what we did.  Illijana mowed the entire lawn and the neighbor's property across the street after I had weed whacked the edges.  "Weed whack" means to use a gasoline powered string trimmer to cut down the weeds and grass along the edges of our garden beds.
We used the green grass clippings mixed with limestone, greensand, bone meal, and pelleted chicken manure to complete the mulch job started yesterday.  I also planted 100 dutch iris bulbs that should have been planted months ago.  They were intensively sprouting, and I hope they make it.  I also planted a malva plant which was languishing in a pot for months.

Better late than never bulbs

Later, I added pea supports for the bush peas.  It helps keep the pods up off the ground thus decreasing loss from rot.  We use the winter prunings from the fruit trees for these supports.
I also finished covering the bed I've been working on with mulch.  We have been considering the purchase of a big garden compost tumbler.  We had one for a whole lotta years (and still use pieces of it as the base of a bird feeder) and we like the way it turns out compost which can be used as mulch, but spending $400 on one is a stretch at the moment.

Pea supports (click to enlarge)

Malva and mulch

We have also started talking about attracting orchard mason bees to our yard.  These are solitary bees (not hive types) that like particular kinds of holes for their habitat.  They are very good pollinators.  We worked with them several years ago, but are about to get more serious about it after seeing some native bees in the area.  This involves drilling holes in wood blocks and setting up a conducive place for them to live.

Finally here are a couple of flower pictures (a luminous tulip and a Leontine Gervais rose blooming on the dog run today).