Weekend gardening 周末花园护理(1) pruning and seedling 春季剪枝，室内育苗

This winter is the most damaged winter we've never had since we lived here. We had a huge snow storm which they called "the storm of the century". Broken branches from the trees and brushes are all over the place. We lost quiet few plants this year, including my favorite rosemary bush. Guess what, we won't have fresh rosemary bread for a while....... Oh well, that happens from time to time, I suppose. That told me that not all plants in our garden are native here. I shouldn't be surprised when this happened.  I can start over again.
自从我们般来这里，这个冬天是破坏性最大的一个冬天。“世纪风暴”把我们家的花园打得乱七八糟，断树枝，冻死的灌木处处可见。包括我最喜欢的 rosemary。可想而知，想吃新鲜的rosemary面包还要等一段时间吧。好惨！不过，大自然告诉我们，我们家有些植物不是本地原始植物，失去它们，我们也不应该吃惊。没关系，从新再来。

It is February now and still winter here. I thought the temperature should be on the rise soon. But I heard we will have snow again tomorrow. I am glad that I have finished pruning my Rose bushes and Hydrangea last weekend. Here are some pictures from our garden. I am not expert to do this pruning business. Looks like the way I have been doing worked OK so far.
已经是二月天了，天气应该逐渐转暖了，我们这里好像还是严冬，刚听到天气预报说明天又要下雪了。幸亏上周末给一些灌木剪了枝。这个周末不想在外面挨冻。下面的一组照片是我在院子里一边剪一边拍的。我没学过专业剪枝，只是看过些书，照猫画虎，这几年我们的植物好像还好。没多大问题，年年开花。

This is one of my rose bushes. The picture below is before and after. It has 6 branches now instead of 14. Looks better, don't you think?
这是其中的一棵玫瑰花，左边是剪枝前，右边是剪枝后。14只分枝剪后变成6只分枝。


I couldn't count how many branches it had before I pruned. All I know is that it looks a lot cleaner than before.
这个剪枝前枝太多，数不清了，剪枝后干净多了。


We have 15 rose bushes in our rose garden. Quiet few were damaged by the snow storm this year. Those removed branches filled out my wagon, 5 times....... They were a lot of branches........
好多玫瑰花被大雪／冰雪压断了枝，剪枝后轻松多了。我家一共有15棵玫瑰花，剪掉的枝装了满满5推车。


Remember our Hydrangea? They had blue, big bundle of flowers in the summer.
还记得我家的绣球花吗？蓝色的，大朵的。。。。。。。。


Here are what they looked like last weekend. They were in bad shape. Oh well, the branches were touching the groud were removed totally. Plus, I gave them a good hair cut.
下图是给绣球花剪枝。房子边的绣球花被“世纪风暴”打得落花流水，惨不忍睹。我也是毫不留情，所有倒在地上的全部剪掉，我的原则是不允许歪歪斜斜的。


It took me couple hours to prune them. Those branches filled up 3 wagons.
花了我2小时才把它们剪完。装了3车垃圾。。。。。。


Start vegetable seedling in door:
I started seedling in door for eggplants and peppers. I bought some 3 oz plastic containers. They are less than $5. Poked 3 holes in each container. Filled them with some seedling soil. Add 2 to 4 seeds and cover them with seedling soil again per seed package. Water them, cover and keep them in warm place. And wait............. Don't forget to label them. Otherwise, you won't remember which is which. Trust me, I've done that before.
室内蔬菜育苗：
上周末我开始为茄子和辣椒育苗了（早了些，也许吧）。买了一些 3oz 小塑料盒子，杯底扎3个洞，装入种子专用土壤，放入2－4粒种子。再盖上种子专用土壤，浇水，盖好盖子保湿，放到暖和的地方，1－2星期就会发芽了。不要忘记写标签哦，不然最后你都不知道哪个是哪个了，哈哈哈。。。。。。。


上星期六就这样忙了大半天，晚上有人犒劳请我去外面吃希腊餐，（这还差不多。）酒足饭饱后，看了晚场电影，星期天睡到快中午了，懒懒散散，轻轻松松过完了这个周末。。。。。。。
噢，有剪得不对的地方还请大家指教哦！谢谢大家！