6/3

today i decided i needed to plant some of the stuff i had started from seed
i am way behind on this
because one of the things
that has kept me from enjoying my garden this spring
has been the lack of sunlight;
my neighbors installed a fence that blocks much of my morning light
and our ornamental cherry has grown so tall
that it blocks much of the light in the afternoon

i can't do much about the fence
but i keep trying to prune the tree,
but as i said
it's grown quite tall
and my 7' ladder only gets me up about 12'

today however
i couldn't see putting all this effort into planting
and not get any results
so i managed to climb up
and cut down a pretty sizable branch
that was just barely in range of my saw
i'm not sure how many minutes of sun i gained
but it gave me the hope that my garden would yield something
this summer

btw: if you are on mac
(or have an ipad or android)
skitch is a pretty cool free app
that allows you to notate images