Get comfy, this is a LONG one... (grin)
It's Tuesday.
It's Tuesday.
And apparently that's my shopping day.
At least these days...
Anyhow.
I was up and at the store by 7:30.
(Yes, I know Rod & Rozann, you've been at work for
at least 30 minutes and probably an hour+
by now, but this is EARLY for me... lol)
There weren't many people in the store.
Which is always nice.
I gloved and masked, as always.
I needed dog food, as always.
And I got us lots of "not beef" meat.
We have LOTS of beef.
But man (women) can live on beef alone.
AND I got two semi-cute "house dresses".
Something just below the knee with
t-shirt sleeves and nice and flowy...
They were inexpensive and fit the criteria.
So I got two.
One in each color.
Hahaha.
Anyhow.
When I got home, Kyle was up!
That's unusual!
It was only 8:30!
He's pretty sure he has a pinched nerve again,
so he hasn't been sleeping very well lately.
Anyhow, he was up.
We toured the garden together,
strung up another pole bean,
planted 3 rows of kale
and 6 replacement yellow squash plants.
Oh yeah, I texted people, but didn't mention it here.
When we sprayed the entire garden with
fish emulsion (VERY diluted) the ENTIRE
garden went nuts - the okra literally grew
2" overnight!
Except the yellow squash.
It killed them.
Not ALL the way dead, just nearly dead.
(Princess Bride)\(well, loosely...)
Anyhow.
They "might" come back, in that they are
squashes and are pretty hardy,
but on the off chance they die all the way,
we stuck the last 6 seeds in the ground
in the failed pea row.
And, as mentioned, 3 short-ish rows of kale.
None of us know if we like kale.
But what the heck.
It grows in the heat.
And if we DON'T like it, I'll be willing
to bet the rabbits will.
Anyhow.
Then he had to head to work.
And I headed out to mow.
Moved all the vehicles so I could mow under
them (Kyle put his big trailer and Cat out back
where they belong now that he's done with this
current project at Linda's...)
It always looks better after a good mow.
I locked the horses in the back back pasture
and mowed the middle back (cow) pasture.
The grass is FINALLY starting to grow, what
with the lovely rain we've been getting,
but the weeds were growing faster still,
so I wanted to top those and give the grass
a fighting chance.
I learned a few things.
1. DO NOT mow UNDER the giant willow tree
(with LOW hanging branches) when the big
roll bar thingie is up on the back of the mower.
It will catch on the aforementioned low hanging
branches and you will very nearly get bucked off.
2. It is VERY satisfying to mow over giant ant hills.
3. When you mow out by the road and decide to check
the mailbox on the off-chance you got a check from
the IRS but instead only find junk mail and stick
it under your butt so you don't lose it,
you will lose it anyway. And walk all over the
entire property and NEVER find it.
Good thing it wasn't a check from the IRS!
4. You should NOT bring a carbonated drink
on the lawnmower with you to keep you
hydrated. (I stopped at Sonic for a
Super Sonic Breakfast Burrito after shopping
as a reward for braving Walmart amid Covid-19)
Carbonated drinks do not love to ride on
lawnmowers - it makes them VERY bubbly
and your straw raises up out of the cup
and then ALL the bubbles go FLAT.
Eeeeeuuuuuwww.
Anyhow.
Once I was finished mowing (and searching for the
aforementioned hunk of junk mail...)
I traded the lawnmower for the wheelbarrow and
some clippers, a half bag of potting soil and a
gazillion empty plant pots.
Headed out to the willow with low hanging branches
and clipped off a bunch of them.
Then brought them into the barn (in the shade)
where there is a chair...
trimmed all the leaves off,
dipped the ends in water and rooting hormone
and stuck them in the plant pots with
the potting soil.
We now have a whole row of little sticks in pots.
(And an empty, dog chewed water bottle... how
did I not see that until just NOW???)
Hopefully at least SOME of them will decide
they want to grow up to be nice big willow trees!
We also have a bunch of pots that will hopefully some day
be lovely big moringa trees!
And 3 egg cartons with flower seeds in them.
The garden this morning
(complete with the sad looking squash plants - mid picture
on the right, then the top of the picture - the
2nd half of the row are the zucchini plants.
They LOVE fish emulsion!)
The furthest away row is watermelon,
pole beans and tomatoes.
The row on the left of the picture are the
peppers and broccoli at the front
and a rectangle of okra plants with
(hopefully) carrots in the center.
(but mostly weeds right now...)
And at the far left we have onions!
And something else... peppers?
We actually have a couple of BEANS
on our pole beans!
We are so excited!
This particular bean plant is going NUTS!
All the way up the string and then wrapped
itself around the wood beam at the top!
He also has a bean!
Too small to see in the camera though... I tried!
I needed dog food, as always.
And I got us lots of "not beef" meat.
We have LOTS of beef.
But man (women) can live on beef alone.
AND I got two semi-cute "house dresses".
Something just below the knee with
t-shirt sleeves and nice and flowy...
They were inexpensive and fit the criteria.
So I got two.
One in each color.
Hahaha.
Anyhow.
When I got home, Kyle was up!
That's unusual!
It was only 8:30!
He's pretty sure he has a pinched nerve again,
so he hasn't been sleeping very well lately.
Anyhow, he was up.
We toured the garden together,
strung up another pole bean,
planted 3 rows of kale
and 6 replacement yellow squash plants.
Oh yeah, I texted people, but didn't mention it here.
When we sprayed the entire garden with
fish emulsion (VERY diluted) the ENTIRE
garden went nuts - the okra literally grew
2" overnight!
Except the yellow squash.
It killed them.
Not ALL the way dead, just nearly dead.
(Princess Bride)\(well, loosely...)
Anyhow.
They "might" come back, in that they are
squashes and are pretty hardy,
but on the off chance they die all the way,
we stuck the last 6 seeds in the ground
in the failed pea row.
And, as mentioned, 3 short-ish rows of kale.
None of us know if we like kale.
But what the heck.
It grows in the heat.
And if we DON'T like it, I'll be willing
to bet the rabbits will.
Anyhow.
Then he had to head to work.
And I headed out to mow.
Moved all the vehicles so I could mow under
them (Kyle put his big trailer and Cat out back
where they belong now that he's done with this
current project at Linda's...)
It always looks better after a good mow.
I locked the horses in the back back pasture
and mowed the middle back (cow) pasture.
The grass is FINALLY starting to grow, what
with the lovely rain we've been getting,
but the weeds were growing faster still,
so I wanted to top those and give the grass
a fighting chance.
I learned a few things.
1. DO NOT mow UNDER the giant willow tree
(with LOW hanging branches) when the big
roll bar thingie is up on the back of the mower.
It will catch on the aforementioned low hanging
branches and you will very nearly get bucked off.
2. It is VERY satisfying to mow over giant ant hills.
3. When you mow out by the road and decide to check
the mailbox on the off-chance you got a check from
the IRS but instead only find junk mail and stick
it under your butt so you don't lose it,
you will lose it anyway. And walk all over the
entire property and NEVER find it.
Good thing it wasn't a check from the IRS!
4. You should NOT bring a carbonated drink
on the lawnmower with you to keep you
hydrated. (I stopped at Sonic for a
Super Sonic Breakfast Burrito after shopping
as a reward for braving Walmart amid Covid-19)
Carbonated drinks do not love to ride on
lawnmowers - it makes them VERY bubbly
and your straw raises up out of the cup
and then ALL the bubbles go FLAT.
Eeeeeuuuuuwww.
Anyhow.
Once I was finished mowing (and searching for the
aforementioned hunk of junk mail...)
I traded the lawnmower for the wheelbarrow and
some clippers, a half bag of potting soil and a
gazillion empty plant pots.
Headed out to the willow with low hanging branches
and clipped off a bunch of them.
Then brought them into the barn (in the shade)
where there is a chair...
trimmed all the leaves off,
dipped the ends in water and rooting hormone
and stuck them in the plant pots with
the potting soil.
We now have a whole row of little sticks in pots.
(And an empty, dog chewed water bottle... how
did I not see that until just NOW???)
Hopefully at least SOME of them will decide
they want to grow up to be nice big willow trees!
We also have a bunch of pots that will hopefully some day
be lovely big moringa trees!
And 3 egg cartons with flower seeds in them.
The garden this morning
(complete with the sad looking squash plants - mid picture
on the right, then the top of the picture - the
2nd half of the row are the zucchini plants.
They LOVE fish emulsion!)
The furthest away row is watermelon,
pole beans and tomatoes.
The row on the left of the picture are the
peppers and broccoli at the front
and a rectangle of okra plants with
(hopefully) carrots in the center.
(but mostly weeds right now...)
And at the far left we have onions!
And something else... peppers?
We actually have a couple of BEANS
on our pole beans!
We are so excited!
This particular bean plant is going NUTS!
All the way up the string and then wrapped
itself around the wood beam at the top!
He also has a bean!
Too small to see in the camera though... I tried!
We cut 2 of Kyle's roses and brought them in.
They smell HEAVENLY!
My view while I do a sink full of dishes.
(Which is good for getting all the potting
soil out from under your fingernails...)
And now it's time to get cleaned up,
try on one of my new house dresses,
and get ready for yet ANOTHER zoom meeting!
I'm feeling pretty productive today!
And YOU should too!
(if you made it this far... lol)
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