May 2023 week 3
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Comments (45)Remember what I was just saying yesterday???? Crazy. Well, I had a question early on today, so googled the subject followed by okie dawn. My memory is shot! What was it! Well the main point was that a GW post by okie dawn popped up, and I read her long discussion on it--oh I know--it was on easiest vegetables to grow. But then when I checked in on FB, there, front and center, was the notice that today is her birthday. And so I shed tears. How lucky were all of us who benefitted from her kindness and knowledge. I am so thankful for finding her--and all of you. Oh my gosh. . . as I was thinking of her yesterday and today. . .worked so hard in the house AND in the yard. I wanted the deck and yard to look nice for the trail of people who were going to be passing through tomorrow. Getting the lawn mowed proved to be quite the challenge since it has been rainy all week. Since it runs off our yard except toward the back corners, I found a 3-hr window of slightly windy and no rain yesterday and slammed out the enormous ex-driveway and immediate back yard. GDW took pity and asked if I wanted some help in the immediate, and I said, "PLEASE!" I hardly ever accept his help. But was grateful for it yesterday. Then, we had another break of about 3 hours today! And I told him I thought I could slam out the small front yard. Meanwhile, he was weed-eating. I was thinking about Dawn then, too. She never gave a clue that she was in pain or having trouble. But she HAD to be, I would think. And so thinking about that enabled me to get a lot of work done today. Cleaning bathrooms, finishing cleaning on the deck, vacuuming part of the living room, cleaning out the fridge, mowing the front lawn, doing a couple loads of wash. Then a note from our friends at the marina saying they were going to cancel the poker run tomorrow and move it to June 5. I laughed SOOOOOOO hard! Perfect! Got all our deck and house stuff caught up. We get to clean again a bit the week before June 5, but meanwhile, we get to enjoy how spiffy the deck looks. I have a lot of containers and a lot of BIG containers outside--something like a dozen or so. None are native plants. Several are ornamental peppers and/or lettuce/kale/chard. But though I'd like to have a professional container planter person come do these for me, still doesn't look too bad.. Just got a several more sweet potato slips from SESE that I'll have to get to the school tomorrow (except it's supposed to rain all day), or maybe Sunday. Still have a FEW peppers to plant somewhere. I guess here and at school. Well, love to you all. Later....See MoreMay 2023 Week 3
Comments (5)We are trying to get a little more rain. We have been getting rain often, but not much at a time. That old stray dog that has been hanging around is becoming quite a problem, she gets into everything. I dont think she hears well, she walks out in front of traffic, Madge said that it looked like she almost caused a motorcycle wreak. We have no animal control out here and I have no idea who's dog she is. I am still trying to get the south garden cleaned up, but it is a slow go. I am still trying to make room for more plants in the gardens. Looks like I need to plant some green beans....See MoreMay week 4 2023
Comments (21)Lynn, I have more trouble with blight when I start plants early. I don't have any signs of blight yet, but my plants are much younger than yours. I just got through planting 40+ hills of Crimson Sweet watermelon in very wet soil. The melons are not in a good spot, but, it was the only spot I had ready to plant that was protected with a hot wire, and it has been too wet to work more ground. Jennifer, I would like to know what Madge is planting, also. All the plants I have ask about were called something like Rare Orange and Blue Hybrid tomato, or some kind hybrid cucumber. When I ask Madge about the cucumbers, that she order 15 seeds for $6.95, when I already have 1000's of different kinds of cucumber seeds, she said "but these are small cucumbers". I told Madge, "they all were small if you pick them soon enough" . Anyway, Madge has planted 8 cucumber seeds and has 8 nice looking plants. We have a mineral tub out by the garden that has a pretty tomato plant in it, and, a tag that says "Surprise", I feel sure that is not the proper name of that plant. We had a 10 pack of round pots that we just marked "Madge". Neighbor is almost as bad, I like to mark each container, but they only mark the tray, sometimes plants have a way of getting out of their tray, and visiting other areas. Anyway, we are having fun. The greenhouse only has sweet potato slips to pull and summer squash that is just now sprouting. I have about 3 tomato plants that are marked "Mrs. Maxwell", I am impressed with the plants. I also have a few plants that are marked "Beef Maestro", that are impressive, those seeds came from Nancy. I also got some seeds from Nancy that I marked "Old German", those plants have impressed me for about 3 years, but I have not been able to get them to last all summer. Our summer can really be tough on tomatoes. I also have "Bush Beefsteak" from Nancy, that have been impressive, but they sprout leg and walk off. I also had a package of "Beef Master", the Beef Master looked very nice, but they seem to walk off also. I have to laugh at all of this, we are all the same, we all want to grab the biggest piece of cake and go eat it before anyone can take it away from us. I moved a lot of wood chips today, but I wore a mask this time, and, did not work as long, maybe I wont get sick this time. These were fresher chips and did not have any mold in them....See MoreJune 2023 Week 3
Comments (17)Thanks, Amy. The trip went well. I'm just trying to not to cry every 5 minutes. My heart hurts. It was so hard to leave him there. We left out Monday morning by (rented) car and flew back today. Came back to the heat and humidity. And I know it could be worse. It's been a decent year for us here. BUT....Oregon climate. Sigh. So nice. The area we stayed in is called Sellwood. There's a lot of small gardens that are very productive and beautiful. Plants simply thrive there. Ethan is currently living very near Sellwood. It's a really fun area. The houses are cute and the yards are my type of beautiful. As we drove through Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, and Oregon, I really took note of their wildflowers. It was fun. I wanted to stop the car every 20 minutes and look....but, we couldn't. Stella's family has a small garden. My neighbor did a great job of caring for the pets. But, they are all so happy to see us. Minus Ethan. I sent him picture of them all. We did a quick grocery shop, walked Josi, and I looked at the garden. It was nearly dark, but I got another bunch of asparagus, about 2 quarts of green beans, and 4 nearly ripe tomatoes. It all looks pretty good, considering the aphids. The tomatoes definitely have disease, but we'll do what we can with them. The plants are loaded are loaded with fruit. Most of it is quite large. And I ate my first sungold tonight. It was SO good. It's back to work tomorrow. I told Mom that we would go to lunch and I would tell her about our trip. She picked us up from the airport, but I just couldn't really talk about it all. Too tired. And too emotional. She is also constantly trying not to cry. E is a unique person. And, she will miss him a lot. He is very careful with her feelings and mindful to talk to her often. About deep things. She loves all her grandkids equally in different ways....but she will miss this one a lot. I'm sure all of you moms and grandmoms who are close to your kids totally understand. Hope everyone's gardens are pretty and productive....See MoreHU-422368488
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