Jul

23

In the garden

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I pulled all of my green onions yesterday and planted a new crop.  I also planted a second crop of Snap Peas.

I put the 4th tire on the potatoes today.  I sure hopes this works.  If it does I have two more tires that I placed getting me a total of 6 tire beds.  I have been thinking of using some more tires in the other plot next year.  So maybe one of these weekends I’ll take the truck down to the local tire store and see what I can round up.

The chickens are doing well and I will probably start to see eggs again in September.  They will be six months old the end of September.

Jul

23

It’s warm out there….

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We went down to Big R this afternoon to get me another hose to use in the front yard.  On the way back we took a back road rather than the highway.  What really interested me was the number of vegetable gardens I saw and the size of them.  They were a lot bigger than mine.  They were row gardens, not raised beds like mine and they were big, not real big but big enough.

We have been having temperatures in the 90’s, yesterday and today were 101.  I have been keeping things well watered.  And everything seems to be doing well.

I did notice something interesting, the asparagus that I planted in April is showing signs of life.  After the May/June rains the weeds in that part of the garden just got out of control. I have spent alot of time weeding the strawberries.  The raspberries have faired better because I dug out the old ones and planted new ones so the bed was in pretty good shape to begin with.  Anyway, I have 7 of the 10 Asparagus growing.  I have been weeding and watering them since this discovery and hopefully they will survive.

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    November

    • Nov 6, 2008 First quarter
    • Nov 11, 2008 Veterans' Day
    • Nov 13, 2008 Full moon
    • Nov 17, 2008 Sasha's Birthday
    • Nov 18, 2008 Alfred Johnson's Birthday
    • Nov 19, 2008 Last quarter
    • Nov 21, 2008 Vacation
    • Nov 26, 2008 I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass
    • Nov 27, 2008 New moon
    • Nov 27, 2008 Thanksgiving Day

    December

    • Dec 3, 2008 NA: Death's Half Acre (Deborah Knott Series #14) by Margaret Maron
    • Dec 5, 2008 First quarter
    • Dec 5, 2008 Hair Cut
    • Dec 12, 2008 Full moon
    • Dec 15, 2008 Download: Poisonwood Bible
    • Dec 15, 2008 Due back: SCLD -The Brass Verdict
    • Dec 19, 2008 Last quarter
    • Dec 20, 2008 Due Back to SCLD: Testimony, The Guest House
    • Dec 21, 2008 Winter Solstice
    • Dec 25, 2008 Christmas Day
    • Dec 26, 2008 Vacation Day
    • Dec 27, 2008 New moon
    • Dec 29, 2008 Due back to SCLD: A Lesson Before Dying

    January

    • Jan 3, 2009 Due back to SCLD: Lake of Sorrows, The Likeness, A Thousand Splendid Suns
    • Jan 4, 2009 First quarter
    • Jan 6, 2009 Death's half acre [BOOK ON CD]
    • Jan 11, 2009 DUE: The Hour I First Believed
    • Jan 20, 2009 New Release: The Devil's Punchbowl by Greg Iles

    March

    • Mar 3, 2009 New Release: Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult

    August

    • Aug 17, 2009 Richard Pfaeffle's Birthday

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    • Nov 17, 2009 Sasha's Birthday

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