Not so far. Yesterday saw me out breaking new ground to expand the garden, plowing same, and planting. For those curious: heirloom tomato plants; english peas; brussel sprouts; leeks; turnips; green, red, yellow, and chocolate bell peppers; yellow crook neck squash; zuchinni; habanero peppers; jalapeno peppers; purple carrots; healthmaster carrots; and radishes. I also started moving the herbs up to the rock and flower garden by the back deck. The half that wasn’t being used is being converted to an herb bed (removing large rocks and replacing with garden soil), and I plan to move the remaining flowers out this fall and make it just an herb bed then. Herbs to date are chives, cilantro, curly parsley, flat parsley, purple basil, thai basil, dill, and thyme. Need more brussel sprouts and leeks, also plan to add marjoram and some other herbs once I get that area expanded a bit more. Still need to plant thai pepper seeds too… Where I want to plant the next two fruit trees is now prepared and marked as well. I also got the flag pole flower bed planted and flowers in the two big pots out front as well Friday evening—the pots need more plants though.
I had also planned to mow both yards (more like hayfields since I missed a week), but only got the house yard. I hope the garden does as well as the lawn, as I swear you can just about see the grass and weeds growing… I picked up a LOT more sun than planned or realized, and forgot to wear a hat a good chunk of the day, so the scalp may be a bit pink along with arms and neck. Yep, I am a red neck right now, fo sho. I think I hurt worse last night than I did during the bike ride last weekend, it did not make for a good night’s sleep.
Speaking of riding, I also took my riding bike (the other is the errand bike at work) to the other bike store (not the one where I bought it), and tried a new seat, bought same. Smaller is indeed better. The person helping me had me ride it outside and do some riding inside the store, with the net result that some other adjustments were made as well. All-in-all, a much better ride. Now to get some road work in with it to truly test things out (can change the seat out in the next 30 or so days if needed/desired), not going to happen with the rain today it appears.
Jenny is not happy right now. We had a thunderstorm roll through, and she actually got up partly in my lap. Thunder, gun shots, fireworks—those just do not make her happy. She wouldn’t actually sit in my lap, but sort of next to and over me, leaning into me for all she was worth and trembling to beat the band. I managed to get two melatonin tabs in her before it got too bad, and she finally decided to get out of my lap and just be at my feet. Semi-attached to them, mind you, but…
More soon, and I promise to get caught up on e-mail here shortly.
LW
