I watered the baskets and tubes. I also turned the water on the kidney. The topaz melon continues to grow. There was a lot of squash.
Here are photos of the squash that I picked this morning. After lunch this afternoon, I shredded a box of garden magazines.The Life of Merrill and Carol Johnson
I write all most every day of what goes on in our home in the garden and in the nursery. We are ordinance workers at the Manti Temple on the Tuesday morning shift and the Saturday evening shift. In addition there are several trips to Utah county a couple of times a month and a few short trips to other mountain west areas. Our family is most important to us. All of our children live in Utah except one who lives in Kentucky.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Monday, August 17, 2026
Car Fixed
This morning after breakfast I mowed the lawn. I removed all of the garden hoses that were on the lawns, The lawn mower started right up. I put air in the tires and began to mow. I started on the front lawn and run out of gas while I was on the front driveway, sometime ago, I got a new gas can and filled it with gas. As hard as I tried, I couldn't pour gas in the lawnmower tank. Finally poured in an old container and then poured it into the lawnmower tank. I then mowed the front lawn, the east lawn, and most of the back lawn. Carol came out and reminded me that I was to take the car to Fillmore to get the front right fender fixed. The mechanics fixed it and I didn't cost me anything. I came home and finished mowing the lawn.
I mowed all of the lawns today.I had a sweet potato for supper.
The people at the garage the front fender on the right side.A small topaz melon is in the above photo. It is a little larger than an olive.
Sunday, August 16, 2026
Ice Cream Social
Church meeting went well. This evening we went to an ice cream social. It was hosted by the Harmon's and Hillestads. Some of our friends were there. I watered the baskets and tubs two times today. I also watered the corn.
Saturday, August 15, 2026
Cleaned Garage Some
Carol found a large metal pot in the pantry that contained dried food. If we had to leave Holden in a hurry, we would have some food that would sustain us for some time. I looked in the garage for some more; I found a bag that was full of dried food and a bucket that contained other needed items. I picked some sweet corn and chucked it. Carol boiled it and then we cut the corn of the cob. It is now in the freezer. We had warm-ups for lunch. Later we rode around town. We drove around town and then went north on the frontage road. There was a flood of muddy water late last night.
This is a hippity-hop that some of our kids played with when they were younger.Friday, August 14, 2026
Good Rain
After the chores were done, we drove to Fillmore and filled the car with gas. We then bought some groceries. Some of our friends were also getting groceries. I found some figs in greenhouse six. Two of them were ripe, which I ate. They were good. I watered the plants on the front porch. It rained some this morning, and we had a good rain during the night.
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Payson & Linden
We headed north this morning. The traffic was pretty light all way to Payson. We stopped at the Payson temple and attended the session. After the session we stopped at Sam's Club and bought cat food and some groceries. We then drove to Linden and had a nice visit with Carol's sister, Nyleen.
When we got home, I picked two ears of corn. We had a good rain for a few minutes. It didn't last long enough.Nyleen had a beautiful flowering shrub. Carol picked three stems and brought them home.







