Several Projects Today

1. Install hose bib timer to the pressure tank at the well.  Last year and previous years I had to turn the water on and remember to turn it off.  The water goes to pad one which holds large native shrubs and trees.
2. I have one sweet potato start the I put in a quart pot.
3. Prepare and invoice for the Holden ward for the Mother's Day geraniums.
4. Pot the rooted tomato plants.
5. Remove the lid from the wasp trap.
6. Call Steve at Duff Shelley's lawn mower repair shop.

  There are a lot of stinky weeds in the scallions.  They really stink. I started cutting the roots with a pair of scissors; that was too slow.  I pulled them up.  Looks much better now.

Yesterday I pruned the tomato plants in house one.  I stuffed them into this quart bottle. They should begin to root by the end of the month,

Yesterday, I made this salad with most everything coming from out gardens.  I ate half of it yesterday and the rest of it for lunch today.

Carol wanted her lemon trees brought out.  It has been hard to keep them standing.  I tried several different ways.  One year I tied them to conduit stakes.  That worked most of the time, but the wind blew them over.  I have put them in a pot in a pot.  I drove spikes through the bottom of the pot.  The wind still blew them over.  To day I dug holes and buried the pots.  They should not blow over now.  I will dig them up and bring the back to the greenhouse where they will spend the winter.

I took these vine plants outside yesterday afternoon to harden off or get accustom to the outdoor climate.  This afternoon they were pretty wilted.  I rook them back to house two and tonight they looking good.

 I put the rooted cuttings in the four inch square pots and watered them well.  They should be ready to plant in house six in a couple of weeks.

 I called Shelley's about my lawnmower.  I think that I will have a new engine put in.  I gave Steve the serial and model number.  He called later this evening.  It will cost nearly $3,000 for the engine, taxes, and shipping.  The above picture shows the location of the numbers.

I planted six more tomato Tasmanian Chocolate tomato.  Three are shown above.

Another look at the lemon tree.

This lawnmower has been in house five for a lot of years.  Richard is beginning to fix it.  Here it is in several pieces.


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Not One Wasp

After doing a few chores, I headed for Fillmore.  My suit has not been cleaned for a long time.  It is hard to take to the cleaners up north and pick it up on the same day.  I left it at the Kessler's Cleaners in Fillmore.  It will be ready Friday morning.

I bought some wire in Fillmore to make Tomahooks.  I brought it home and the wire was stiff and hard to bend.

I am getting the water Friday morning.  I filled the spray tank that rides on the mower.  It took awhile to prime the pump.  I rode to our ditch and sprayed the weeds.  I was able to get most of them with out getting off the lawnmower.  I sprayed all the weeds on our side of the road from Mary's driveway to the north west corner of our place.  I used all of the spray.   The mower engine was not working properly.  I sounded like it was not get gas or there was not a spark all the time.  I am a little disappointed with Duff Shelley mower service.

I made a tossed salad with the lettuce, tomatoes, radishes from the garden.  I used frozen peas from our garden last year.  Salad dressing, raison, and sunflower seeds from the marked.

After lunch I planted the tomato plants.  There is one row of Delicious tomato plants, which have been a favorite of ours.  There are thirteen plants.  A couple of them are quite large and some are small and some are in between. The picture is from the back of the garden looking east.  last year there were iris plants and a lot of weeds there.  It is more free of weeds this year.  I sprayed some of them west of the iris.

Here are eight Tasmanian Chocolate tomato plants.  They were free seeds.  One catalog said the plants were two to three tall and another one said three to four feet tall.  Tomato size is eight to twelve ounces.  Seventy day determinate plants.

I couldn't use the wire for Tomahooks, but it will be perfect for the grape plants.  It is a little hard to see the wire.  I also dug more weeds north of the grape trellis.

The pictures that I take with my smart phone from time to time do not show up well.  I found a two more flat tree basket cages.  I was able to make twenty Tomahooks.   I was able to make two or three per minute.  I hung more tomatoes to the overhead wire.   I also pruned more branches.  There are about twenty in a quart mayonnaise bottle.  They will begin rooting in about ten days.


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Most of the Day in Utah County

We left home this morning a little after seven to be at the Murdock Hyundai for a 9:00 service appointment for our car.  We made it to the north I-15 enter-change.  I forgot the ink cartridges for my printer.  We turned around and went back to Holden.   What I really forgot was that I forgot that I put it on the back seat of the car. While at home we picked up the $10.00 service coupon.  We were at Murdock's ten minutes early.

We stopped at Sam's Club for some supplies.  I bought Carol a Nook at Barnes and Noble.  One the way home we stopped at Costco to have the ink cartridges refilled.

We met Lisa and Alex for lunch at The Olive Garden in American Fork.  We had a good lunch of ravioli with sauce, salad, and bread sticks.

A couple of tomato plants are growing well.  I tied one of the branches to a bamboo stake.  They are in-named.  I dug up a volunteer last fall.

Tasmanian Chocolate tomato seeds that a planted thirteen days ago have come up and doing well. They are free seeds that I got from Renee's Garden.



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Sharpening and New Bench

I started in the garage after the 8:00 news.

Yesterday at the DI, I bought a small cushion for $2.00 for the tractor and lawnmower.  Ride with comfort now.

I built a base out of a piece of 3/8 plywood.  The sharpener will be more stable with a solid base.  I could only find two lag screws of the right size.  I used an other one that was a little two long.  I used four small washers to keep it from going all the way through the base.

Trying my had at sharpening my a saw blade.  I had to move the sharpener by the open door to let some light come in.  I couldn't see if the carbide tip was sharp.  I pulled the motor lever with my left hand to the tip and with my right hand I turned the blade against the diamond grinder.  Then I pushed the motor back and turned the blade to the next tooth.  I continued doing this until all the teeth are sharp.   

I finished sharpening and tried my first cut.  Yesterday ripped the small board in the photo above in half.  I couldn't go all the way.  It began to smoke and I thought that the sawdust might catch on fire.  I put the sharpened blade on and it cut through that small board with ease.

Four 2x4's are cut to length (37 inches).  Using the doweling jig,  I made three holes on the two outside edges.  For the other two, inside 2x4's, have dowel holes on both edges.  The holes are lined up match each other.  I applied glue to the tip of each dowel and then pounded into the hole.  I applied glue the edges and then clamped the two together.  When I turned one over there was another row of holes.  I better get some dowels into them, I thought. I put in the dowels and discovered I should have left them out.  I had to cut them off and re-drill the holes.  Finally I finished. 

I watched a You Tube video where someone made a larger base for the drill press.  It was a little more complicate than the one in the photo above.  It is made out of a piece of plywood with a runner on the left and right side of the cast iron base.  Another piece of plywood is underneath attached to the two runners.    

I trimmed the dead foliage off the ever bearing strawberries.  Where should I plant them.

 I received some free tomato seeds.  I prepared a jumbo six pack for planting the seeds.  The potting soil was really dry.  I put water in the little black tray.  The water will soak up.  

I planted the Tasmanian Chocolate tomato seeds.  It is a determinate tomato plant  that gets about three feet tall.

I started a new piano bench this afternoon.  I really had a problem with it.  It is all glued up waiting for tomorrow to remove the clamps.  The beginning of the 2x4 challenge.

Comments and questions are welcome.