Dermatologist

I wanted to get some of the garden ready for tomato plants today.  I got the weed barrier out and then selected the place in the garden to place it.  There will be some photos later.

I sprayed one tank of Round-up on the weeds that I missed with the lawnmower tank.

I drove to Fillmore where I had an appointment with a dermatologist to take a look at the pre-cancer scabby things on my face.  Most of it is one the left side.

I bought a few things at Roper's then I came home.  One was the Miracle Grow potting soil.   In the meantime Carol was finishing up on the heart monitoring thing.  She started yesterday while we were in Provo at 11:30 a.m. and finished today at 11:30 a.m.  When I got home we put all the materials (batteries, cords, and shipping envelop) together in the black container.  We drove to the south end of Fillmore where the FedEx drop box was located.  We received a little help from the person at the station.  We then came home and had lunch.

I received some strawberry plants that I ordered about ten days ago.  I ordered one set which contained twenty-five plants.  I put them in a bucket of water to get them ready for transplanting.  I filled six baskets with some used potting soil.  I then wetted them down.

I finished fill the baskets with the Miracle Grow potting soil.  I put four plants in each basket.  The last basket had only three plants.  There should be two left over, but I was short two. I watered them well and they are on an outside bench.  I hope to sale them for $25 each.  The plants cost $25 and I all ready had the pots.

The above photo is of a small cucumber.  There needs to be a male flower, but there aren't and yet.

I got the weed barrier down.  I used the tiller to loosen the soil.  Once going down and another coming back.  I shoveled out an irrigation row and used spikes to hold the weed barrier down.  The tomatoes will be planted in the center of the row.  Last year there were iris and strawberries in this spot.

I put a washer on each spike and pounded them into the ground.

The north edge of the weed barrier is next to the peonies.  East and west of the peonies will be planted to melons and watermelons.


Comments and questions are welcome.

Planting, Eye Guy, Mowing, & Planting

I watched most of the 7:00 news this morning then checked on conditions at the nursery.  Things looked good.  I did a little watering.  Robert and his friends cleaned house one.  The weed barrier was pulled out almost to the street and left there.  Carol has asked me several times to take care of it.  It looks quite untidy, as you see the picture below.

There were two large piece and several small pieces.  They were 12 feet wide and one was about 72 feet long and the other was about 60 feet long.  They were covered with dirt.  The wind was blowing some and they were hard keep in place.  I turned them upside down to dump off the dirt.  I cut the long one in half.  I eventually got them all folded and stored away.

 While by the road folding the weed barrier, they poppy below was blooming.  There are a lot of weeds around it that I need to cut out.

 I planted a large hibiscus plant that survived the winter, because it was in the green house.

It was time for lunch.  I ate a left over slice of pizza.  Also, I cut two stalks of red beats.  They almost look like rhubarb; the were so big.

 I cut the stalks into small pieces and cut the leave.  I boiled it for ten minutes, drained it and added butter and salt.  I thought the stalks would tough and stringy, but I was wrong.  They were tender and tasted good.  Picture is a little fuzzy.  The butter is on top and beginning to melt.

After lunch I did some watering.  We then went to Fillmore to see the Eye Guy.  Eyes were good.  We were gone from home for two hours.

After we got home I prepared a row in the garden for the Burpless cucumbers.  After supper we planted 18 plants.  It took most of the row.  We put cages on each plant.  The clarify:  I planted 3 seeds in each cup.  There were a couple where only one seed germinated.

Comments and questions welcomed.