What Was I Thinking

Had breakfast and watched some of the news.  Carol has an appointment with Dr. Gross at 10:15 this morning.  I paid a few bills on line and prepared a deposit.  I couldn't start my weed eater so in put it in the car would not forget it.  We then drove to Fillmore for her appointment.  She went into the Dr.'s office I then left to take care of my business.  The first stop was at Penny's to have my weed eater fixed.  He was with another customer so I had to wait for ten to fifteen minutes.  He took it and gave the rope one pull and it started right up.  Several times earlier I pult the crank rope until my arm was tired and it would not start

There is and off on switch which is always in the on position.  To stop it, you push the switch to the off position and the engine stops.  I think that sometimes it sticks to the off position.  He made a few adjustments and was working really well.

I then went to the credit union where I made a deposit.  The next stop was at Zion's Bank where I made an interest and principle payment.  I then went back to the Dr.'s office.  Carol was still waiting. It was after eleven after she had seen the doctor.  We then went the market for some groceries and then to the Service Drugstore for some medication.  She also bought some birthday cards.  We then came home.  After a quick lunch. I shredded more papers.

My shredder was nearly full.  I shredded a few other papers and put them around some tomato plants that I planted a couple of days ago.  It is my desire that the weeds will not grow through the layer of shreds.

While I was waiting I read from the Better Home and Garden magazine.  There were some recipies using rhubarb.   I took a picture, but it is not legible.

I also took a picture of this small side table.  I have a lot of tile pieces that I could use if I made a similar table.

This little magazine shelf which hangs on the wall would be handy for current magazines that we have.

I got the weed eater going and cut the weeds along the road south of the street from the east to the west.

The copper rose on the west side of our yard looks and smells good.

 Another photo of the yellow copper rose

I started to dig a lot of weeds.  I was not able to spray them because if has been so wet all of the time.

There were some shrubs and a dead elderberry bush that I needed to remove.  The almond tree had several dead limbs that was in my way.  I cut two honey suckle shrubs at ground level and painted the cut edges with round-up. I also cut down wild rose bush.  I brought over the shredder pointed in the west direction.  I turned on the ignition switch and pulled the crank rope and it started on the first pull.

Late this evening I planted a bunch of eggplants in house six.  The photo is somewhat clouded.  I don't know why.


Comments and questions are welcome.

Rain and the Weed Whip

After breakfast and a little bit of TV news, I pulled the two flat wheel barrows out of house two.  I put them inside for the night and outside during the day.

I backed the car near the north door of house two and unloaded the potting soil and the soluble fertilizer.   I cannot lift the soil like I used to do.  It is quite heavy.  I rolled it over end to end and then drug it the rest of the way into the greenhouse.

The bale of soil is standing on its end by the door.  I pulled in side and laid it flat on the floor next to the potting box.  I cut the bale in half and then was able to lift each half into the box.

I broke up the hard pieces of soil.  

Next I brought in the fertilizer.  I don't know the parts per million for the injector.  The above picture gives those directions.  I will begin to fertilize tomorrow.

I got a picture of the building that Neil Stevens is putting together.

The Italian parsley is way out of control.  I dug it up and carried it to the compost pile west of the hen house.

This is how it looks after.  The leeks were partially covered by the parsley.

You can see how pale some of the leek plants look.

We drove to Fillmore to get Chrysanthemums for Memorial Day.  We got fifteen.  We then stopped at Fillmore feed and bought the a hanging basket which will hang from our front porch.

I put the basket on the step to get another picture.

 I planted the bunching onions.  They are in 105 tray.   I could easily pull them out.  I put them in another tray that had larger cells.  I planted them next to the other onions.

I took the weed whip to Penny's because it didn't have any power.  He did some adjustments.   When I got home I did a lot of trimming.  It worked much better.  I cut down the tall grass and other weeds next to the Miller's.  I run it tell it run out of gas.  I came back and weeded some more until the whip was gone.  I put on new string then I couldn't start the weed whip.  I think that it was flooded.

Carol pulled a lot of weeds and grasses of the hill.  there are several large piles.

I also cut the weeds around house three. 

I found this weed in house.  It has a beautiful seed head.  I then dug it up and put it in a garbage can.

The pea plants in house six are really tall and there are new blossoms at the top.

I pruned all of the tomato plants in house six and hung some some that hadn't been hung yet.

I picked a nice batch of peas.  I also picked on cucumber and ate half of it this evening.

Comments and questions are welcome.  

Saturday, Home All Day

 There is a flower bed at the north west corner of the garage.  Now it contains three lemon trees that we put back into the greenhouse for the winter.  There is also an creeping Oregon grape.  I spaded it up to mix the clay soil with the dry powder compost.  The water does not soak into the soil, but runs off.  I want to plant some herbs and peppers there.

A couple of days ago we got the lawnmower working.  I mowed the lawn and that went pretty well.  There were times when the mower was not running properly.  I drained the oil which was mostly gas and put in a new quart of oil.  I finished mowing and put the clippings on the tomato plants.   That is shown in the above picture.  

 I hung tomato plants most of the morning.  I am almost finished with those in house one.

Lisa and Emi stopped by on their way home.  After they left I cranked up the weed whip and cut down all the weeds where the grapes are planted.

I cut down all of the cheat grass south of cold frame.  I cut grass and weeds down the isle.

 I cleaned a path to the well and pump.  Every time I walk out there my socks collect the cheat grass and fox tail seeds.  .

The above picture is of one of the grape plants that with all the weeds and grass gone are easy to see.


Comments and questions are welcome.