Good Morning, All!! Another beautiful morning here - no rain
Mama Wren is busy carrying bugs to her birdhouse that hangs in the grape trellis on the west porch so I had a show to watch this morning from the kitchen window when I started washing dishes as Hubby prepped breakfast - French toast, pancakes and chicken sausage; good stuff!! I've got three of the 4 grandsons here - the 9 & 7 year old boys plus the grand-dog; the 20 year old had plans the included a boat and the river yesterday so I doubt he'll be out of bed anytime soon I think he might be promised to the other set of grandparents anyway as trees are being cut down at their house and he is a good hand with a chainsaw.
Hubby is out in the shed helping a cousin put a new belt on the mower he keeps down here. Hubby uses it to mow our yard, so I told him he needed to get his fanny out there to help even though he wasn't the one who caused the belt to fail. I tried to herd the grandsons out there to learn something as well, but only the grand-dog was interested enough to go
Plans for today - once the dew has dried up enough - includes getting the side porch garden tilled and leveled, and the new raised beds set in place - I've been stymied by either rain, work, or no help being available in getting them set for the past week - those things are too heavy for this little old lady to handle by myself - or at least to do so safely and with a minimum of naughty words... I'm going to go ahead and plant and mulch the area not covered by the raised beds once I've got the frames for those beds in place. It's a small area - maybe 16' x 24' that isn't already planted to perennials already, so the raised beds and a path around them, plus the old watering tank that I'll finish filling with soil for the sweet potatoes will take up most of it. If it doesn't, I've got seed for some mixed pink and purple zinnias to coordinate with the flowering perennial plants that are already in the front of that bed. And if that's not enough, I've got a couple of yellow and red bush cherry tomatoes and a few annual herbs I could add to finish it out.
If it's dried up enough after that, we will be heading out to the front garden to till it up; and if it's not dry enough, we'll try for Monday before I go down for my pre-work nap, or I'll ask Hubby to take care of it Tuesday after he gets off work - there is no rain in the forecast until Wednesday evening, so I'm hoping to have it ready for planting on Wednesday morning after I get off work. I'll need to get the pole bean fences set up - I was able to find my yellow wax pole bean seed finally; had to order it from Stokes as my favorite RH Shumway didn't have them. If we are able to get the front garden tilled before Tuesday night, I'll ask Hubby to work on the back one - gonna need somewhere to plant sweet corn this year as I don't think the cousins are planting any down here. The deer eat most of it when they do plant it down there anyway as their gardens are across the timber from the house so there is nothing to scare 'em off. Handy for deer season though lol!
Well, I hear the mower running so I reckon I'll have Hubby available to help me stand up those raised bed frames here shortly; guess that means I'd better go throw in a load of laundry (towels, as they take the longest to dry on the lines) and go change in to work clothes.
You folks all take care out there this week; stay safe - especially those of you who are in the cities who are being ravaged by riots; and if you are in a safe place, please offer up prayers for those who aren't...
Mama Wren is busy carrying bugs to her birdhouse that hangs in the grape trellis on the west porch so I had a show to watch this morning from the kitchen window when I started washing dishes as Hubby prepped breakfast - French toast, pancakes and chicken sausage; good stuff!! I've got three of the 4 grandsons here - the 9 & 7 year old boys plus the grand-dog; the 20 year old had plans the included a boat and the river yesterday so I doubt he'll be out of bed anytime soon I think he might be promised to the other set of grandparents anyway as trees are being cut down at their house and he is a good hand with a chainsaw.
Hubby is out in the shed helping a cousin put a new belt on the mower he keeps down here. Hubby uses it to mow our yard, so I told him he needed to get his fanny out there to help even though he wasn't the one who caused the belt to fail. I tried to herd the grandsons out there to learn something as well, but only the grand-dog was interested enough to go
Plans for today - once the dew has dried up enough - includes getting the side porch garden tilled and leveled, and the new raised beds set in place - I've been stymied by either rain, work, or no help being available in getting them set for the past week - those things are too heavy for this little old lady to handle by myself - or at least to do so safely and with a minimum of naughty words... I'm going to go ahead and plant and mulch the area not covered by the raised beds once I've got the frames for those beds in place. It's a small area - maybe 16' x 24' that isn't already planted to perennials already, so the raised beds and a path around them, plus the old watering tank that I'll finish filling with soil for the sweet potatoes will take up most of it. If it doesn't, I've got seed for some mixed pink and purple zinnias to coordinate with the flowering perennial plants that are already in the front of that bed. And if that's not enough, I've got a couple of yellow and red bush cherry tomatoes and a few annual herbs I could add to finish it out.
If it's dried up enough after that, we will be heading out to the front garden to till it up; and if it's not dry enough, we'll try for Monday before I go down for my pre-work nap, or I'll ask Hubby to take care of it Tuesday after he gets off work - there is no rain in the forecast until Wednesday evening, so I'm hoping to have it ready for planting on Wednesday morning after I get off work. I'll need to get the pole bean fences set up - I was able to find my yellow wax pole bean seed finally; had to order it from Stokes as my favorite RH Shumway didn't have them. If we are able to get the front garden tilled before Tuesday night, I'll ask Hubby to work on the back one - gonna need somewhere to plant sweet corn this year as I don't think the cousins are planting any down here. The deer eat most of it when they do plant it down there anyway as their gardens are across the timber from the house so there is nothing to scare 'em off. Handy for deer season though lol!
Well, I hear the mower running so I reckon I'll have Hubby available to help me stand up those raised bed frames here shortly; guess that means I'd better go throw in a load of laundry (towels, as they take the longest to dry on the lines) and go change in to work clothes.
You folks all take care out there this week; stay safe - especially those of you who are in the cities who are being ravaged by riots; and if you are in a safe place, please offer up prayers for those who aren't...