gardening 26 Apr 2006 06:31 pm
A Garden Journal Entry…
- It Worked!!!! My clothesline and cement experiment worked and I now have glistening white lines between stable poles all ready for the sunny day expected tomorrow. I can almost HEAR my electric bill dropping. Ka-CHING!
- soft spring rain sprinkled while I planted a succession row of peas, then the first green beans, and the fill-in seeds for the corn rows and cucumbers. The squash is taking off nicely and the tomato babies are bushing out; I actually pinched blossoms off three tonight. I want the plants to get a bit more heft to them before they start bearing.
- Boy was found…just as we thought someone picked him up at the restuarants across the street, afraid he’d be hit, and drove off with him. They figured they’d call around for his tag and it just took two days to get that done. He’s back home, smelling like the 4 dogs who he hung around with yesterday and today and much chastised. His life now involves a constant leash.
- that spring shower became a thunderous storm, just in time to water my seeds. David said it was so heavy in places that he couldn’t even see the shoulder to know it was there so he could pull over. I sat on the porch rocker, on the pretty new chair pads my mom made me while she was here, and watched for birds and squirrels with Baby. The Squirrels of Nimh do not hide when it rains!! After the thunder stopped, W splashed in the rain and puddles while the oldest two reinacted the George Burns and Gracie Allen show in the kitchen. They love those old radio programs! I’ll have to get them some more. C and her Lucille Ball-ish sense of humor just loves them all.
