Outside Work and Kitchen Work

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Yesterday's apple pie

It has been a weekend of outside work here, for the most part. Spring brings a load of things that need tending to, doesn't it? We dodged the threatened freeze, thank goodness, and everything is growing very quickly.

We put down 8 bags of mulch and now have just the herb garden to do, which will wait until I get it dug up and replanted. I am hoping a few more perennials surface before I do that.

I finally feel like it's time to get seeds in the ground! We planted lettuce, radishes, carrots, kate, chard, spinach, leeks, peas, onions and potatoes this week.

I tilled up a good bit of the garden for later planting, and set out some gladioli bulbs. 

These last I planted in my vegetable garden because I will have extra space since Larry decided to add another garden space this year. I think he missed having "his" garden last year. I usually tend the regular garden, because he does not like the way I do it, with mulch and close planting.  He prefers the tradional tilled garden, although he will probably mulch the tomatoes.

Then there was the mower with its pesky problem that made it keep quitting. Larry finally figured it out and now everything is mowed. It was getting a little dire around here! I did my usual stringtrimming and he did his so at least those parts looked neat. Now, thankfully, all is mowed!

Inside, I worked on getting some small pieces ready for our booths. We have a formica table with two chairs ready to go today, along with a small folding table and 4 or 5 totes. So today will be restocking day. I did some ebay too, listing and packing up sales, and tidying up up room a bit more. It is nice to see more spacevm opening up in there. My goal is to be able to put a bed and dresser in that room, but I still have a ways to go to accomplish that. Meanwhile I continue to downsize my stock, which feels very good!

Yesterday I spent some time in the kitchen.  I had cut some sage while cleaning up the herb garden, so that is now drying. 

Then I made an apple pie, and prepared 4 avocados for the freezer. I package each mashed avocado in individual bags, then put those into a larger bag to freeze. It keeps very well, no discoloration,  and it's ready to use as I need it.

Dinners have been simple this week, sandwiches or spaghetti,  and of course asparagus, as it is coming in regularly now.

And that's about it. My granddaughter Sarah is on her month-long Colorado River rafting trip, my two oldest sons are on their way home from 3 days watching the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, and son Aaron is in Mexico again, I think, for his work. I enjoy seeing my busy family out doing the things they love. 

No poem yet for today. Maybe one will occur to me later. 

Garden: planted potatoes, onions 3 k I nods, peas, carrots,lale,chatf,spinach leeks,lettuce. Tilled, 8 bags mulch 

Dried sage  pie, avocado 

Painted mirror,  waxed table

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