47°f/8.3°C, rainshowers, overcast
I am so grateful for the rain we have had this morning. It is badly needed, although we are not as bad off as many areas. But my is it chilly! We tried to take our morning coffee out on the porch, but even with a sweatshirt on, it was too cold to stay out there more than a few minutes. The plants are quite happy, and I am wishing I had got more in the ground yesterday evening instead of pruning bushes. So much needs to be done at this time of year!
A start on mulching the herb garden
I did get several tomato plants in, and a few replacement cabbage plants, as something ate some of the early ones. Monday I also planted pepper and marigold plants, and seeded sweet corn, purpke and wax bush beans, and a row of flower seeds I collected from my garden last fall. My basil and dill are up, and I think some of the onion seeds, although they are so tiny it's hard to see them. First time I have tried growing onions from seed. I planted more kale, lettuce, radishes seeds and onion sets too. The garden is just about full. I got more mulch put down but ran out of boxes, so will have to get some in town tomorrow. I use hay or straw on top of the cardboard and it has been great for my soil.
My Mother's Day breakfast! I had to make it myself, since Larry doesn't know how to nake waffles, but it was a real treat.
We picked up more bagged mulch yesterday for the herb garden, more soil for my planters and plants to go in them, and 2 more cattle panels to use as trellis for the tomatoes. If you're not sure what a cattle panel is, here's a link to a gardener using them like we are going. They have become very popular for garden uses. At about $30 each, they are an investment for sure, but we should be able to use them for as long as we continue to garden. I am tired of buying stakes that rot after a couple years, and those tomato cages are pricey now, and in my opinion don't work very well.
Since it's wet and more rain on the way, I will have an indoor day, hopefully finishing up the chest of drawers I have been working on intermittently, and getting things priced for the booths. Right now I don't have a single thing priced, so I need to get busy on that.
Yesterday while shopping, I heard some radio station playing a country music song. The theme of the song was the same as thousands, probably millions, of other songs: love relationships. Most of these songs focus on romantic love and all its many complications inherent in such love. I don't know about you, but I get tired of the same ol' same ol'. I really don't care if she doesn't love him, or he cheats on her, or hearing how the singer is promising forever love in his/her desperation to get the other into bed. It's not that I dislike romance, but I am so happy when I hear a song with some other storyline!
And that got me thinking about love. Which made me think about the old veteran we met the other day, and his daughter taking such good care of him. Then yesterday a lady in line at the register in front of me had 2 full grocery carts of plants. A woman after my own heart! She told me that these were all for her parents' flowerbeds. She had already planted hers, and she always does theirs for them. "They love flowers so much," she said. "This just makes them happy."
Behind me in line was a younger lady who was buying a straw garden hat. I offered to let her go in front of me, since i had quite a lot to check out. "That's okay," she said. "I take care of my grandfather, but today my daughter is home with him, so I get a break. I'm in no hurry!"
To me, these women all deserve love songs written about them. That's the real deep love that we all long for, isn't it, the kind that's there through thick and thin, not asking for anything in return. But I guess it's just not sexy enough for airtime.
And ending with this ad in a local Facebook group. Iris, I can see you driving this!
It cooled off here and it was way cooler when I left work than when I first got there.
ReplyDeleteYour mother's day waffles look delicious.