I have been playing around with the new website's software and learning (albeit slowly) what I can and how to work things. I don't remember it being this hard to learn new things. Hopefully I'll have everything up and running smoothly in a few days. Small additions after that. Hardest part was settling on a theme and I'm not 100% sure on the one I picked. I'll keep looking.
Memorial Day weekend for everyone here in the USA. We certainly are thankful for what we have and try to say thanks, not just on this day but on every day that we can. Amy even decorated the yard up some. She's definitely more military- geared than I am.
It seemed like I spent most of my time working everywhere I could. I spent a lot of time working in the garden; weeding, cutting, trimming, more effing weeding, replanting (lost a tomato to something), mulching, fertilizing (10-10-10 is my choice.) I tilled around the potatoes, bush beans, and corn to weed them out some, hilled the potatoes some more, and soaked everything good. Surprisingly the corn has made an appearance and seems to be doing well.
I got the fence run between the boards for the beans to climb. But I now have Bean Beetles.
Yes I spilled the beans! Bag came open and poured out. I am too lazy to pick up all of the bean seed thinking that nothing would happen.
I did put up fencing for these peas yesterday.
I spent a little bit this weekend and got a daylily for my garden. Love me some daylilies.
Even the one in the front bed just started blooming out.
Well, a quick post at lunch. Do more later as the dogs and I will be hidden in the bedroom while The Wife hosts a party for something.
I hope it is for you. We all need the 4th now and then.
Busy on the homestead today, trying to get some things done before I headed out of town for a few days (back to that grind again :( )
Yesterday evening I tilled between all of the potatoes and bush beans to get the weeds down, then proceeded to till the whole patch where I "started" corn. Nothing was coming up save for maybe two plants. Maybe I got anxious and started them too early so I replanted some new seed from the store yesterday so we'll see how this works out. Strawberries are really coming on now and it looks to be a bumper crop this year. I meant to pick up a couple more plants as we seem to have a dead area in the bed but that will have to wait for the weekend. Also spent some time tying up some tomato plants and starting a few mellons. Let's take another tour shall we :)
I picked up some bags of mulch at the store and started to do all of the beds. I obviously didn't get enough as I wasn't really in the mood to carry too much that day. I also have been adding more signs to the garden, not so much for knowing what's where (except tomatoes) as for dressing it up a little. I even try to draw a picture on them.
I got the line hooked up and sprinklers ready for the pole beans. Probably be looking at a few weeks before setting up the netting.
DIL's herb garden. It will be a few weeks before this really starts setting out. Fingers crossed.
All in all looking pretty good so far. It's early, I know.
Front beds.
Amester (she was tired of The Wife) was good enough to get me some stakes Saturday at Cameron so I started making more signs. After the glue is set up, on to paint then into the garden.
Got a good picture of our Grand kitten, Gunner. I think things are settling down in the house now, thank goodness. He likes spending time out on the back porch.
WOF of the Week.
It's been a while for a W.O.T.W. I know, but how many pictures of horizontal dogs can one take?
Chewie says "Hey Baby" (in the voice of Barry White of course.)
That's it for now as a long week awaits. Keep your groove on kids.
One more note. Birthday of one of my favorite actresses.
My Staycation was last week and this morning on the way back to work I had a chance to mentally take stock of what I got accomplished.
Not as much as I wanted but enough.
Finally got the out building sided, painted, ramped, doored.
Saturday morning.
Sunday evening shots. Painted it to closely match the house.
I have to level out the ramp a little and secure it to the ground and build a step for the door. A lot of work when you do most of it by yourself.
We also got our daughter-in-law moved out of their apartment and now she is a full time resident on our half acre. She brought her cat, Gunner, which likes to terrorize the dogs. Ginny wants to play and Chewie ignores him. They'll get along soon enough.
I also built a berm bed for flowers at the north side of the garden.
Speaking of daughter-in-laws, she has been good enough to start an herb collection this weekend, including planting out The Wife's herb bed I bought her.
Tour some more.
Strawberries are finally coming in. We have a lot of sets on.
Two year old bush beans have come up but no corn sprouts yet. I did check to make sure the seeds were good.
Blue Lake pole beans have also started up.
Garlic and onions.
Overall garden view as of Sunday, April 28th.
Landscaping looking good after some minor clean- up work.
Stopped by the big box store on my way home today to get posts for my green bean fencing. Get home and Mother Nature decided to turn on the blower. I lost one of my Black Krim tomato plants due to this wind. I did get the posts in and the fencing run. I tried to train the vines up but they kept blowing back down. So I went on my merry way trimming up some of the tomato plants and weed pulling. I replaced my downed Black Krim with a rogue tomato plant. It will be a surprise when it sets as I have no idea what it is.
First pepper of the year. A sweet banana pepper.
Opened up a pea pod today. Looks like they'll get picked probably Sunday.
My little flowers are really starting to bloom.
Overall looking good. My fencing is a little rickety and redneck- looking but it should work.
Think I will do a little more tilling and get the corn in the ground tomorrow. Weather is supposed to straighten around next week and I am looking forward to some sunny days. Off to work on the other blog then bed. Early workout in the morning.
