trudy's Blog

A few more things done
Jun 13, 2007 | 2:38 AM PST
Tags: Butterbeans , cattle panel , strawberries , Devils Claw , weeds , mystery , vine

Got a few more things done today after I got home yesterday,  DD was trying to finish up moving into there new home they purchased then remodeled.  So proud of her, her first home she got on her own.  They are finally at a point that it won't be long she can plant the plants I've saved for her in pots for her own yard.  I did get the cattle panel arbor up with my newphew in laws help.  Added some manure to the area, worked it in an planted some Willowleaf Pole Butterbeans.  Replanted in spots some of the Sieva BBeans where the others hadn't come up.  I think the Sieva seeds must have gotten old seeing how they are coming up in spots.  They were given to me when our feed store went out of business back before spring.  So if I can just get enough of them to make I'll replant saved seeds next year with fresh seed.  The Willowleaft must be ok, the ones I planted earlier so far are trying to break ground.   I still have some planting area left that needs something in there, but what?  

We had a good storm come thru about 4 yesterday afternoon an everything got a good drink, so afterwards I checked the greenhouse, all was good.  But while there I noticed my Devil's Claw seed pods had gotten blown onto the ground with a few seeds scattered.  I took them an put the in the squash bed (open ground area).  I think those are neat seed pods.  Wicked looking!  If they come up fine, if they don't thats fine to.  I finally took the time to get my last large container done up an planted the last of the comfrey that I almost let die.  Good Lord at the roots on them.  But  they stand a better chance now to survive.  They just look bad for now.  Weeded a few more beds, not that there bad but don't want them to be either.

If the wind isn't up after work today I think I'll do some round up in spots just so it doesn't get out of hand b4 my surgery.  After that I won't be able to pick up anything over 8 lbs for 6 wks.  So better get as much done in the over 8 lb catagory finished up today.    I put up 4 more pvc stakes for mators an got some others retied.  Added a little manure to one of the asparagus containers, just because.the others I had done a few weeks ago responded so well after doing this. I thnk I may have ID'd my mystery vine that came up in the strawberry patch to be cantolope.  May be wrong, but from my (not so good) memory I think thats what it is.  So my trellising may not work without some olf panytyose to use for a sling.  Will see if it ever forms some fruit.  Trudy

Playing catch up
Jun 11, 2007 | 4:03 PM PST
Tags: feed , hogs , chickens , garlic , strawberries , weeding , trellis , butterbeans

It was 103 today, no idea of the heat index. Way to hot to be outside, but gotta do whatcha gotta do. Stopped by the feed store on the way home to get some corn for the hogs an scatch for the chickens an wound up buying a 6 pack of Jubilee Watermelon seedlings an 2 tomatoes, but 1 of them had 2 in the pot so I got 3 total. Like I need more, after 111 tomatoe plants you'd think it'd be enough. But I had some empty spots to fill in one of the mator beds so there ya go. Got them planted an repotted a Rabbiteye Blueberry bush I had bought back in the spring that I just can't seem to get in the ground, but this one was still in the plastic tubing thing, It really needs to develop a better root system b4 going in the ground in this heat. So its in the garden area right next to the faucet so I'll have to trip over it to water. That way I don't overlook it. I also potted up a lemon tree that I had rooted a piece of off a friends lemon tree, so I named it Howells Lemon. It to went into a garden path so it gets watered when I water the garden.

While weeding I noticed the garlic bed had bout finished up an needed dug up, so I took the time to get them dug an in the shade so they can dry. A few are left that aren't quiet ready yet. But most of them were. Now to figure out what to put in that kinda large area. I thought about putting up a cattle panel an arch it for a walk thru trellis, then plant some more pole butterbeans. Even then I'll still have some room left over. Decisions!

After reading the blog about the strawberries, can't remeber the username I got to noticing how the strawberry patch that I just this spring put some runners in now has runners everywhere. So I may need this fall to plant them somewhere or give them away. I may put at least some in with some of the flower beds. But I don't want no 300 of them, lol. Thats way to many for me.  I'm trying to get things done/somewhat caught up b4 Wednesday, cause Thursday I'll be out of commission for awhile due to surgery an recovery. But the plus is I'll be home an in the cool a/c.

I can't seem to figure out how to post pics to a blog yet, wish there was a simple "attach photo" button to click on in here to simplify things. I'm not that computer smart to start with, lol. trudy