Twiggybet1's Blog

Where did summer go?  It seems like it just flew by.  Yeah, I know, according to the calendar we have about another week before it officially becomes fall.  But it sure feels like fall lately.  The weather has been cooler here, and it seems like all the vegetables in the garden are winding down.  The tomatoes are almost done.  The green beans are pretty much finished.  We dug our potatoes already and got a very dissappointing yield.   

I haven't finished all of my summer projects yet.  We had been planning on replacing a portion of our fence.  It isn't done yet.  I have a pile of brush that needs to be shredded as soon as hubby finishes his maintenance on the chipper/shredder.  I ordered a bunch of fall-planting bulbs and plants.  I need to prepare places to put them in before they arrive.  I might have been a bit too ambitious when I placed my order, on retrospect.  So it looks like it is going to be a very busy fall!  The weather is supposed to be nice and warm tomorrow, so I plan get outside and  do what I can .

A couple of things I learned this summer:

1.  Never ask a non-gardener to house-sit  and expect the garden to get watered while away.  However, the garden will be wet and soggy when you arrive home because several hours before you return, you call to tell house-sitter your ETA and add "so, are we still drowning in zuchinni?" and he suddenly realizes that he hadn't touched the sprinkler the whole time you were away.  Maybe he misunderstood and thought I said "drown the zuchinni"

2.  Procrastinating hubbys work best under pressure and deadlines.  So go ahead and schedule your b.b.q or party, write a list of jobs that HAVE to be done before the date, and watch the magic.  This could be fun, and I could get to spend more time with my friends and family, not to mention finally having all those jobs finally get done.  At least until he catches on to my new technique, that is.

3.  Droughts come and go, and kill the vegetables (especially when drought comes during vacation) but weeds are IMMORTAL.  And they reproduce and multiply prolifically.