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It's been a while since I've had a moment to sit down and think about something other than job hunting, gardening and household items. I've been rather busy dealing with the little things and it has made life much easier to handle. A few disasters averted, and things have been rather calm.
The first bed is up. We had a good time getting it there, but because we though we were going to have to move (ugh, again) we didn't bother getting seeds started in late January for the garden so I'm a little late getting my plantings started. But I did get some started and that is the point.
Cucumber, okra, tomato, cauliflower, broccoli have all gone into the bed and are growing nicely. It's cooling off here again and we're going to be getting into the 30's at night this week so I thought that with this cold snap I'd get some lettuce started in the bed so that we can have a couple of baby green salads before the heat comes and letting some of it bolt for the sake of getting some extra seed for this fall. I've got sweet basil, lemon basil and cinnamon basil all sprouted and growing well, garlic chives, summer savory and marjoram have just sprouted. I'm waiting on the dill, I think it isn't warm enough for it to get going yet.
The raspberries are comfortable in their containers along with the orchard I started last year. The orange and lime are doing very well and the lemon we were concerned about finally started getting some new growth. The cherry has several new leaves and the one lone surviving banana is doing very well in it's new container, too. I'm worried a little about the pomegranate. It was doing very well getting a lot of new growth, but it all keeps wilting and dying off but all the stems are pliable and not dry and breaking, which is a good sign that it is just a little confused from going in and out of the house.
We got our gazebo up and it has offered a lot of nice comfort during our first warm bout of weather, we rather like it, but a strong wind knocked it down before it could be anchored properly and the frame is bent a bit. I don't think it will survive being taken down this fall, but we'll have to see.
I found a couple of good deals today. An almost brand new bread machine for $10 and a non-electric ice cream maker that doesn't require much more than freezing the cylinder and cranking it occasionally. We're looking forward to using it this summer. I'm anxiously awaiting to make some fresh bread with the machine and seeing if it will work well. I'm in the middle of a bunch of different things so I've not had time to get pictures taken so I can get them up, but I will soon.
The first bed is up. We had a good time getting it there, but because we though we were going to have to move (ugh, again) we didn't bother getting seeds started in late January for the garden so I'm a little late getting my plantings started. But I did get some started and that is the point.
Cucumber, okra, tomato, cauliflower, broccoli have all gone into the bed and are growing nicely. It's cooling off here again and we're going to be getting into the 30's at night this week so I thought that with this cold snap I'd get some lettuce started in the bed so that we can have a couple of baby green salads before the heat comes and letting some of it bolt for the sake of getting some extra seed for this fall. I've got sweet basil, lemon basil and cinnamon basil all sprouted and growing well, garlic chives, summer savory and marjoram have just sprouted. I'm waiting on the dill, I think it isn't warm enough for it to get going yet.
The raspberries are comfortable in their containers along with the orchard I started last year. The orange and lime are doing very well and the lemon we were concerned about finally started getting some new growth. The cherry has several new leaves and the one lone surviving banana is doing very well in it's new container, too. I'm worried a little about the pomegranate. It was doing very well getting a lot of new growth, but it all keeps wilting and dying off but all the stems are pliable and not dry and breaking, which is a good sign that it is just a little confused from going in and out of the house.
We got our gazebo up and it has offered a lot of nice comfort during our first warm bout of weather, we rather like it, but a strong wind knocked it down before it could be anchored properly and the frame is bent a bit. I don't think it will survive being taken down this fall, but we'll have to see.
I found a couple of good deals today. An almost brand new bread machine for $10 and a non-electric ice cream maker that doesn't require much more than freezing the cylinder and cranking it occasionally. We're looking forward to using it this summer. I'm anxiously awaiting to make some fresh bread with the machine and seeing if it will work well. I'm in the middle of a bunch of different things so I've not had time to get pictures taken so I can get them up, but I will soon.
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