Citrus Saturday

Well, once again I greet the weekend with a list, and once again the weekend laughs at me. That said, I juiced a week's worth of oranges, and turned that six cups of lemon juice into lemon cordial. I had to juice about half the remaining lemons to add in; the cordial was just tasting like sugar water otherwise, with no hint of tartness. So I ended up with three and a half liters of cordial. ^_^;; The remaining lemons also got juiced, and their de-pithed peels added to the limoncello together with another bottle of vodka. My counter has returned to a state of citrus-free! (Though there's still some oranges left in their bag on the floor.)

I started out with not great goals for gardening today, but, well, it rained yesterday. According to my rain gauge, an inch. But as the gauge was hidden among the tall nettles, I don't know whether I trust its numbers. Wonderful Husband was working from home yesterday, and he said it was pouring down harder than he'd ever seen since moving to California. In any case, both the bins under my potting bench were full of water (the bench is right under the eaves and we don't have gutters installed yet), so they got emptied out. And I planted the rhubarb and a hydrangea under the trees along the park side of the backyard.

Then Jaime, one of our neighbors, let us know he's taking the kitchen garden wall down to about half height and getting it rebuilt up. Which is fine with us! It's very wobbly (cracked about halfway up) and he parks right next to it on his side, so he's worried about it coming down in a quake. Thusly, Wonderful Husband cleared the bed adjoining the wall and I replanted the few things I wanted to keep (walking onions, and a few mystery bulbs that flower pink).

I've got 24 4" pots ready for tomato seeds (finally!) and have found my seed packets, so I'll do those up in the morning. For now, though, an early bedtime sounds appealing, especially in light of the time change tomorrow morning....