A Day in the Life of Sunday
Oct. 11th, 2009 09:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sakon76Gardening addendum: turnips may sprout faster than beets, but only by a day. ^_^ The Egyptian Walking Onions also started coming up today, which is good. Unfortunately it seems one of the neighborhood cats (most likely one of the ferals) decided that my straw-covered garden bed was a good place to do its business. Now, it did it in one of the currently unplanted sections, but why couldn't the stupid thing walk fifteen feet to the lovely soft rototilled unplanted dirt?? Pfeh. Cat dirt cleared out and tossed in trash bin. I'm considering whether or not to pick up some chicken wire at the store to lay across sections that are either unplanted or that have seeds in them, to prevent a repeat. I also did a bit of harvesting today; in addition to the weekly batch of tomatoes, the double row of Dragon Tongue beans are being pleasantly prolific, and the eggplants are going NUTS. I harvested nine of the Asian type, all at least 9" long, and fourteen of the round golf ball sized ones! Unfortunately the corn didn't fare so well; of the eight or so that I harvested, only five had any decent proportion of kernels, and even those were only about half a cob each. Plus there were three corn worms and signs of two or three more.... *sigh* Next year I need to plant a lot more seed at one go to end up with a block larger than 3x4, and possibly also do the 12" planting distance in a triangular grid rather than a square one, to increase density and thus pollination.
Clearing of back bedroom proceeds apace, if a bit slower today than I'd've liked. OTOH, Wonderful Husband, with help from my father, got my fabric shelves 'quake-strapped to the wall! *heart* I'm going to be hard put not to switch directions mid-project. But today I discovered his ties, my scarves, a whole bunch of really pretty handkerchiefs I inherited from my grandmothers, photographs and correspondance dating back to my childhood (WH was shocked at how skinny I was as a pre-adolescent), and some of my collectibles. Four of which broke during the move. Three were repairable, and in fact are sitting on the kitchen table even now with the E-6000 drying. The glass peacock, sadly, was irreparable.
We also took a walk around the block to the pocket park which is between our house and the freeway. It's actually quite a nice little park, and the jungle gym... wow. I wish I was in the 5-12 range just so I could play on it! It's very very nice. ^___^ It was also interesting to see how the houses on our street have (or have not) raised their back fences by a couple of feet. It was also stunning to realize just how hugenormous the tree in the corner of our property really is, viewed from the other side. It's like... almost Miyazaki-sized!!
Clearing of back bedroom proceeds apace, if a bit slower today than I'd've liked. OTOH, Wonderful Husband, with help from my father, got my fabric shelves 'quake-strapped to the wall! *heart* I'm going to be hard put not to switch directions mid-project. But today I discovered his ties, my scarves, a whole bunch of really pretty handkerchiefs I inherited from my grandmothers, photographs and correspondance dating back to my childhood (WH was shocked at how skinny I was as a pre-adolescent), and some of my collectibles. Four of which broke during the move. Three were repairable, and in fact are sitting on the kitchen table even now with the E-6000 drying. The glass peacock, sadly, was irreparable.
We also took a walk around the block to the pocket park which is between our house and the freeway. It's actually quite a nice little park, and the jungle gym... wow. I wish I was in the 5-12 range just so I could play on it! It's very very nice. ^___^ It was also interesting to see how the houses on our street have (or have not) raised their back fences by a couple of feet. It was also stunning to realize just how hugenormous the tree in the corner of our property really is, viewed from the other side. It's like... almost Miyazaki-sized!!
