Excuse My Absence

Sorry about my absence.
No excuses, just overly focused on my veggie garden, green house, and landscape. I knew most veggies would be coming in by June and sure enough- they came in big time! We are canning everything that we can preserve. So far we have canned corn, green beans, peas, and pickled cucumbers. We found a recipe for a sweet pickle relish that is out of this world. If you are interested in the recipe, let me know and I will Email it to you. Just drop me a line at marvin@my-garden-world.com

Add to the fun, building a green house and getting a good start on cuttings. So far I have stuck azaleas, crepe myrtle, confederate jasmine, miniature mexican petunia, and more. I am looking forward to trying my luck at gardenia, indian hawthorn, and just about anything else that will be still long enough for me to get a cutting.

Since my retirement, a rigid schedule is a thing of the past. In fact, I have found it difficult to follow a routine of misting the cuttings every hour to maintain the necessary humidity. I start misting around 7 a.m. and continue hourly until 5 p.m. or later depending on conditions. I would never have guessed that such a simple routine could be so difficult to follow.

Another project in progress is that of expanding our lawn area with bermuda grass. Not so bad had the weather cooperated. There has been no rain since seeding. The seed package instructions say that the seed bed must be kept moist until the seed has germinated. So, guess who has to water the seed bed at least twice a day in an attempt to keep it moist. Especially since we have been experiencing a dry heat wave of a heat index above 100 degrees everyday for the past couple of weeks. So far-- no grass!

Anyway, I'll get to my posting like I should. The opportunity to sit down for a while to write will be a welcome relief!

Til next time,

Poppy