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In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Sunday, July 24, 2022 3:32 AM
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:The weather has cooled down to low 80s, so this AM was my day to dig, hoe,and rake weeds from the veggie garden and check up on how things are growing.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Laundry day for me then a walk in the sunshine.
I have a volunteer cherry tomato that I've already harvested a few tomatoes from. My Early Girl tomatoes are doing their usual spectacular selves, and already have some good-sized tomatoes on them. My started tomato seedlings (three different varieties)are finding their roots and growing well, although it will be at least a month until they start setting tomatoes. Well, that's what comes from late planting, I guess!
The nursery red and green bell peppers have some peppers set, my own started seedlings are still finding their roots but have at least survived their traumatic transplant.
The nursery watermelons are scrambling all over and I see a few very tiny watermelons, altho typically (in my yard, anyway) many of them fall off. SOMEthing ate my muskmelon seedlings down to the nubs. I have to give up on them this year bc it's too late to replant seeds, I think. I've already harvested nursery zucchini, altho it's not bearing as well as usual. This WOULD be the year I only planted four instead of six!
The okra is FINALLY growing another set of leaves, altho one set got eaten own tothe nubbs. Fortunately I have a pot of healthy spares.
Basil and parsley are going great guns, I've made a few Italian and Thai dishes with the basil already, and chopped parsley is up on the menu this week.
And it be rainin' avocados over here! I'm giving them away to neighbors and friends, but I'm also going to try making and freezing guacamole. I wish I could send some to you guys, they're SOOOO expensive this year! The Haas avocado, tho, has developed a good case of persea mites. Usually I buy and distribute predatory mites in spring, but I was recovering from surgery and then went thru radiation treatment, so I didn't get achance. I was hoping that the weather would cooperate and help the tree escape mites, but the weather has turned warm and humid .... very mite-friendly... so the best I can do at this point is hose off the leaves and hope to knock some of them down and drown them. So that's it for the veggies!
Also, today ... vacuuming. The house is filthy.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
My corner of BC is going to be heating up more by the middle of next week. Weather people talking the 30sC which is the 90sF. So warnings are starting to go out about keeping cool and what to do.
Got my laundry done and the new machines work very well. But they do have a glitch already. They are suppose to take $1 coins but don't. It's a good thing that I keep a pile of quarters around for laundry.
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Sunday, July 24, 2022 3:33 AM
Got to the library on my walk and returned a movie. Also paid a bill that I was going to yesterday but the bank had a massive problem and had to close.
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Sunday, July 24, 2022 7:02 AM
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Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:The weather has cooled down to low 80s, so this AM was my day to dig, hoe,and rake weeds from the veggie garden and check up on how things are growing.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Laundry day for me then a walk in the sunshine.
I have a volunteer cherry tomato that I've already harvested a few tomatoes from. My Early Girl tomatoes are doing their usual spectacular selves, and already have some good-sized tomatoes on them. My started tomato seedlings (three different varieties)are finding their roots and growing well, although it will be at least a month until they start setting tomatoes. Well, that's what comes from late planting, I guess!
The nursery red and green bell peppers have some peppers set, my own started seedlings are still finding their roots but have at least survived their traumatic transplant.
The nursery watermelons are scrambling all over and I see a few very tiny watermelons, altho typically (in my yard, anyway) many of them fall off. SOMEthing ate my muskmelon seedlings down to the nubs. I have to give up on them this year bc it's too late to replant seeds, I think. I've already harvested nursery zucchini, altho it's not bearing as well as usual. This WOULD be the year I only planted four instead of six!
The okra is FINALLY growing another set of leaves, altho one set got eaten own tothe nubbs. Fortunately I have a pot of healthy spares.
Basil and parsley are going great guns, I've made a few Italian and Thai dishes with the basil already, and chopped parsley is up on the menu this week.
And it be rainin' avocados over here! I'm giving them away to neighbors and friends, but I'm also going to try making and freezing guacamole. I wish I could send some to you guys, they're SOOOO expensive this year! The Haas avocado, tho, has developed a good case of persea mites. Usually I buy and distribute predatory mites in spring, but I was recovering from surgery and then went thru radiation treatment, so I didn't get achance. I was hoping that the weather would cooperate and help the tree escape mites, but the weather has turned warm and humid .... very mite-friendly... so the best I can do at this point is hose off the leaves and hope to knock some of them down and drown them. So that's it for the veggies!
Also, today ... vacuuming. The house is filthy.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
My corner of BC is going to be heating up more by the middle of next week. Weather people talking the 30sC which is the 90sF. So warnings are starting to go out about keeping cool and what to do.
Got my laundry done and the new machines work very well. But they do have a glitch already. They are suppose to take $1 coins but don't. It's a good thing that I keep a pile of quarters around for laundry.
At least they still take coins.
I bet it won't be long before they only start taking credit cards or using an app on your phone to pay. I'm sure a lot of them do that already.
Fortunately for you, Brenda, they're probably unlikely to spend a bunch of money on new ones again any time soon, so hopefully you don't have to worry much about that inevitability.
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Sunday, July 24, 2022 8:07 AM
Well, hubby was sleeping in the living room so I couldn't vacuum there, but I did the back half of the house. I have a HEPA canister vacuum with a huge suction and a long wand with an upholstery brush, so when I say I vacuumed, I vacuumed. Crown molding, baseboards, under furniture, along the wall, screens, windowsills, cords on the floor, even furniture.
I'm a lot happier with the back half of the house now! Tomorrow I finish the job.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Sunday, July 24, 2022 8:10 AM
Quote:No kidding. I had to foray into downtown LA and wound up in a metered parking lot that only accepted credit cards. If I didn't have one I'd still be there today...
Originally posted by Brenda:
Laundry day for me then a walk in the sunshine
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My corner of BC is going to be heating up more by the middle of next week. Weather people talking the 30sC which is the 90sF. So warnings are starting to go out about keeping cool and what to do.
Got my laundry done and the new machines work very well. But they do have a glitch already. They are suppose to take $1 coins but don't. It's a good thing that I keep a pile of quarters around for laundry. [
SUX: At least they still take coins.
I bet it won't be long before they only start taking credit cards or using an app on your phone to pay. I'm sure a lot of them do that already.
Fortunately for you, Brenda, they're probably unlikely to spend a bunch of money on new ones again any time soon, so hopefully you don't have to worry much about that inevitability.
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Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Sunday, July 24, 2022 8:34 AM
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Originally posted by SignyM:
No kidding. I had to foray into downtown LA and wound up in a metered parking lot that only accepted credit cards. If I didn't have one I'd still be there today...
It's just one more reason I don't go out much anymore.
I see hope in today's youth though, as they turn into adults. I'm seeing a lot of them ditching smartphones and making videos about going back to older tech and how much it has improved their personal lives despite the inconveniences of living without things that a lot of them just grew up with.
I hope it's more than just a blip of a trend. We're kind of losing our humanity here.
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Sunday, July 24, 2022 11:27 AM
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:The weather has cooled down to low 80s, so this AM was my day to dig, hoe,and rake weeds from the veggie garden and check up on how things are growing.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Laundry day for me then a walk in the sunshine.
I have a volunteer cherry tomato that I've already harvested a few tomatoes from. My Early Girl tomatoes are doing their usual spectacular selves, and already have some good-sized tomatoes on them. My started tomato seedlings (three different varieties)are finding their roots and growing well, although it will be at least a month until they start setting tomatoes. Well, that's what comes from late planting, I guess!
The nursery red and green bell peppers have some peppers set, my own started seedlings are still finding their roots but have at least survived their traumatic transplant.
The nursery watermelons are scrambling all over and I see a few very tiny watermelons, altho typically (in my yard, anyway) many of them fall off. SOMEthing ate my muskmelon seedlings down to the nubs. I have to give up on them this year bc it's too late to replant seeds, I think. I've already harvested nursery zucchini, altho it's not bearing as well as usual. This WOULD be the year I only planted four instead of six!
The okra is FINALLY growing another set of leaves, altho one set got eaten own tothe nubbs. Fortunately I have a pot of healthy spares.
Basil and parsley are going great guns, I've made a few Italian and Thai dishes with the basil already, and chopped parsley is up on the menu this week.
And it be rainin' avocados over here! I'm giving them away to neighbors and friends, but I'm also going to try making and freezing guacamole. I wish I could send some to you guys, they're SOOOO expensive this year! The Haas avocado, tho, has developed a good case of persea mites. Usually I buy and distribute predatory mites in spring, but I was recovering from surgery and then went thru radiation treatment, so I didn't get achance. I was hoping that the weather would cooperate and help the tree escape mites, but the weather has turned warm and humid .... very mite-friendly... so the best I can do at this point is hose off the leaves and hope to knock some of them down and drown them. So that's it for the veggies!
Also, today ... vacuuming. The house is filthy.
-----------
Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
My corner of BC is going to be heating up more by the middle of next week. Weather people talking the 30sC which is the 90sF. So warnings are starting to go out about keeping cool and what to do.
Got my laundry done and the new machines work very well. But they do have a glitch already. They are suppose to take $1 coins but don't. It's a good thing that I keep a pile of quarters around for laundry.
At least they still take coins.
I bet it won't be long before they only start taking credit cards or using an app on your phone to pay. I'm sure a lot of them do that already.
Fortunately for you, Brenda, they're probably unlikely to spend a bunch of money on new ones again any time soon, so hopefully you don't have to worry much about that inevitability.
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Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus
I doubt they will.
These are good as they tell you how much time is left for washing or drying.
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Sunday, July 24, 2022 11:52 PM
Sunday, Sunday.
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Monday, July 25, 2022 3:51 AM
Quote:. For me, I have regular Sunday chores: watering all the potted plants, indoors and out,and sorting the mail.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Sunday, Sunday.
I also fixed something that has been bugging me for almost a year. Back then, I transplanted my office plant which is about 6' tall, into a bigger pot. But instead of thriving it acted like it was still in a small pot. I suspected a big air bubble underneath, so I finally grabbed the hand truck (had to fill the tires first) and took the plant outside. Then I settled the dirt using a slowly flowing hose, jamming n
it into the pot and jiggling the pot. And the indeed a big air bubble blooped up and a quart of dirt settled down. So I just added more potting soil to the top and rewatered it. I'm letting it drain b4 taking it back inside.
Vacuuming the living room and dining room now. Not exactly a spring cleaning, but not just routine either.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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