What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

Mine had those big black totes with yellow lids full of Christmas knick knacks dozens of them!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Pretty sure my mom was a hoarder too but yet she always knew where everything was, could find anything. And she would occasionally get rid of stuff/clean up a bit only to bring back five more things from the dump for every one thing she took back

We had 2 1/2 big dumpsters plus all the trips to Savers and the dump and some trash bags when we cleaned out the house and garage. It was bad.

We lost her 2 years ago, April 2021.

Lost my Nana November 2020 which I think contributed to Mom’s decline. Then we lost my grandpa just last May. I think losing his wife and daughter did him in especially since both were pretty sudden and unexpected.

Lost my grandma 2015. Never met my other grandpa.

So I have no grandparents left and down one parent. Have a new step parent now but yeah.

 

[EuroChook]

I stood in my tiny, unassuming garden admiring the garden next door, lusting once again after their seasonal fruit, sun glinty in the warm shadows. If some of that should go missing, twarnt me. The wind did it!

 

[CedarLane]

I miss my dad, he passed away last September.

This September will mark three years since my Dad passed away! It's hard -- I know! Still miss him everyday...though I've finally stopped picking up my phone to call or text him about something I want to tell him (took close to a year before I quite doing that...Pick up the phone "Oh, I guess I can't call him. He's not here anymore...")

 

[TJAnonymous]

Mine had those big black totes with yellow lids full of Christmas knick knacks dozens of them!

Are you sure our mothers aren't related? Last weekend I uncovered 8 big totes, 1 box, 2 tree bags, and 1 big wreath bag of Christmas stuff in her she-shed. I didn't go through them yet (other than to open the lid and identify what was inside). I plan to do that next weekend with my older kids so we can divvy it up. Christmas in August.

 

[CedarLane]

This week... 9 quarts of Green Beans; 7 quarts of Applesauce. Tomorrow we'll freeze Sweet Corn. Friday I will need to finish my Applesauce and will probably (hopefully) finish my Green Beans up.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Oh yeah, who said they blanched green beans in the microwave? I tried to do that this morning with a handful of green beans. Didn't turn out well. My green beans exploded. And yes, I did have them in water.

 

[NanaK]

Nothing in the garden today for me. I was in the kitchen working on canning tomatoes. Hubby went to the garden and picked for me this morning! He picked tomatoes, cucumbers and green beans.

 

[Smokerbill]

I looked at my garden today. There's a zucchini I should have picked but I'll get it tomorrow. My cucumbers are finally responding to my training them onto the trellis and climbing where they should. Everything else seems ok. I was distracted today by chicken problems, if you know what I mean.

 

[WthrLady]

Are you sure our mothers aren't related? Last weekend I uncovered 8 big totes, 1 box, 2 tree bags, and 1 big wreath bag of Christmas stuff in her she-shed. I didn't go through them yet (other than to open the lid and identify what was inside). I plan to do that next weekend with my older kids so we can divvy it up. Christmas in August.

Yep sister found 7 Chirstmas trees, decorations for them for several holidays, keep the tree up and put valentines stuff on it, 4th of july, fall stuff...crazy. China snowmen, and snow globes. Totes full of longenberger baskets. Totes of old sheets and towels and washcloths.
A freezer full of far out of date food.
PILES of cook and bakeware. She'd store stuff in the basement and then not want to walk all the way down there to get it, and then buy new and keep it upstairs. When she got tired of it, or figured she didn't need it anymore, down the stairs it went, and then she'd want it again and either forget she already owned it or didn't want to go down and get it and buy yet another one.
Or she'd see me get something and buy it to match, and use it once or twice and down the stairs it would go.