What did you do in the garden today?

[chickengr]

I wanted an aloe plant, but so many other things were going on, including chicks in the car during another snow, I got out of there as fast as I could. This is the first flowering plant I’ve ever bought for myself. I’m now officially old. I suddenly like indoor plants.
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then I should still be young! I have no indoor plants

 

[BullChick]

then I should still be young! I have no indoor plants

It’s the way I see it!

 

[jerryse]

Tired of frosty mornings , cloudy chilly days and rain . It will get better but the wait .

 

[Acre4Me]

Tired of frosty mornings , cloudy chilly days and rain . It will get better but the wait .

Totally agree! Tired of waiting for nice warm weather!

 

[Sally PB]

but then I managed to barely fly back

WOW! Even barely flying is quite impressive! (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

You do know how to fly, though, right? Like making piecrust, I know how it's done, but can't do it myself.

For those who don't know... Douglas Adams had the answer in one of his Hitchhiker's Guild to the Galaxy books.

Throw yourself at the ground. And miss.

 

[littledog]

The gas we have today with Ethanol is OK for our cars that we drive everyday, but it's terrible for machines that we do not use all the time. The Ethanol attracts water and turns to varnish, gumming up the carbs, in just a few months.

Every Spring, we had machines that refused to start, fortunately we know a local guy who repairs engines for reasonable prices. Most of the time it's gummed-up carbs or fuel lines, so I took his advice and make sure to run our machines empty every late fall.

I don't use the old truck very much, but it is the vehicle I use to hitch up the trailer and head
on out to the county landfill to get all those free wood chips for the coop bedding.

Same here - I love my 1996 F-250, but it was ridiculous as a commuter vehicle, seeing as most places I go (including work) are 5-10 miles from my home. Last October my workplace installed free electric car chargers, so I pulled the switch and bought a Fiat 500e (all electric) with less than 10.000 miles on it, for less than $10,000. It's definitely not for everybody, but it works for me and I love it. Driving it is super fun, the way it's designed I sit up like I do in my truck (and I'm tall) and it handles like a little sports car rather than a tin can - its acceleration is better than any gas car of its size, since there's no hesitation and no shifting. It costs me nothing to drive it, if I time things right to charge it at work, and even if I have to charge it at home it costs like $3 for 100 miles. Maintenance consists of nothing more than tires, brake fluid and windshield fluid. The battery is expected to last for 1000 charges, which works out to 20 years for me, probably about the time I age out of being able to drive.
In the meantime, I get to prolong the life of my beloved F-250. It's still in great shape, and I use it for towing my horse trailer, my utility trailer, and going on longer trips.

My 30++ yo dishwasher did that two years ago. Now I dump in a gallon of water at the beginning of each of the 4 cycles. At first it was a PITA, but now I get all the kitchen clean up chores done while I'm waiting for the cycles. And if by some magic, there aren't any extra chores, I read. I'm in NO hurry to get a new dishwasher!

When we first moved here, we had a dishwasher from the 70's. It worked fine at first, then needed hot water dumped in, then other various coddling, then finally (thankfully) it caught on fire and filled the kitchen with smoke. Finally, Mr. Dog agreed to get a new one!

 

[littledog]

The weather decided not to rain on Saturday, so I finally got the rest of my raised beds leveled and filled. Today I didn't get anything done in the garden, but after work I did a good grooming job on my horse: de-shedded enough of his fur to make another horse!

While grocery shopping, I did buy a big bag of potting soil, since my tomatoes and eggplants are more than ready to be repotted. Also canned three quarts of sauerkraut, and prepped another three quarts.

My 84-y-old Mom is an artist, and today she received the bouquet of different-colored tulips I sent her for Mother's Day. She says she'll paint them, and I hope to travel to her place in September or October to see what she came up with. I miss her!

 

[Artichoke Lover]

I got almost all of the peppers and eggplant out Saturday. More than 60 transplants. I got the uprights done on the bean trellis and all the weeding. I also had to dig daffodils and gladiolus out of the old garden so it could be tilled. Yesterday I didn’t have time for much since we had Mother’s Day activities from 11-8. I got some stuff watered that was about it. Also had to run a snake out of the coop luckily the chicks were alright. We got 3.75 inches of rain last week and we just got another 2 overnight. Today I want to get the bulbs planted and some polls cut for the tomato trellis what I get done beyond that will depend on just how wet the garden is.

 

[Sally PB]

The sun might peek out soon. When the grass is dry, I have a BUNCH of string trimming to do. I got a Dewalt cordless trimmer from DH for our 30th wedding anniversary, and I love it. He loved that it came with a battery that fits his chainsaw.

 

[Scrumdidlyump]

I found this weirdo:

What is it?!