What did you do in the garden today?

[fuzzi]

No... She passed away a day after my birthday this past May. Miss her a lot

I miss my dad, he passed away last September.

 

[Sally PB]

I'll need to invest in some cheap labels though next because I normally just write on the lids.

perfect labels! and the green ones are cheaper than the rest right now for some reason, so I'm ordering some.

For cheap labels, I can't beat regular scotch tape. Fold one end under about 1/4" as a pull tab so you can remove it easily. You can write on it with sharpie marker. Not fancy, but cheap and gets the job done.

 

[fuzzi]

I got a lot of cardboard ( free from the post office ) laid on top of the walking paths at the church garden and then dumped 8 bags of mulch on top. Not nearly enough mulch. Then headed over to my daughter’s and loaded up more branches and limbs. Had to stop before I got a full trailer load because tonight was the monthly bee club meeting. So I had to hurry home to get a shower before my friend picked me up to go to the meeting. Tonight’s topic was bee pests and diseases.
I also picked some tomatoes and Cheyenne peppers.
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Cardboard
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The mulch didn’t go far enough.
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I’ll bring out more after I get it chipped up.

Cardboard under mulch is the way to go!

 

[TJAnonymous]

I miss my dad, he passed away last September.

I'm so sorry... but thank you for the support.

I lost my dad on Super Bowl Sunday in 2017 and my step-dad on Christmas day in 2019. Losing them was hard. I guess my mom didn't want to be shown up... I had to make the horrible decision to take her off life support. I refused to do that on my birthday (and in the middle of a prearranged vacation). So I ended up losing her the day AFTER my birthday. It was still like a sucker punch to the gut. I can't wait to finish up cleaning out her house because being there without her is very sad & painful.

 

[fuzzi]

Today I picked more tomatoes. This heat has been crazy. My front flower bed has been taken over by tree saplings so I had to trim them up. My husbands and stepson havent seen my trimmings pile yet. I think the heat ruined my elephant ear plant because they never came back after my new york trip a few weeks ago

A few weeks ago after searching for some local Silkies, I found a few. Got a few 8 week old babies. Tiny (biggest one and sure lookin like a boy) Miney and Eeny. (my husband named them and was Eeny, Meany and no mo. He laughed and was I already know you are lookin for more.) So we started a schedule to let the babies out each morning.

This is funny! Thirty years ago we got our first chickens, a rooster and three hens. The kids named them Eeny, Meeny, Miney, and Moe.

 

[Sally PB]

I pulled 4 buckets of weeds. Either I got a lot of weeding done, or I have a lot of weeds. It's the latter. I dumped them in the chicken run and everyone was having a scratchin' good time.

The weeds are pulling easily, so I plan to keep doing some every day to get caught up. Wasn't I just doing this last week??

I think I have enough ripe tomatoes to can 2-3 quarts. I have to check the other garden; I might have more. Right now, I'm just getting one here, one there, and on all different plants. I want to get enough of one variety to can it, write down what kind it is, and then try it as spaghetti sauce in a few weeks. That will help me decide what kinds to grow again next year.

 

[Duckin Crazy]

I decided my mother really won't judge me when she's here tomorrow, and relabeled a couple of plants wildflowers, not weeds.

 

[fuzzi]

I'm so sorry... but thank you for the support.

I lost my dad on Super Bowl Sunday in 2017 and my step-dad on Christmas day in 2019. Losing them was hard. I guess my mom didn't want to be shown up... I had to make the horrible decision to take her off life support. I refused to do that on my birthday (and in the middle of a prearranged vacation). So I ended up losing her the day AFTER my birthday. It was still like a sucker punch to the gut. I can't wait to finish up cleaning out her house because being there without her is very sad & painful.

It was the familiar smell that got me when cleaning out my mom's things. And my dad's. Scent triggers memories.

Emojis are inadequate, but...

 

[WthrLady]

My mom was an organized hoarder. What a mess my sister had to deal with.

 

[TJAnonymous]

My mom was an organized hoarder. What a mess my sister had to deal with.

I'm beginning to suspect the same about my mom... It's crazy the stuff I'm discovering that I had no idea she had. I can only imagine she had a lot of intentions that she simply didn't have the health to carry out.

It will be even worse with my mother-in-law. She is an acknowledged organized hoarder and compulsive buyer. God help us the day/month/year we will have to go through her place. I will need to take a sabbatical to tackle that one.