What did you do in the garden today?

We weren't supposed to have sunshine until the end of the week, but OOOPS! we got a nice sunny day by mistake. I'll take it!

I bought a Hummingbird Vine (aka, Trumpet Vine) at TSC. Bees like them. They can become invasive, but around here, I don't think they can get the chance because they die back enough in the winter. I'll plant it somewhere in the field, where it can grow up a standing dead tree, or else by the old house to grow up the light pole.
I have one of those trumpet vines. It was 30ft up a black walnut choking it out. I keep cutting it back but it keeps sending out shoots. I thought it was a seedling on the other side of the house, but digging out the roots, so it didn't come back it was from the parent. Went 30 ft , under 2 sidewalks turned, went 10 ft until it hit the concrete porch and came up.
Hummingbird loves the blooms tho
 
I can't believe it. My jasmine plant is ALIVE! It was supposed to only be good to 0'F, and we were down to -20F for three nights in a row and never above 0'F for 7 days. It's not in a sheltered location or anything. Mercy, that's one tough plant.
Stand back or it will carry you away with it lol
 
Right now the temperature is 73. We were supposed to have ran all weekend and into the better part of the week but yesterday and today has been great spring weather. Went to Oroville to see my mom and dad. Took Wally and the youngest granddaughter with me. I had to pick Wally up to get him out of my Xterra. When I got home it was a different story because I left his sight and he immediately jumped out.
 
We had best success when planting among the tomatoes, where it would get some shade.
Yeah, my celery did the best when I planted it intermingled with tomatoes too.
Then always use it along with carrots and onions for the aromatics in soups and stews. One of my favorite dishes is Cashew Chicken with onions, mushrooms and lots of celery. Very tasty.
Once I learned to do the diced onion, carrot, and celery at the very start of my soups and stews I never looked back. I add a little bit of tomato paste now too when the veg are almost done. And sometimes some anchovey paste as well.
One more week until the total eclipse. Is it silly to be excited about the food trucks coming to the fairgrounds all weekend leading up to the eclipse? Bc that is where I plan to get my lunch Sat/Sun!
We're in such a small town that I always get excited when we get some food trucks. There's a Filipino one that I just love.

Went into town for a haircut, got a new pair of jeans at Cascade Farm and Outdoors but I had to ask a clerk to find a pair my size. Dang visual migraine hit just as I started looking at the sizes. I think the lighting brought it on since it eased up as soon as I got out of the clothing section of the store and completely cleared once I went outside.

When I got home I let the girls out and tossed them the snails I found while clearing about half of a raised bed. I burned a good laundry basket full of dry garden remains.

Penny freaked me out on her walk, I was shuffling bags, trash tongs and cell phone and accidentally dropped the leash. She ran off ahead of me and wouldn't recall. Fortunately, she didn't really want to run away, just wants a faster walking pace then I do and when I stopped walking after her and squatted down and offered her treats, she ran right back to me. She's a rescue and it's foolish of me to assume I always understand her thinking, this could have been a disaster if there had been cars or strange humans close by. Lesson learned.
 

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Dang visual migraine hit just as I started looking at the sizes. I think the lighting brought it on since it eased up as soon as I got out of the clothing section of the store
It may be that horrible formaldehyde they treat new clothing with, that gave you a headache. I can't even go into some stores, that smell hits me, I get flushed skin, nasty headache & nausea right away, gotta turn right back around & walk out. They spray that crap on textiles, any & all fabrics, to keep insects, moths & rodents from gnawing on them while being stored & transported. One time I bought some towels, they must've been sitting in the bottom of the formaldehyde tank for a long time. They stunk so bad, even soaking & washing several times with white vinegar & hanging them outside in sunshine did not get rid of the chemical stench. I could not even bring them into the house. I threw them in the back of the truck with a load to take to the dump. They stunk up the truck bed! Ugh, that stuff is so nasty!
 
We weren't supposed to have sunshine until the end of the week, but OOOPS! we got a nice sunny day by mistake. I'll take it!

I bought a Hummingbird Vine (aka, Trumpet Vine) at TSC. Bees like them. They can become invasive, but around here, I don't think they can get the chance because they die back enough in the winter. I'll plant it somewhere in the field, where it can grow up a standing dead tree, or else by the old house to grow up the light pole.
My sister's neighbor has a trumpet vine that took over the entire fence and had sprouts popping up all over both of their yards.
 

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