Forecast says clear, my gut says- intermittent rain, with cooler temps.<\/p>\n
Yesterday we got spotty rain off and on all day.\u00a0 I didn’t let that stop me from working in the gardens and yard.\u00a0\u00a0 Cut up some branches for the woodpile.\u00a0 Took down a branch to let more light into the back yard, in the late afternoon.\u00a0 Two of my beds don’t get much direct sun before noon, so I need as late in the day as I can get.<\/p>\n
I reseeded where something had dug up my seeds.\u00a0 And this time, I put metal mesh (hardware cloth) over the top of where the seeds are.\u00a0 That should keep the squirrels out of it until the plants have a chance to sprout.\u00a0 I also reseeded the radishes and turnips in the ‘window boxes’ on the fence, and I went ahead and planted a few corn kernels.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ll see how they do and if the squirrels eat them.<\/p>\n
If the weather’s good today, I’ll try to do some work on the sprinklers, and maybe get the rope saw out and do some pruning on the live oak in the front yard.\u00a0 Maybe.<\/p>\n
I did get some small cleanup done in the driveway, which the wife took as an anniversary gift \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 I sold and delivered a pallet jack to my buddy, and put some stuff out for heavy trash.<\/p>\n
I feel like I got a bunch done, even with a fairly late start to the day.\u00a0 I hope today goes as well.<\/p>\n
Dinner was live Maine lobsters, flown in as a gift from my\u00a0 in-laws.\u00a0 I had to cook it, but it was a nice dinner.\u00a0 I used the pot from my propane turkey fryer, and I should have used the gas ring too.\u00a0 It took forever to heat the water on my electric range, and my timing was thrown off by the time it took to get it back to a boil after the lobsters went in.\u00a0 Tasted good, but they were a tiny bit overcooked.\u00a0 A bit of steak from the freezer made the ‘turf’ part of our ‘surf n turf’.\u00a0\u00a0 Boiled potatoes and steamed asparagus rounded out the meal.\u00a0 Damn strange slow motion disaster.<\/p>\n
I broke my own isolation twice this week, both times for money.\u00a0 Not JUST money, but money was involved.\u00a0 I hope it doesn’t bite me in the @ss.<\/p>\n
Stay in, stay safe.<\/p>\n
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Forecast says clear, my gut says- intermittent rain, with cooler temps.<\/p>\n
Yesterday we got spotty rain off and on all day.\u00a0 I didn’t let that stop me from working in the gardens and yard.\u00a0\u00a0 Cut up some branches for the woodpile.\u00a0 Took down a branch to let more light into the back yard, in the late afternoon.\u00a0 Two of my beds don’t get much direct sun before noon, so I need as late in the day as I can get.<\/p>\n