On Monday it was supposed to rain so I planned to get several indoor jobs done. I also made 9 pints of garlic scape pesto, cutting the scapes during a thunderstorm at 7AM. The carpenter’s wife came over to help.
On Tuesday it was supposed to rain, but never did. I did more inside jobs and then got the lawn mowed. I finally made a strawberry shortcake and took it down to the carpenter’s to share with them for supper.
Wednesday we started a run of cool sunny weather and I was out in the Small garden at 6AM to finish the weeding.
I got it done, and then found the butternut squash and gourds and put 1 hill of squash and 2 of gourds in and got them mulched. But the constant up and down took its toll and I was wiped out by 10AM.
I checked the other sprawly plants in the Big garden to see if any hadn’t made it. A zucchini and several cukes needed to be replanted. I got that done. These above I offered on BuyNothing.
I didn’t have a Christmas tree last year, for obvious reasons, and I really wanted a nice wide blue spruce one. I thought perhaps in June or the summer there would be sales on them and I was right. I found what was promised to be spruce and also was very full. So I ordered it.
It arrived shortly after I came in from the garden. So I sat for a while “fluffing” it out to see if it will be what I want. I got the lower third done before I was just too tired. But it is NOT a spruce type at all, so I’m not sure if I will keep it. I didn’t find many spruce types to choose from.
Later I cut a bunch of rhubarb and made a big stockpot of strawberry rhubarb sauce to freeze.
Thursday I will be back out in the Small garden early and see if I can finish the mulching. I want to move onto planting in the New Herb garden.
Hello lovely lady! 😊
My back hurts every time I visit your page, in sympathy with how yours must be feeling after all the things you do in a day, and on my behalf as I was in the garden squishing potato beetles this morning myself and then I did a bit on the rock wall and pathway too. 😊
It's all coming together quite nicely, inside and outside the house, both the renovations and the plants. 😊
Bummer about the tree, maybe you'll find the right one on that "BuyNothing" site that you offered the plants on, that would be cool. 😊 I wonder if we have a site like that around here...I'll have to check. 😊
God bless you and your wonderful family. 😊 Have an awesome day my fabulous friend! 😊
BuyNothing is a national organization, so you might have one nearby.
I'm sure we have something similar here in Canada, just might be named something different, I'll have to do a bit of research. 😊
Ahhh, forgot you were in Canada....
Ahh, of course you had to talk about garlic scape pesto, now I’m drooling lol!
So, glad to hear that you’re finished planting, I finished yesterday too, it sure feels good doesn’t it? Not that I’m finished completely, I’ll probably put in fall cold crops in July, but I still think it counts!
Can’t wait to see the new herb garden’s progress!