GARDENING

Container gardening and what I have learned. My "Better Boy" tomatoe plant is doing absolutely fabulous, have had one tomatoe and several more will be coming on shortly. Now this plant is the second planting after loosing the first one to a hard freeze. My second planting of the peppers are also doing great. I have several peppers that are already the size of my thumb. Yellow squash & green squash. These I am having a problem with. The blossoms aren't going into fruitation. As soon as the bloom they just drop off leaving no squash behind. So I'm thinking that maybe the pots aren't big enough, maybe not enough bees for pollination, though I doubt that as they are as thick as can be working all of my flowers. But you know I'm happy with just the tomatoes and peppers. I use to do a lots better when I had the huge garden right after I moved onto my property, but then I have been away from it for more than a few years.

My new grass that I planted on the east side of the house is really doing great. I fully plan on keeping Sassy fenced out of there until next Spring and I think I will have a much better chance of getting this to work. This is the 3rd time now so it should be charmed, I hope. It is still only sixty degrees outside today because it is overcast, but man oh man is it ever humid.

Between my flowers, house, garden, mowing and sitting on the east deck watching the humming birds, the past two days they have been thicker than thieves and I love to watch them play. It is obvious that they now have their young raised. I saw my first Rufuos today, I forget from year to year how mean they can be.

Haven't picked up a book to read in days as there is to much else going on. Have went down to check on my brother several times and I can not believe everything he has done. He is getting his place ready for retirement for sure.

Friday had some problems with my Swamp Cooler, but our trivia buddy got it all fixed up for me. He is a jewel and another reason why we treat our friends with kindness, love and respect so that they are more than willing to respond when we ask for help. I certainly enjoy he and his wife's friendship which has been a long one, long before either of their kids were born. Man we have been friends awhile, I had never really thought about how many years and here both of their kids are grown and gone from home. Interesting.

Well nothing really exciting has happened since my last post. I get paid Wed. so I need to close here and sit down and pay bills.

Have a good one to each and every one of you.

Vacation Fun

Well as most of you know Mamma's Meandering Mind, Her Man & Pickle Puss have been here in the valley this past week. What fun we have had. I have truly enjoyed their company to no end, along with my brother and wife. First couple of days was just kind of hanging out and then it was on to more fun things.

Today is definitely my day of rest. However I did get up early to spray my trees again. This time I used the soap solution that is so very popular in Arizona. If it can take care of some of those monster bugs that they have down there it certainly can take care of some of these Colorado critters.

Once again I think about, I just can't begin to tell everyone how much I'm enjoying my retirement. It is so nice to just be able to get cleaned up from what ever you were doing and just take off and go do something fun. You don't have this option when you work.

I have mentioned in past blogs that everything is so far behind this year here in Colorado. Another example are my Day Lilies. They usually bloom before the 15th of June and here they are just starting to bloom today. I will also in a day or two have my first tomatoe out of my container garden. Knowing how truly easy this is I may add more containers next year with some lettuce and stuff. I love fresh lettuce out of the garden. Guess I had better get to the Farmer's Market next Sat. Have just been to busy to make it so far.

Almost two weeks ago, I put up a temporary fence on my east side so that I could reseed once again as Sassy thinks you run, jump and slide and had totally uprooted large areas of grass. When I did the seeding I had decided that I'm keeping her fenced out until next Spring to allow the grass to really take hold. Any way what I was leading up to is by waiting until the nights were warmer I had grass coming up on the 8th day. I planted, covered with straw to hold moisture in and now it is as thick as the fur on one of the pups.

I'm anxiously awaiting some of Mamma's Meandering Mind's photos. She took some that should be just spectular. She is So-o-o-o-o-o good with a camera. I do good to just focus, but maybe in the future I might get a digital. Just have some other expensive items to take care of first and money is a consideration when your retired.