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Post by centralilrookie on May 1, 2024 20:35:18 GMT -5
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Post by desertwoman on May 1, 2024 22:11:26 GMT -5
Oh my goodness Wheelgarden, so glad to hear you are home and doing better. There's no place like home for that deep healing.
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Post by desertwoman on May 1, 2024 22:23:44 GMT -5
Today was our irrigation day from the Acequia Madre. Quinn had to be in Albuquerque so I took over the full task of monitoring the water flow through our property. This was our third day and still refining the flow for the year. Shoveled a bunch of dirt to create a berm that guides the water to our huge old (55+ years old) pear tree, rather than escape to the empty field below us. I think we are in good shape for the rest of the season, with perhaps just a few minor tweaks ahead. Also pruned out dead wood in a lilac and rose bush. I'm a good tired tonight.
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Post by Mumsey on May 2, 2024 5:39:03 GMT -5
Wheelgarden, Good to hear you are mending! And great you can have your IV's at home. There's no place like home......
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Post by Mumsey on May 2, 2024 5:55:28 GMT -5
Yesterday started out well. Went to town and was nearly done with shopping when brother called. He asked to to call Dad, he needed to go to dr. appt at 3:30 and could I take him. So I called him, told him I'd be there at 3:00. So went home, got some things done and took off for Dad's. He was ready to go when I got there. He has a lump on the back of his upper leg. My first thought was blood clot. Nope, it turns out to be a giant boil! So home we go with antibiotics, dressings for if it starts to drain, etc. Better than a blood clot for sure! It was a challenge explaining to step mom what to do, hopefully Dad can guide her through it. Hot packs, etc. Told them I'll be back Sunday to check on it.
When I got home, sis was already here unloading her truck, she brought tables for setting up plant sale. That's our job today, and it's going to rain most of the day. But we will be working in the garage. Tomorrow we are promised sunshine. Got a call from lawnmower guy, it's fixed and the guy was too cheap!! Unbelievable, but he knows what he's doing as he works with engines all day. The grass needs a serious mowing after all the rain. I have been able to keep up with the dandelions though. I see marigolds sprouting in the garden, and beets. The peas look awesome. Raked the thick layer of leaves away from the bean fence. Was going to plant them but had to get going.
Next weekend I'm going to DD's in Illinois. Grand DD graduates on Saturday, but I will get there Sunday. Neighbor will watch The Princess.
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Post by emmsmommy on May 2, 2024 20:59:11 GMT -5
Started out the morning by having hubby move a cattle panel and helping me rig up a shade cloth for the pepper plants since I'd be gone most of the morning. Made a deposit at the bank and then was at thrift store shortly after opening. Didn't find much except for a few dolls and furniture for kiddo's dollhouse. Stopped at a local nursery that specializes in herbs and natives and ended up with a few different ones. Worker gave me slack for wearing a Baker Creek T-shirt and we had the GMO purple tomato discussion. Stopped at another small nursery and they have absolutely nothing in their main greenhouse yet and only vegetable starts available. Arrived at shop I was delivering to right as they were opening and was treated to a breakfast wrap and coffee. Hubby decided last night that since I wasn't going to be too far away, I could swing over to our usual town for the electronics pickup. Knew there was a large church sale about seven miles out of town and I ended up unknowingly taking the scenic route. Did find a backup JJ doll for kiddo and a few shirts for her but that was it. Stopped at Lowe's to buy a hose end for the soaker hose as evidently hubby ran over it last year and bent it beyond repair. Also picked up a spigot for one of the 15-gallon barrels. Stopped and talked to hubby while he was working and once I got home I decided it was entirely too hot to try to tackle anything in the garden other than unload plants, so after doing that I tackled the soaker hose. To be honest I thought it spewed water in a few places and planned to trash it if it did and just keep the hose end for a spare. Kept the water flowing for approximately ten minutes with no issues, so now it's a matter of deciding where it will go. The second set of quick connects arrived yesterday and I pretty much have enough for all the hoses, which will make life so much simpler. Hubby bought three new expanding hoses at a yard sale for $5 each last year and I tossed one that leaked badly and didn't have much faith in the other two. Remarkably they're doing great and have had no issues other than the fact that one is black and the other gray and white, and when they start expanding I always think it's either a blacksnake or garter snake. I guess the one good thing about Facebook is that it's now the trend to post pictures of yard sale offerings. After viewing the pictures of the rummage sale I was planning to attend tomorrow, I've changed my mind as I feel it would be a wasted trip. There is another one a few miles away from here too and hubby and I may go to it before he goes to work in the morning.
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Post by desertwoman on May 3, 2024 23:28:13 GMT -5
No gardening today. Saw 2 clients, picked up a few things at the grocery store and just kind of goofed off the rest of the day. I needed a break from physical work.
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Post by emmsmommy on May 4, 2024 2:21:13 GMT -5
Decided I was going to put in a full day gardening yesterday but neighbor called and asked if I would go to a local community building and pick up some food she had signed up for a few weeks ago. Her hubby found out he has stage four cancer a few weeks ago and had a treatment yesterday, so of course I told her I would. Wasn't sure what to expect, so I went 45 minutes early to ensure a parking spot. Even though I was less than four miles from home, there was absolutely no cell service. Decided to grab hubby a cold drink and a sandwich from the local convenience store and as soon as I had cell service my phone went absolutely crazy. Stopped and dropped stuff off to hubby and checked my messages and discovered that I had several missed calls from the school and messages from kiddo's aide that she was sick. Thankfully I was less than a half mile from the school and swung by and picked her up. I have my mom and mother-in-law as emergency contacts and oddly neither of them were home either. By evening kiddo's stomach has settled down and I decided to get some plants in the ground before it started raining. I managed to get four planted before the downpour started. Oh well, tomorrow is another day and the rain is badly needed.
Rain is forecasted for the entire weekend so hoping to finally finish potting the tomatoes and move them outside to acclimate.
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Post by Mumsey on May 4, 2024 5:27:41 GMT -5
Busy busy busy since Thursday. Sis and I set up for the sale Thursday. Friday morning we opened the garage door. A flood of people! It was crazy busy for 2 hours. By afternoon I was able to pluck dandelions while sis attended to customers. Did all trimming in yard. Then mowed the back yard. A hay field. I just mulched it instead of bagging, very heavy grass. Got to the front yard, it was even thicker and kept clogging the mower so had to put the bagger on. Lots of stopping and dumping. I was pooped after all that. Cleaned up the mess from unclogging the mower and all the trimming. Closed the door at 5 pm, then I contacted the person who takes my leftover plants. He said yes. Plus he wants any asparagus I have left. Deal!! Then we had take-out for supper, fajita salads from the restaurant 2 blocks down the street. Rain off and on today, hope we get customers! I think I overdid the plant starting this year...... . Way too many eggplant. The first thing I sold out of was Coleus and Garden Phlox. At noon I will half-price everything. So far though, huge success!!! Hoping to get beans in the ground today and some holes dug and prepped for tomatoes, etc. Might even have room for a few hills of potatoes. Tomorrow it's off to Dad's. I'll be taking plants to them.
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Post by centralilrookie on May 4, 2024 5:33:49 GMT -5
Wednesday we moved the plants out to meet the sunshine. It was somewhat cloudy and the plants seemed to enjoy their first visit with the outdoors. After a couple of hours we moved everyone back in the garage but left the doors open so they could enjoy the nice breeze.
Thursday, before sweetheart left to spend the day with her daughter, we again set the plants outside. I then left to get a quick haircut planning to return home quickly as the sun was bright and it was quite windy. When I returned home the plants seemed to be taking a beating so I moved them inside quickly. Looking at them later they all have seemed to have thrived from the up-potting and catching some rays. I mowed the yard while waiting for sweetheart to get home. When she did return she was in high gear planting flowers that had followed her home. Being that it had been quite warm and windy I watered all the plants that we’ve planted this spring just ahead of a half inch rain that we received later that night. 😂
Yesterday the plan was to spend the day with our 19 month old grandson but on the way we stopped at moms to drop off the plants she wanted. Came away with some day lilies, that she had dug up, and a couple of 4th of July tomato plants that I’ve been looking for. Had a great day with the little fella that included going to the zoo and making him the center of attention when we got home.
Today, hopefully, I will get most our plants to their new homes with family and friends……
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Post by martywny on May 4, 2024 5:36:35 GMT -5
The weather has been great for gardening so that's just what I've been up to...
Picked up our order of 14 fruit trees at the nursery and got those planted. 5 apple, 3 cherry, 2 pear, 1 plum, and 3 peach. I also ordered 5 grape vines of three varieties, they are now in the vineyard. All of the old orchard trees are getting their sulfur fungicide treatment and most have finished blooming.
The new fence is complete and I took down the old one afterward. There was a drainage ditch just past the old fence and I turned it into a more gentle, sloping runoff that I can easily mow. I did manage to get the tractor stuck in the mud, had to pull it out with the excavator while Cheryl drove it. She's not a tractor person but I included tractor driving in our marriage contract.
The seedlings are hardening off and will be transplanted over the next few days. Main garden is tilled and ready for ground cover, another strip is tilled and will be used for the new blackberry/blueberry patch. I had some casualties in the asparagus bed due to the 24° temps, didn't even know there were any out there, otherwise, they would have been on the dinner plate.
Granddaughter #2 has her last match of the Junior Tour this morning, finally a day without rain, wind, and cold! Granddaughter #3 has an early lacrosse game this morning so the grandparent schedule is quite full.
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Post by datgirl on May 4, 2024 18:07:56 GMT -5
Went to a memorial service for my sister today. She had it all planned out years ago and paid for too. Her son's carried out her wishes and it was perfect. My sister was a difficult person sometimes, but she was loved, and that was evident today.
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Post by binnylou on May 4, 2024 18:27:06 GMT -5
martywny, what are the varieties of apple, cherry, and peach trees are you planting? There’s nothing quite like the taste of homegrown peaches. If hubby would allow it, I’d put in a new Reliance peach tree. And a Yellow Delicious apple tree….makes good pie. When I say he wouldn’t allow it, what he said was that he wasn’t interested in planting any more fruit trees.
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Post by martywny on May 4, 2024 19:02:28 GMT -5
martywny, what are the varieties of apple, cherry, and peach trees are you planting? Here is the list of the trees we planted. I bought these from a local Amish nursery that has been selling trees for many years. Many of their varieties have been developed at the Geneva Agricultural Experiment Station cals.cornell.edu/agricultural-experiment-station run by Cornell University. Folks from the nursery go there to select rootstocks and cultivars and perform the grafts. Many varieties have been developed over the years specifically for our area and for the growers in our area. There are hundreds of thousands of trees on farms just north of us and several large processing plants, fruit is one of our major agricultural industries. Ebony Sweet Cherry Burgundy Pearl Cherry Van Sweet Cherry Coral Star Peach Harrow Sweet Pear Red Delicious Apple Royal Empire Apple Initial Apple Crimson Crisp Apple Novamac Apple Contender Peach
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Post by pepperhead212 on May 4, 2024 20:40:16 GMT -5
Very little outside, due to the rain. I went outside early, to go to Aldi, when they opened, and there was no rain for that time, but it started up again shortly after that. I only went out briefly later, to get some herbs, for dinner.
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