Nancy was up and doing her morning routine so I dressed and headed out after a smoothie. I wanted to get my seedlings in the ground and so I started in the upper garden with the tomato, peppers and basil plants. The ground was relatively free of weeds as the heavy cover of leaves acted as a barrier to their growth. I will have to remember that next Fall when I winterize the gardens. I then moved over to the herb beds and once again it had a few more weeds but not nearly as much as last year. I transplanted Thyme, basil, marigolds and sowed to rows of beets and radishes. According to the waning moon phase it was a could time to sow seeds that have root crops. I then moved down to the lower garden where the weeds were a little more evident but still they came up very easy. I had about a dozen hills of potato's that came up where I had planted them last November and about half that many hills that came up voluntary so I moved them into the area with the ones I had actually planted.
It was lunch time so we had sardines along with onions and tomatoes from my Florida garden on crackers with mustard. One of our favorite lunches. Neighbor Gerald came by for a visit and stayed while we ate and thanked him for mowing a path into the cabin. He once again offered his services and equipment. He will be living here permanently which makes for having a good neighbor year around, especially when we aren't here in the winter; plus he maintains the road with his tractor as no one else has the know how or equipment to do so.
After lunch I headed down to move the Zinnias up into larger pots and transplanted more marigolds in the front flower beds. Nancy was on her knees and backside most of the morning pulling weeds from the beds and getting them ready for the beautiful flowers that will shortly be appearing. I hauled several loads of weeds and debris she had accumulated on the front yard to the compost pile. She finally took a break as her fingers were sore as well as her backside. It was close to suppertime so we had a garden salad to go along with frozen spaghetti sauce we brought from home. Yeow was that ever delicious with some garlic bread. After supper I headed out despite the foggy conditions to mow down some of the knee high grass. I had taken the weed whacker earlier and topped the high grass making it easier for the riding mower. I worked on the main yards until nearly dark and decided the back woods yard can wait another day.
After a hot shower I could barely keep my eyes open so I watched a little of the Ray's game on the Internet and they won in the 9th inning against the Tigers and it wasn't long afterwards I was in sleep mode as it was close to 10 PM. I'm not sure what time the rain started in the middle of the night but its been raining off and on all morning and I notice where water is standing in a couple places in my newly planted garden, Oh well. Keep Amy and her family in your thoughts and prayers for safe traveling to Kansas; 1500 hundred miles non-stop as Tyler left in the afternoon so the kids could sleep during the night. His youngest sister is getting married on Saturday and both Ava and Sam are in the wedding party, LATER
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