5.4.2024

[ivyskeep]

Being old is getting old. I used to get a second wind after resting from doing yard work for about three hours. My wind is gone y'all. At least I got the yard work done that I wanted to this weekend. I cleaned up the bed around the baby lilac bush I'm trying to protect from Bridget, aka Ms. Stompsalot. I'll keep it esconced in a heavy tomato cage until it's too big for the dog to kill it. I also dug around it to place a border. Maybe I'll have some energy left tonight to do some of the creative work I want to get done.

The tomato seeds didn't take in this year's winter sowing experiment, so I plan on getting at least one tomato plant from a local nursery so I can have fresh tomatoes through the summer. I was bummed about the experiment failing since I had one success last year. I will make sure to do winter sowing next year but also have a backup of indoor starter plants.

I'll be sowing these sweet redcore carrot seeds tomorrow. Those haven't failed me yet, and they'er the most delicious carrots I've ever tried.