the little wild kingdom

[flowerbug]

doesn't sound like fun...

could be worse, could be a plumber...

i think it is a great world where i can call someone to come fix something that i'd rather not deal with and hand them a few pieces of colored paper with some numbers on them and it's done.

 

[flowerbug]

air quality really poor today. Mom notices it a lot more than i do and today it feels like someone is stepping on my chest. definitely not working outside this morning and have family over for lunch today so it is a day of rest and relaxation. and i am quite ok with that!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That stinks! Hope ya'll enjoy the day regardless...

 

[flowerbug]

That stinks! Hope ya'll enjoy the day regardless...

i stink, getting in shower soon, will certainly enjoy the day no matter what, hot water heater works. good food and good company.

 

[flowerbug]

was able to get outside today without any breathing issues, but it sure was foggy this morning. weeded until my legs got tired. progress! makes me happy to at last have other things i can get to that have been waiting - plus my own task-oriented brain likes when i can check things off my list.

 

[flowerbug]

oh good, we finally got some rain.

 

[flowerbug]

lifted the garlic today. about a month late. recent rains did not help but that's my fault for letting it go so long after being ready.

i planted it in two gardens, in the pepper garden (heavier soil with more clay but has been gardened for many years growing green, red and hot peppers) inside the fenced gardens. about 1/3 of the garlic had black mold starting on it, but i think i may be ok in that i peeled off the outer layers and will dry it out and eat it first. the other 2/3rds of the garlic looked better but i don't know how well it will cure until it dries down more. in the north garden there was no black mold at all and the garlic looks better but it does help that the north garden has actual topsoil. i'm drying it all down in my room since the garage is very hot and humid.

i'm hoping compared to the two previous years that the garlic at least stores ok. i have plenty of bulbules from the tops also and those store very well once the stems are dried completely - i keep them in a quart yogurt container without the top on all the way so they can stay dry and not sprout much at all (if kept in a darker spot they won't do much at all) they'll last until next summer. i give them away at the seed swaps and they are usually gone. they are also as edible as a clove of garlic and some of them are bigger than the smallest cloves from the bulbs and since they are formed and held up high they don't usually have a lot of soil contact issues that the bulbs can have.

 

[flowerbug]

hot and humid this morning. i was glad i could get the garlic lifted and helped Mom with one of her bags of mulch and she was done too. good thing i stopped as after that bag of mulch i was starting to get overheated.

 

[flowerbug]

plenty of rain yesterday. i need a break so today i can do a few indoors things instead while it dries out and the puddles soak in.

 

[flowerbug]

we did have another small leak from that last heavy storm. it wasn't too bad and the roofing guy came out again to check it out and he did recaulk around the area where the leak is at so perhaps we're done. he said he wasn't sure if he got anything as he didn't notice any obvious issues but some of the caulk that those people put up in the middle of winter on a very cold day wasn't sticking as good as it could have so perhaps that was the problem. we'll see.

i'm just glad that no other leaks have shown up. we've had two very heavy storms the past few weeks and only this one tiny leak happened. better than where we were at before. just hope this is the last of it for a while...