Tag: growing tomatoes in zone 7b
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Song of the Cicadas
Maybe my next house will have a screened-in porch, where I can enjoy a breezy 65-degree September morning, drinking hot coffee and listening to the sounds of nature without my neighbors seeing me in my pajamas and bra-less. In the meantime, I’m on the patio in full view. Too gorgeous a morning not to. Listening…
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State of Abeyance
I’m feeling torn in different directions. There are two situations happening right now in which I’m approaching a crossroads. It could be that nothing changes, or everything could change. Sorry to be vague. If anything actually happens, then I’ll be able to explain. On top of that, the change of seasons is happening and I…
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Too Stupid to Live
Made it to the weekend, and I wanted to do something fun and summery Saturday, but I woke up feeling a bit sick so I didn’t make any plans. It evolved into a “clean all the things” and GSD (get shit done) kind of day. Laundry, cleaning the dog and cat food areas, cleaning the…
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Vacation Notes
Please excuse my detailed description of our vacation. It was one I’d like to remember. I had been a little down on the idea of a family vacation, but this one proved me wrong. Everyone got along, I slept well, and everyone did a decent job of cleaning up after themselves. I think it helped…
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Chlorine Dreams
My only focus this week was making it to 5 pm Friday, when my vacation officially began. I didn’t do much during the week besides work, do some cleaning in the wake of Aspen the foster puppy, and run some errands. And work in the garden. More beans, peppers and onions this week. Friday night…
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Lettuce Celebrate Moms
Happy Mother’s Day. My goal was to actually do very little today, and I succeeded. I slept quite late, and after that I just puttered in the garden and did a little bit of downtown shopping with my daughter, at the newest consignment shop (bought nothing). We ordered pizza for dinner. I did stop by…
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Cracking Good Time
As so often happens, because I had a “bad” week last week in terms of spending too much on takeout and work lunches, I was motivated to do better this week. We “only” had takeout one night, and I bought lunch just once (and stretched it to be my dinner also). And I haven’t bought…
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Taskmaster
I am somewhat addicted to this game called Township that I started playing through Fetch. I guess it’s similar to Farmville; I never played that. I don’t usually play games on my phone, but when I do, I get addicted. I am all in. The game has a lot of tasks, and at times it…
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Ye Olde Homestead
Signs of life observed this week: Buds on the hydrangea. Arugula sprouts. Unknown flower bulbs. This weekend I really just wanted to pretend I was on a homestead (after watching several videos during the week about people buying farms in Ireland, Portugal and more — Tom’s idea). It kinda worked. I strode about the backyard…
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Sunny Sunday
After a rainy, gloomy week, the sun came out Sunday and the temperature hit 71 degrees. I spent some time outside topping off a planter and adding compost, and then sowing three types of carrot seed (Scarlet Nantes, Royal Chantenay and Little Finger). All the straw on the strawberries — I brushed that off. I…
