Well Wednesday turned out to be one of the less humid days ever in Florida for this time of the year. After a somewhat restful night I rolled out around 7'ish to start what would be a very busy day with only a break to Home Depot, lunch and then to drop my truck off at Twill's Auto for new plugs and coils. The truck really started missing on the way home at certain speeds and now that it's close to a 100 K on the odometer the time has come for this major rejuvenation.
After my usual morning routine here in Florida and a few quiet moments I posted this ramble before heading to the Depot for some vegetable seedlings, Osmocot(time release fertilizer) and fuel for the mower. I bought broccoli, cabbage, Swiss chard, 3 types of lettuces, parsley, cilantro, onions seedlings and basil. Well that purchase kept me busy the rest of the day and up to suppertime and I'm still not completely finished with putting them all in the ground. I brought back kale, collards, beets and my thyme plant from my mountain garden as well as my geranium's. The garden area was in much better shape this year as it was kept mowed or weed whacked down over the summer.
Well it hard to say where the best place was to start as the yard was loaded with the numerous sticks and limbs from the big oak trees. I wanted to plant the areas where the most sunlight would be beneficial to certain plants so I dug up 3 of the tomato seedlings that survived the 6 weeks we were gone in October and repotted them. Hopefully I can place them in the other garden which gets the morning sun and gets most of the sunlight. Until all of the leaves are off the oak tree the other garden gets limited sunshine and only in the afternoon hours. Most all of the seedlings or plants I brought back look good and it depends on whether they will make or not if I try this again except for the beets. The beets do good in their transplant and are very hardy. I grow them mainly for their tops or greens as they are very tasty in a salad.
Amy and the kiddos came for lunch and talkative Sam helped me by picking up sticks in the back yard. He is so much like me at that age with his non-stop conversations. Little Eliza Faye now know as LeLe was her charming self with lots of smiles and now she waves bye-bye and shakes her head no when she is through with something. She is just so cute and very adventurous as well. She will probably walk early as she stands unassisted at times.
I decided since I still have a touch of the sore throat I would give up any activity not associated with work so no pickle ball until at least maybe Friday or next week. I still have a ton of work to do and if I get a little more rest as I acclimate to the new bed maybe I can shake this minor cold or whatever and get back to playing the game. I have decided to watch very carefully what I eat and to eat more fruits and vegetables and less carbs especially with proteins. That seems to be a favorable fat storing conditions when the two are eaten together. I will only regulate this at our meals times and not when we are eating with friends and family.
Well after a supper of grilled Rosemary marinated chicken breasts, fresh green beans and a salad I cleaned up the dishes. It was time to watch a little of the Fox News channel before a hot shower and then lights out for around 10'ish. I haven't really slept a lot in the past couple days so I decided to get some sleep before Nancy came to bed as she is a night owl, LATER
