Well Thursday was a busy day that started much the usual with a before 6 rollout to a cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble and then did some quiet time with my Creator in thanksgiving for another day and lifting up several by name. I headed out to the Rec. in the truck as I had to be at the VA center for a blood draw after an hour and half of pickle ball. I had a great workout and left with a wet shirt around 9:30. I brought a change of clothes with me.
I made a couple of stops for new plants at Wal-Mart and Home Depot before heading home. I picked up a cherry tomato plant and a jumbo jalapeno pepper plant as well as a pack of Chinese cabbage sets. I put those in the ground after lunch. I headed up on the roof where several dead limbs had fallen and used the long hand pole saw for some limbs and then used the blower to clean out the gutters and clean all the debris from the roof. That kept me busy for a couple hours and I worked up a sweat as the heat and humidity has arrived back on the Suncoast. Winter is gone and the a/c is on. The garden loves this weather and I now have tomato's set on two of my oldest plants both of which a squirrel had chewed the tops off when they were but seedlings. They now are nearly 5 foot tall and loaded with blooms.
The sugar peas have set fruit with several blooms and I now have sweet and jalapeno peppers set. All of the garden is doing well except the old lettuces plants are fazing out; but I set out nearly two dozen new seedlings which will produce in about a week or so as I started these from seeds. My collards need harvesting and I may make a batch for supper tonight. The carrots are nearly a foot tall as well and the half runner beans are climbing the fence. My one cucumber plant is blooming albeit's small in size and did survive the cold nights which I never counted on. I have trouble with growing cuke's here but not at the cabin, oh well. The radishes and beets are the best ever as is the Swiss chard as it continues to add new stalks almost daily. We have discovered the chard is great raw in salads as well as sauteed'.
Nancy was in the kitchen all day as she prepared a meal for a church members family who had surgery and then made extra sauce for lasagna on Saturday night for Bobby's birthday dinner with the family. We delivered the spaghetti dinner with fresh garden salad, garlic bread and fresh baked chocolate chip cookies just before 5 and then came back and enjoyed the same dinner. After supper I headed out to the garden to transplant more lettuce seedlings I had in 9 packs I had started from seeds. The day's are getting longer which is awesome for outside work. It looked like it might rain so I wanted to get them in the ground before dark.
We settled into the Fox News and then I hit the shower and watched the Lightning beating a Canadian team in hockey. It wasn't long until it was lights out for me as I missed my afternoon read and nap time, LATER
