It was chilly Tuesday morning, but warmed up to be a
beautiful, sunny day.
I went to the Sherwin Williams store at lunch and bought two
gallons of paint for the shed. I bought their “better” brand that is supposed
to last 25 years. They cost me a fortune!
From there I went to Home Depot and bought two more bags of
garden soil, one of potting soil and a 10-inch clay pot. I didn’t have time to
go home and eat, so I got a quarter pounder with cheese meal at McDonalds and
ate it driving back to work.
I went home at 5:00 PM, hoping to see this “tag” saying my
shed was approved. But, I didn’t see anything on the shed (I’m so dumb,
sometimes). So, I changed clothes and got to work.
First I planted my new peony. I moved the mulch away, cut an
“X” in the landscape fabric and then dug out the dead sod. I filled the hole in
with my magic planting mix and watered it. Then I planted the peony. I put the
mulch back and stuck in the ring. The ring came from the back, where one of my
two peonies that I planted two years ago died over the winter.
I was walking back to get more water when I saw the yellow
inspection tag, stuck on the picture window over the Building permit. Duh! Oh,
well, my shed is legal!!!
Next, I moved the spirea bush It was starting to crowd the
arbor vitae. So, I repeated the peony planting process, but making a much
bigger hole. I also skipped putting a ring around it.
I filled in the old hole and then mulched around it. I was
going to go out in the back and dig out the three roses. The honeysuckle vines
are choking them out. Note: I know this is not the right time to be moving
things, but the English garden didn’t exist last Fall.
But, my neighbor called me over to the fence and asked about
the inspection. I told him we were good! He introduced me to his father, who is
visiting for a few days. As expected,
Rick said he had just finished planting his garden and had a few things left
over. He said he had some butternut squash and tomatoes. I told him I didn’t
have room for the squash and already planted my tomatoes. Then I asked what
kind of tomatoes? He said he had six Big Boys and two Roma. Roma tomatoes? The
Italian ones I couldn’t find! I said I’d take the two Roma.
Luckily, I had two tomato cages left from before I made the
tomato trellis. So, I planted the tomatoes (instead of digging up roses).
Tammy, my neighbor’s wife, came over and chatted with me while I worked. I got
out the cages and put them in place. Finally, I dragged out the hose and
watered the entire vegetable garden. When I reeled the hose back in, I watered
the raised bed herb garden as well.
I got out the electric blower and blew off all the maple
seeds from the patio (they have been building up). Then I put the dill plant I
had bought a while back into the 10-inch clay pot. I think I mentioned before
that planting dill in the raised bed garden last year was a mistake. The wind
just blew it over and broke it. So, I hope that having it in the pot, sheltered
from the wind by the raised bed, will allow it to grow successfully this year.
I went in to wash my hands and it was already 8:30 PM! So, I
quit for the night. I warmed up some brats and sweet corn and ate that for
dinner. I watched a little TV, but went to bed early again.
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