May 20, 2013
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Gardening, etc.
Here we see the beet field (left) and the carrot field (right) in their first rainstorm.
I should probably explain our gardening system first. Last year Nancy took up tub-gardening. She raised beets, squash, zuchini, brussel sprouts, potatoes and several herbs in artfully-arranged tubs in our back yard.
Last year we started the season with one dog, added Noomi, lost Noomi, and eventually added Annie.
Annie is an avid gardener. She harvested her own tomatoes.
And then she took up gardening full-time.
This would be the garden she dug for Riley. As you can see, it’s nearly the perfect size. He’s coming along well, I think.
She also stood in the blue tubs and dug her way to the bottom. This accounts for the decorative fencing around the tops of the tubs. On top of that Nancy coiled a drip hose and ran water through it to create ‘rain’.
I am sometimes fascinated by peculiar things.
The beets and carrots may be a little hard to see. She planted the seeds saturday. This is the beet field and the herb garden from last year, below:
And her pride and joy, squash blossoms.
My father is in the hospital in Alabama. I called his room: no answer. I’ve called almost everyone I know in Alabama, Indiana and Michigan, and I have determined that we don’t know very much about his condition. I have called Jenell 35 times today.
So the neighbors came home to use the back yard (theirs) which sent Annie into a frenzy and she had to run outside to throw herself against the fence. I called: she was too far gone to hear me. So I went out to get her, and half-way across the lawn I heard my phone ring…
Yup.
Jenell.
Hurried back inside…
I’ve called her five times now. Either she doesn’t answer or the phone tells me she’s talking to someone else. I am sure there are a lot of people for her to talk to.
I hate modern communication.
