Hello, friends. The first chanterelles of the year have been foraged. They were added to mushroom gravy I had planned for that day's dinner. Last week, I harvested lettuce, peas, lambs quarter, the first yellow squash and zucchini from the garden. We've had a few blossoms, and I was excited to find the first tomato forming. A shirt was mended. Early in the week, there were cool, rainy days. These inspired me to start on some spring cleaning. It worked out well. Though we did have a fire in the woodstove on Monday, surely it will be our last of the season. Heating with wood is such a messy thing, I try to wait until we're done having fires to do spring cleaning. I'd love for things to stay clean for at least a little while. I've continued making progress through the week on more deep cleaning.
I replanted swiss chard and kajari melon seeds, in spots where they hadn't come up. More zinnias and hyacinth vine were planted. The kajari melon and hyacinth vine seeds were shared by the lovely Daisy. We've gotten plenty of rain this week. The kitchen composter has not been drying it fully for some time, and started leaving a thick layer of material on the bottom of the bucket, which makes the paddle stop working. I'm waiting to hear back from customer service, but in the meantime, I powder coated the bucket, as the non-stick coating had worn away in spots. It seems to have helped slightly, but is still not working the way that it first did. I expect my use is harder than most, with running it daily. Hopefully, they'll help get it running optimally again.
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I've been consistently doing the mini-move stretches, and now have added a workout my sister shared with me, and have already noticed a difference. So happy about that. Bird suet and hummingbird food were made for the wildlife. On a rainy day, all the house plants were moved from the porch to their summer spots. I plan to continue deep cleaning, as often as I have time this week. I hope your week is a good one, in the ways that matter most to you.
8 comments:
Tomatoes already! Wow! It sounds like your garden is really rockin'.
Spring cleaning is a great way to give yourself a brand new start. Rainy days lend themselves well to deep cleaning.
Glad to hear you are enjoying the stretching program. It's so important to take care of yourself and certainly makes life easier all around!
Hope you have a productive week.
The rain has definitely helped the garden to jump. It is a lovely new start, isn't it, to have things clean. The new flat belly exercises have been fun, with the music reminding me of taking Jazzercise classes. LOL, how long ago was that?!
That's great your garden is already producing and your first tomato is coming in. I don't have blossoms even on mine as of yet. The colder rainy weather is good for cleaning indoors. I should work on my windows. Sorry your composter is having troubles....always something! andrea
Most of our tomatoes don't have blossoms yet, but it's exciting that several do. Ah well, I can just put food scraps in our outdoor composter as is, which I've been doing some, but I'd love to have it working again.
I am so happy for you! I love tomatoes. Your photos are lovely. Warm greetings from a 68 year old retiree living in Montreal, Canada.
Thank you for visiting and commenting, Linda. I'm just a year behind you, turning 67 this summer. I'm happy you're here, and will head to check out your blog.
A tomato! A tomato! I am all smiles!!!!!!
Us too, April!
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