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Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Yard clean-up day

Since we can call the city where I live and request a special trash pickup, my daughter arranged for a pick up today of yard waste - the former tenants left a huge bin of tree limbs and pieces of wood, plus they had stacked various wood along  the fence line.  The landlady and her brother came over with Donald, and the three of them took all that junk out to the street and piled it neatly for pickup tomorrow.  It is a huge pile!  After a couple of hours' work, Carmen and her brother left, and Donald started trimming the big apple tree in the back corner.  It looks so much better now - I picked up a lot of the small green apples to put in the trash, but the yard still has a lot of them plus there are probably hundreds of them on the tree ready to fall.  I've already picked up several garbage bags full of apples and set them out for pickup every week.

I showed Carmen the boards in the fence that are loose where Rocky can breach it to go visiting, and she said she had planned to replace the fence on that side of the lot, which will be a relief.

I think she was very impressed with my garden.  It does look good, if I do say so myself.  It wears me out just maintaining and watering it, and I sure hope I get a decent amount of vegetables.  I know there are things I would do differently if I was planting today, but this is a trial and error learning experience for me.  I hope I have the stamina to do it bigger and better next year, plus I have planting fall crops to look forward to.

Ara is back home in Missouri and has been sending me photos of her garden that she is working on.  I bought so many heirloom and organic seeds this year and shared a lot of them with her.  Hopefully, we can collect seeds at the end of the growing season and save them over te winter until planting next spring.

The weather wasn't as hot today, and I think it might be even a bit cooler tomorrow.  I didn't need to turn on the air until after 1pm.  I think I mentioned in a previous post that I don't need to leave the a/c on constantly.  There is absolutely no humidity here, or very little of it, and it gets chilly overnight and stays cool until Noon on most days.  Of all of California I think I'd rather live in Sacramento than any other area of the state.   

Rocky is wanting to go out so I'll just say bye for today.



7 comments:

  1. Nice to have the landlady come with your kids and get that junk out of the yard that was left behind. I usually turn the a/c down in the morning and open up the house to get some nice fresh air. But soon that will not be happening as the temps keep climbing. Keep enjoying the garden it sounds wonderful

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    1. The landlady is a very nice person, and happens to live next door to my daughter. I have had so much joy at watching my plants shoot through the soil, and I hope I don't have any big problems with them. I have flowers I need to plant in front tomorrow morning while it is cool and the sun is on the back side of the house.

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  2. Seeing things grow that you planted is a great satisfaction. Glad your garden is doing well.

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    1. I just hope it keeps doing well until I get someting to harvest! I am getting hooked on gardening, and know I'm making mistakes but will keep on trying.

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  3. Sometimes it is better to be a renter and let the landlord take care of the maintenance. Glad your son was able to help as well. It is excellent news that she plans on replacing the fence so Mr. Rocky does not go MIA.

    You sound so happy and proud of your garden. Best of luck with your crops.

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    1. Thank you Ms. B. The more I think about the gardening, the more I realize I don't know and hope I don't forget something crucial. Like I said, this is a learning experience and I am sure having fun with it.

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  4. Hi gypsy Looks like you have some spam to deal with. How aggravating.

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