I took off a week from work at the beginning of June specifically to get my plantings in. The growing season is so short here that if you don’t put your plants out immediately after June 1st you just needn’t bother. I’m pleased to report that I accomplished the following the during my mini-vacation:
- Planted six large containers with about a hundred dollars worth of flowers (about $15 per container)
- Bought six bags of locally produced fertilizer (the locally produced compost not being ready yet)
- Received two flats of scrounged plants that a friend of mine rescued from the garbage bin at a local greenhouse
- Visited the Hobbiton Farmers Market for the first time this season
- Bought cukes and salad greens which was all that was available at the time. Don’t ask me how the guy selling the cukes got them to mature in the first part of June which is very, very early in our growing season. I’m thinking “deal with the Devil.”
- Watched “School of Rock” with my 16-year-old nephew who came by my house to hang out.
- Carefully listened to same nephew explain in detailed length about the alien race he will be playing in the upcoming “Warhammer” RPG tournament. In my day, we didn’t torture the mundanes in our lives (like our parents) with descriptions of our sf/f hobbies. They just assumed that we were geeky or goofy or both and we assumed that they wouldn’t be interested and couldn’t understand it anyway and both sides were able to live in peace. I miss those days.
- Returned defective DVD to local mega-chain bookstore and discovered that they have a new returns policy–items must be returned within 14 days. Received store credit anyway so did not share with clerk private opinion that store returns policy was seriously defective.
- Picked out location for new greenhouse in backyard. Let the ground breaking commence.
- Excited to see new rosebush coming into bloom for first time. I got this bush as a cutting from a gardener friend of mine just last year.
