I’m posting while making crepes for dinner - I can type a sentence between flips and pouring another scoop of batter in the pan - but my attention is divided so bear with me (flip.)
My parents visited last week and my Dad built an arbor for me. An area of our deck (by the door) gets the noonday sun in the middle of the summer and it really heats up the house. I planted a kiwi vine to grow up the side of the deck and over the arbor. This year I’ll also plant annual vines in pots in case the kiwi does not grow as fast as I hope.
One of the days they were here we went to a park near a pretty good sized river. We saw this unfortunate fish that must have flopped out onto the rocks. I tried to look up what kind it was but couldn’t find anything that looked like it - Merrill? Claudia (can you ask Allen?) It was full of eggs. Hazel spotted several others like it resting in a calm pool before venturing back into the wild water.
Today I planted seeds in flats - I’m getting a late start but got so much done. I usually break my seed starting up over several weekends but I did about 6 weekends worth today. Vegetables are the priority and flowers sometimes just don’t get done, but I planted 44 varieties of veggies and 15 varieties of flowers - seed list will be posted soon! Later Hazel helped me plant potatoes. She had to go inside to change into her “farmer pants” (overalls) before we could start. I transplanted chinese cabbages and planted my 3rd patch of spinach seeds.
I’m going to the GA Organics Conference this Saturday - so excited - especially because my boyfriend (not really, he is one of my many pretend boyfriends, but he’s my #1 pretend boyfriend!) M1chael P0llan is going to be the keynote speaker. Sigh, oh yeah, and there are some classes I’m really looking forward to.
Edited to add:
Okay - so now I’ve been outed I should clarify that Elvis, J. Edgar Hoover, Buckminster Fuller and a bunch of other random dudes (mostly dead or farmers) that I will never meet are on my pretend boyfriend list. I was going to explain all this yesterday but the crepes were ready and I was going to explain the criteria for making the list but I just faced the blue screen of death and had to re-write all this and now I just don’t feel like it. She gets what I mean but calls them something different.
Cool arbor! Will your kiwi vines give you kiwis?
I hope so! It is supposed to and our climate is pretty much perfect for kiwis from what I have read. I just don’t know anyone who has grown them/never seen them growing here. It is growing like a weed already! Most of the time you need a female and male plant but mine is supposed to be self-fertile.
Wow, does your dad want to come visit me?? Looks great!
How was the conference? I have many pretend boyfriends. Right now Clive Owen is at the top of the list.
Wait a minute, J. Edgar Hoover??
Helen-
I made a mistake and planted vines in pots as well to climb up my arbor. In the long run, the vines will do much better in the ground and it will save you from having to replant. Post pics.
-Beth
LOL Kerri - my dad is pretty much booked with the projects that me and my sisters come up with!
Oh, and obviously criteria for being my boyfriend is kind of strange - even so, J. Edgar Hoover is pretty far down the list!
Hi Beth! I did plant the kiwis in the ground and if I decide to plant any other perennials they’ll also be in the ground. I’m just going to be planting some annual vines (I bought seeds for moonvine yesterday) in the big pots I usually keep on the deck - but I’ll probably put some in the ground too. Pics as soon as things start growing!