Don't Be a Picklebump

I spent much of this day dinking around, but I did accomplish a few things. I assembled my new compost bin for my apartment because I want to start improving the soil that’s a part of my back porch. I’d like to have a small shade garden. I’ve discovered my back porch is a very good environment for growing ginger. It also would be nice to have some of the more heat resistant lettuces available to go with all these tomatoes I’ve got coming in.

I also loaded two chairs I needed to take over to Mrs. B’s into the car so they could be transported over. And I cleaned the tub so I could have a proper soak before I go to bed tonight. But probably the biggest thing I did was a little garden therapy. Fortunately early mornings and late afternoons/evenings are great times to be in my garden right now. There’s great breezes coming off the Gulf and there’s always birds flitting around in the evening.

Once I got over to the garden, I got the chairs out of the car and the bird bath I had acquired on the way over in to Mrs. B’s backyard. Then I spent some time hosing down the chairs and finding the right spot for the birdbath. The chosen place (for now anyway) is the hot pepper patch.

Since it is so dry down right now, I’m hoping that by adding the birdbath to the garden, the birds will be attracted to the water and not my tomatoes. it’s rather disheartening to find a perfectly ripened tomato with a hole pecked into by a bird looking for water.

I spent a couple of hours picking veggies, doing some weeding and then deep watering everything. I’ve got a lot more work to do, but that can wait until later this week.

R. was also busy in the butterfly garden today. He got the water sprinkler set up so that Mrs. B can easily water the bed and fill her birdbath in one fell swoop.

Now it’s time for bed so I can get up early for work and adventure in the evening with my friend Mary Beth.