A wet, cold, glorious day: heavy rain for a little over an hour this morning, and it’s sprinkling now. I took advantage by seeding the lawn at the bottom of the driveway. Figured it shouldn’t be too hard to water a tiny area.
We made two good stops, at the Senior Center and Stop & Shop. Many bargains.
Ron dropped his rain jacket off to be repaired at the tailor shop in North Falmouth, brought baked goods to Edgewater and picked up some hardware at Botello.
I’m working on NEPS.
We dropped the truck off this morning. It’s expected to be done on Thursday.
On the way home, we picked up two 8 foot rails at Eagle Fence.
I cleaned out more leaves in the upper left corner of the U, a day too late to bring them to the transfer station, unfortunately.
I uploaded a few more photos to the CapeBlog’s 2011 entries. Working on the database side of Jim’s new preowned page.
Made orange cookies from a cake mix.
Ron is finishing up the chair cleanup. He’s having a fine time and the chairs look great!
My legs hurt a lot today.
Planted dill and several coleus. Watered. Did the transfer station run. Laundry.
Horrific infestation of gypsy moth caterpillars at Edgewater. We tried to spray and sweep as many as we could.
Back home, Ron hauled out the pressure washer and is working on the chairs. I did a little siding cleaning.
Started at 7 this morning at the Roche Bros annual one-day sale.
Bought two geranium hangers for $10 each; a cuke and two rosemary for $2 each; and a marigold for $4.
Everything is planted. I Rose-Toned and surface-watered the roses to soak in the fertilizer. Roses are looking very good, and we’re seeing a few dead caterpillars.
Cleaned out the cold frame. Ron cut wood for the neighbors’ fire pit. We’ve been watering and I’ve been pruning.
I pressure washed the front door and the holly, then sprayed horticultural oil. Of course, it rained right afterwards.
Bought and planted swiss chard, shallots, brussel sprouts at Jenny’s Edibles.
Planted about $50 (8 plants and flats) worth of violas for $8 from Soares. This was enough for the window boxes and the pots in front of the shed.
Trip to the transfer station with yesterday’s tree prunings.
Continued working with Ilya on the preowned vehicles detail page.
Spaghetti and salad for supper. Ron went to the Spire for a concert. I stayed home and watched/listened to both Wayne Shorter sets from Jazz at Lincoln Center. Made an overnight bread pudding/French toast from stale bread and rolls.
More today, this time I worked on the right side of the yard. Ron’s up next with the trimmer and chainsaw.
Planted a rhubarb plant from Laura.
More collaboration with Ilya on the preowned detail page.
Ron mowed and power washed yesterday. He also grilled turkey cheese burgers for supper.
I wanted to check out some rhubarb-type plants at Edgewater, so gave Robert a ride home. Unfortunately, the plants weren’t there: biennials?
Gave up on the tree company and switched to Davey. Today they sprayed for winter moths here and at Laura’s.
Found a web designer who is a sharpie with .css to help me with NEPS.
Had an encounter with some bigoted crazies at the Sandwich BBC on Tuesday night. We’d taken Alpha out for pizza and the disturbance terrified her. I had difficulty getting to sleep that night as well. Generally speaking, I hate people I don’t know, with good reason.
It rained earlier this morning, not a deluge by any means, but some is better than none, which has been the case for what seems like weeks.
We did yard work at Edgewater yesterday. Ron started the clean-up of the area between our house and Joe’s, and I cleared a path to the front spigot. Also pruned the bushes on the right side of the steps.
Ron marinated a steak for dinner which was out of this world. Laura joined us for wine and food.
I put in the veggies today, used both gardens. Carrots were very hard to plant, tiny seedlings. I hope I didn’t kill the cuke, it was devilishly hard to extract it. Planted the tomatoes with their cages. Set up the last two soaker hoses.
Gypsy moths are out.
Bison burgers for lunch. Must admit I am not as fond of these as Ron seems to be.
Finished pruning the rose bushes. Watered the oval. Planted the phlox.
Made a sauteed greens, onions, garlic, tomatoes, cheese and egg dish for lunch.
We got the sheets changed and did a small load of laundry and the transfer station run.
Nice afternoon, breezy and mild. We drove to the beach but it was so foggy that we just turned around for home. Fearsome southwest wind.
Caught up with Jenny’s Edibles today at Miskovsky Landscaping.
Her array of vegetables – started in her kitchen – is phenomenal. We bought Vermicelli and Cupcake squash; Parisienne carrots; Black Cherry, Indigo Blue Berries and Cherokee Purple tomatoes; Boothy’s Blonde cuke; Afina cutting celery; and Watermelon radish seedlings. Enough to start the new garden.
Dropped off over $5 worth of bottles and cans at Kappy’s and came home with a basket of white wine (tasting today), beer and ale.
Stopped at Job Lot on the way home for orange seltzer, tissues, basil, oatmeal, freezer bags, a phlox plant plus a gift certificate deal.
This morning, Ron drove Robert to work and I stayed at the house while the plumbers installed the new hot water heater.
I pruned another Montauk and the four St. Johnsworts. Cleared leaves and put 3 bags of mulch (3 feet each) from Waquoit Feed and Garden in the side garden.
Ron also picked Robert up from work. I have fish and purple sweets in the oven.
Been watching Essentially Ellington most of the afternoon and evening. So impressive, such great talent and hard work. These kids are quite remarkable, as are their teachers and communities.