Sunday, May 23, 2010

Weather And My Garden

I am hating the cold and the rain. It just doesn't go away, and I am quite sick of it all. It is so hard to get the garden to grow when the nights are so cold! It is supposed to get better, maybe a degree or two warmer next week but the nights are still in the thirties, I heard that this is the coldest May on record. I have some things growing, Pretty lettuce, herbs, chives, and tiny little beans peaking up. If the sun would just shine for a couple of days the beans would be 2 or 3 inches high. A lady gave me three beautiful Roma tomatoes plants the other day at the pool. I am so excited to put them in the ground. Then I plan to plant some pepper plants. Maybe I will try again to grow a yellow squash plant. I am going to grow some onions and garlic. I have a few flowers growing, I want a lot more, just have to get some at the nursery. I am so looking forward to not having to wear a sweater outside, and for sun to shine for days at a time. Enough whining!!!! We stopped at Jake's new house the other day, as he had some plumbing problems and wanted grandpa to help him out, and we were going to Fairy's 80th B-Day party, and so we stopped on the way. Miles is so sweet, and he and Ruby have grown so much since I saw them last. Miles didn't want me to leave, he kept saying he needed me to stay. So cute and so sweet. I am angry, I had posted a lot more and the computer lost it and now it is late and I can't even rem amber what I said. Sometimes I don't know what to think about computers, such a wonderful tool and then they act up and you'd like to hit them with a baseball bat! Oh well I think I was talking about Jake's new house and all of the work he has done and the work he is doing and going to do. I don't envy anyone doing remodeling and that is what he is doing. It will be beautiful when he is done. but it is a lot of time and WORK and MORE WORK. He is like grandpa so talented though and able to do it. Abe and his roommate are planting a big garden out by the pump house, and I am hoping to have a lot of things to freeze and can from there. They are planning to can, I'll have to see it to believe it. I am thinking of not working at the beauty shop so I can do water colors and more quilting, and other things I want to do around here. I want to can more peaches this year, we ate the last jar tonight, and I really will miss having them until they come in this summer. They are delicious and so are the apples only 3 more jars of them left sigh. Well guys the gospel is still true. I loved our Sacrament meeting today, and we had the most wonderful music. Hope yours was as wonderful. Love to all God Bless

3 comments:

Danielle said...

I love you and miss you! I am SO SICK of the weather too! So annoying! I love how much gardening you're doing! I think I'll work on planting one next year when my house is actually FULLY put together. I still just have so many projects I'm working on I can't find the time. That sounds great for you to spend more time at home doing things like watercolors and quilts! I wish EVERY day that I could do that! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!

Megan and Greg said...

Grams I'm so jealous of your garden! I'm going to get one going next year and I keep hearing about everyone else's and am so envious! It's been cold here the last couple days. I LOVE YOU!!!

Sharon/Mom/ Grandma said...

AMEN about the weather!!! I am so sick of the cold, rain, and wind! The stuff in my greenhouse is doing good, but I put a tomato on my deck and that is a joke even though I have plastic all around. I am so glad you have a garden. It will take off when the warm weather comes. I just hope it doesn't wait until the end of June, I remember that happening one year. I hate it when I lose things on the computer. I have tried to remember to save things as I go so that I don't lose everything. That is so sweet about Miles, I am so glad you got to stop by there. I love you!! When Rebecca and the girls leave we will have to start planning our trip! miss you!