Yesterday when I was shopping for some last minute ingredients for dinner last night, I stopped in at the garden center. They had Bonnie shishito pepper plants! It’s the first I’ve ever seen them around here. I bought two, as I still intend to try out the seeds that I saved and overwintered in the garage. We have two days on the weekend that they’re forecasting will get to below 40, so I’m wondering if I should wait until next Monday to plant those.
We also got some rather difficult news. On Sunday as we were working in the yard, my husband discovered that one of our really huge hickory trees is in such bad shape. It’s probably about 80-100 years old, and towers over every other tree in our backyard. The news is that it’s so rotten, it is a terrible hazard. If something happens before we take it down, it would likely fall towards our neighbor’s house, causing significant damage. We got the estimate this morning. $3500. It’s an expense we weren’t even thinking about. It must be done though.
It’s the same tree where I have photos of a mama raccoon with her 3 babies from years ago. The tree guy said it will be 2-3 weeks before he can get his team over here, so we hope nothing will happen in that time frame.
If I can buy 4 plants at Menards that works out well. The rest usually 8 more I start from seed. That way I get some early ones.