No garden work going on - everything is pretty much ‘set’ for the winter. I’m going through my pictures of the flowers blooming this past summer/fall to give myself a “lift”.
One thing I noticed yesterday ... one of our 3 forsythia bushes has a few blooms on it. It’s been COLD here, so it’s not like a warmup tricked it into blooming. It’s a very confused bush!
Today is my dad’s 98th birthday so I’m making him a pumpkin pie, which was his dessert request. He also wants a rib eye steak and a glass of sweet wine for dinner. Lots of football/basketball on today to keep him occupied - I got him a new box of popcorn to go with the games, plus some “gourmet” eggnog. Hopefully, he’ll have a good day.
*SNIF* I miss doing stuff with/for my Dad. Wish he had made it longer than 83; we were finally getting to know one another. ;)
Sounds like a good day! Packers aren’t on until this evening (odd Saturday Night game, so 2020!) so plenty of time to do things that need doing around here.
Just finished breakfast (late risers, today - I was pre-hibernating, Beau was out hunting until 3am, plus, it’s wintertime!) and we’re heading to the barn to re-configure where the steer is staying so I can get food and water to him without wading through mounds of manure to get to him. See, Beau doesn’t mind slogging through sh#t, but I’m 99.999% I’ll slip and end up with a manure facial. Nope. You want my help with chores, you make them EASIER for me to handle! (Already got him to move all of the dogs into indoor kennels, which has helped tremendously!) And, it’s my turn to make sure they all get exercise and some command training, today.
Anyhow, only ‘garden-related’ project today is sorting potatoes - he finally got them dug, but some of them are split or going bad so need to be culled before they wreck the whole batch. Luckily, it only ended up being about 50# of potatoes, not the 700# I was anticipating, LOL!
I started some basil & more salad greens under lights - my two rosemary plants are still doing great in a southern window with watering 2x a week - they’re in clay pots; they prefer to dry out between watering.
It’s overcast and about 35 degrees, but the greenhouse is already at 45 degrees, so I haven’t dumped the salad greens out there - fingers crossed. If Elliot Coleman can grow greens all winter in Maine, I should be able to do it here!
God Bless your Daddy and you on this wonderful birthday!
So happy you shared this with us. Thank you.