Lots happening around the homestead this weekend. Sidewalk poured and sod laid over the now cemented solid sinkhole. I water this every evening at 6pm (you can see in this shot my hose doesn't reach to the farthest end. I've hooked a third hose so I can sprinkle their grass as well. It's not high quality grass; a quarter of the squares are more Johnson Grass than St Augustine but at least the city puts it in.
My grandfather Bob Duke did this when the city of Dalhart planted trees along their street back in the 20s. Amidst the neighbors' teasing he watered those trees every evening. Thirty years later my mother pointed out that's why the trunks of their trees were three times the size of all others on the street.
Irises have moved to a Garcia's house. Top 10:30am, bottom 3:30pm
Bed 4 is finally finished. After an HD run for brackets: okra, tomatillos, black beans and Italian green beans. Blank space in Bed 3: I got caught for the first time using 3 yr old black-eyed pea seeds. None came up and my online seed sources don't carry them! On the HD list. White flowers in Bed 2 are arugula sprinkling seeds for next year.
My first tomatillo almost doubles every day and all tomato plants have flowers on them.
Sounded good until I came across my garden May 10, 2004 (below). This was the last year I could garden because the trees on the right blocked all sun. It was cool enough to sit around and drink out there but not so much fun.
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