We'll be starting a road trip in a couple of hours. I've been up since 5. My stuff is packed and ready to load into the truck. The Husband won't be ready for another two hours, so I've got some time to kill.
Nanny is going with us.
It's gonna be a long day.
My art bag is packed for watercolor and for drawing with chalk pencils: pencils, sharpener, sketchbooks, pastel paper, erasers. Kindle. Chargers. If I keep finding stuff to add, I'll need help carrying it.
I just had a walk-about in the yard, checking on the cabbages. Nothing ate them last night.
In the tray with the cabbage seedlings were about 8-10 peat pots of broccoli seedlings. The broccoli got a much later start than the cabbages; they are very small and spindly. Yesterday, I came this close to dumping them in the compost heap but re-considered. This morning, I watered them and set the tray back out in the sun to be dealt with when I come home, if they haven't dried up by then.
I meant for both the cabbages and the broccoli to be planted in the community garden when the peas and squash play out. But, really, it will be easier to grow them here, where I can check on them without having to drive for miles.
While on my walk-about, I had to admire the lantana. I have tried and tried to grow lantana, but it never survived. This year, I bought two plants in 6" pots, and my niece gave me one. I accidentally broke a limb off one of them and stuck it in the ground to see if it would take root, and it did! And it's thriving, and so are all of the "store-bought" ones. When it gets cold, I am going to mulch them heavily in the hope they'll come back next year.
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