I was up at 5:30AM on Wednesday and got my post up then headed out to the kitchen to start cleaning it up. I got a load of dishes going and then started cleaning the odds and ends left from the aborted spring cleaning. That took me right up to 8AM when my general helper arrived to do the last seed starting.
She got the trays and covers washed up, only 5 each, and started bringing up the stuff from the cellar. I finished the cleaning and got the seeds and starting notes and got those ready for her, staying just ahead of her.
We decided to move everything off the bottom shelf in the office as it also had a heat mat. The light wouldn’t be as good as the southern bottom shelf in the roundtop but we needed the larger heat mat.
So all the starts fit on this shelf. I started:
Vegetables:
Cucumbers 9
Gourds 6
Pumpkins:
White 6
Orange 12
Summer squash 6
Zucchini 2
Winter Squash:
Acorn 6
Butternut 6
Sweet Meat 6
Kabucha 6
Watermelons 6
Total: 75
Totals for year:
Seedlings 1049
Varieties:
Vegetables: 33
Herbs 39
Flowers 18
Total: 90
Gardens in the rain
Once we’d gotten the kitchen cleaned up again, I made a list for shopping. On Friday evening a group of homeschooling moms I belong to will be meeting here for a potluck. We’ve been getting together for about 25 years, usually at a local Chinese restaurant. I plan to serve 2 huge salads, one made for vegans/vegetarians, and one with pesto chicken and feta cheese in it.
When we got back, my general helper started carrying the shelving stuff to the cellar. I put away the food then started putting the light bulbs into tubes for storage and boxing up the light fixtures. She got those all down in the cellar. That brought us to 12PM and she had to go. I was pretty wiped out.
New South – eastern white iris in the rain
I was on the couch most of the afternoon watching a movie, usually with my eyes closed.
The contractor called and he was going to put up the shelf I got on BuyNothing a couple months ago in the old office. I helped him with that as it’s pretty heavy.
Then he went out to run the fascia on the back of the new woodshed.
He almost finished but realized he was disturbing someone.
In the front of the new woodshed where he had not yet put the soffit up, there were robin’s nests. I knew about this one.
But I hadn’t realized that 2 more had been built and were in use. That brings the robin nest total to 5 in the yard that I know of. They are all in use.
So he stopped work and said he’d be back when they’d hatched and were farther along. He leaves in mid June for Maine, so I hope he can finish.
On Thursday I have a lot to do to clean up for the potluck. Picking up piles, dusting some, cleaning up house plants (not done in months), and other stuff. My son has said he will vacuum the downstairs and get the bathroom cleaned up. It’s to be another rainy day.
I loved the contractor's respect for Nature, he didn't disturb the bird nests.. 😊
So many kinds of seeds!
That shelf looks so nice and solid! Love the colour.
Hope you’ll have some rest too!
#hive #posh
In the same way, it is good to get up early in the morning and do all the household chores, then one can spend the whole day as one likes, and it is a fact that these flowers and plants are very abundant in summer. They look beautiful.
The rain is doing amazingly well on the white iris . I'm happy you were able to rest and the movie you were watching with eyes closed must be an interesting one
Actually it is a VERY interesting movie and much better when I actually look at it...
#hive
The back of the woodshed must be a very quiet place for the robins to had built their nests there
They actually built on the front, where there’s a lot of activity.
Yay, you are done seeding! It must feel great to have the shelves and lights put away once again. I am glad you mentioned the winter squash as I forgot to do that. I will do that today for sure. Have a great potluck, sounds like fun!
Your house is massive and I love the way it's built.
Potluck? That means you would be the host, I wish you luck.
The Iris over there is a stunner.
Yes, the house nearly doubled in size when we moved everything off the second floor and allowed for disability spacing everywhere in the last addition.