Category Archives: Gardening

Vegetable gardening is our hobby and besides, it makes for great food

Friday Was Fairly Quiet

Posted on Friday, March 11, 2016 by Paul

We stayed around the house for the most part today.  Thinking a lot about Connor who turns twenty today!  Twenty, OMG, that was over a half a century when Paul turned twenty! We had a strong rain storm do a … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Was “Tax Day” Number One

Posted on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 by Paul

Our accountant has been with us for over 25 years and we have watched her family grow up.  Pamela is delightful and knows us well,  We bring her piles of well organized papers and she gives us bad news in … Continue reading →

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Hair, Soup, Bills, Tomatoes?

Posted on Saturday, March 5, 2016 by Paul

We got up and began work around the house with emphasis on planting tomatoes!  We drove to the hair salon for Sue’s appointment and then returned home for lunch and back to gardening.  Sue passed the time doing our bills … Continue reading →

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Friday Was Tomato Day

Posted on Friday, March 4, 2016 by Paul

We went to Roger’s Garden to attend “Tomato Mania”.  We went with Greg so it was, by definition, fun!  We picked up 38 tomato plants but some of those went to James and Teri. While at Roger’s we looked up … Continue reading →

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What Are We Growing?

Posted on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 by Paul

We walked around the garden today checking out everything.  Lucky we did as the cauliflower is ready to pick! We grow almost everything we eat which is nice because we know what has been used on it… Mostly water!!  Visit … Continue reading →

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Nothing Major Going On Until The Phoenix Club!

Posted on Thursday, February 25, 2016 by Paul

Well, not exactly.  Paul walked for an hour capturing the neighborhood in pictures! Jon the experience! and then came home at hit the garden harvesting broccoli and cauliflower plus Swiss chard.  Sue worked her magic in the kitchen.  We cooked … Continue reading →

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Saturday Was CCPA And SAE

Posted on Saturday, February 13, 2016 by Paul

Can’t stay away from those acronyms!  We worked around the house still messing in the garen until noon at which time we cleaned up and headed to the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA).  We met the Branders there … Continue reading →

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Work And Play … A Good Mix

Posted on Friday, February 12, 2016 by Paul

Paul worked in the garden most of the morning before getting cleaned up to go to Old Ranch and then the Garden Grove Elks. See how our garden is doing!

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Stuffed Is The Word

Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 by Paul

We departed the house about 11:00 to meet with the Old Timers, Sue’s folks she worked with at Boeing.  We try to do this about every 60 days!  Taco Surf in Sunset Beach was our target and Paul had to … Continue reading →

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Work And Play Makes For A Great Day!

Posted on Monday, January 11, 2016 by Paul

While Sue did the treadmill, Paul headed for H&H and came back with ten bags of mulch and a tray of veggies!  After digging in ten bags of mulch, it was time to rest!  We went to Malarkey’s and met … Continue reading →

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