Amen!!!
It’s Thursday, time to rise and shine! We went to the garden and were surprised to find a visitor – a horney worm, also known as a Tomato Horn Worm or a Tobacco Worm. We noticed him because of the poop he left on the ground. Unfortunately, we had to dispose of him in the trash can.
Did You Know?At full size, the tomato hornworm is about 3 to 4 inches in length.It is one of the largest of all garden caterpillars. It is green in color and typically has eight diagonal white stripes on its sides. The tomato hornworm also has a black horn projecting from its rear.
These plump caterpillars get about four inches long and can devour all the leaves on a tomato plant in a single day, but are completely harmless to humans.
Once fully grown, caterpillars drop off the plant to the ground and dig four to six inches down into the soil to create their pupation chamber.
He’s an ugly little fella, but he hides well in the tomato plants.
Upon entering the house, we noticed the roses awakening as they greeted the sun. He seemed to be enjoying the day.
What do European Flowers use for money? Eu-rose.
The roses are enjoying the cool down.
We have replaced the old tarp covering the potting bench and sink with a new one which is 16 mil thick. Hopefully, this new tarp will last for at least a year as the previous one, despite being “heavy duty”, was no match for the sun’s power and was eventually baked to a crisp.
In a recent El Niño forecast by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), there is a greater than 95% chance that El Niño continues across the Northern Hemisphere through the winter into 2024.
It is ready for the wet winter being forecasted.
Just above the potting bench is the orange tree belonging to our neighbors. They have kindly allowed us to pick as much fruit as we want, so our table will be filled with oranges all winter.
In another two months, we will have oranges!
I told Mary to look at the orange tree, and she immediately thought of our recent trip!
Our baby grapefruit tree is trying to grow up early. He had six large grapefruits on him already! The name for the Grapefruit was created by a Jamaican farmer when he noticed the fruit grew in clusters similar to grapes.
The grapefruit is doing well; the moth is just visiting!
11:00 am and time to go. We called Jan, but of course, she could not make it. We will ask again after the first of the year. We can’t have a one-way friendship!
We had “Z-Man,” George, Vicky (a delightful addition), Iris & Will, and the Ash’s today. Many of us tried their new crab and shrimp sandwich; it was outstanding. We stayed and talked until 1:30 p.m., at which time we scooted out as Mary had some paperwork to pick up at 2:00 p.m. in the local gym.
Dressed for the occasion.
After arriving home, I spent some time working in the yard before Mary woke up from her nap. Later, around 5:00 p.m., we took our dog, Scout, for a walk around the neighborhood, covering a distance of 0.8 miles. We plan to increase our daily walking distance to at least two miles.
Yesterday evening, Mary cooked delicious stuffed peppers for dinner, and we enjoyed watching a couple of entertaining movies. By 9:00 p.m., we headed to the office, where Mary proofread the vacation website that we had created for our recent East Coast trip. I made the necessary corrections, and now we can send it out to our friends for them to enjoy!
It was the bewitching hour, so we went to bed early. We need to be up and running by 8:00 a.m. tomorrow! Mary has a gym appointment, and I need to go shopping at Home Depot.
Good night my amazing wife!
