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Little did I know that Mary planned to “finish off” the planting for the early Spring garden. We spent 9:00 am until 4:00 pm in the garden, getting everything prettied up and planted—three hours in the berry garden, removing weeds, grass, and wild tomatoes. I added three bags of acid potting mix and Canadian peat moss. This raised the level of the garden about three inches.
They now look beautiful.
Our plan of putting onions between the various veggies has made the wabbits disappear; we have seen no evidence of the rascally varmints being around in two weeks!
The bed design came out perfect and easy to clean!
We may be a little early, but we planted 24 stalks of corn, a mix of white and yellow.
How many of the following facts do you know about corn? We’re betting you’ll learn something new today!
- The average ear of corn has 800 kernels in 16 rows.
- Only 1% of corn planted in the United States is sweet corn.
- Corn cobs always have an even number of rows.
- The types of corn grown in America are dent corn, flint corn, pod corn, popcorn, flour corn, and sweet corn.
- The world record for the tallest corn stalk is more than 35 feet.
- An acre of corn eliminates 8 tons of carbon dioxide from our air.
- There are 125 calories in a cup of corn.
- An ear of corn has one silk stand for every kernel.
- Each corn plant produces one to three cobs each.
- More than 90 million acres on earth are dedicated to producing corn
Two dozen corn stalks in the ground, ready to grow tall!
It is difficult to see, so here is a “closeup” of the little darlings. Our blueberry patch is on the right-hand side, and they seem to be doing well. We gave them a dose of acid fertilizer and some peat moss mulch around the base. This summer, we will put a 50% cover over the tops of them so the sun will not burn them up!
Easier to see.
I oiled the whirligigs, which seem to keep the birds away from the garden; thank you, WD-40!!
Give a weed an inch, and it’ll take a yard!
We will not be able to see across the garden in a month!
Even the salad bowl in the back is coming along well. They had better hurry, though, because once the grapes get going, they will be hidden from the sun!
Mary’s salad garden is coming along just fine.
The grapes are doing quite well, and tomorrow, I plan to re-string the top of the grape arbor and tie it to the neighbors’ trees, as the boulder I was using is not heavy enough.
The grapes are doing well.
We had zero help from Dog-A-Puss as he refused to get dirty after his appointment. He did come out, look around in total disgust at his “dirty people,” and returned to his perch in the hose, seeing the yard.
“What, me, go into the garden after returning from the beauty parlor? I think not!!”
We went to the swim spa and did three cycles after having a nice dinner. We watched Everwood, an older TV series from 2006. Summary: World-renowned brain surgeon Dr. Andrew Brown finds his life changed forever after his wife dies. He leaves glamorous Manhattan and his prosperous medical practice for the idyllic small town of Everwood, Colo. — which he chooses because of his late wife’s emotional attachment to the city — taking his two kids, Delia and Ephram, with him. The show revolves around the family’s relationships as they adjust to small-town life and the kids’ relationships with their peers as friends and in the dating world.
A contemporary comedy-dama!
We were tired, so we went to the TV room and vegetated until about 10:00 pm when we called it quits!
