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It’s 8:00 am on Saturday, we’re up, caffeinated, and pretending we’re the kind of people who get a lot done before noon. So far, the garden is scheduled to eat most of the day, and then we’ll reward ourselves by heading to Seal Beach for dinner with friends at Patty’s Place. A very balanced plan: one part productive, one part delicious, and one part” we’ll probably need a nap after this.”
We went to the yard around 10:00 am and worked solidly until 3:00 pm, giving us enough time to rest, clean up, and drive to Seal Beach to meet up with Fast Eddie and Dianne at Patty’s Place.
While gardening, I had a lot of time to think about my life and how very happy I am to have Dr. Mary in my life.
Then I think about my almost 82 years on this planet, how my MPM and dad must have felt at this age! It is sobering.
What did we do today, you might ask? Mary took on her roses and gave them a proper haircut, turning them into a beautiful arrangement and making the whole house smell wonderful. I, meanwhile, wrestled with the lighting and drinking-faucet systems—because apparently my hobby is talking to wires and plumbing and hoping they listen.
The Sun charges these during the day, and at night, the yard is magically lit up free of charge.
The cucumbers are flowering, which means they are coming on strong.
I think some cucumber salad is on its way!
I had to take three pictures because the lenses kept fogging up and I was complaining about taking pictures of UGLY!
The scarcrow was getting ugly so I stuff him with some straw and hope that helps!
The corn is beginning for form and the silk (being the girl part of the corn) is prancing around ion the wind awaiting the boy part of the corm to land one her so we can have corn kernals.
Here are a few corn sex trivia facts — in a harmless, botanical sense:
• Corn plants are monoecious: they have separate male and female flowers on the same plant.
• The tassel at the top is the male part; it produces pollen.
• The ear is the female part; each silk is connected to one potential kernel.
• Each silk must receive pollen to form a kernel, so one ear can have hundreds of silks.
• Corn is wind-pollinated, not insect-pollinated.
• If pollen doesn’t reach a silk in time, that kernel won’t develop.
Hello girls! The boys are happy you are out and about!
Enpight about the corn’ sex life, it is making me corney!
