{"id":94582,"date":"2026-03-13T14:30:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=94582"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:24:31","slug":"friday-we-worked-and-worked-and-worked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=94582","title":{"rendered":"Friday We Worked And Worked And Worked!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-94583\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-13-001-650x846.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"846\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-13-001-650x846.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-13-001-115x150.jpg 115w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-13-001-768x999.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-13-001-100x130.jpg 100w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-13-001.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"greeting-message\"><\/div>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\tdocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\r\n\t\tconst morningGreeting = 'Good Morning, what are you doing up so early?';\r\n\t\tconst afternoonGreeting = 'Good Afternoon, do you realize it is 5:00 pm somewhere?!';\r\n\t\tconst eveningGreeting = 'Good Evening!';\r\n\r\n\t\tconst date = new Date();\r\n\t\tconst hour = date.getHours();\r\n\t\tlet greeting;\r\n\r\n\t\tif ( hour >= 5 && hour < 12 ) {\r\n\t\t\tgreeting = morningGreeting;\r\n\t\t} else if ( hour >= 12 && hour < 18 ) {\r\n\t\t\tgreeting = afternoonGreeting;\r\n\t\t} else {\r\n\t\t\tgreeting = eveningGreeting;\r\n\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'greeting-message' ).textContent = greeting;\r\n\t} );\r\n<\/script><p>Estimated reading time: 4 minutes<\/p>By 8:00 am, we hit the dirt, planting everything in sight!\u00a0 May did several small plantings, including the cantaloupe, while I dug ditches for the corn!\u00a0 We mulched, then picked everything up, as we expect to have some garden tours tomorrow (our annual St. Patrick&#8217;s Day corned beef extravaganza).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_94569\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94569\" class=\"wp-image-94569 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-12-005-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-12-005-650x488.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-12-005-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-12-005-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-12-005-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-12-005.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-94569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We added four more rows of corn to these and added two rows of cantaloupe adjacent to the corn!\u00a0 Then we mulch!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After three hours of working with our 12 mil latex gloves, we had to laugh.\u00a0 When we sat down to rest and pulled off the gloves, our hands were spotless, but perspiration poured out of the gloves!<\/p>\n<p>We figured we&#8217;d beat the lunch rush, so we rolled into Del Taco to aggressively refuel our bellies.\u00a0 Then we took a casual two-hour round trip to H&amp;H Nursery and somehow turned the back of the van into a mobile garden center\u2014now the front yard is getting a glow-up, and the van definitely needs a nap.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_94587\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94587\" class=\"wp-image-94587 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1958-650x464.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1958-650x464.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1958-150x107.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1958-768x548.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1958-100x71.jpg 100w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1958.jpg 997w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-94587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The H&amp;H Nursery is huge!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The trip is about 32 minutes on the 55\/22 route and a little longer going home; the good old 91 is always slow!!<\/p>\n<p>Since it was that time of year when you buy three bags of Bumper Crop and get one &#8220;free&#8221;, we came home with four bags.\u00a0 We got four bags two weeks ago and turned them into the backyard planters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94593\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1960.jpg 476w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1960-116x150.jpg 116w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1960-100x129.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Master Nursery Bumper Crop Organic Soil Builder, which I have been using for almost twenty years,\u00a0 has always been known for its exceptional quality and rich biodiversity, and, as an OMRI-listed soil builder, it is trusted by gardeners across the United States.\u00a0 It is a balanced blend of sphagnum peat, aged wood fiber, cured compost, aged bark, lobster meal, worm castings, kelp meal, and dehydrated poultry manure that ensures your plants receive all the nutrients they need for healthy growth and development.\u00a0 Additionally, it is inoculated with endomycorrhizal fungi, which helps to improve root function and overall plant health.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_94588\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94588\" class=\"img-frame wp-image-94588 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1957-650x299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1957-650x299.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1957-150x69.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1957-768x353.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1957-100x46.jpg 100w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1957.jpg 1130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-94588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We took the 55 to the 22 to the 405 to H&amp;H, then the 9a home.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After we rolled home with our haul, Sleeping Beauty announced an emergency nap\u2014strictly for &#8220;beauty maintenance&#8221;\u2014before gracing the front yard with her presence.<br \/>\nWhile she was off in her royal coma, I went full yard goblin: pruning like I had beef with the shrubs, digging holes like I&#8217;d lost something expensive, and planting as the HOA had hired me.<\/p>\n<p>Mary joined me after a while and did some serious gardening inside the fence, and she made the Plumeria look wonderful by adding color around the base!\u00a0 She also arranged the larger flower pots on the right side of the yard so that I can start early on Sunday!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_94590\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94590\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-94590\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-13-002-650x487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-13-002-650x487.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-13-002-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-13-002-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-13-002-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-13-002-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-13-002-2048x1535.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-94590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking good!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mary was a total MVP and helped me with the cleanup.\u00a0 We tossed all the tools and gardening goodies into the wheelbarrow and parked it by the side of the house\u2014because apparently we&#8217;re starting a &#8220;Yard Work: The Series,&#8221; and the next episode drops on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Around 6:00 pm, we declared victory and headed to the Swim Spa for a well-deserved soak!\u00a0 Guess what?\u00a0 The modern hot tub, popularized by the Jacuzzi brothers, was created to help a family member who has rheumatoid arthritis.\u00a0 We both have &#8220;gardenitis&#8221; after working all day in the garden.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-frame alignnone wp-image-94597 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1961-650x601-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1961-650x601-1.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1961-650x601-1-150x139.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1961-650x601-1-100x92.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_94546\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94546\" class=\"wp-image-94546 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-11-008-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-11-008-650x488.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-11-008-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-11-008-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-11-008-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-11-008.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-94546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We enjoyed watching the sunset and seeing the sky turn different colors as the Sun makes its journey around the Earth (yeah, I know, we go around the Sun)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Take the pain away, PLEASE!\u00a0 We again tried to watch &#8220;Suits&#8221; but gave up and tried a Bruise Willis movie called &#8220;Being Us&#8221;.\u00a0 It was &#8220;OK&#8221; but nothing I would want to see again!<\/p>\n<p>By 10:00 pm we were crashed!\u00a0 Our eyelids felt like iron doors.\u00a0 Tomorrow is a big day!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-94591\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1959-650x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1959-650x351.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1959-150x81.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1959-100x54.jpg 100w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pix-1959.jpg 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By 8:00 am, we hit the dirt, 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