Putting the garden to bed

Tuesday

I got up after 7:30. It was still kind of dark. I got ready for the day. I practiced Sir Duke and did exercises. I moved the tomato plants to the bookcase so they get more sun. I tied up the tower garden tomato plant. I put one plant on top of the tower garden. I ate a jar of dried apple slices. I uncovered the plants outside. I checked the shed for a small tomato cage but didn't see one. I printed out the music that would not print out yesterday. I scanned, cleaned up and printed music for Thanksgiving. Then I filed all the previous music back into the large binder.

I wiped up coffee drips from the front hall floor. I rolled up the tower garden covers and stowed them in their boxes. I captured rainwater in gallon jugs. I moved the sweet potato plants to where the sun was shining on the back porch. I looked all over the house for the dark blue linen that I ordered from Joanns some time ago. But I could not find it anywhere.

I read outside until the sun went over the house. I made and ate breakfast, then went to Saronna's house. We played through the hymns and most of the Christmas music. As I was leaving, Randy showed me the place he planted fruit seeds. He had gopher mounds and said if he had a big enough hose, he would gas them. I pulled an old vacuum hose from my car. It had metal ends. I gave it to him and went to the garden. I picked up a small tomato cage and rounded up the hose with the sprinkler on it. I went home.

I read e-mail and messages. Randy came over with the hoses from the fruit tree, we stowed them in my shed. I gave him another vacuum hose that doesn't fit my vacuum. We talked for awhile. Then I went inside.

I went to the garden to raked straw over it and to bring the hoses home. Chris was home, cooking supper. He brought the sweet potatoe plants in. Michelle sent me a pic of Randy running the hoses from his tailpipe to a gopher tunnel. She wanted me to come watch, but I figured there wouldn't be any activity.

I put beef tongue and squash in the toaster oven. I listened to some meditation clips. I ate dinner. I watched a documentary. I worked on my blog, then made tea. We watched one episode of Criminal Minds. I listened to one meditation after another while piecing puzzles. It was relaxing even though someone kept messaging me on Facebook. Then we went to bed.