Blue Skies
Apr. 27th, 2007 07:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daidoji_giseiI woke up today feeling better. I'm still sick, but I have that slightly-more-energetic feeling that comes from being on the upward swing of the cycle. In the meantime, I'm in pain every time I cough--but I'm coughing less this morning than I was yesterday at this time.
I'm now mulling over what to do about my Saturday. I could go in and do some work to make up my lost hours, and then I wouldn't have to dip into my vacation hours. On the other hand, it's supposed to be sunny and in the 70s on Saturday, and the idea of being free in the sunshine is quite alluring. I have a slew of gardening tasks that I need to get done, so this could be my big chance. And you know, spring sunshiny day.
Yesterday when I came home I had just enough energy to fill my new planters with soil and prewater them, to get them preped for seed-sowing. I also unwrapped my established planters and watered them. I had put in a bunch of seeds in the beginning of April, and then when it got really cold I swathed them in bubble-wrap and hoped for the best. Well, it worked--I have healthy seedlings of carrots, edible peas, and sweet peas. I'm especially excited about the carrots, as they are the Purple Dragon carrots I bought on impulse. I'll need to consider this weekend if I want to seed another container to them, to keep them coming through the summer. The problem is that any container I put to carrots takes away from radishes, and I love radishes. Both of them have to be container-grown because the clay in my back-yard plot is impossible for root crops. Except, for some weird reason, green onions which do just fine.
(Memo to self: rediscover location of city free compost supply. should be way the heck north on 48th, and you'll be looking for an excuse for a drive in the sunshine anyway.)
I should also go buy a few tomato plants. It's technically too early to put them out, but clearly bubble-wrap works just fine as an instant greenhouse so I'm willing to risk it. I'd love to get another Yellow Jelly Bean; it did very well for me last year.
I'm now mulling over what to do about my Saturday. I could go in and do some work to make up my lost hours, and then I wouldn't have to dip into my vacation hours. On the other hand, it's supposed to be sunny and in the 70s on Saturday, and the idea of being free in the sunshine is quite alluring. I have a slew of gardening tasks that I need to get done, so this could be my big chance. And you know, spring sunshiny day.
Yesterday when I came home I had just enough energy to fill my new planters with soil and prewater them, to get them preped for seed-sowing. I also unwrapped my established planters and watered them. I had put in a bunch of seeds in the beginning of April, and then when it got really cold I swathed them in bubble-wrap and hoped for the best. Well, it worked--I have healthy seedlings of carrots, edible peas, and sweet peas. I'm especially excited about the carrots, as they are the Purple Dragon carrots I bought on impulse. I'll need to consider this weekend if I want to seed another container to them, to keep them coming through the summer. The problem is that any container I put to carrots takes away from radishes, and I love radishes. Both of them have to be container-grown because the clay in my back-yard plot is impossible for root crops. Except, for some weird reason, green onions which do just fine.
(Memo to self: rediscover location of city free compost supply. should be way the heck north on 48th, and you'll be looking for an excuse for a drive in the sunshine anyway.)
I should also go buy a few tomato plants. It's technically too early to put them out, but clearly bubble-wrap works just fine as an instant greenhouse so I'm willing to risk it. I'd love to get another Yellow Jelly Bean; it did very well for me last year.
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Date: 2007-04-27 03:49 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-04-27 08:42 pm (UTC)Personally, I think if you don't have any plans for those vacation hours, enjoy the weather. It will be good for the body and soul.
Take care, I'm thinking of you.