{"id":20449,"date":"2021-07-11T20:02:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T03:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=20449"},"modified":"2021-07-11T20:06:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T03:06:33","slug":"weekend-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2021\/07\/weekend-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We had a good weekend: some work, some chores, some walks, some play, some smoke, some gardening and some ice cream!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A smoky, hazy sunrise. There are no fires close to me, but the valley was smoke filled this morning from Western fires. Every day, I pray for the fire fighters who work in crazy heat and dangerous conditions to control the fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is scary dry and the woods is starting to reflect that…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although the lupins turn to seed pods normally and dry a bit, you can see that the foliage is also drying out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The woods grasses and bushes are starting to dry and die also. Typically, we do not get much, if any rain from now until mid-late August or early September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a somewhat brighter note …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made another trip to the nursery. My local nursery issues “Swan Bucks” (Swan River Gardens is the nursery) that are redeemable as the season goes on. July 1-15 the “bucks” can be used for vegetables and annuals. I am feeling all (mostly) green-thumbed with the tomatoes doing well in their cloth containers … in the wheel barrow … so I bought 2 pepper plants: sweet bell and a jalapeno. Both have several peppers already! Hopefully they and the tomatoes get along in the wheel barrow. I had enough Swan Bucks to kind of make the veg plants free!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spinach has been struggling and kind of looking like it was not going to make it so I bought some herbs: thai basil and tarragon, an impatiens that likes a bit of sun and some autumnal fuchsia (no blooms, but gorgeous leaves) … to fill in the rolling planter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had enough potting mix to move the spinach to what is actually a disposable cat litter box, but I thought would be ok as a planter vs completely giving up on the spinach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So … some replanting, some shuffling of position in the tiered planter and we will see how it goes. Note to self: the tiered planter seems best for herbs and flowers vs vegetables. The spinach container is maybe not that aesthetically pleasing, but if it grows food, I am good with that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is a bit hard to see, but there are 3 tomato and 2 pepper plants in the wheel barrow. When Emmett and I go out, I move the wheel barrow into the sun, if needed so it gets full sun all day long. So far, so good!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonus: I am having so much fun planting and watering and keeping an eye on things … plus enjoying the front porch. Some years, it has felt like a chore. I am not sure what is different … maybe it is the new (and RED!!) front door :)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made strawberry ice cream on Saturday. And ice cream cones were on sale this week so HOO RAH and YUM!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emmett gets a “puppy cone”!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can see that he is still a bit damp from the latest play in the sprinkler outing … and ice cream!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a good weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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