We moved - thanks to three professional guys and their truck (Action Movers - great guys!). So, we have one week and a bit more in our bungalow. Paul is loving walking to work - the weather's perfect, still a little cool in the mornings, and bearable in the afternoons. The dogs are adjusting, one more than the other. Ziggy is 10, and not crazy about the stairs, and there's no getting into this house without stairs. Ozzy clambers up, or down, with no thought. Ziggy - he thinks about it. Makes me wonder if his vision is not so good, but that's just me being a worrier.
One tomato and four chiles still in their little pots prompted me to dig up some space on the south side of the garage last night. What I dug up was a lot of brick, concrete, and rocks that the garage builders had used to fill in after digging the footing. Actually, it was probably what they had dug out from digging the footing, so I take back the accusation. I amended the soil with some of our own compost, and stuck the plants in the ground, along with some marigolds that I bought to put in a pot, but they never made it there. They all look a bit lonely out there now, but that'll change. The neighborhood association has a couple of dumpsters available this weekend, so the rocks & stuff will be history.
The community garden is coming along; I fertilized the chiles and tomatoes with fish emulsion today, and will wait to see if any of the plants are dug up in the morning. Always a problem with fish emulsion. I cleaned out another bed - mostly bermuda, which will continue to be a problem - just to make the place look neater. But, while I was unloading the weeds in the compost area, I saw where a couple of beds had been seeded with cowpeas, and teff, which I found is a cereal grain (good old Google). So, I think, I have seeds, too! I'll clean out another bed, and plant cowpeas, too (great for continual production), and okra, and a melon. Probably stick in some flower or other just for fun.
I'll post a few pics - too dark to take any now. It's been a crazy week!
