Mid June 2022 update

It is the Middle of June, with a full moon, in a small house in a small town in Tennessee...

Well, I'm not a song writer, at all. (Thanks Rubber Ducky, Ah, the memories) We are just past the Full Moon, a Super moon, and I did Not go outside to look at it.  It was too warm and I just didn't feel like going outside in the dark just to look at the moon. Although I do think that the full Moon may have helped the garden grow. Last week we had small plants and this week we have bigger plants and we have tomatoes on the vine. The pumpkin plants doubled in size over the past week, as well and so did the cucumbers. Really, just about everything has finally decided it is going to grow. including the weeds. But then again, it also got HOT. In the mid 90's HOT. Too hot for me to want to stay outside for more than a few minutes HOT.  And, it's humid. sticky, can't seem to cool off sticky HOT. So we have been staying inside under the air conditioner in the window and eating sandwiches and doing a lot of chair sleeping.  Did I mention it has been HOT?

The dogs are doing well for all this heat. Rascal has been playing with and teasing Barney with a toy that was left behind last year by nephew Josh and his wife. They "Officially" gave the tire to our dogs on their visit last week. Their own dog has a new favorite toy, a squeaky one.  She injured her hind foot just before they left their last spot, (They work at a traveling carnival). It got worse while here, and after taking her to a local(ish) vet got bad news. She is going to have to lose the whole leg.  She has that done today, in Minnesota at the State University Vet hospital.  She is their "baby" and this is a very trying time for the two of them.  I will try to remember to update once I hear how the dog is doing.

I have 8 Elephant Ear leaves under the kitchen window. and it seems that the 4 O'clock wasn't even growing last week, is now the largest It's been in the last three years. I planted it three years ago. The same plants, on the other side of the porch didn't come up this year. I planted Johnny Jump-up's in four  identical pots for my plant hanger and they are all doing well. They were also a bit slow in starting off, this year. I started a Rosemary from a cutting I took back in November or December and babied it along in water for a long time. I finally put it in soil in May and it is thriving well, now.  I know I shouldn't be watering it each day but I am keeping it moist for just a bit longer. Then will wean it down to watering just a couple of days each week, after this HOT Spell is past. Same for the Bamboo. I put it into a larger pot and removed a few of the smaller shoots, and started them in smaller containers, as well.  

Our lawnmower has broken down, again. We have it in a repair shop, well, really the ack yard of someone who repairs law mowers and we are still waiting to hear if it can be fixed, and how much that is going to cost us. Should know by the end of this week on all of that.  Our Grandson mowed our lawn for us in May and Josh got antsy and mowed our yard, while he was here. His camper (aka his house) is parked in our driveway for the next couple of month while they are working. They need to buy a truck or van to pull it with as well as pay for the surgery on the dog.  The camper is a much older model but for it's age does not look all that bad. 

We really have not made any plans for Independence day, yet. A lot will depend on just how hot it is that day. More than likely though, we will just not even go watch the parade, if it's hot and we don't go to the park and "Mingle " with the crowds there, no matter who is on the stage.  We just don't enjoy that sort of stuff any more. 

Well, I think that catches me up, for the first part of June. Will write more later, I am sure.

Billie C.

 I Live in Tennessee.

Garden zone 7b

    

UPdate for June 5, 2022

Well, here we are , in the 6th month of the year.

Almost half of the year has passed by already.  Summer Solstice will soon be here, as well. It's on the 21st, this year.  Then the daylight will slowly reduce until the third week of December.  It officially turns to Summer, then, and the dog days.  And we hope to start getting some produce from the garden, as well.  Although I think everything will be a bit later than normal this year. We were late in planting and the weather was cooler than usual which also delayed things a bit.

But I did check the garden and everything is looking good, considering the conditions we started off with. 

I still have a few seedlings in the green house, that are on stand by and I need to get those into pots here at the house for our at home use. Would be nice to just walk out the door and pick a tomato or cucumber to use in a salad. I need to get on tat this week. I keep thinking about that in the morning and forgetting to do it by afternoon.  

It has been getting warmer than "normal" the last few days and se have changed our supper habit's over to eating more sandwiches and less hot cooked foods.  But we will need to be cooking or baking more, just to keep the freezer from getting too packed up with stuff.  I did start keeping cups of frozen water in the freezer door, two of which I put in lemon juice for my drinking water cup, and the rest for using either in Jerry's cup or for what ever else I would need very cold water for.  I have changed over from a lot of baking to making desserts that are cooler. Like just canned fruit or jell-0.  I may een try to find more instant pudding, to make for desserts soon.

We are still going to the Senior Center, three days a week. That is when neither of us, has a doctor's appointment.  Hubby has three of those in the same week but it's only on that week but he will have to get a blood draw done the week before.  

This weekend was Free Fishing day in Tennessee, and we did not go fishing. I wanted to but I knew it would be along shot. We did go on a picnic this weekend (today) at the park and I got in the splash pad with the grandkids and we all had a lot of fun. 

Other than all that we really are leading a boring life, right now. boring is good for us, right now. 

We did talk about when school is going to start again, and  it is looking like the first of August will be the first day of school and there is a possibility that Hubby will be driving Grandson at least some of the time to school, this next year. Of course Mo can drop him off at our corner to catch the bus, if necessary, once she confirms that he's to catch the bus at this corner and can be dropped off in the afternoon, as well.