Today I will:
Weed some more of the garden
Clean up some of the mess I've left in the side yard
Work out on the elliptical
Install the hose to the lower garden
One of those for sure (elliptical); the rest depend somewhat on the weather.
164 days in a row on the elliptical... :thumbsup
I thought about getting a manual one (before hubby reminded me the juicer I bought had a grist mill attachment -- thanks! hubby). I was wondering if it would be really hard to crank...?
Yup. I think we have over $1000 into it. About $350-400 is for the plants I bought for them. I wouldn't have bought these particular plants -- or even heard of them! -- if it weren't for the bee club meetings.
And we left them all the honey last winter (our first winter), so the harvest has...
Blueberries like acidic soil, pH of 4.5-5.5. I thought I had acidic soil, since we have a lot of oak trees. My blueberries only did so-so, and weren't very productive.
I checked the pH of the soil, and it was about 6.8. I started putting a soil acidifier on the soil, and the difference was...
I bought 3 bags (100 each) of Red Baron sets at the grocery. I did say they were hubby's favorite... Anyway, some of the sets are round, some are long. I made sure to plant the round ones first, to be sure I used them all.
Hubby likes how hot they get. Hot, spicy, lots of onion flavor.
Red Baron bunching onions... Interesting! Hubby's favorite onion is Red Baron, and we prefer the big onions that we sometimes get.
Last year, a couple of the Red Barons made a topset, like Egyptian Walking Onions, and I planted those separately. They're looking very EWO-y. I'm hoping we like...