How's the Garden Stacking Up?
23 Apr 2025 07:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursulas_alcoveI set goals earlier in the year. The overall goal is about 325 pounds of food. How's that going? To that end, the asparagus is up and being harvested. Beans are a succession crop so they have not yet been planted. The Napa cabbage is being hit hard with cabbage moths. I need to find the BT for them. I just planted carrots. The onions are planted. The leeks need to be transplanted. I have some lettuce in the ground but need to plant the next crop. I just planted cucumbers. I am waiting to check their germination. Rhubarb is ready to be picked any day now. I have more potatoes to plant but am out of potting mix. Peas are up. Pumpkins have not been planted yet but there is still time. Chard and celery have been transplanted into the ground. The fruit trees are looking good.
To stay on target, I need trellises put up, fencing, and some layout for the back garden. The fake rock strawberries still need to be done. I have to figure out where zucchini are going, four types of tomatoes (Sunray, Roma, Black plum and an Heirloom similar to Purple Cherokee); those being a salad tomato, a paste tomato, a drying tomato, and a slicing tomato. I still have potatoes to plant. The raspberry potatoes are chitting right now.
The bothersome tree is gone at least. I have to dig one more hole for a cherry tree. I have to rig a grape arbor. Yesterday, a neighbor pulls me aside to let me know the house on the other side of him has an asbestos roof and roofers have been poking around. Apparently his security system caught them on camera trying to put a dumpster in his driveway. The house in question is a rental. We always called it the dog shit house. The renter never picked up after her dog. It was treacherous to walk past that house and it stunk. It's part of the stress to an already toxic environment that we live in. I called the township and the DEP today. I didn't get any satisfaction. The borough was upset that a permit wasn't requested for a dumpster. Well it isn't there yet. I asked what the policy was on asbestos removal. She wanted to know how I knew it was asbestos. I told her it wasn't asphalt or slate, so what was it? The DEP was interesting. They thought the borough should have a policy to protect me. I was referred to a department that made me leave a message. I don't know. Do I need to get property on a private island in order to be safe? Geez.
Welcome to 'Merica!
To stay on target, I need trellises put up, fencing, and some layout for the back garden. The fake rock strawberries still need to be done. I have to figure out where zucchini are going, four types of tomatoes (Sunray, Roma, Black plum and an Heirloom similar to Purple Cherokee); those being a salad tomato, a paste tomato, a drying tomato, and a slicing tomato. I still have potatoes to plant. The raspberry potatoes are chitting right now.
The bothersome tree is gone at least. I have to dig one more hole for a cherry tree. I have to rig a grape arbor. Yesterday, a neighbor pulls me aside to let me know the house on the other side of him has an asbestos roof and roofers have been poking around. Apparently his security system caught them on camera trying to put a dumpster in his driveway. The house in question is a rental. We always called it the dog shit house. The renter never picked up after her dog. It was treacherous to walk past that house and it stunk. It's part of the stress to an already toxic environment that we live in. I called the township and the DEP today. I didn't get any satisfaction. The borough was upset that a permit wasn't requested for a dumpster. Well it isn't there yet. I asked what the policy was on asbestos removal. She wanted to know how I knew it was asbestos. I told her it wasn't asphalt or slate, so what was it? The DEP was interesting. They thought the borough should have a policy to protect me. I was referred to a department that made me leave a message. I don't know. Do I need to get property on a private island in order to be safe? Geez.
Welcome to 'Merica!
Go you!
Date: 24 Apr 2025 02:03 am (UTC)Re: Go you!
Date: 24 Apr 2025 04:02 pm (UTC)Re: Go you!
Date: 25 Apr 2025 07:42 am (UTC)5 flats of different things -- flowers, wildflowers, herbs, tomatoes.
>> I love popping outside to snip a bit of this or that for supper.<<
I love that too, and also, being able to wander around just putting things in my mouth.