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June 15, 2008
Its all here....i think...
My fed ex box of tools and treats arrived yesterday - saturday - praise jeebus...I've unloaded it and everything is scattered all over the floor...i had to make room for Amelie to jump onto her table - or she woulda just thrown it all over the floor anyway...so, I shall be hauling it upstairs and going thru it all today...after I get back from the nursery where I'm gonna pick out some replacement plants for my baskets which have 'had enough'...the heat is wearing them out...its time to refresh them...
speaking of, Brian and I have spent the past two mornings in the garden, finishing up the submatic watering system...now both sides of the garden have hoses w/ emmiters to distribute the water...we've added a few extended lines w/ emiters into the lemon, lime trees, and a couple of the potted rose bushes...we still need to bury the new submatic in the left part of the yard, but that'll happen, prob next weekend..its just too hot to go back out there today, we were out when the yard was still shaded, but not now...still, having the system installed even in its current state is SO MUCH of a help, you have no idea...we'll install the timers to the faucets and it'll actually turn the water on and off for us all by itself, no need to worry about it...I'm sure there'll be some tweaking here and there, as some areas might get more water, and others less...we'll fix those as we run across them...
I'm really happy to have it installed, tho...I really take a hit when I'm out in the sun for long periods of time..its not the heat - its the humidity..you've heard it all before, but its true...15% desert humidity is a whole lot different than 90% Texas humidity...trust me, its brutal...but I like the heat over the cold cold winters, so I'm here...and now I have water and I'm freakin' happy...the next thing I wanna do is install a water collection service in our backyard...we can gather thousands of gallons of water from just one good 2 hours rain storm...even an inch of rain will yield thousands of gallons...hippy hippy shake...I haven't started growing my own veggies yet, mostly down here its peppers, tomatoes, okra and squash...not exactly the vegetable bounty that I love...so I just buy local and let the other farmers do the work, I'll happily pay them for locally grown veggies...I don't wanna fight the worms, birds and other garden variety bugs...heh...
How about Tiger? I was SO GLAD we watched his final 5 holes, how exciting was that...he plays again today, I hope his knee holds up, and its an exciting day...he is so much fun to watch...
Ok then, I've killed some time here, the nursery opens at 1:00 and i haven't been in a few weeks, so I wanna see if they have any bat houses or other funky yard art that I might need...time to zoom...
Posted by Donner at June 15, 2008 12:43 PM
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Donna, my dear...Next year just bring your goodies by my booth in the expo hall for transport back to Austin. I'll only charge a few beads for the express service. :-) I know I'll be driving again next year. It just works out better for me than flying when it comes to Bead & Button.
Posted by: Jill Wiseman at June 16, 2008 09:41 PM