This is day five of our isolation and the supplies are holding up quite well, we didn’t panic buy. Living in earthquake country one has a tendency to keep a good supply of food and necessities. We made a small list of things we might need. We will run out of a few things eventually and we have been told by our good neighbor we are not to have a delivery service bring things in, he will get us anything we should need. Good neighbors are a plenty here, everyone helps out when someone needs it.
After a good breakfast we took Roxy for her morning walkies. The first half of the walk is slow because as we pass, neighbors want to talk. Roxy realizes now that this is all quite part of walkies. Each time we get stopped Roxy lays down for a little rest in the sunshine. Eventually we get a couple blocks away and pick up a steady pace. Halfway home, and neighbor Trish pulled up to the curb and told us she was headed to the market to stand six feet behind in the que and buy groceries.
Back home while MeMa texted our grocery needs to Trish. I got into my seed storage and picked through the cool weather seeds. In the kitchen garden I planted carrots, beets, bunching onions, spinach and kale. On our morning walk the first neighbor to stop us gave me the remainder of an envelope of climbing peas which I have never planted so I put in a row of those and some of Matrons heirloom beans (Mrs. Fortunes).
It is another glorious day of sunshine, which has a tendancy to make me want to plant things way too early but after last weeks snowfall I have been pretty good about what goes in the ground and what gets a spot in the greenhouse. Today I planted a flat of a beautifull little Zinnia that I have been trying to find for the last three years at all of the local nurseries. It is called "Zowie" and is a yellow flame zinnia that is just stunning.
I was able to get three packets of seeds online last fall and am looking forward to my first crop of these. If they flourish, I will be guaranteed future seeds to collect and store every year. I also planted a few pots of acorn squash, patty pan squash and some tomatoes.
After a good breakfast we took Roxy for her morning walkies. The first half of the walk is slow because as we pass, neighbors want to talk. Roxy realizes now that this is all quite part of walkies. Each time we get stopped Roxy lays down for a little rest in the sunshine. Eventually we get a couple blocks away and pick up a steady pace. Halfway home, and neighbor Trish pulled up to the curb and told us she was headed to the market to stand six feet behind in the que and buy groceries.
Back home while MeMa texted our grocery needs to Trish. I got into my seed storage and picked through the cool weather seeds. In the kitchen garden I planted carrots, beets, bunching onions, spinach and kale. On our morning walk the first neighbor to stop us gave me the remainder of an envelope of climbing peas which I have never planted so I put in a row of those and some of Matrons heirloom beans (Mrs. Fortunes).
It is another glorious day of sunshine, which has a tendancy to make me want to plant things way too early but after last weeks snowfall I have been pretty good about what goes in the ground and what gets a spot in the greenhouse. Today I planted a flat of a beautifull little Zinnia that I have been trying to find for the last three years at all of the local nurseries. It is called "Zowie" and is a yellow flame zinnia that is just stunning.
I was able to get three packets of seeds online last fall and am looking forward to my first crop of these. If they flourish, I will be guaranteed future seeds to collect and store every year. I also planted a few pots of acorn squash, patty pan squash and some tomatoes.
How funny. On March 31 of my desk calendar I wrote: Get Zinnia seeds to plant. Zowie, eh? I'll look. They would be a good proportion.
ReplyDeleteI will be happy to send you some if my planting is a success.
DeleteAs you are getting ready for your summer crops we have been clearing the beds ready to sow/plant for winter. The walk sounded good.
ReplyDeleteWe love an early morning walk when the air is still cool and fresh.
DeleteWe had rain yesterday. Rain last night. Supposed to get more rain today. Maybe clearing by Tuesday or Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteI am going to try a few cucumber seeds then. I have an old cast iron tub I put some bush beans and carrot seeds in before the rain. Hopefully they are still in the ground!
I love the looks of those zinnias, Doc. Hope to see many pretty pictures of them. God bless.
Still a bit early here for cucumber seeds here but I did get them planted in starter pots in the greenhouse. Take care Linda
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