On Sunday, we had some friends from the ward over for pumpkin cheesecake. (Don't ask me, Merril wanted it for his birthday. I feel like pumpkin cheesecake is more of a fall dessert. Whatever.) Unfortunately, I realized on Sunday morning that I only had 1 candle. So I made these candles with kite string and leftover Halloween candles.
They were cute but didn't really work out. The flame would accelerate too fast. We were only able to light 3 or 4 before we had an inferno going. So he blew out 4 candles and we just ate cake.
I purchased the rest of my garden dirt today. I used to have on garden box that was 6 feet wide by 11 feet deep. It was too wide so this year I decided to enlarge it and split it in half to end with 2 boxes of 4'x11', adding 22 square feet of growing space.
I'm going to make a path down the middle. The path isn't quite finished yet. Hopefully I can plant tomorrow or Thursday. I can't believe it's almost May and I don't even have my garden veggies in yet. Urg.
Some people have a raised bed with boards or railroad ties holding them together. Not me. I use all the rocks I dug out of the garden. :) Half the trench needs to be covered back up too.
And on a happy note: Our boat cover ripped pretty bad over the winter. We spent close to $300 on it and I remembered that it had a warranty but figured it had expired by now. So I called the place and they said that it had a 5-year warranty!! They said if I ship the old one back, they'll send me a new one. And then the warranty period will start over again! I don't know if they realize how windy and sunny it is here. I could be getting a new boat cover every couple of years for the rest of my life!!
2 comments:
It's hard to get your veggies and such in when it threatens to freeze every other week. That's been one of my big problems.
You haven't planted your garden yet! You should be harvesting peas by now. I planted onions, carrots and squash the other day, hoping to beat the storm. That's crazy that I got mine planted before yours. I'll wait until after Mother's day to plant tomatoes and green peppers. Love ya.
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