that if anyone came to visit I would have to just talk to them through the door. I wouldn't dare let them see me. Day two of planting but I tried something different this time. I wore pants - did I tell you I had shorts on last time? No gloves this time so you can imagine what my hands look like. I also had containers of clean water so I could wash them off - often. I wish I could say it was a success but no, I am still dirt from one end to the other. I am down to about a quarter of the outside ring to plant but I have gotten lots done today including the onions and roses. I am not concerned about filling all the concrete blocks, just getting everything I have planted. Some are just sticks and may or not make it. I will have green onions and strawberries and thyme and parsley and oregano and Rosemary and a lemon mint that works good for the stomach and regular mint and I know one of the planters has a natural insulin but I am not sure which one. I have all kinds of flowers on the cucumbers and the tomatoes look good but no flowers yet. The radish tops are big but I am not sure there are any bottoms. I may have overloaded the pot since up until now I haven't had much luck with vegetables. I do also have a mango seed with good shoots and remember I have a papaya tree with lots of fruit. The pineapple plantation is still doing good - 4 planted and 3 ready to plant when I figure out where. The peanut butter tree is getting big and Gerardo is going to figure out where to plant it. It is still in a planter.
It hasn't been raining lately so I have lots to water. Hopefully while I am gone in June it will rain a lot. I may have to arrange for someone to keep an eye on it.
Yesterday was crochet ladies but only Ligia Sanchez was able to come. Everyone is so busy with cooking for Holy Week. Jeanette did send her granddaughters with the hat she made and a package of bread for our coffee. It is a cheese empanada that is baked instead of fried and is a tradition along with chivere during Holy Week. Ligia was going to make hers today. She crocheted the cutest matching hat and purse set and also 2 hats for the cancer ladies. I made Banana Neutella Bread and Had tortillas. I made tuna salad and a salad mixture of lettuce and tomato and avocado with just lemon juice. It all tasted great in the tortilla. We also had Jeanette's bread. For a beverage I made a papaya lemonade. As there were only 2 of us I had leftovers and am finishing it all as I write this.
Otto will be here tomorrow morning which is good as I am having some trouble from all this gardening.
Where it all started. The peanut butter tree is in front.
The section I need to finish.
The tomatoes and cucumbers with a bamboo dreamcatcher on top.
I love these yellow flowers. I hope they spread like groundcover.
Ligia' s hat and purse
1 comment:
Jeanne: I would love to be able to work in dirt in a location that I knew things would grow, and not have to worry about it freezing. How fun. Looks good. What in the world is a peanut butter tree?
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