Cold, rainy, windy Spring weather -- after we have had nearly a month of summer weather ! In between rain showers,the vegetable garden was framed. ES planted most of the onions and all of the garlic. Potatoes, beets and parsnips were done at the same time. I planted the peas and some pole beans. I now need to sow carrots, more onions, yellow beans , lettuce and radishes.
Hubby bought new plastic trellis to shore up the Clematis. The wood trellis had rotted and was being pulled down. Once that is done, I can plant the wax beans as I have already pulled the tulip leaves. The lawn has been fertilized and should do well with all the rain we have been having.
The neighbours on either side mowed their lawns yesterday so ours looks unkempt !! And we are the ones who do take care of their lawn !! We'll get that mowed later this week after it dries out !YGS helped me by picking up all my 'weeding' yesterday and capturing some of the dandelion heads. We have been fighting a losing battle with dandelions for the last few years. When neighbours on either side have not taken care of their lawns, their weed seeds have inundated our lawn ! There was a patchy frost warning last night for our area. I love how Environment Canada always is coming up with new terms. Anyway I ignored it and everything seems to have survived.
When Hubby was at the grocery store on Friday he found hams on for $1.49 a pound. When we did a shop on Saturday we picked up two more ! We love ham and there is no other protein now on sale at that cheap a price ! We are fortunate that we have such a large freezer. I checked and there is no mention of the ham in this week's flyer, so it might have just been this particular store. Good deal for us !
YS returned late Friday from Grande Prairie for the baseball tournament. They played 3 games yesterday and I believe another one or two today. Then he might be going up again to Grande Prairie. The two sons are off now to watch a couple of games and then to play at noon.
I've managed to plant more spinach , radishes and lettuce as well as putting in a row of carrots. I think that'll be it for gardening today. I need to do my hair and wash a few floors ! The Indianapolis 500 is on which Hubby loves to watch. We are still doing battle with mice. One came whipping out from under the kitchen sink this morning ! We still have no idea how they have gotten into the house over the years. We've plugged as many cracks ( existent or not ) around all the pipes. It is so frustrating !
Last night we had rotisserie chicken, corn on the cob, tomatoes, yellow peppers and mushrooms. YGS downed the lot though he did not care for raw mushrooms!! Today I'll cook up a ham and shove a banana bread in at the same time. I'll also make some coleslaw which will do me for school as well.
In between doing my little jobs, I've been trying to watch Game of Thrones which is difficult to do because one cannot watch it with a little one in the house ! I am sure I have missed many important events and characters !
A sweater has been mended. I really do need to pick up some summer weight sweaters. Maybe this summer. Continuing on with my hexagons. I am now up to 2 700 !! Slowly but surely I am getting there ! And if it is too many, I'll just make another quilt top !
This week, someone owes $23 064 + penalties + interest.
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