This is just to let you folks know that everything isn’t always perfect in our six gardens, either. Yes, we do struggle with weeds. We try to keep ahead of them by cultivating and mulching. But there’s only the two of us, plus three of our friends who stop by once a week or so to help out. And the weeds never stop it seems. But we keep at it and hope to get them under control.
Our granddaughter, Ava, has been taking riding lessons for quite a while now and just a few days ago, her mom and dad bought her a new horse. He’s a 9-year-old bay Tennessee Walking Horse, raised by her instructor’s mother. Ava’s thrilled and keeps getting better and better as her lessons progress. We’re proud of her!
I got the last of this batch of rhubarb canned up this morning. I’m sure there was at least 40 pounds of it, all together. And the plants are still crowded with stalks! I made a rhubarb pie yesterday from the recipe in my Pantry Cookbook, which was my grandmother’s recipe. It’s different and very good; not sour or bland like some rhubarb or rhubarb-strawberry pies tend to be. Boy was it good!
The peppers in the hoop houses look nice, now that they’ve been weeded. Right now, we’re watering them as the rain doesn’t help them, inside, at all. The peppers in the garden look great right now (except for those dratted weeds!!). Guess what I’ll be doing this afternoon? — Jackie
