Weekend Recap

[nekosensei]

Friday, doomsey and I got Mexican food for dinner and then we went to voidness' place where we watched Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark and Time Bandits. I hadn't seen the first one in ages and I had never seen the second one. I enjoyed both.

On Saturday, doomsey and I celebrated Passover with his folks.

Today, I did work outside. I removed the tarp from the old vegetable garden, cleared the area underneath it of weeds, and loosened up the soil there. Tomorrow, I want to put some fertilizer down and, in early May, I hope to plant a vegetable garden. So far, I have summer squash, watermelon, cucumber, sweet corn, and winter squash. I also want to put tomato plants and eggplant out there. I also ordered two hanging baskets with strawberry plants in them. Tomorrow, in addition to buying fertilizer, I want to buy some chicken wire to keep the squirrels and rabbits out. I was also thinking about buying a little plastic owl with a motion detector in it to scare critters away. Does anybody else have any other ideas as to protecting the plants from critters? I heard that predator urine also scares them away, but from what I heard, it has to be male or something, and, well, doomsey doesn't want to participate in that. I also heard that scoopings from the cat box may work too...

This is the first time I'm planting a vegetable garden. This is going to be a learning experience for me. I have a feeling that, if I fail spectacularly, doomsey will continue telling me I have a brown thumb and he will make fun of me in general.

This evening, doomsey and I went out to get all you can eat sushi and then we took a three mile walk. Then, we watched an episode of Doctor Who.

By the way... nekosensei <-- very tired...

Comments

[judygs.livejournal.com]

Zucchini are fun, though they take a lot of space. But you only need one or two; they make lots of fruit. And you can watch them grow, I swear.

The only thing wrong with growing tomatoes, peppers, et al, is that they are dirt cheap at the grocery store and the farmer's market at about the time that yours will become ripe. And Greg wasn't joshing about picking things the moment they become ripe. We stopped growing veggies the time that the raccoons stripped our corn plants bare over the night after we looked and said, they'll be ready to eat tomorrow.

His suggestions to plant spices is good; many are even perennials.

But eating a tomato still warm from the sun is so good.