Saturday this 'n' that
May. 7th, 2011 02:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ksmithBusy day so far. And a lovely day, if you're talking mid/late March--cloudy, 50s, with sprinkles.
Anyway. Went to the local Big Box for potting soil and a laundry drying rack, and wound up getting a some-assembly-required laundry cart, bathroom rugs, a new shower curtain, a dining room rug, a couple of flat-leaf parsley plants, and various and sundry kitchen things. Brought it all home, then worked outside for a few hours. The weather isn't exactly conducive, but things needed doing.
So. Weeded and prepped the raised bed, and sowed lettuce seeds. Cleaned out a couple of large pots, and planted the parsley in one and seeds for 5 types of basil in the other. I've been trying to grow these basil varieties for years now--lemon, cinnamon, dark opal, sweet, and lettuce leaf--and only seem to have luck with the sweet. Last year, I covered the planter with chicken wire to keep out the squirrels, and wound up losing the seedlings to a caterpillar that took advantage of the protected environment to gorge. This year, I'll leave off the chicken wire.
I also installed a garden hose holder that's attached directly to the house. I gave up on those plastic wind 'em up boxes--the hoses kinked and jammed anyway. The boxes weathered and cracked after a summer or two, and were so big that it was hard to find a good place to put them. I didn't care if they could be seen. I just didn't want to trip over them. So I bought a simple wrought metal rack and nailed it to the house. Looks a lot nicer, and the hose is as out of the way as it's going to get.
King helped in the installation by swiping and eating the instructions. Luckily, I had already read them.
Haircut app't later. Then I may switch out the dining room rug, or bake banana bread, or work on the bathroom. Too much to do, and too little time.
Anyway. Went to the local Big Box for potting soil and a laundry drying rack, and wound up getting a some-assembly-required laundry cart, bathroom rugs, a new shower curtain, a dining room rug, a couple of flat-leaf parsley plants, and various and sundry kitchen things. Brought it all home, then worked outside for a few hours. The weather isn't exactly conducive, but things needed doing.
So. Weeded and prepped the raised bed, and sowed lettuce seeds. Cleaned out a couple of large pots, and planted the parsley in one and seeds for 5 types of basil in the other. I've been trying to grow these basil varieties for years now--lemon, cinnamon, dark opal, sweet, and lettuce leaf--and only seem to have luck with the sweet. Last year, I covered the planter with chicken wire to keep out the squirrels, and wound up losing the seedlings to a caterpillar that took advantage of the protected environment to gorge. This year, I'll leave off the chicken wire.
I also installed a garden hose holder that's attached directly to the house. I gave up on those plastic wind 'em up boxes--the hoses kinked and jammed anyway. The boxes weathered and cracked after a summer or two, and were so big that it was hard to find a good place to put them. I didn't care if they could be seen. I just didn't want to trip over them. So I bought a simple wrought metal rack and nailed it to the house. Looks a lot nicer, and the hose is as out of the way as it's going to get.
King helped in the installation by swiping and eating the instructions. Luckily, I had already read them.
Haircut app't later. Then I may switch out the dining room rug, or bake banana bread, or work on the bathroom. Too much to do, and too little time.
