On 7/10/2016 6:21 PM, songbird wrote:
George Shirley wrote:
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package instructions and just plant one pea per foot. Mainly because the
vines are really long and eventually start shading the roots and younger
runners. Cukes are slowing down too. Woke up to 89F this morning in the
dark, still hot and humid. Thank you air conditioning.

i gave my brother a nice armful of cucumbers this
morning. so he can feast on them. like us he likes
to slice them up with onions and soak them in a
little vinegar and sugar in some water.
We do that too, without the sugar. Our parents did the same thing,
something cool and crisp with a little bite when you come in from work.


The grass is growing like crazy though, I suspect the watering is giving
the St. Augustine grass a kick to grow taller again. We're mowing weekly
instead of bi-weekly. It's not a bad chore, we have a small property so
everything is mowed, weed eaten, and done up nicely in about an hour,
less if we push it harder.

Tilly Dawg is getting a little better, she's been on five pills a day
for an infection plus the coughing, sneezing and wheezing. She's still
doing the latter but not as often. Right now she's snoring on the cool
floor and talking in her sleep. I just can't translate dog into American
English. She's probably trying to get me to feed her more. G

Come on rain.

i'll hope it works for you there. we managed to finally
get an inch of rain the other morning. a few hours later
not a single puddle to be found. been nice to not have to
water for a change. should probably go out tomorrow and
give the veggie gardens a drink. better to keep this clay
evenly watered than to have to try to get it down to the
plant roots on a hot day when it is too dry. don't want
the tomatoes to get BER.

give Tilly a scritch for me.


songbird


Well, we didn't get any rain, the clouds flew away somewhere else and
the sun came back with a vengeance. It's currently about 96F out back.

Tilly gets scritched quiet frequently, the neighborhood kids come by and
ring the doorbell to see Tilly, she gets her scratching, petting and
gives lots of wet smooches. Every morning and every evening she comes up
to me to scratch her neck front, then turns around to get her butt
scratched, then she's happy. She was really happy when we finished
dinner, she got a little piece of bratwurst for being good.

George