Can you tell I'm back to working more? Miss me not posting just about every day? Well sometimes there just isn't anything to post about either....but yes I am working more but it is a good thing. I would love to get a handle on the debt situation and pare it down to nothing except the mortgage and utilities. That would be wonderful!
Let's see, the balcony garden is doing not bad considering I've got a few empty planters up there and need to get to planting more. First I will be smart though and see what CAN grow in 90+ degree weather as things are starting to really heat up here in Central Texas. I hate watering things that just shrivel up and die in the heat - talk about depressing! But I do see a few cherry tomatoes (planted for my dad) and a few green peppers and the zucchini plant has some flowers. I don't want to disturb that plant too much so I don't disturb the bird's nest, but I cannot tell if it is still being tended to or not. These little finches can tuck themselves around and down that they are pretty much camouflaged. <---thank you spell check as I totally mutilated this word! :)
My dad was concerned that tomato plants may not get pollinated way up on a balcony and I looked at the flowers to see if I could tell the difference between male and female flowers but I could not, as I thought about trying to pollinate gently with a q-tip. But I just looked it up and tomatoes self pollinate so they do not have to be cross pollinated, so do pepper plants. That was great to read and sure enough I saw both today so there you go! One more thing that nature does on its own!
I am growing cantalope from seed this year for the first time and may have to pollinate that. But it will be worth it if I can actually grow one! :)
I am so excited that my girls will be home on Memorial Day!! This is my oldest's first visit since moving back east in August! I am so looking forward to it! Will have a full house again! Well off to get some work done this weekend before the holiday is here.
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