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gja1000 · 06-05-2011, 06:11 AM

I worked hard yesterday too! I started watering the yard at 6:00AM and by 8:00AM Gary and I were in Home Depot. The back porch light bulb was burned out and when I tried to change it, I couldn't figure out how to get to it. Gary couldn't either, so we had to break out a pane of glass to get to the bulbs. So, we went to Home Depot to get another fixture. We also got a solar light for the side of the house. It is really dark around there and we don't have any kind of light. We talked about having an electrician come and put in a light, but we just decided to try a solar light for now.

I also worked in my garden beds some. The bed by the house does not have amended soil and so my okra came up but didn't grow. I l love okra so I got some good garden soil and began digging out the bad soil. I didn't get finished, but will today or tomorrow. I'll put in some good garden soil and replant my okra.

I puttered around outside the house all day. When you have a big yard and out buildings like we do now, there is always something to do. It was very very hot here yesterday and will be the rest of the week and I guess, the rest of the summer. I tell you I sweat like PIG - or maybe I smelled like a pig - not sure pigs even sweat! LOL!

I also got a new bird feeder - a finch feeder. I had to move one of our existing feeders so I could put the finch feeder in a spot where I could see them from the house. They are so tiny I wanted their feeder closest to the house. We have seen finches on the big feeders, but so far none have come to the new feeder. I hope they find it soon.

Then I planted rock rose moss in the big pots out in front of the house. We had roses in them and they did fine and bloomed beautifully in March/April, then they just died. I'm not sure why. I had them for a year in the pots and they did fine. Oh well, it was a pain to water them - so now the rock rose moss won't need to be watered very much.

I unloaded some more things from the pickup - from the trip - we had only unloaded what we really needed when we got home Friday because it was so hot. Then I had to put things away in the house, all the while running outside to change the water or do something else. It was a fun and busy day, but like Janet, I WORKED HARD!!!

06-05-2011, 06:11 AM	#21
gja1000 Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Central Texas Posts: 5,717	I worked hard yesterday too! I started watering the yard at 6:00AM and by 8:00AM Gary and I were in Home Depot. The back porch light bulb was burned out and when I tried to change it, I couldn't figure out how to get to it. Gary couldn't either, so we had to break out a pane of glass to get to the bulbs. So, we went to Home Depot to get another fixture. We also got a solar light for the side of the house. It is really dark around there and we don't have any kind of light. We talked about having an electrician come and put in a light, but we just decided to try a solar light for now. I also worked in my garden beds some. The bed by the house does not have amended soil and so my okra came up but didn't grow. I l love okra so I got some good garden soil and began digging out the bad soil. I didn't get finished, but will today or tomorrow. I'll put in some good garden soil and replant my okra. I puttered around outside the house all day. When you have a big yard and out buildings like we do now, there is always something to do. It was very very hot here yesterday and will be the rest of the week and I guess, the rest of the summer. I tell you I sweat like PIG - or maybe I smelled like a pig - not sure pigs even sweat! LOL! I also got a new bird feeder - a finch feeder. I had to move one of our existing feeders so I could put the finch feeder in a spot where I could see them from the house. They are so tiny I wanted their feeder closest to the house. We have seen finches on the big feeders, but so far none have come to the new feeder. I hope they find it soon. Then I planted rock rose moss in the big pots out in front of the house. We had roses in them and they did fine and bloomed beautifully in March/April, then they just died. I'm not sure why. I had them for a year in the pots and they did fine. Oh well, it was a pain to water them - so now the rock rose moss won't need to be watered very much. I unloaded some more things from the pickup - from the trip - we had only unloaded what we really needed when we got home Friday because it was so hot. Then I had to put things away in the house, all the while running outside to change the water or do something else. It was a fun and busy day, but like Janet, I WORKED HARD!!! __________________ Gayle