SeaCat
Hey, my Halo is smoking
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Okay so it was another warm one here today. 91° according to the thermometer in the shade of my patio. Even so I was busy. My wife wanted to make the outside of the place look nice. The first step was to head down to the local Home inprovement store and get some plants, potting soil and fertilizer. (My wife chose this morning for this because the store was having a one day sale.) We ended up needing a flatbed cart.
When we get home we unload the car and set the plants in a line in the shade. I look at this line and shake my head, it's going to be a job. I grab the shovels and a couple of buckets, remove my shirt and get to work.
First step is the empty flower bed at the end of the trailer. I've been working on this bed for a while, it was overgrown and loaded with roots. Now it is empty of roots, re-edged and has had some good topsoil dug into it. Five holes are dug and five minature Rose Bushes are planted under our bedroom windows. (Outrside two are red, inner two are yellow and the center one is white.) The holes are dug overly large and deep because each one is bottomed with Potting Soil, then the plant is braced with more potting soil. (A little trick I learned.)
A break for a glass of water and then it's over to the lightpole. Six Purple Shower plants are placed in the ground close to the light. Again these are bedded in with the Potting Soil.
More water and then it's to the other end of the trailer. Out in the yard here I start digging again. Three large holes this time. Into these are carefully planted an Orange Tree, a Tangelo Tree and a Ruby Red Grapefruit Tree. After bedding them in I went back to the first flower bed and grabbed the buckets I had filled with dirt from there. These were used to build up six in high berms around the root balls of the trees. (Helps keep water from running off.)
I'm almost done, I can see the end. I Fertilise the plants then water them. (By hand and with reclaimed water.) 10 buckets of water and I'm done with this. I'm hot, I'm sweaty and I'm filthy. I go inside for a quick shower then it's back to work.
Up on the roof of the shed I go. Now this isn't a large shed, maybe six feet by eight feet but it's sitting in the sun. I clean off the roof of all needles and dirt. As soon as it dries, about ten seconds after I'm done, back up I go with a bucket of sealer. The roof leaks and that's not a good thing as we have our washer and drier in there. I put down the first layer and allow it to dry as I change the oil in the bike. When it's dry I add another coat. All told I put three layers on. Now it's ready for the rainy season if it ever shows up.
While I was busy doing these things my wife had set up a steak to marinate in Garlic, Onion and Black Pepper. She was also busy inside doing some cleaning as well as doing the laundry.
Finally we are done and it's coming on time for dinner. After another shower I fire up the grill. Dinner is that nice thick marinated steak, Garlic Bread and Sweet Potatoe Patties. (Oh what a feast.)
So now we're kicking back. My wife is watching a program about the making of the Queen Mary and I'm sitting in front of the comp. sipping at some Tequila and relaxing in the breeze from a fan. (No I haven't turned on the A/C yet.)
So how was your day?
Cat
When we get home we unload the car and set the plants in a line in the shade. I look at this line and shake my head, it's going to be a job. I grab the shovels and a couple of buckets, remove my shirt and get to work.
First step is the empty flower bed at the end of the trailer. I've been working on this bed for a while, it was overgrown and loaded with roots. Now it is empty of roots, re-edged and has had some good topsoil dug into it. Five holes are dug and five minature Rose Bushes are planted under our bedroom windows. (Outrside two are red, inner two are yellow and the center one is white.) The holes are dug overly large and deep because each one is bottomed with Potting Soil, then the plant is braced with more potting soil. (A little trick I learned.)
A break for a glass of water and then it's over to the lightpole. Six Purple Shower plants are placed in the ground close to the light. Again these are bedded in with the Potting Soil.
More water and then it's to the other end of the trailer. Out in the yard here I start digging again. Three large holes this time. Into these are carefully planted an Orange Tree, a Tangelo Tree and a Ruby Red Grapefruit Tree. After bedding them in I went back to the first flower bed and grabbed the buckets I had filled with dirt from there. These were used to build up six in high berms around the root balls of the trees. (Helps keep water from running off.)
I'm almost done, I can see the end. I Fertilise the plants then water them. (By hand and with reclaimed water.) 10 buckets of water and I'm done with this. I'm hot, I'm sweaty and I'm filthy. I go inside for a quick shower then it's back to work.
Up on the roof of the shed I go. Now this isn't a large shed, maybe six feet by eight feet but it's sitting in the sun. I clean off the roof of all needles and dirt. As soon as it dries, about ten seconds after I'm done, back up I go with a bucket of sealer. The roof leaks and that's not a good thing as we have our washer and drier in there. I put down the first layer and allow it to dry as I change the oil in the bike. When it's dry I add another coat. All told I put three layers on. Now it's ready for the rainy season if it ever shows up.
While I was busy doing these things my wife had set up a steak to marinate in Garlic, Onion and Black Pepper. She was also busy inside doing some cleaning as well as doing the laundry.
Finally we are done and it's coming on time for dinner. After another shower I fire up the grill. Dinner is that nice thick marinated steak, Garlic Bread and Sweet Potatoe Patties. (Oh what a feast.)
So now we're kicking back. My wife is watching a program about the making of the Queen Mary and I'm sitting in front of the comp. sipping at some Tequila and relaxing in the breeze from a fan. (No I haven't turned on the A/C yet.)
So how was your day?
Cat
You certainly keep yourself busy! How's the tequila? You deserve it after the work you did today. 
