We picked up seeds along with the other materials. I'm planning to grow tomatoes (breeds undetermined), green peppers, green onion, carrots, and radishes. Oh yes and burp-less cucumbers.
I'm planning to lay a piece of fencing along the garage so the cucumbers will grow upward and not out into the yard. Jon's neighbor actually had an old piece of fencing that he gave to us so it worked out well. I need to take some pictures so I can show how the garden develops. I won't be planting anything until the first or second weekend of May but it's nice to get this other tedious work done early since the weather is cooperating. The weather was actually a little too warm on Sunday and both Jon and I started feeling pretty rotten with all the manual labor. I can't say I ever had heat exhaustion in April before but I guess there is a first for everything.
The moving date has been pushed ahead to June 29 rather than a date in May. It seems more and more unlikely that anyone is going to take over my lease early. I scheduled the moving date yesterday with the moving company so that helped to solidify the moving timeline. It seemed silly to move in May and pay rent for an empty apartment. We'll be out completely by that June date so I'll technically pay rent for an empty apartment in July but it will be nice to take my time cleaning. We've started a "to do" list on Jon's white board and have a lot of major and minor tasks that need to be taken care of before moving and and after. The cool thing is that we only need to buy one piece of furniture. A larger dresser is needed for the bedroom. A lot of organization will need to take place down in the basement too since I'll have plenty of boxes accumulate down there for storage or sorting. I'm trying to get rid of as much stuff as possible. I've hung onto way too many clothes and papers related to college. It's ridiculous. We have a large collection of items for our garage sale too. I'm going to start taking time to price things so that doesn't sneak up on us either. I don't want the garage sale to be a ton of work but they usually end up being pretty time intensive.
I'll be blogging again soon as I got my results back from the doctor. My main concern is my cholesterol but that's a topic for another day.
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Good luck with your garden. I had one the year I lived on the farm with Jason. I feel bad, because Dad did a lot of work with tilling the ground and whatnot - only for one summer's worth of gardening. Maybe Jason and Laurie will use it. It always surprised me how time-consuming it was to weed, and sometimes it was hard to keep on top of the growing food. I've realized I don't have much of a green thumb. Maybe it would change once I have a house and/or husband. The to-do list was a good idea.
I am jealous of your time outside over the weekend. I want to grab a book or be active outside, but I am a wuss and insecure about doing that in Charles City, especially alone. I haven't looked ahead at the weather for this weekend, but hopefully it'll be cooperative with your gardening plans.
When did you go to the doctor? And, I tried selling my Nike shoes on Ebay - no luck, so they're still an option for your garage sale. Ttyl.
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