Accessible Gardening: Practical Matters for Physically Challenged Gardeners #10, 1 by seacanepain

seacanepain wrote:
Kay and I are both in better moods. She came home from the beauty shop with hair not much longer than mine and smiling. It must have been all that hair making her such a hot head. ;-)
Seriously, I think she went on line to try and grasp the rationale of the burn ban when everything was so damp. If she can wrap her mind around something, she’s okay. Irrational rules or rules that are in place for the purpose of empowering a select group bring out all her rebellious instincts. Evidently, whatever she found online satisfied her.
Until this year, I’d never noticed how spectacular the blossoms of plants in the cucurbitaceae family can be. (Squash, cucumbers. Melons, gourds, etc.) Staggering the planting of those has advantages other than not being hit with tons of cantaloupe or spaghetti squash at one time. Staggered planting also means their blossoms are around throughout high summer when few other things are flowering. But, it’s the largest of our sunflowers (over 8’ tall. ‘Russian Mammoth’?) that caught my eye today.
Nadine is busy with data entry work. I’m painting tires in pastel colors for the Cando Garden. I don’t mind painting stuff pink as long as it isn’t going into MY garden. :-) Kay is trying to keep up with the weeds. Working 15 minute stints outside, and then coming in to cool and dry off. It isn’t as hot as they were predicting (105), but, with such high humidity, mid-90’s is still tough. (Jim)