Manner of Death…Crawly Things
filed in gardening on Apr.26, 2009
Okay, so. You know I’ve been planning on starting a garden this year. Well, this morning I thought it was time. Probably because today was due to be the hottest day of the year so far. And every year, just to bitch and moan for some stupid reason…I decide that that big project should be started. “Hey…it’s 100 88 degrees…let’s go dig in the sweltering sun for hours with no water & no real idea of what we’re doing.” Sounds like a plan!
So off to get some organic soil stuff and top soil. Once I got that loaded in the middle of one of those STUPID high school cheerleader car washes (NOT the kids…just the place they did it was stupid…no hate mail plz) ANYhow…I’m loading my stinkin trunk while getting a steady spray of water. Ughhhhh! Then home to dig out the garden. How hard can it be I’m thinking?
Oh. My. God. Alan came out and helped me (he’s gonna make a wife very happy one day) This kid and I were out there sweating our asses off digging. We have an area behind our pool where we threw all the dirt from when we had the pool installed….that…SIX years ago…Shane said he would ‘take care of’. (not.) So this stupid dirt pile is now flourishing with weeds and some old wood that was tossed on there. We found lots of ‘habitats’ of creepy crawly things. Potato bugs and centipedes. BLEEEHHHH! Oh, and spiders. Yes, the very thing that will one day cause my death…
On the bright side I know I have muscle groups that I believed to have dissolved from un-use years ago. And I’ve found out that you still CAN get a slight dose of sun poisoning…even at age 44. So to take a break, I figured I’d cut the grass and get the fertilizer on. Yeeeaah. GREAT day to put fertilizer on. Not only was it very hot…it was also extremely windy. It was like walking around in a cloud of toxic fairy dust. As soon as I grow that new appendage I will post a pic.
As for the garden? Ughhh. I think this is a bigger project than I thought. Maybe another month two days. I’m pretty sure my problem is spending time over at the Newlyweds blog. Their garden, even when waterlogged is amazing. And mine isn’t even a quarter their size. Gosh…the things I’ll put myself through to save a few bucks on veggies. After the burnt skin, heart attack and muscle relaxers, it would be cheaper to just buy the damned vegatables! lol.
April 26th, 2009 on 8:27 am
Just think of all the rewards from your hard work – fresh tomatoes on the vine, herbs. I wish I had a green thumb.
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April 26th, 2009 on 10:32 am
I can’t wait to start my garden. It’s been raining for a week and a bit too cold yet to plant. Just think though, you’ll be toned and eating well by the end of the summer!
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April 26th, 2009 on 10:54 am
I am not a gardener. Our yard and flower beds are adequate, green trimmed mowed planted, but will never be the pride of the neighborhood.
I hope you enjoy.
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April 26th, 2009 on 12:51 pm
We’ve talked about starting a garden… but that’s about it, only talked, lol. Can’t wait to hear how yours turns out!
April 26th, 2009 on 2:35 pm
I think you are incredible to be starting your garden. And what you don’t learn this year you’ll no doubt know by next!
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April 27th, 2009 on 9:18 am
I’ve mostly got a black thumb, I avoid the gardening. Add creepy crawlers to that and you can pretty much count me out. I almost drove my minivan in to a ditch once because there was a spider on the inside of my windshield. Ack.
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April 27th, 2009 on 10:06 am
Ha, Ha your too funny! You need to borrow a tiller, lol! Luckily thats what we do, it makes life much easier. Thanks for the shout out!
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April 27th, 2009 on 10:10 am
I’m not a gardener at all. But they are nice if someone else does the work.
April 27th, 2009 on 12:13 pm
How comforting it must be for you to know the nature of your ultimate demise.
If I could be guaranteed a decent tomato, I would go through the same hell you just have. OK, no I wouldn’t, but I’d happily buy or trade them for something with a neighbor like you!
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April 27th, 2009 on 7:39 pm
Wow! Sounds like quite a day of gardening. I hope all of your hard work and sweat produces loads of fresh veggies!
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April 27th, 2009 on 8:47 pm
We’ve been doing some gardening around here, too. I melt in too much heat, though, so it has to wait for cooler days.
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April 27th, 2009 on 10:12 pm
I planted 2 tomato plants and 2 squash plants last year and it was such a pain! This year we expanded and I made hubby do all the work since I’ll be doing all the work in the kitchen cooking the veggies!