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Today was a day to start getting caught up on the chore backlog due to the regatta whirlwind and more. One of those "do a chore so you can do another chore" sort of mornings: in order to clean the bathtub, I thought I should first vacuum the house so the bathroom floor would be reasonably clean, which entailed emptying out the previously hastily abandoned vacuum cleaner*, which entailed dealing with the dust and rubbish in the big trash can in the basement. I think that like Jorts and his companions, my house companion and I might have some disagreements about trash can management, but it's nothing to get bent out of shape over.
But now that's done, at least. There are still more catch-up chores but I will probably wait until the weekend before tackling them, because I find it easiest to do chores in the morning after a good night's sleep, and most of my mornings are booked with rowing and coaching (I have every other Wednesday off, and Sunday mornings, which is not a lot of mornings).
I also picked more raspberries. The raspberry bush has been producing raspberries with abandon, which is heavenly and SO much better than trying to buy raspberries. They just don't work well as a commercial crop, because it is too labor-intensive to pick and transport them. Kind of like figs.
But the asshole squirrels have continued their relentless attack on our poor, bedraggled tomatoes, so there isn't much of a tomato harvest this year. I think for next year I'll go back to something closer to the full Tomato Cathedral design I got going in Texas.
Jerks.
Full garden:
Maybe we'll get some Brussels sprouts this year? I need to learn more about tricks to get them to make bigger sproutlets. We also have a volunteer acorn squash, which is great. I harvested almost zero rhubarb this year because the plants just went straight to flowering and seed, which is extremely disappointing. Hopefully the rhubarbs in the Secret Garden will fare better next year. The basil is also all going to seed, so it's probably close to time to deal with that soon, too.
This volunteer tomato has been the most enthusiastic out of the entire bunch, but has still been no match against the asshole squirrels.
Meanwhile, the Dark Dahlia is making me happy every single day when I come home. I am so relieved that it recovered, and I'll do a better job with storing it this winter.
Onward, to the paper grading backlog.
*I normally empty the bagless vacuum cleaner immediately after vacuuming so it's ready to go the next time, but the last time I vacuumed, I ran short on time because I decided at the last minute to FINALLY vacuum the front porch and it was almost time to play Scrabble.
But now that's done, at least. There are still more catch-up chores but I will probably wait until the weekend before tackling them, because I find it easiest to do chores in the morning after a good night's sleep, and most of my mornings are booked with rowing and coaching (I have every other Wednesday off, and Sunday mornings, which is not a lot of mornings).
I also picked more raspberries. The raspberry bush has been producing raspberries with abandon, which is heavenly and SO much better than trying to buy raspberries. They just don't work well as a commercial crop, because it is too labor-intensive to pick and transport them. Kind of like figs.
But the asshole squirrels have continued their relentless attack on our poor, bedraggled tomatoes, so there isn't much of a tomato harvest this year. I think for next year I'll go back to something closer to the full Tomato Cathedral design I got going in Texas.
Jerks.
Full garden:
Maybe we'll get some Brussels sprouts this year? I need to learn more about tricks to get them to make bigger sproutlets. We also have a volunteer acorn squash, which is great. I harvested almost zero rhubarb this year because the plants just went straight to flowering and seed, which is extremely disappointing. Hopefully the rhubarbs in the Secret Garden will fare better next year. The basil is also all going to seed, so it's probably close to time to deal with that soon, too.
This volunteer tomato has been the most enthusiastic out of the entire bunch, but has still been no match against the asshole squirrels.
Meanwhile, the Dark Dahlia is making me happy every single day when I come home. I am so relieved that it recovered, and I'll do a better job with storing it this winter.
Onward, to the paper grading backlog.
*I normally empty the bagless vacuum cleaner immediately after vacuuming so it's ready to go the next time, but the last time I vacuumed, I ran short on time because I decided at the last minute to FINALLY vacuum the front porch and it was almost time to play Scrabble.
