It has been a very busy past few days. We had some bad weather threats on Wednesday, and ended up with several people sheltering with us in our basement during two separate tornado warnings that were issued. Thankfully, all turned out well here.
My husband went on his days off Thursday thru Sunday. Thursday, our two youngest grandsons had their school field day activities and we went to watch those. Friday, we went to the ranch to plant my vegetable garden. I plant my garden in the same spot my grandparents grew theirs. My cousin, Dee, tills it up for me with his tractor. Since I can’t be there to water every day, we set up a drip irrigation system with a solar powered timer on the water storage tank attached to the windmill. This was the windmill and storage system my grandad built for the water supply to their home and also the garden when he and my grandma bought the property in 1939 or 1940. The storage tank is made from an old railroad tank.
We got it all set up and while Efren was working on reinforcing the fence, I planted just shy of 4 rows of sweet corn, approximately 30 feet long. I planted one row of stringless green beans, and in two weeks will plant another beside it. He dug holes, and I planted 6 tomato plants, and 4 jalapeño plants. I planted a row of okra, and some acorn squash and sugar cube cantaloupe seeds. I have some cilantro seed to plant, but I decided to wait just a little longer to plant those, as it always seems to be ready for harvest before I have tomatoes and jalapeños.
The drip irrigation system looked to be working well before we left to head home. I plan to get back over to check on it sometime this week. It was just a beautiful day to be working outside. With recent rains, everything is greening up so nicely.
The wild plum bushes are bearing fruit.
By the time we were finishing up, thunderstorms were beginning to build.
We were exhausted, but it was that good kind of tired. What a great day.
Saturday morning, we had a funeral to attend, and Saturday evening we went to a graduation party. Yesterday, we took care of the yard work here at the house. Today, it’s back to quilt work, house work and the other normal routines. Have a wonderful week, y’all!