"Vacation" Wrap Up

[dalthauser]

Sunday I worked in the garden most of the day.  I "built" arbors for the cucumbers and pole beans.  They turned out pretty good - and I figure the cost of materials was about $20 for each (4 posts, 2 concrete mesh panels).  It doesn' t show up very good here, but the top is like a little roof.  Once the plants grow up - I think it will look pretty cool.


Saturday morning my neighbor helped me finally fix the flat tires on my riding mower.  I decided to take it for a spin and ended up mowing the entire back section of my property (took about an hour or so).  What I didn't remember is to put on sunscreen.......  I was officially sun sick until Tuesday.  My back actually blistered - I am so mad at myself for being so careless.


Monday I ran errands and planted peanuts, sorghum, and sweet potatoes.  All three are experiments.  I also did a little tree trimming.

Tuesday I did some house cleaning and goofed off.

Comments

[joebanks.livejournal.com]

Good progress on the garden.

What do you intend to do with the sorghum, and how will it take for the sweet potatoes to be ready to pick?

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

The sweet potatoes will take all summer - I'll harvest them in the fall. First time growing them - so I'm not sure what to expect. The sorghum I'm growing for curiosity. It produces grain believe it or not - and you can boil the stems for sugar syrup.