05-12-2026 — Wet works

Howdy all. The area had another frost/freeze alert last night. My sensors only recorded 35 degrees at this house. Others did go lower. My tomato plants, in the garden beds, don’t look any worse, nor any better, than when I planted them.

I did hook up a cheapo light-weight hose (50 foot) by the garage, to water the garden beds. Not a good choice of hose. It was one of those “flat/flexible” versions that bulks up when the water pressure is on. But, this thing can get minor kinks and bends, easily. When it does, the water sputters and spurts out, getting everything wet. Not quite sure how it soaked my one pant leg from the knee down, but that cold water, in the cold air, was not comfortable. It, also turns out, to be about 10 feet to short to reach the edges of the beds back by the fence. I had to spray into the air in an arc to reach some spots.

I could get out the big garden hose, and the box/roller, that it is in, and set it up, however it is very heavy and awkward. I’m not feeling up to fighting that battle today.

I tossed in an Amazon order for a 75 foot, true, FlexiHose, and a simple garden hose pot, to try that out. Hopefully it will be a lightweight version of what is needed. Someday I’ll hook up the older hose/box up to the splitter on the spigot, and have both available.

Oh, in those back beds, the hundreds of flower seed are popping up, along with weeds, and I can’t tell the difference at this time. So I may yet see lots of color back there.

In other less wonderful news, I am reading the Great Orange Tea Rump is going to suspend the federal tax on gasoline and diesel. Which is interesting, since only Congress can do that. And, legislation has already been introduced by the bad party in the House to do just that, but it is being ignored.  

This is so magnanimous of him.  Yes, even though by his non war raising gasoline prices around here from $2.50 to $4.95 per gallon, he is “fixing “ the economics by suspending the 18.4 cents per gallon.  In his mind, gasoline prices may have gone up 10% in the last year, but it will drop 184% when the Leftist Democrats allow his team to do the suspensions.

I know I’ve written I don’t want to get political in these blogs, but I can’t ignore stoopidity. At this point, even his hand picked portrayers of truth, are admitting inflation is growing, and gasoline is not the only cause. However, it is certainly one that he alone could relieve. Allow water traffic to resume. Hey, if Iran gets a “tax” on each barrel, so be it. And really try and “negotiate” a compromised settlement to the non-war.

By the way, I do appreciate some of this administrations actions to lower drug prices, getting them inline with other first world countries, and make them more available to those that need them. I don’t take any prescription drugs, so these changes are not directly helping me. But I appreciate that it helps others.

Same with reducing taxes on tips and overtime for lower incomes. Not so glad it was packaged with huge reductions for the wealthy, but glad to see some help. The tax deductions for Social Security and other ones, didn’t help me much, if at all, neither. But any help for Seniors is good.

And the change in status for THC is a plus too. It might help generated clinical trials of applications to ease pain and suffering for many people. Also very good.

I won’t cross over to the rest of the non-scientific idiocy that is being displayed by the newest FDA and Healthcare czars. Ugh..

That’s enough from my soap-box today. Enjoy Life