05-04-2026 — Go Forth and May bees

Howdy all. Wow, a nice day today weather wise. It was near 50 to start the morning, and sunny until just about an hour ago (say 5 pm). It almost reached 70. While there were 20+ mph wind gusts early on, they’ve let up some too. Of course, this won’t last. Those winds will get over 30mph during the night, and there will be plenty of rain, and no temperatures getting to 60 for the rest of the week. Oh well.

The carpenter bees seem to have found their way from their winter hiding holes, and were buzzing about looking for where to build the summer homes. And I got my lazy butt outside and finally planted more tomato plants. Two more Yellows, and two of those husky cherry plants that produce tons, and 4 Better Boys. Some of the plants were in so-so shape after a week indoors, while others were looking good with blossoms.

I also weeded the potatoes and onions and carrots. There are 30-40 potato plants popping up, and about the same onions too. About half that amount of carrots are starting.

Lots and lots of strawberry blossoms.

Oh, I also put in a couple “walls” / “trellises” around the potato plants back by the fence. And fixed a couple of other on other beds.

The beds are in need of water. It is amazing that it can drizzle off and on for a couple weeks, and still not have rained enough to fill the bird bath. — I also cleaned out the bird bath and put a fresh gallon of water in it. I was using the gallon carton to water each tomato plant as I planted them.

The “porncast” is for over an inch of rain in the next two days. If it doesn’t happen, I will be forced to get the garden hose box out of winter storage and connect the hose up to water the beds. They need it.

All of the above only took a couple of hours, but that was enough to tire out this fat old man. Tough breathing out there.

At least I finally have my “garden” plants in for the year, and can hope they Enjoy Life