73 bar falls 29.59 0mph E dew-point 63 Beltane, cloudy
Waxing Crescent of the Flower Moon
Finished putting down Preen in the flower beds. The straw for mulch in the vegetable beds took a bit longer, but not much. The beets have grown, as have their bedmates, the carrots. The corn is ankle high by the 8th of June.
The garlic nears its time for harvest. The water is shut off and I wait now for the stems to die back. Don’t know why I’m so fascinated with growing garlic, but I am. Looks like a good crop.
The onion bed, too, has made great strides. Green hollow leaves spear through the hay, sending food down to the bulbs underneath the ground, energy Kate and I will harvest. Two hills of gourds and one of squash have broken through and begun to leaf. The beans Kate planted are on their fourth and sixth leaves. Lettuce sown a while back has enjoyed the cool weather and begun to flourish.
The tomato plants outside have yet to go through a real growth spurt and I finally pruned back the one inside. A different, more hydroponic friendly variety will produce better and now I have to find one. We continue to harvest lettuce each day for salads, so lettuce works.
We have a few other stray plants in odd locations some watermelon, cucumber and peppers. They’re all healthy.
The bearded iris have begun to bloom, while the smaller purple varities have begun to fade. Not much else blooming right now, save for the lilacs, the bleeding hearts and the annuals Kate planted. The garden is lush, green. Healthy.
The almost II lieutenant called. It has hit him that he needs a bed. All the officers have to live off base at Tyndall and he will be there for well over a year. He’s going to have to fly to Denver, rent a U-Haul truck and drive back to base. He does not, however, have a bed. Don’t know what to say to him. Suppose I could drive the truck and take the bed in his old room down to him. I don’t know.
He’s cranked. His class got initiated into the wonders of the O club, as he called it. The Officer’s Club. It has traditions, though what they are he didn’t say. His skin color has worked to his advantage so far. He’s been picked for some extra duties, to show Generals and other dignitaries around OTS. Face time with the high command. He says he knows who he is and if they want to work it that way it’s ok with him.