Well, today was another day I had to work hard to fill time. To fill in where I left off yesterday, I got in touch with my course instructor, Matt Morgan, who told me that his options extended only to…
Social Distancing Day 5
It’s only 2pm, but I’ve done just about as many useful things as a person can do in a single day. I handled a staffing issue this morning, had breakfast, chatted with my dad and a few friends, taught Caleb…
Relief
I’m sleeping much better now that the kids are home. I was so worried that they’d put travel restrictions in place before they’d get here that I wasn’t sleeping. One of them is having an allergic reaction to a medication,…
Not a miracle
There are a ton of LDS people posting the same thing on Facebook, and it’s making me a little nuts. They keep saying that it’s a miracle that we have home-led church-supported Come Follow Me, just in time for us…
Social Distancing Day 2
Today I woke up early (slept fantastically well compared to the past few nights — coronavirus got me worried), and checked on my seedlings. They look great! I’ve been watching them grow all day. It’s incredible how fast they grow.…
How fast do tomato seedlings grow?
I’ve always marveled at how quickly seedlings can grow. Here is a picture of Cherokee Purple seedlings just sprouting that I took at 7:30 this morning: Here is the same set of seedlings 8 hours and 15 minutes later: Yeah—that…
Seedlings Day 5
This morning three other cells popped up with some little seedlings! The only cells that haven’t produced anything are the smuggled Italian seeds. They were never very good in the first place — I didn’t know to ferment seed back…
Social Distancing
I’m trying to pretend that I’m not fReaKinG out about coronavirus, so today I put in some peas. I let them soak almost two days and planted about 6 feet on my bean trellis. There were so many left and…
First 2020 seeds started!
And so it begins… Jared and I stopped by Lowe’s after the gym to pick up some seed starting mix. My friend Dawna runs the garden center at Lowe’s, and she happened to see us when we came in. I…
Garden Season Begins
Today I ordered the first of my tomatoes for 2020! I am hoping to get them started sprouting in about two weeks. This year the varieties I’m planning to grow are Cherry/Grape: Beefsteak: Oxheart: I have a few more seeds…