TADD 5/18

 Hi Everyone!

I'm joining TADD with Rain this week. I have been saving photos to share so I'm not sure where this post will go. LOL

As some of you know gardening this year has been somewhat of a friggen mess. Our weather is all mixed up. Freezing and snow in March and April and now our day time highs are only in the mid 60s F. and the very low 40s F at night. Most of all of my seedlings died so my garden is very different this year. 

There is more growing in this now.	I do have peas.
Buckets of plants.	Potatoes coming up.
These are herbs growing nicely now.	I have a tomato plant this year.
I put permanent sides on my hoop garden.	Onions, cabbage and carrots in these.
I have to have my dill.	This hosta, even though it lives in the sun, it comes back every year.
I've had this Rosemary a few years now.	I have my tomato plant cage wrapped in saran wrap. It keeps the heat in.
Mr. M. built this for me this year.

Wanna know what the pipes are in my buckets. I have to tell you it works.

Make sure there is good drainage.	Put a bit of soil down. In a clean jug put a Piece of PVC pipe into the hole. I cut the end at an angle first.
Fill the jug with water about 2/3 of the way. The drill or poke holes in the top of the just. I get about 50 holes.	Start filling the bucket with soil.
Fill it with soil.	Then soak the soil .
Let is set.	Fill the bucket with soil about an inch from the top. Wet the soil and plant seeds or starters.

What happens is the roots of the plant finds their way into the holes of the jug. Watering is less and the plants really do better. I put fresh water into the pipe about every week or so.

Here are the buckets as of tonight.

 

 

I got so many happy wishes for my birthday and I want to thank all of you for that. This is what my dear Mr. M. got for me. I asked him for new bits.

and he added this. It's 12 volts where my other drill is only 8 volts and I have to keep it plugged in all the time or the battery goes dead. Oh my new drill has two batteries. I am a happy girl.

 

Now for food.

Pizza of course.	Bread made of pizza dough.
Cinnamon rolls made from pizza dough. They don't look pretty	but OMG soooo good

 Well I think this is long enough and I need to lay down for a bit.

Have a great Thursday.

Nicole