Category: Gardening (Page 1 of 186)

I had a wonderfully restful day yesterday. Church started an hour and a half later than usual, so I got to sleep in. It was delightful.

After a music-filled service, I went to my mom’s house and had eggs goldenrod. I ate a LOT of it. Mmm… I was so full… And then I napped. Hard. After such a full day yesterday, it felt good to relax.

Beth and I did a quick side adventure to a garage that someone was trying to empty out. They posted online that everything inside was free. There was a guy there who had loaded almost everything into his car already, but we got a peg board thingy for Harold and Beth’s garage.

By then it was dinner time, and we went to Raymono’s. The pizza was so cheesy.

When we got back, I was admiring some mallow flowers in Beth’s garden. Then I noticed they had seed pods. How excting! I took some.

Yesterday I read. It was an actual book, not my phone. It was so weird. I thought I’d lost my ability to do that, and there I was, sitting in a quiet room and reading.

I was reading “Ender’s Game”. I had read it before, but didn’t remember it very well. I really liked it. Could it be possible for me to read other books? I used to do that all the time. I would love if I could do it again.

I did take breaks from reading every once in a while to walk and stretch my legs. On one of my walks, I noticed that Lloyd and Lauren’s daylilies have started to bloom. On another walk, Lauren showed me her blooming blackberries.

I’m leaving for Nebraska today! I’ll be gone for a little while, so I had to make sure the garden was in good order. I mowed the lawn, and I watered the plants.

As I was moving around in the back yard, I noticed that my monkey tail cactus is blooming. “What?” you say? “Booming?” Yes! Blooming!

When succulents bloom, it could mean they are happy. It could also mean they are dying. Dying succulents sometimes put a last-ditch effort into reproducing, and will bloom and then die. People on the internet call it a “death bloom”. Even though I’ve been worried about the yellowness of my monkey tail, I don’t think it’s dying. I think it might be happy. I hope.

Here are my flight details, for those playing along at home:

United #1912
Depart LA 8:47am
Arrive Denver 12:14pm

United #5827
Depart Denver 1:55pm
Arrive Lincoln 4:26pm

I did something! Good job, Brad!

I weeded the neglected side yard of my house.

Huh. The pictures make it look small or something, but it felt like a LOT of work. Pulling these weeds out about two hours. It was a lot of squatting and standing up again. My legs sure were tired afterward.

I need to do something with this spot. Either I need to plant a garden here, so I’ll care about it and look at it more and keep the weeds out, or I need to cover this dirt with pavers or concrete or something.