All work and no play makes Joe a dull boy

On today's work-ticket

Plant a tree in Southern Belle's orchard. One of the pear trees I planted last year never grew. I will be planting a Galarina apple that is grafted on a MM-111 rootstock. Since the dead pear is in the north row, an overly-large tree will not shade the other trees in the orchard (at least not very much).

Share some trees with the gentleman who remodeled our bathroom. He is building his own personal house for his retirement years and one of his goals is to produce as much food on the three acres as he can. He also asked for pruning and grafting lessons.

Plant potatoes in the garden. At a minimum, I want to plant forty hills of Red Pontiac for early potatoes. The detail that makes it awkward is that I want to put them in the row closest to the path for ease-of-harvest. I am contemplating moving the path so it runs up the middle of the 100'-by-40' plot. 

I also decided to split the 100' length into two, 50' sub-parcels for ease of management. The west half is about 4' higher and the soil dries out and warms up more quickly than the east half. The early potatoes will be planted in the west half. That is NOT where they would be planted if I followed my usual "Plant the first items closest to the entrance to the plot" habit or "Start along a fence so the rows are efficiently spaced".

Quicksilver Musical Moment

Dance Monkey How do you say "Joyous abandon"?

Bonus headlines

This hospital treats many patients with "mental health issues"

Evil! Crazy-people need attention the way normal people need oxygen. They are performing for their "tribe" to get the "fix" that they crave.  They do that by inflaming the outrage of "the other side". This will not end well.