Zookeene, Taters + Maters

I got Mrs ERJ's garden plot tilled yesterday. That meant pulling out the posts and mowing the weeds.

Mrs ERJ has a 20' long by 8' wide garden that is surrounded by 5' tall welded wire fence. She specializes on vegetables for salads + one zucchini plant.

Rain predicted

The weather-weenies are predicting 0.7" of rain starting at about five this afternoon. I am going to set up a sprinkler anyway. I scattered oats over the patch where I intend to plant cabbage in about four weeks.

We near the end of a four-day warm spell. Temperatures are expected to drop to more seasonal levels on Wednesday. I really need to water the flats of seedlings twice a day when the high temperatures are in the 80s.

Orchard walk

No fruit on the Asian pears or any of my European plums in the Eaton Rapids orchard. Liberty apple set fruit heavily. One of my quince trees is going toes-up with fire blight and will be removed. The other two varieties of quince (that I haven't culled) are flowering.

Today's work-ticket

I will be watching Quicksilver solo for much of the day. Mrs ERJ is heading out on a mission of mercy. One of our mutual friends has foot issues and the doctor prescribed a certain kind of shoe. The friend is overwhelmed by the thought of shoe-shopping alone so Mrs ERJ graciously volunteered to take that person shopping in Novi or Brighton.

My plan is to set up and run the sprinkler. Then, after Mrs ERJ gets back home to make a road-trip and purchase some steel barrels. Personally, I think I got the better end of the deal.