Farmer Bob's Almanac

Today was much nicer than it had been this weekend; it only got into the eighties but it felt much cooler because it was almost one hundred degrees yesterday. I looked at the thermometer yesterday afternoon and it was just about one hundred degrees in the shade.

This morning after breakfast I went outside and planted the rest of my garden. I planted a couple different kind of lettuce, carrots, zucchini squash, and then I also panted single varieties of beets, radishes, push beans, pumpkins and cantaloupe.

I also planted some nasturtiums, marigold, sun flowers, poppies, foxglove, lupine, sweet peas, columbine, and a lot of wild flower mixes. I came across a box of seeds that we have had for a while and I thought that I would just scatter them around and if they grew, great, and if they did not I could always plant something else in a couple of weeks.

This is the earliest that I can remember having my garden all planted in a long while. The last time I planted this early I had to replant as it was too damp and the seeds just rotted. This year it seems to be drier and I am hopeful that I will not have to plant.

The twenty something tomatoes that I planted this weekend look pretty good, I have watered them every day just to give them a good start and I planted them deep enough that they should do okay when it does turn hot again.

Last night I could hardly breathe as my allergies were really kicking in even with taking my allergy medication did not really help. I sprayed my nose about every ten minutes just so that I could breath. Then this morning it started up all over again.

Tonight Zander had a t-ball game, so Kathleen and I went to watch him play and being out in the field did not help my allergies at all. By the time we left I could hardly breathe and I had forgotten my nose spray and it was too early for me to take any more allergy medication.

It was fun to watch the kids play ball, the team on the field would roam around or lay down and they always threw the ball toward first base even when another runner way right next to them. I do not think either side ever got an out; the way they play they batted the side around and then switch from offense to defense. They do not keep score...there is no need to as everyone gets on base and then they all go home when the last batter hits the ball. Very interesting!

Right now our pine tree, the fir trees and the walnut trees are all dropping pollen, so it is no wonder that my allergies are giving me fits. It would probably help if I stayed in doors, but when the weather is this nice out it is hard for me to stay indoors.