Really tired from the night at work. Then, after work, had to go sign papers for the refinanced loan on the house, which drops the payment by about $75 a month. Not a huge amount but not insignificant. House payment was already low by today's average.
Then had to shop for truck parts. Again. Be taking a nap, then working on the truck today. Blah.
Still having well pump issues. It's working but still too much sand getting in the system, blocking the check valve open, so I'm losing prime. Have to devise a better filter system.
Only real problem there is that I can't put things on auto pilot. Have to do it all manually. Still, the results are so far removed from anything that has come before as to be nearly miraculous.
First corn crop is approaching chest high now. Few stalks are over 1" diameter. Giant pumpkin plants are actually becoming giants. Waiting for some female flowers, which are forming and should bloom in the next few days. Tomato plants are 3 times the size of this time last year and flowering already. Really hoping to see tomatoes soon. Huge number of assorted melon vines getting larger daily. No melons yet. More flowers growing in front of the house than have grown since I moved in and probably for years before I moved in. Most things look as green as I had been hoping for all along.
Lettuce is getting ready to bolt but I already planted some other crops in that section. In fact, the whole garden is now planted at this point. May add a few more companion plants but no more major crops until fall. Unless something just doesn't grow. Right now, that's not looking like a problem in any large areas.
The well water had too many minerals in it to be good for the pool. Not harmful but ugly. The more I ran the filter and the more sunlight it was exposed to, the darker brown the water got. Eventually, it rather looked like mud. So, I drained the pool into the garden. Now going to go ahead and fill it with municipal water. Still need supplies to clean the pool out. Lots of sand and clay tracked in by kids covering the bottom. Oh, well.
Then had to shop for truck parts. Again. Be taking a nap, then working on the truck today. Blah.
Still having well pump issues. It's working but still too much sand getting in the system, blocking the check valve open, so I'm losing prime. Have to devise a better filter system.
Only real problem there is that I can't put things on auto pilot. Have to do it all manually. Still, the results are so far removed from anything that has come before as to be nearly miraculous.
First corn crop is approaching chest high now. Few stalks are over 1" diameter. Giant pumpkin plants are actually becoming giants. Waiting for some female flowers, which are forming and should bloom in the next few days. Tomato plants are 3 times the size of this time last year and flowering already. Really hoping to see tomatoes soon. Huge number of assorted melon vines getting larger daily. No melons yet. More flowers growing in front of the house than have grown since I moved in and probably for years before I moved in. Most things look as green as I had been hoping for all along.
Lettuce is getting ready to bolt but I already planted some other crops in that section. In fact, the whole garden is now planted at this point. May add a few more companion plants but no more major crops until fall. Unless something just doesn't grow. Right now, that's not looking like a problem in any large areas.
The well water had too many minerals in it to be good for the pool. Not harmful but ugly. The more I ran the filter and the more sunlight it was exposed to, the darker brown the water got. Eventually, it rather looked like mud. So, I drained the pool into the garden. Now going to go ahead and fill it with municipal water. Still need supplies to clean the pool out. Lots of sand and clay tracked in by kids covering the bottom. Oh, well.
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