So, now I'm home and there is so much to do that I am tired before i even start and I come up with excuses to stay out of the garden. As a result, it is starting to look a little ragged. It doesn't help that the yard between the house and the garden hasn't been mowed in three weeks. We have somebody do the mowing because the type of mower required to safely mow our acreage is extremely cost prohibitive. If I ever win the lottery, a commercial mower will come right after a tractor.
Anyway, I just went out to the garden to pick some cucumbers and check on everything else. I finally have beans (YAY!). But, my pumpkin vines are doing the same thing they did last year. A few pumpkins will get started and then the vine dies before they get any bigger. I think I need more water as the days are hot, but the ground under the cucumbers is very wet. The point being, using the sprinkler would wet everything and not just what needs it. I have a soaker hose, but the plants are such a mess, getting a hose in the right place is very difficult. My good intentions each day to get up early in the morning before the heat of the day makes it dangerous to work outside always seem to disappear at 6 in the morning as I'm laying in bed trying to convince myself to get up. I don't understand how I can get myself up for a job each morning when I had one, but can't get up for my own benefit. A good spot for character development :)
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