Outdoor Wednesday: Odds and Ends

        I am typing this while hiding my eyes while watching Olympic figure skating.

        Mercy.The stress of watching plus listening to the announcers say, as the skater revs up to take flight into a quadruple jump-

“They haven’t been able to do this in practice… let’s hope.”

Or-

“This was a disastrous performance.”

        So I am escaping from reality by thinking about what I tried on Sunday afternoon.

        I planted tomato seeds.  I called A&M’s extension office and asked about planting schedules in zone 9. 

        The nice gentleman I spoke to said that he plants his tomato seeds on Valentine’s Day and other vegetables or plants on March 1st.

        So my husband planted the seeds on Valentine’s Day while I pruned my roses and fed them.  Why? because my friend Aissa said that is what her mother recommends.

        I am a gardening FOLLOWER. Just tell me what to do and when to do it.  I look forward to finding and learning my own solutions some day.

        I am amazed at what people do to create beautiful gardens.

         My to do list is long.

* I still need to create my front fence line bed. I am not looking forward to that back breaking job.

* I would love to create some small patios and walk ways, but those projects may be too expensive.

* I want to build a long raised bed for a zinnia cutting garden. We’ll see.

        Have a wonderful Wednesday and go see other Outdoor Wednesday posts.