Does Anyone Else Water Like This?

Does anyone else water like this?

This is what I meant when I said that we purchased a water ticket, and

the canal rider was going to turn on the valve.

We purchased 3 hours of water for $17.00.

I cast fertilizer while walking around in my baby blue rubber boots.

I asked my father if it was a good idea and in his simple way he said,

“It can’t hurt.”

It is exhilarating for me.

It makes me feel like the farmer/rancher’s daughter that I am.


In gardening, there is nothing I like to say more than

“I need to go water.”

It means

I am on the move,

doing the next right thing,

tending to something in my care,

doing the best I can.

It is so satisfying.

Note to daughters:  Regardless of where you live, buy a hose.

It is wonderful therapy.

It can get a little dicey…

especially when the water covers the front porch.

When the three hours is up, the canal rider turns off the water, and within an hour,

most of the water has been absorbed.

My gardening list is growing.

I pruned my roses and fed them today.

I am planning a new bed with a limestone border behind the little house.

And I am off to find tomato plants later this week.

***

I received a wonderful, concerned email from Kim at Happiness Farms

regarding my refrigerated caladium bulbs,

which was a terrible idea on my part.

After an exchange of emails from an expert, I will be buying all

of my caladium bulbs from her in the future.

Do not put bulbs in the refrigerator.

Isn’t Happiness Farm a wonderful name?