Digging In The Dirt
Mar. 29th, 2002 12:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
omorkaThis is the last long break. From here on out, we have one half-day (in early May) and one day off (Memorial Day itself) and that's it - the rest is seven weeks of grind and crunch, and one hectic week of finals and graduation. I have one other day off, the Friday for CMA (Mr. B already approved it, so I've got it no matter what, although I still need to call in a sub for it), but that's not a whole lot more. And I can't be sick anymore; I'm running out of sick days. So I'd best enjoy these three days while I can.
Yesterday was the well-woman appointment. I have to say, I really like this doctor; she's fairly young and rather bouncy (she reminds me a little of KA, actually). They didn't do bloodwork, and the exam itself was as painless as it's ever been - just a couple of pinches. I was out of there in half an hour, including wait time. Moreover, the main clinic sent my folder (I assume it was a fax copy, but it might have been the actual folder itself) to the women's clinic, so she had all the information right there; very organized. Overall, I was fairly pleased. I also like having both my primary physician and my OB/Gyn be female, although I can't actually explain why.
Afterwards, we went to the new Target on Main, where they not only didn't have my hosiery in stock, they didn't even have a place for it. I guess I'm going to have to either try to find it online, or wait until the River Oaks target gets it in. Yech. But at least I won't need stockings until Tuesday, anyway.
Then, we went to Teas' Nursery, where I got two tomato plants, two basil, peppermint, spearmint, applemint, lemon balm, sage, curly parsley, Italian parsley, sage, and a packet of yellow squash seeds from Seeds of Change (who are apparently distributed by Burpee, which seems odd - the queen of extreme hybrids with the guardians of heirlooms and seed-saving?). I spent the afternoon planting these; the parsley and the sage are underneath the front right windows, and everything else is in the plot in back. It all fills the space fairly well, and the fallen leaves in back make a pretty good mulch. Hopefully, they'll also add some organic matter to lighten the soil back there; it's a heavy dark clay, which will be mineral-rich but won't drain well until it has enough organic bits in it. I worked in the compost I bought back in December (which has been sitting in bags in our half of the garage since then) as well as I could with just the fork and trowel; I really ought to get a hoe and work in the mulch really well at the end of the season. We'll see how the front plot works; the groundskeepers may trash those plants accidentally, not knowing what they are. The back should be relatively safe, although I discovered we don't have a back water outlet on this building - I had to use the one on the back of next-door instead.
Now, of course, my back and legs are really sore - I haven't done heavy garden fork work since, well, December, and before that since 1992. Standing up or sitting down is difficult. But, I have a garden now, at least of sorts. Barring disaster by drought or bugs, I should have real tomatoes, basil and parsley to go with them, mint for tea, and real squash late this summer.
Between the kids and the garden Big Mama should have plenty to do. : )
Yesterday was the well-woman appointment. I have to say, I really like this doctor; she's fairly young and rather bouncy (she reminds me a little of KA, actually). They didn't do bloodwork, and the exam itself was as painless as it's ever been - just a couple of pinches. I was out of there in half an hour, including wait time. Moreover, the main clinic sent my folder (I assume it was a fax copy, but it might have been the actual folder itself) to the women's clinic, so she had all the information right there; very organized. Overall, I was fairly pleased. I also like having both my primary physician and my OB/Gyn be female, although I can't actually explain why.
Afterwards, we went to the new Target on Main, where they not only didn't have my hosiery in stock, they didn't even have a place for it. I guess I'm going to have to either try to find it online, or wait until the River Oaks target gets it in. Yech. But at least I won't need stockings until Tuesday, anyway.
Then, we went to Teas' Nursery, where I got two tomato plants, two basil, peppermint, spearmint, applemint, lemon balm, sage, curly parsley, Italian parsley, sage, and a packet of yellow squash seeds from Seeds of Change (who are apparently distributed by Burpee, which seems odd - the queen of extreme hybrids with the guardians of heirlooms and seed-saving?). I spent the afternoon planting these; the parsley and the sage are underneath the front right windows, and everything else is in the plot in back. It all fills the space fairly well, and the fallen leaves in back make a pretty good mulch. Hopefully, they'll also add some organic matter to lighten the soil back there; it's a heavy dark clay, which will be mineral-rich but won't drain well until it has enough organic bits in it. I worked in the compost I bought back in December (which has been sitting in bags in our half of the garage since then) as well as I could with just the fork and trowel; I really ought to get a hoe and work in the mulch really well at the end of the season. We'll see how the front plot works; the groundskeepers may trash those plants accidentally, not knowing what they are. The back should be relatively safe, although I discovered we don't have a back water outlet on this building - I had to use the one on the back of next-door instead.
Now, of course, my back and legs are really sore - I haven't done heavy garden fork work since, well, December, and before that since 1992. Standing up or sitting down is difficult. But, I have a garden now, at least of sorts. Barring disaster by drought or bugs, I should have real tomatoes, basil and parsley to go with them, mint for tea, and real squash late this summer.
Between the kids and the garden Big Mama should have plenty to do. : )
