Garden journal

[lblanchard]

Yesterday I thought I noticed a slight swelling in the ovary of the fertilized 'gervase.' I also noticed that the girly bits of that one had shriveled and all but fallen off.

Today the swelling is much more pronounced. I cut off the old and tired flowers -- but left all the ovaries on for comparison.

I don't see any swelling in the ovary of the second flower, on the second scape, that I tried to pollinate, but maybe that won't happen until later.

Today I took one of the market packs of marjoram seedlings and planted them in a big pot outside. It is supposed to stay warm for the next several days -- if it turns cold I'll bring the pot indoors.

Roy has become very much invested in this process, wandering out to survey our little Blanchard Utopia several times a day.

Our grand-daughter arrives on Wednesday, so we've been doing some cleaning -- bathrooms and kitchens and we changed the sheets on her bed. Two steps forward and one step back, though -- when I opened the refrigerator door this evening a huge chunk of the plastic lining fell out. Part of it held one of the shelves, so things went clattering to the floor. I can't believe that glass jars met the ceramic tile floor without anything breaking. So we will have to go refrigerator shopping, bleah.

Comments

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

You can get appliance rebates now, anyway--that will help somewhat with the sticker shock.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Sticker shock isn't going to be that terrible. We'll go for a bottom-of-the-line box, just like the bottom-of-the-line box we'll be replacing. I priced them online at Best Buy -- with tax etc, it will be around $500. It's just that there are so many nicer things to do with $500.

I suggested to Roy that we attempt a fix with cardboard and duct tape. He gave me The Look.