2009-03-26 Terri's Garden Ver 1.0

Dateline, Mt. Sterling, KY
Longitude: -83.94502
Latitude: 38.06882

Been a surprisingly busy week here. I've been to the gym/doggy rescue every day, taking in a handful of cookies and bacon treats to Dusty, Ginger and the irrepressible Hobo, who tries to take gentle Ginger's away but I skillfully prevent with a little extra for him.

My cousin Terri is back from Chicago awaiting results of her tests and not losing a moment's time. On a trip to the garden center she appears to have bought at least one of everything.



Some of those stacks are pretty deep, with loads of wild flowers and a full complement of tasty herbs.


On the first day Kevin has had off in a few weeks, it's very rainy but not so cold here today, preventing him from his detritus removal project. The gulch on his property apparently has been used as a dump since the beginning of time, but he has beavered away at cleaning it up, each week getting a bunch of bags together and hauled out. He loves doing this.

Still undecided is where to put the garden. The flat area behind the house affords the most level ground, but Terri has it in mind to put in the beautiful, sloping front side of the house.

On the camper front, the seal I put around the outside fixture seems to have worked. It has been raining steadily for the past day or so, sometimes fairly hard, and yet the GFI has not kicked in. But it has lead to another leak discovery above the doorway on the inside. There is a nicely positioned padded bar above the doorway, which I would estimate is about five and a half feet from the deck. Being six feet tall, I have to duck going in and out, yet I have never paid much attention to it as I keenly focus on not missing the single step down. It's tight and narrow, and also Shelby proof. She won't jump out on her own, necessitating the use of the Shelevator for egress.

So between the life on the farm and adding three new clients in the past week after a long dry spell things are great here. Spring has Sprung and the gentle rains are most welcome to a thirsty region. The trees are springing into bloom, the hillsides overnight go from grey to green and the rich brown mud is a reminder to get a little Earth on you. Shelby loves it and is incredibly easy to clean.

When people ask how I keep her so shiny, I explain that I simply toss one of those dryer sheets with her in the dryer after a bath. That works for the shiny part, but she is no less clingy afterwards.