our girl Deborah and her pain

Hey g'nistas...

I'm sorry I haven't been joining in on the watering - I have been running around getting medical tests etc done. It seems I have to have surgery on this joint thing. They will remove about one third of the right clavicle, part of the sternum and some of the rib underneath. He wants to schedule the surgery for ASAP, I see him again tomorrow. So, I may not be much help over the next month or so. Boo. At least, hopefully, it will put an end to the seemingly endless saga of the past four months. (Who knows, I may be able to plant a small garden in my new chest cavity next year!)

I wish you soft dirt, much flowering, and no pests, deborah

gardener's guild; almost May

I went here yesterday and got a Goliath tomato start and that half celery/half parsley thing.
Christianna said to call anytime with gardening questions. She also advised us to mulch between plants even using newspaper pinned down to reduce evaporation by the end of may after we get all our plants in. I told her that we were trying a crowded planting scheme which she said was good that the plants shade the soil and reduce water use.

they also have the super-cutest gardening shop. it is a non-profit and the shop helps them stay open. a membership is $40 and I am going to ask her is we can join as a garden group.

I am watering saturday, monday. who can water friday, sunday and tuesday?