Planted tomatoes, peas, and basil under one solar cloche over a week ago and another solar cloche with pole beans and zucchini on Monday when I planted one bed with sugarsnap peas, spinach, and tatsoi. Raspberry canes cut and I should do another bed of peas and early greens next week.

Directions for a recycled solar cloche at http://solarray.blogspot.com/2…..solar.html

‘Cymbidiums of Consensus.’

Enjoy….

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Thanks. – Adie

2 visits to the pokey (that we know about).

Daily doses of hearing his yelling, bragging/threatening nonsense (”gonna shoot all the songbirds in the woods, have a dead cardinal right here…” etc.); suspiciously on & off hyper behavior as if ‘on’ something; bragging about drug-use; attempted harassment/intimidation whenever he sees us in the yard; bonfires in their driveway turnaround close-by lge trees & house(s) a nightly event in decent weather – even in high winds; teenager girlfriend-mom-apparent mom-to-be who seems to think he’s hilarious; daily games of pellet-gun peek-a-boo nonsense (which seems to have ceased for the last few months) in the [conservation-protected]woods; we saw multiple sheriffs’ cars pull him over w/ lights flashing recently, right in “his” driveway – but no follow-thru (seems typical – he must be ‘crafty’ most of the time); not his house – he just ‘camping out there’ because the girlfriend’s enabler-mom apparently lets him & seems totally cowed, tho friendly with us – when she looks up…… & on & on & on.

with police non-involvement/befuddlement in how to deal with him, we go about our business, keep a quiet eye on the fires and the illegal looting of wood for his fires (thankfully slow, since he apparently has never heard of sharpened sawblades), try not to aggravate or look vulnerable; but we do plan to alert the local conservancy when they make their annual visit.

otherwise, not much goin’ on here, sigh. Seriously, thanks for asking. We’re o.k., honest. and we suppose the po-lice are doing what they can at the moment. weird.

As far as flowers and plants go, we’re aiming for a drought resistant garden (in so. calif). Have found some wonderful flowers (I forget the name) from Brasil that are perfect for zone 10, very fragrant and attract birdies and butterflies. I’m still reading up on pair planting to protect insect prone plants using basil calendula etc.so as to avoid insecticides