Two Penny Travels

Gardening

I have "completed" my garden. It is 32 square feet of raised platform on which I have placed containers containing a variety of vegetables. I have four tomato plants, a tomatillo, an artichoke, a bed of radishes, sprouting beans and eggplants with cucumbers, two pepper plants, and a spate of herbs. We also have a "Topsy-Turvy" plant with a tomato and various herbs.

The platforms are on bricks and surrounded with wire fencing to protect against the rabbits. I am still watering by hand, but have the irrigation tubing to make it more automatic.

We should have a supply of food coming from these plants in the coming months. It will be interesting to see how well they survive here in the high desert. I will keep you posted on our harvests.

 

Back at Home Base

Friday afternoon, and we are back at Jojoba Hills. This is our Home Base. This is where we always come back to in time, though it may take a while.

The weather here today is cloudy and rainy. Down in Palm Desert where we were it was warm and broken clouds. I guess we are going to have to get used to the cool climates again, after six weeks in Yuma and the Sonoran desert.

While in Palm Desert we went up on the Palm Springs Tram to the 8,000 foot level on San Jacinto Mountain. It was cold and snowy there, but at least we could come back down. The view was great and we had a good time with our friends Jessie Herr and John Berry. Had a great dinner that evening at the Daily Grill. Then last night we visited with my sister Janet and her husband Michael. Good Spaghetti a al Michael.

But now we are back home. The dog came in and immediately went to sleep. He is enjoying the peace and quiet. I expect I will enjoy NOT hearing a train or diesel truck drive by at all hours of the night tonight.

It is good to be back at Home Base.

sam and alice