When There is Nothing To Harvest

Since I really do like playing in the dirt, what does one doe when there is nothing to do????  Re-finish the teak furniture!!  It wasn't really all that difficult.  Just start very, very early in the morning while it's still cool outside, under 95 degrees......

12 chairs, 2 tables and 2 deck chairs later, I'm done and boy was it worth it!!
Used Watco Teak Oil from Home Depot.  Just brush it on, set for 30 min then wipe off.  Doing the second coat means I may not have to do it again for 2 years!!!

Well, off to look at the dirt!

Tomato Envy

Here we are on July 21 and I still don't have a single red tomato. I am 6 weeks behind the first ripe tomatoes in 2010.  Lot's of beautiful little yellow blossoms, some forming tomatoes, but nothing red, except the pots some are planted in.  I have great envy when talking to my mom (in Central California) and she is harvesting  5 - 7 each day off her two 'Home Depot' plants while I have nothing to show (yet) for all my hours of tending over seeds, seedlings, transplanting and bi weekly fertilization. 

With nice warm weather here again this week, I hope to see something turn red!  Cucumbers are going great and I harvest 2 - 3 each day.  Just one little eggplant starting to grow... and that's on a total of 3 plants.  

And so, I've finished with my complaining about the results of the cool weather.... and the good news is that our electric bill is the lowest it's ever been!!!

So... off to the dirt.