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Mentally Preparing
Aug. 10th, 2006 02:48 amI find myself puttering about the house. I had a great couple of days with Tab and Roger: our first real family vacation. I will post more about that later. We dropped off Tab at her grandmother's house at 11:30 tonight and didn't get home until about 1 am. Roger is in bed, but although I am tired I am awake taking in the details before I go.
My plants seem to have missed us. There were a bunch of tomatoes ready to eat. The strawberries are getting a second wind. And the tomatillos have still done nothing but flower (although that quite prolificly). The tomatoes in particularly got very tall the few days that we were gone since they were inside and wanted more light.*
My flight leaves tomorrow at 9:10 from Logan. Please do not call me before 1 pm if you have need to as I will still be in the air. My phone will be off. I would be happy to hear friendly voices after I am settled though, particularly if you are willing to call during the "evening". I have a feeling I will be using a lot of minutes this month and am trying to keep the phone bill under control.
* Roger's mom's trick for plants when are going away for a while really works well. Put all the plants in the tub. You can either use 2X4s to lift them and then fill below the bottom of any of the pots or fill a giant pot with water and place it in there too. Then use strips of a fabric that adsorbs water well (like cotton) to connect the water to the soil of the pots (bury the ends a little near the plant). As the plants use up the water they have in the soil more will wick up through the fabric strips. This can work for a couple weeks depending on the number of plants and the amount of water left.
My plants seem to have missed us. There were a bunch of tomatoes ready to eat. The strawberries are getting a second wind. And the tomatillos have still done nothing but flower (although that quite prolificly). The tomatoes in particularly got very tall the few days that we were gone since they were inside and wanted more light.*
My flight leaves tomorrow at 9:10 from Logan. Please do not call me before 1 pm if you have need to as I will still be in the air. My phone will be off. I would be happy to hear friendly voices after I am settled though, particularly if you are willing to call during the "evening". I have a feeling I will be using a lot of minutes this month and am trying to keep the phone bill under control.
* Roger's mom's trick for plants when are going away for a while really works well. Put all the plants in the tub. You can either use 2X4s to lift them and then fill below the bottom of any of the pots or fill a giant pot with water and place it in there too. Then use strips of a fabric that adsorbs water well (like cotton) to connect the water to the soil of the pots (bury the ends a little near the plant). As the plants use up the water they have in the soil more will wick up through the fabric strips. This can work for a couple weeks depending on the number of plants and the amount of water left.
