Monthly Archives: March 2020

tammy received an email last Wednesday (March 18) saying her Property Manager had tested positive with the virus. So if tammy had been in contact with her the previous 7 days please self-quarantine for 14 days. tammy had sat across … Continue reading →

Four months later we have one carrot coming and a lettuce plant. Andy cut most of the lettuce leaves and brought them home the other night. In spite of what we read that lettuce is hard to grow, the leaves … Continue reading →

It was overcast with snow flurries down here. What was the first day of spring (or fall, for Catherine) like where you are? March 19, 2020

Things are still progressing. The corn is getting taller. We now have two tomatoes instead of one. (The second, smaller one is slightly down and to the right of the bigger one.) And there are more tomato blossoms on the … Continue reading →

Andy picked the last of the old radishes yesterday. The interesting thing is the biggest one was sweet and mild, more so than the smaller ones. We’ll try that again. March 17, 2020

Do you remember that tomato blossom we had about three weeks ago? Look what happened to it! Andy says about ten more blossoms are appearing. The temperature outside the greenhouse is still below freezing every night. March 16, 2020

But I don’t think of the future, or the past, I feast on the moment. This is the secret of happiness, but only reached now in middle age. — Virginia Woolf Do you agree with Woolf? I had read that … Continue reading →

From the beginning they’ve been telling us to be prepared for disruptions but not to panic. Kailin sent me this link to ‘Don’t panic’ says US woman who recovered from coronavirus Seattle (AFP) – An American woman who has recovered … Continue reading →

We usually do our shopping around 6 at night, but last night we decided to go around 7:30 to avoid the crowds. No way! The parking lot was full and the lines were extremely long, so we waited until today. … Continue reading →

Andy and I laughed at this Pearls Before Swine comic. Pig is walking along and sees some daffodils, so he says, Daffodils! The first sign of spring! You’ve been dormant so long. Let me fill you in on what’s been … Continue reading →