Quote of the Day: Albert Einstein
“Look deep into nature,
and then you will understand everything better. ”
Sometimes looking at things from a different angle helps.
Have you noticed anything interesting in your gardens recently?
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Gardeners Should Not Go on Vacation
Going on vacation in the middle of gardening season is not the best idea, especially if you have a lot of potted plants. I have 10 potted tomatoes on my front porch and 6-8 on the back porch along with many potted herbs and flowers. Our weather in July/Aug here in Ohio is usually hot and dry, which means watering these potted plants at least once a day, and the big tomatoes, usually twice per day. It’s inconvenient to ask a neighbor to come over twice a day to water everything, especially since most of our neighbors are weekenders here in our lake community (meaning they live elsewhere and only spend the weekends at their summer homes).
Since we don’t have a drip irrigation system, Mr Chiots and I moved all those tomatoes back by the rain barrels where they would receive more shade and be protected from the elements. They all needed to be tied together since they didn’t have the porch posts as their main source of support. We put each pot into a large plastic storage container and then watered them well and made sure each container had 3-4 inches of water in it. The weather was pretty hot while we were gone and I was hoping the plants had enough water while we were away. Of course it rained really hard the day we came home, so we have to wait a few days for the pots to dry out to move them back out front. They look great though, I’m pretty sure they would have all been dead had we not taken the time to do this for them (I think they actually look better than when we left).
Do you have family or friends look in on your plants when you go away during the gardening season?
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On the Road
Mr Chiots and I are still on the road, we’ll be arriving home later today. Those of you who guessed Monticello were right. I’ve always wanted to go and we finally made it on Monday. After driving up the Skyline Drive, and doing a few short hikes in the Shenandoah Mountains, we ended up in Cumberland, MA and enjoyed some in season soft shelled crab at a small restaurant near our hotel. I haven’t had time even to download all my photos, so I’ll be posting about it more in depth later this week or early next.
Today I’ll leave you with Thomas Jefferson’s 10 Rules to Live by:
1. Never put off tomorrow what you can do today.
2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
3. Never spend your money before you have earned it.
4. Never buy what you don’t want because it is cheap.
5. Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.
6. We seldom repent of having eaten too little.
7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
8. How much pain the evils have cost us that never happened.
9. Take things always by the smooth handle.
10. When angry, count ten before you speak, if very angry, count to a hundred.
Have you ever been to Monticello or a past president’s home?
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Where Am I?
Mr Chiots and I are currently on our way home from a mini vacation. We had to travel for the business this weekend and were halfway to a place we’ve always wanted to visit. So we decided to take a few days off to relax and recharge for our busy fall season.
Can anyone guess where we went?
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Taking a Break
It’s been a busy busy weekend here at Chiot’s Run with travel for the business, so I’m taking the day off. Dexter is always good at making sure he takes some time to rest each and every day. In the afternoons he loves sleeping by this window.
Whenever I take an afternoon reading break I love sitting in the chair right beside this window, it’s bright and perfect for reading. Hope you’re able to take some time off this week!
Do you have a favorite spot for taking a break?
