Monday, September 6, 2021

Long Weekend

 Every week can be a long weekend when you are retired.

I manage to do odds and ends all day yesterday.  Stuff that had been neglected or put on the back burner.   Far Guy worked on his new/old car...a window was not rolling down properly...but it is now...I was in the garage when it was all torn apart...I wondered how many parts he would have left over.  


Seed heads on the Virgin's Bower. 


Interesting seeds! 


The Yellow Pear tomatoes are still producing a few tomatoes a day and there are many green ones yet to ripen before we get a frost.   It was a good year for tomatoes.  

The potato harvest has begun...I hear that the potatoes are smaller this year...according to someone who drives one of those potato lifters.   Those fields are all irrigated...but he said that even with irrigation they still needed rain which they didn't get.

Far Side


26 comments:

aurora said...

Our tomato & pepper plants are loaded. I can’t come close to keeping up with them, or the beans or cucumbers. Next year I am planting half the quantity. They are all sooo good & I can’t find takers. If frost threatens, you could ripening in paper bags.

Glad the window functions better now. Must have been a fun project. Those are interesting seed heads.

Val Ewing said...

I used to be a picker and sorter on a potato harvester that was sooo many years ago! I sorted the vines and the bad tators that got through while the machine slowly crawled the field. I was paid 1.98 per hour and worked long days. 1978. Whew, that was a blast from the past!
I imagine there isn't as much people labor as there was back then.

Most crops are going to be a bit short here too, spots got rain and others didn't...or too much.

Pauline Persing said...

I made green tomato pie a few times for Tom. It is tasty.

DJan said...

Those are interesting looking seeds, I agree. :-)

Sara said...

What an interesting plant. I'm not familiar with that one, but the seeds are neat.

Tired Teacher 2 said...

I remember helping dig potatoes in the garden. It seemed magical to find them in the overturned soil.

Rita said...

FarGuy felt up to fixing the car window...now that was good to hear all by itself. ;)

Maebeme said...

It's true, every weekend is a long one in retirement. My brother and I joke that everyday is Friday.

Glad FG was able to get his car window fixed. I've pulled all my tomatoes and peppers, not because of frost but because I've gotten tired of watering them.

gigi-hawaii said...

Interesting how much gardening you do. The tomato harvest looked great. Good luck with the potatoes.

The Feminine Energy said...

I've heard the same thing about potatoes, Connie. Happy Labor Day! ~Andrea xoxoxo

Linda Reeder said...

I looked it up. Virgin's Bower is a type of clematis. Very interesting.

Bonnie said...

Far Guy will be a genius at repairing that car eventually if he isn't already! At least those beautiful, older cars didn't have computers!

Jo-Anne's Ramblings said...

I am not into gardening but can see Tim getting into it when he retires

www.self-sufficientsam.blogspot.com said...

Glad you had a good gardening year. I had better than in the past for sure! It was very dry in the mid-west for growing. They're just now getting the rain they've needed all summer. Happy Labor Day!

Granny Marigold said...

Hopefully there were no leftover parts once Far Guy had finished putting the window back together. My old Buick's front passenger window kept falling down so DH wedged it up with a piece of wood ( that thankfully doesn't show but still. I'd rather have that than have the window fall down again.

Red said...

My tomatoes are not as good as usual but still good.

At Home In New Zealand said...

Pottering around is one of the greatest joys of retirement - I do it so much that I often forget what day of the week it is!
Mxx

diane in northern wis said...

That hubby of yours sounds like quite the smarty! Evidently he found a place for all those parts! Glad you're still getting those yummy tomatoes! and now the potatoes huh? Glad you're getting those odds and ends cleared up! Happy Labor Day!

Debi said...

Glad FG was able to get his car window fixed. I often wonder the same thing when my hubby takes things apart! It was a great year for tomatoes... we have sooooo many I'm having a hard time keeping up, so I give them away. Have a great week!

Far Side of Fifty said...

The potatoes are in the Corporate Farmers fields.

Jacqi Stevens said...

So...what was the count on the leftover parts???

Glad you got some rain.

Far Side of Fifty said...

No parts left over!

Dawn said...

We've still got lots of tomatos, but most are ripe and need to be picked. I'm probably going to have to walk around the neighborhood offering tomatoes in order to get them all eaten.

Betsy said...

Mandy had one tomato plant and has been picking and picking and picking them! The same with cucumbers. She's been sharing the bounty with us and neighbors. It amazes me how much you can get from a very small area.
Blessings,
Betsy

L. D. said...

I just saw an article that in eastern Iowa a potato crop of a company was ten times greater than normal so they were giving them away.

Victoria Zigler said...

Glad Far Guy was able to fix his car window. Sounds like a nice weekend.