So we now have a garden

I know the rest of the world is thinking "uh, isn't the last week in August a little late to start a garden?"

To which I reply- Yes it is. For you. (And I remind you we have a guest room with a vacancy sign on it.)

For us, the hottest part of the year is still coming- October. October is the month when God turns the blow-drier on hot because Lord knows it's just not *quite* dry enough to burn hundreds of thousands of acres spontaneously without it. 

So we have 2 olive trees, 1 fig tree, 2 orange trees, 1 mandarin orange tree, 2 apple trees, 2 date nut palm trees and 1 blackberry bush in addition to the 3 peach trees that the squirrels ate everything off of.
AND: 6 tomato plants, 6 various pepper plants, 1 jalepeno pepper plant, 6 zucchini plants, 6 strawberry plants, cilantro, basil, pumpkin and something else I'm forgetting. Right -  lettuce. 

And seeds to plant more. We'll try peas again when it's cooler. And Spinach. And I want to try potatoes and carrots which I've never successfully grown before.

To do this in our clay soil, we decided to get compost. Actually Larry thought manure would be good, but I'm glad we couldn't find any locally. We opted for the local organic compost. And boy.. even it smells. A whole lot like manure, in fact.

And we got worms. And plan on getting more if I ever do get a compost bin going. I tell myself I want to, but I'm full of good intentions and not so full of the follow through of those said intentions.  I guess recognizing the problem is the first step. Which is why I didn't actually buy the composters I've seen knowing full well that the chances of any long term follow through on it is pretty low.  Heck, even with curbside recycling and 2 massive recycling cans, I still often have our crate of recyclable stuff sitting in the kitchen and it doesn't smell like manure.

I don't believe for a heartbeat that those countertop or indoor kitchen composters are truly odor free. And I'm not about to test that theory.

Other than that that's about all that's new here this weekend. Nothing terribly horrible or funny.
Well.. other than the new game the kids developed in the back seat of the van.
 
It's the newest version of rock-paper-scissors... Its rock, laser, gun. Paper and scissors just weren't destructive enough. So as I'm driving I hear fighting in the backseat about the lethality of a gun vs a light saber/laser and who has killed who in the latest dual. I swear they make me think they're being raised by savages. hmmm......