My Peonies Needed Support - June 2008

Word of the Day

Inoculatte - To take coffee intravenously when one is running late.

I removed all the dead and dying blossoms from my peonies and removed their supports. I also removed all the dead blossom stalks from my iris. Both are all done blooming for this year. I was pleased to get a red blossom on the new peonies that I planted last Fall. I'm going to have to move my iris. They're getting choked out by the Mugho pines. The roots are going to rot if I don't move them. I'm afraid they're already starting to rot. Move 'em or lose 'em. I also noted that I've got some dwarf daylilies coming up where I don't want them. They seeded themselves. I want to move the volunteers to some of the bare areas along our driveway....and maybe up onto the hill by the garage.

This morning I added the yeast to the fermentation bucket of my Strawberry Wine. Sis thinks that we should blend a gallon of it the Strawberry Wine with a gallon of our Rhubarb Wine. Rhubarb/Strawberry Wine sounds interesting. We'll play with it on Wednesday? Sis and I will go into the city Wednesday to pick up more wine-making supplies. We're out of airlocks and we could use more fermentation buckets. However, for the smaller batches of wine, I have five one gallon jugs that I can use. Balloons work fine as an airlock on the gallon jugs. That's what I use in Arizona for my Pomegranate Wine and my Prickly Pear Wine.

D Buddy and MC Daughter have decided to spend one more day here at The Lake. The weather is great! A bit warm and sticky but it's not so windy today. Maybe we'll go out fishing. However, they do plan to pack their cars today/night so they'll be all ready to go on Wednesday afternoon. And they want to wash up some laundry too. I offered to do their stuff with mine but MC Daughter told me that they don't have much more than a couple of loads which can wait until tonight.

Murphyism of the Day

Fourth Rule of the Political Pollsters

When too close to call, be surprised at your own strength.

Noteworthy Quote of the Day

I bought a cactus. A week later it died. And I got depressed, because I thought, Damn. I am less nurturing than a desert.

- Demetri Martin