August 10, 2011

• Still In Tomato Hell……

  
  TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

  I was shocked today to discover that we have this thick vine of morning glories that is taking over the front porch.  I am not ready quite yet to start doing yard work but I told the Beast (after my *Yikes!*) that I am going to yank it out.  He said to just leave it because he thought it was pretty.  But I know how invasive that vine actually is.  It will take over the whole front and cover all the plants.  Eventually, it would choke off and kill everything out there.  It has got to go!  I have my little fir tree out there and it has just reached the size that it can be decorated this winter for Christmas.  I bought some solar powered lights for it and have some ornaments that can be used on it, too.  Goodbye Morning Glories!!!

  The Beast got out on his Deere to cut the lawn.  It hadn’t been done in a couple weeks.  Not since Tara’s boys came over and did it when the Beast and I were ill.  I couldn’t believe how much the grass had grown, especially in the lot next door where most of the Beast’s fruit trees are located.  It was almost *WAVING* like a field of wheat.  It was so long that there are literally piles of grass that form rows where the Beast went up and down.  It looks like we rototilled it and planted something.  You know…like you see on farms.    Too funny!

  I asked the Beast if he was going to try raking it up and putting it in the compost barrel and he just shot me a dirty look.  Him?  Rake?  You MUST be joking.  The last time he raked was about 25 years ago and that was for his aunt when we both lived in Florida and on the East Coast side.  She now resides in North Carolina and we are here in Alabama.  We get a lot of maple leaves in the fall and those long needles from all the spruce trees.  He just leaves them rot on the ground and says he’s providing fertilizer for the grass. 

  The plants are starting to really suffer from the heat.  Everything but the tomato plants.  They are HUGE and still full of tomatoes at various stages of growth.  They keep flowering and fruiting.  I’m about ready to yank THOSE out, too.  I looked out and from the deck could see about 8 or more tomatoes that are ripe and red.  The Beast says he will get them this evening for me.    Oh yeah!  I really want those.  NOT!!!!

  Well, I am going to grab a nap before Chewlee gets here.  My stomach is a bit upset and I feel like I want to barf.  If I lay down for a bit, that will pass.

  Love you all.  Be good.  Be careful. 
  

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