At the Farm During the Pandemic August 3 - 17, 2020

This is a close up of a Black Seeded Moudry grass seed head.  I love grasses.

• Monday.  Worked.
• Before work started I watered the Long Border with the new hose set-up that Bert made for me.
• Pulled a few weeds.
• The timer is already broken in the Rose Garden. It won't go past station 2, and station 2 won't shut off.  I will have to buy a new timer before next week because we have Airbnb guests coming all next week.  Those things are such a nuisance.
• Picked more okra.  I have a bagful of okra now.  I have to do something with it (yuck).  Okra is pretty much the only thing that will grow in hot weather - amaranth and sunflowers and okra.  
• I did a lot of basil dead heading.  I grow basil because the bees LOVE the flowers.  I have lots of basil growing in the Rose Garden and the Vegetable Garden.  
• Sprayed herbicide in the Rose Garden.  Only in a few spots that I obviously missed last time I sprayed.
• I sprayed here and there in the Orchard in spots that I missed last time.
• I weeded along the Boardwalk.  And I pulled up lots of Mexicali Rose that was growing in places where it should not be growing.
• I spent some time cleaning up in the Kitchen Herb garden.  I cut back messy mint and pulled weeds.
• Sprayed herbicide here and there in the Star Garden.
• Sprayed here and there in the Vegetable Garden.
• Staked one of my sunflowers.
• Tuesday.  Worked.
• Weeded here and there.  
• Staked a few plants to get them out of the paths.
• Watered.
• Wednesday.  Worked.
• Deadheaded zinnias, threw the seed heads in thegarden.
• Bert and I went to dinner at Volare's in town.
• Thursday.  Worked.
• Sprayed herbicide on the driveway.
• Watered the pots.  Trimmed things out of the paths.  
• I staked my Rudbeckia outside the dining room window.
• Went down to the Orchard and weeded for a bit.  Not much was needed.
• Friday.  Worked.
• Went down to the Orchard and picked a few grapes.  
• Picked okra.  I have a sackful.  
• My zinnia seeds finally showed up.  Mail has been unpredictable since all this coronavirus sickness started.
•  Saturday.  We had Airbnb guests coming on Sunday, so I cleaned the house, cleared out our stuff and left for Houston.  They stayed until Thursday.  
• We had more guests arrive on Friday.  I took Thursday as vacation, drove to the farm to water my gardens.  The maid cleaned the house.  Back to Houston for the weekend.