The rains have come to the Seattle area where I live, so I was out in my garden today picking the last of the tomatoes.
I had many gardening successes this year: a couple of dozen zucchini, a few larger than I would have liked; lots of Swiss chard and kale; a couple of servings of beans; carrots, most of which I have yet to harvest; the usual tomato dilemma here – a few red ones and lots of green ones.
The cucumbers were a surprise: They came on late, but were prolific. My daughter asked for some July and early August, but I had mostly blossoms then. I have lots now. It’s hard to get them all eaten. I see why people make pickles.
The mistakes. I accepted some tomato plants from my neighbor. I had many more tomatoes than I could use. And, for three of the plants, I just let them lay on the ground rather than staking them up. Not a good idea. Slugs got to them easily.
Other disappointments: corn seedlings on sale turned out to be popcorn, rows of lettuce were too long to eat easily, and the green beans didn’t produce as much as I would have liked.
However, the biggest failure in my yard was three emerald green arborvitae that I had planted to replace two that had died. The new ones didn’t make it either.
Here what’s going on with other baby boomer bloggers:
Laura Lee Carter of the Adventures of the New Old Farts is excited to announce the birth of her new book, a big success. Yes, Carter finally completed it, and it should be on Amazon very soon.
Upgrading and replacing appliances and other items are to be expected when living in an older home. Meryl Baer of Six Decades and Counting briefly considered replacing a household necessity in her 70-year-old house. Baer decided against spending the money now. Read about her thoughts in “Toilet Talk.”
Tom Sightings of Sightings Over Sixty went to a seminar focused not on money, but on all the other aspects of retirement. And yet, as he describes in “Retirement: An Attitude Adjustment,” one of the best lessons he learned was how to take the pressure off of your retirement finances.
It's hard to believe a boomer anthem that's some 50 years old captures the 21st century so powerfully. But Carol Cassara at Heart•Mind•Soul explains why she believes that and includes a powerful contemporary version of the song for your consideration.
This is the 469th issue of the Best of Boomer Blogs. Click on the links to read more. And, I hope you have many successes this week.
