Good afternoon,
I have my seeds all organized in a box, instead of stuffed down in the mailers they came in. Much easier to see what I have without going through all the mailers.
Kevin helped me get the shelves and lights all ready for my seed starting. I am excited as I will have room for 8 trays this year. Last year I only had 2 trays. I have 9 different types of heirloom tomatoes to start, 4 sweet peppers, 1 hot pepper, 3 eggplant, 2 cabbage, 1 cauliflower, 1 brussels sprouts, and 2 broccoli. I also have a few herbs to start early. I am so hoping this will be a good garden year. Money will be so tight all year, so I am depending on this garden to feed us until next summer.
Yesterday was a rough day. I started to St. Joe to buy more trays and lights. Just got off I-29 when the car started making a loud noise. I pulled over to find I had a flat tire. Now I know how to change a tire, but these are all new tires. I knew that since the station put them on, I would not be able to get the lug nuts off. I called Kevin. He was coming to help, but then I thought of Jonny. I was in St. Joe. He lives in St. Joe. He told me he would be right there to help, so I called Kevin back. Can you believe that it was a valve stem failure. New tires and the valve stem fails.
Jon said that unless you request new ones put in, they just reuse the old ones.
Anyway, our boy changed the tire, helped me take it to Walmart to get a new valve stem put in, then put the tire back on for me. I paid him in chocolate. LOL I am so thankful for the cell phone. I think we are going to let it go next month because we need the money for the funeral bill, but after this, not so sure.
We are also debating on canceling our chicken order. The chickens are already paid for, but it will cost quite a bit to grow them out. I just don't know what to do. Kevin has left the final decision to me. We are stressed to the max and almost decided to just give up everything and move to town last night. Thankfully we slept on it and talked more today. This little 5 acre place that we got from Kevin's dad is our dream. My honey does not do well owing money, and the funeral director has told us we need to get the funeral paid for as soon as possible. So all our plans this summer are down the drain. Every spar penny will be applied to what we owe. Sorry to keep burdening all of you, but sometimes when I type all this out, it makes me feel better.
It was 74* yesterday, and 37* today with an inch of snow. Typical March weather for Missouri. Mustn't forget the March winds. They have been blowing in force. LOL Well, I guess I will get off here and get something done. You all have a good evening.
Blessings,
Winona
