March 28

Howard planted peas on March 22.  But so far we haven’t seen any sign of life from them.  He also planted onion and various chili plants, however, last night we had a weird cold spell go through here and the temp dropped to 28 degrees!  He put plastic bags over the chili plants but this morning it looked like about a 50% casualty rate. The onions looked fine.  Patty gave us some squash plants which I planted in the large bed and they look pretty bad.  The peach tree is covered w/ little peaches, so we put a big plastic tarp over it w/ a ladder to hold it up.  Just for extra insurance, Howard put a light in there for just a little bit of heat.  It must have worked because it looked pretty good this morning.

According to the fishing reports for both Roberts and Elephant Butte, fishing is good.  But we were busy all week on the bimini from hell instead of fishing.  Actually even if we hadn’t, it was probably too windy to be out on the water anyway.  Gusts hit 50 mph a few days ago!

The vine to the south of the big bed is looking very happy nowadays.  It’s making big red flowers that are getting ready to open any day now. Howard’s small cactus in the front of his cactus garden is making flowers and so is the ocotillo.  The little pink thing is doing something but we’re not sure what.  It’s got little buds, but what are they??  All three of the remaining sages got a good pruning and the big one by the sidewalk is now gone.  The front yard looks good!

I’ve completely torn up the small bed, especially the right side, trying to get rid of the Mexican primrose.  What a dope I was!!  I know it’s not gone---every time I dig down a ways, no matter where it is, I find those crummy little roots.  I’m not watering that side at all---maybe lack of water will ultimately kill it.