World Meet Jesse, Jesse Meet World.

I mentioned in the last post that we were expecting a new resident.

Here he is. He had no name, no history, and nobody to love. The shelter said he was retriever / husky mix.

That should probably be amended to husky / retriever mix, because he’s a lot more like a husky personality.

He talks, he becomes fixated on things, (sometimes things he really should let go). Trying to dissuade him from digging right now is a major impossibility.

I made the mistake of letting him watch me pull the gopher stakes out of the ground. the small 2 inch diameter holes were all expanded to 12 inch holes in seconds. They were deep enough for him to put his whole head in.

I suppose he was trying to help, but didn’t realize the gopher stakes were to keep gophers out of the yard, not to cover up gopher holes. I’ll admit, his solution was elegant. Dig the little bastards out of the ground and eat them. Thankfully, he didn’t find anything or that would have been a serious mess for day 3.

I decided to call him Jesse after seeing just how fast and agile he is. Jesse Owens, or Jesse James your choice…

The shelter said he was a year old… Uh wrong! he’s still teething. Add that to the husky determination and you get a bit of a buzz saw.

I’ve thus far been able to mostly keep ahead of it, but It’s a challenge to say the least. Vigilance must be 100%. Take your eyes off him for a hot minute and he lives up to his name regarding speed, and you’ll never know what he has in his mouth. think 2 year old human on speed.

On the plus side, I’ve radically increased my activity and surprisingly my BP is down.

More as anything of interest develops.

The Garden is coming along

Planter box (1).jpegI’m still waiting for my carrots peas and cucumber plants to sprout.

But the various squash and lettuce is looking pretty good. Especially since I missed a day of  watering a couple of days ago and it was blazingly hot.

Some of the lettuce plants were looking very unhappy.

It looks like they’re bouncing back. (Amazing what water does for plants)

I’m thinking about putting in the pond i’ve been pondering in the back yard. With perhaps a nice seating area and water feature.

tomatoes.jpegThat is going to require digging. Ughhh!

I think it will be worth it and I’ll have to get some mosquito eating fish or we’ll be eaten alive. Next time I’m at a home improvement place I’ll have to look into the cost and upkeep of a pump and accessories.

I’m sure it will be another pain in the ass project, but it might be nice to hear water gurgling and have some interesting desert like plants decorating that bare back corner.

I’d planned to do it years ago, but Sundance developed a skin condition that meant he couldn’t get wet very often. It broke his little heart when the summer months rolled around and he couldn’t have his kiddie pool to play in anymore.

The potted tomatoes are looking good and while they’re supposed to like full sun they seem to prefer being in partial shade.

I’m looking forward to fresh vegetables a little later in the summer.

Hope your’e all having a good day.