D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

Run Sunny, Run!
Wed Jan 17 2007

Aired out The Sunny this afternoon. Ran her to almost a standstill out in the fields. I think she is just a tad out of shape. That makes a pair of us then. The cold snap is fading a bit and it was comfortable for walking though, lucky for us.

Though now I am beginning to think a good rain would be just the thing. I may have to get the sprinkler out and give the yard a drink.

Hub Man bought two Southern Highbush blueberry plants the other day that should be put in the ground, but I need to get some peat moss for them first. He bought them on a whim and then after I printed out information on how to grow them and he found out that we need to prune them pretty hard for two years before letting them fruit, he was more than a little miffed. He's not big on delayed gratification. . .

That's why I'm the gardener in the family.

Anybody reading who has any good advice about growing this kind of blueberry, please pass it on. I'm all ears. Never grew one before myself. Though I think I'm just getting a faint idea of what a nice blueberry buckle might taste like.....in my imagination. . .

Okay, I promised myself to sit down and work on socks today. A certain person we all know whose name begins with Mamallama, has been very patient waiting for hers. Wait till you see the colors she chose. Yummy.

Very Debbie Mummish.

Okeedoke, gotta git.
4 Comments
  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jan 17 2007
    Sorry. Can't help you with the blueberry dilema. I can't garden until spring. But then...I have snow. :o)

    Hi to Sunny from Tootsie! She misses you, Sonny.
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jan 17 2007
    Sunny has been on a farm with wide open spaces for running like the wind, and she's out of shape? How could that be?

    Blueberry buckle? Oh my. My mouth is watering. Maybe some commercial, store-bought blueberries until yours are ready for harvest?

    Not quite the same, but it'll have to do.

    Shalom
  • From:
    KiwiKimi (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jan 17 2007
    I just picked a satisfying quantity of blueberries from our three bushes yesterday. We have NZ-bred varieties, though, so I probably can't give useful specific advice apart from:

    - It's worth the wait
    - Protect from birds or you won't get a single berry
  • From:
    Dustbunny3 (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Jan 18 2007
    Yea Sunny also gained a little weight while here, Both she and I didn't like the 10 degree Temp as far as taking long runs. Never heard of a high bush Blueberry but sur do like blueberrys.
    Boy Medford was a mess of fenderbenders and the Mall was almost closed.