Well...after going crazy over spring...having severe garden fever...I stomped into the office yesterday and informed my boss that I need to have fresh vegetables...of course he looked at me like I had two heads..."and that means what, Lisa?" he said...he is used to my "bright ideas"...and he looked at me like he needed an attorney...
Weeeeelll...it means I really need a garden..."aaah..." he said while staring at me...
It always goes like this when I want something from him...he tries to stare me down...and it gets kinda tricky...the first one to speak? loses....I don't know if any other women that visit The Dilletante Proprietor have ever dealt with the "oilfield" mentality? Well..it goes something like this..."ALL women are crazy " and need to be dealt with on a 7 year old level and if that doesn't work... get an attorney....
I stared right back....and he says.."and where are you going to grow a garden around here?"
HEE HEE! I WIN!
LOOK at all this space...
Way in the back of the yard is something of a "dump" place for all the extra odds and ends that come in with the trucks...it is on an old railroad bed and can't be seen from the gates coming into the yard or the office....
There is 10 acres of unused dirt back there!
He knows I win...and he tries to counter attack..."HOW are you gonna water a garden back there?"
"There are 11 plastic food grade barrels back there from when they remodeled the boat dock"....I say...and stare....
"Hmmmph" he says and walks off....he always does that when I win...and I always take it as a yes situation....and he knows it...
Well the mechanic started chit chatting about how great it is that I want to do something like this....and then the cleaning gal got in on it and then some of the drivers....
AND THEN...here he comes again...round 2....
or so I thought...."there is a 250 gallon water tank under the storage trailer...." and off he goes again....over his shoulder he says "I'll start saving coffee grounds for compost..."
BAAAAAAAHAAAAAAA! I have to admit...I do love the sparring...and I think he does too....
On to my garden...
As you all prolly know...Wyoming is in a severe drought..it has been going on for years and there is absolutely NO grass...weeds...green...anywhere.... I have a treasure hunt ahead of me to find sheet mulching materials...hay and straw are at a premium as they have to import it to feed livestock...it is very expensive! and I am a terrible cheap skate....and I LOVE to recycle, reuse and re-purpose.....
In the very back of the lot...at the dumping ground...I found my spot...and TONS of reusable stuff...the images of sugar plums dancing in my head? have lot's to do with the welding shop on the lot...and my Honey...he is an awesome welder!
Trellis'...fencing...garden art...I can't wait!
So we will see if this Dilletante can build a recycled, re purposed, reused garden and coerce even one tomato out of this barren desert ....
Weeeeelll...it means I really need a garden..."aaah..." he said while staring at me...
It always goes like this when I want something from him...he tries to stare me down...and it gets kinda tricky...the first one to speak? loses....I don't know if any other women that visit The Dilletante Proprietor have ever dealt with the "oilfield" mentality? Well..it goes something like this..."ALL women are crazy " and need to be dealt with on a 7 year old level and if that doesn't work... get an attorney....
I stared right back....and he says.."and where are you going to grow a garden around here?"
HEE HEE! I WIN!
LOOK at all this space...
There is 10 acres of unused dirt back there!
He knows I win...and he tries to counter attack..."HOW are you gonna water a garden back there?"
"There are 11 plastic food grade barrels back there from when they remodeled the boat dock"....I say...and stare....
"Hmmmph" he says and walks off....he always does that when I win...and I always take it as a yes situation....and he knows it...
Well the mechanic started chit chatting about how great it is that I want to do something like this....and then the cleaning gal got in on it and then some of the drivers....
AND THEN...here he comes again...round 2....
or so I thought...."there is a 250 gallon water tank under the storage trailer...." and off he goes again....over his shoulder he says "I'll start saving coffee grounds for compost..."
BAAAAAAAHAAAAAAA! I have to admit...I do love the sparring...and I think he does too....
On to my garden...
As you all prolly know...Wyoming is in a severe drought..it has been going on for years and there is absolutely NO grass...weeds...green...anywhere.... I have a treasure hunt ahead of me to find sheet mulching materials...hay and straw are at a premium as they have to import it to feed livestock...it is very expensive! and I am a terrible cheap skate....and I LOVE to recycle, reuse and re-purpose.....
In the very back of the lot...at the dumping ground...I found my spot...and TONS of reusable stuff...the images of sugar plums dancing in my head? have lot's to do with the welding shop on the lot...and my Honey...he is an awesome welder!
Trellis'...fencing...garden art...I can't wait!
So we will see if this Dilletante can build a recycled, re purposed, reused garden and coerce even one tomato out of this barren desert ....
