Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
gardening & landscaping

fall garden

After removing some spent plants, I ended up having a large empty space in the garden. So, I dug through my seeds to find out what I could plant for fall. I’ve tried planting seeds for fall before, but have only had luck with broccoli rabe. But, since I had the opportunity to try again this year, I went for it. So, in went the broccoli rabe, lettuce, radishes, and beets.

The soil got a fresh layer of compost, so if that doesn’t help, I don’t know what will. I noticed that the radish seeds were sprouting already. They sprouted in the past, but were rather pithy. We’ll see how it goes this year.

celebrations

shoot

Because Brian’s “so caught up in [me],” he bought me a .38 special as my anniversary present this year, which marked 15 years. Coincidentally, we joined the Portage Revolver and Pistol Club at the beginning of the year. We have a few other guns that we haven’t shot in a while and wanted to do some target practice. My Dad joined the club as well because he bought a replica muzzleloader this year and needed a place to shoot it.

In addition to the “club” location, they also have a location out in the middle of nowhere in Portage. That is where we went yesterday to shoot. This was our first time out and it was pretty fun. We even let Jake shoot some of the smaller guns. We’re hoping to go back a few more times before the weather turns cold.

gardening & landscaping

my melons

A few years ago, I tried growing watermelons from some plants that I bought at a local nursery. I believe I got one watermelon–approximately the size of a quarter–for my efforts. Not all that refreshing, really. But, a friend and fellow gardener introduced me to the “Sugar Baby” watermelon. Since I like to try something new every year, I decided to try it this year. I was pleasantly surprised to see some watermelons forming. They must really like heat and humidity because they really started to grow during the recent heat wave. I don’t want to wish away the summer or anything, but I am looking forward to trying these watermelons next month.

friends

cocktail party

Last night, we hosted our first cocktail party. It was a lot of fun. We had a handful of friends over for drinks and appetizers. I made way too much food (note to self: make less next time), but I tend to do that (I’ve never been accused of sending anyone away hungry). It was nice getting to talk to some people I don’t get to see all that often. Best of all, everyone seemed to have a good time, so I’ll call this party a success.

food & drink, gardening & landscaping, small business ownership

nothing to report

But, I’m going to do a quick report anyway. Since we got back from vacation, I haven’t had anything pressing to do, though there’s always something to do. I did some weeding outside. I can’t say I finished because that work is never done until winter, though things are looking pretty good. We did a bunch of canning/preserving over the weekend (blueberry jam, pickles, and pickled cherries) despite my proclamations that I don’t want to can more than one thing a weekend. I also picked the rest of the garlic and made some onion braids. I had some smaller onions, too, and I put those on the storage rack Brian made me at the beginning of the season.

Work has been going ok, too. Though, since we hired the new sales guy, all I have been doing is writing proposals and this week was no different. But, this is a good thing, though I’m a little concerned that a bunch of projects are going to hit at once, but these are good problems to have.

All in all, things have been going great and the weekend is shaping up to be a good one, too.