Strawberries!

A few days ago Mom called me to say that the strawberry plant I gave her had several buds blooming - apparently so are mine!  I've also seen a few bees around so I am crossing fingers that it will be a good garden year.  All I've got in the ground so far are the peas (both the plants and the rest of the packet planted and coming up), the strawberries were separated and are doing well, chives are in bloom already, I must clip the blooms off and lop a chunk off to take to Moms as per her request.  Two large clumps of Russian garlic, planted last fall and doing well.  This fall I will plant more than that.  On Easter when we were cleaning up Mom's backyard patio I dug out some parsley as it was overtaking her flower bed and planted it in a pot where it has caught nicely.  I don't love parsley but hubby often uses it when he cooks so since it is free it's been added to the container garden menu.  

I managed to buy a new rosemary plant this week as the cutting I took from my friend's garden didn't take.  I need to plant that this weekend along with some flowers that I bought.  The tomato and cucumber plants growing inside are doing well and so is the cilantro.  I will wait another couple of weeks to put them in the ground as they need more mature roots before they can be planted.  I did see bigger plants at the nursery for both tomatoes and cucumbers but at $4 a pop I'd rather see how mine do on their own before resorting to buying nursery tomato and cucumber plants.

Buddy enjoying the sunshine.  Sometimes we have to stay inside even when it is nice outside because we are working.  If I leave him outside alone he barks too much so we do that in shorter stints.  He loves sunshine so often can be found soaking it up - even when inside.  This photo was taken before I groomed him but his hair grows so bloody fast.  Our dog groomer will likely open up in the coming weeks as there is talk of certain businesses reopening on a super slow "reopening of the economy" and different phases.  Good news, dentists are one of the first on the list.  I am hopeful I can finally get my tooth issue fixed - but again, I am not in pain so, for now, the abscess and partially done root canal is holding steady.  I cut my own hair this week a little shorter than I intended - I look a bit like I did in elementary school but at least my hair is not in my eyes now.  

We had a super busy work week - we even did a couple of proposals for old clients.  That will be the bulk of our business this year, working with existing and past clients.  We do have potentially one new client who've already said they want to work with us but due to Covid, that may end up being in the fall or even next year.  I am so glad our business has slowly graduated to almost all online.  Lots of sales trainers (that is what we do) were not there yet and doing mostly live training.   

Jammy day is still scheduled for tomorrow - I made a ham last night so Sunday night will feature leftover ham in some capacity but ultimately an easy to make meal.  Hubby is cooking tonight...pork chops and Greek potatoes and salad.  I am trying to keep lots of different ingredients on hand so it is easier for us to be creative with our meals.  This week's grocery order included a greek salad dressing and feta.  It is supposed to rain so jammy day will be made easier on my hubby by not allowing him to do much work, indoors or out.  I hope to read and watch movies.  Anything but home or business work.

Anyway, that's all I've got.  Have an "as best as you possibly can" weekend my friends.