Today I moved the other two tomato plants, and some of the cucumber vines. I'm feeling optimistic about one of the tomato plants, hopeful about the cucumbers, and figured there was no reason not to try moving the last tomato, even though it was significantly water-logged and clearly not in good shape.
I moved the cucumbers from their previous planter into a deeper container, which puts the base of the vines further from the ground. Also, I did this while![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
cattitude was at the farmers market, so I prepared a space in the new planter, dug around the cucumber vines, and held them up with one hand and used the other to fill the hole under and then around them. This all felt urgent because we had something like 6.5 inches of rain in the last week, with more expected from Tropical Storm Elsa.
None of this would have been necessary if I'd looked for the drainage holes in the planters before using them, but I was feeling rushed. But I do expect to be able to reuse the planters next year, just as I reused some from last year for lettuce and [different] cucumber vines.
Even if all the plants I just moved die, that leaves several cucumber vines, and I am hopeful that I will get at least a few cucumbers.
I'm still recuperating/tired from this cough, and am typing this to remind myself that gardening uses energy even if it's not usually called "exercise" and doesn't use the muscles I'm doing ongoing PT-ish stuff for. I am pretty good at counting walks towards exercise, even if I was walking to get somewhere rather than for exercise or to enjoy a nice day.
I moved the cucumbers from their previous planter into a deeper container, which puts the base of the vines further from the ground. Also, I did this while
cattitude was at the farmers market, so I prepared a space in the new planter, dug around the cucumber vines, and held them up with one hand and used the other to fill the hole under and then around them. This all felt urgent because we had something like 6.5 inches of rain in the last week, with more expected from Tropical Storm Elsa. None of this would have been necessary if I'd looked for the drainage holes in the planters before using them, but I was feeling rushed. But I do expect to be able to reuse the planters next year, just as I reused some from last year for lettuce and [different] cucumber vines.
Even if all the plants I just moved die, that leaves several cucumber vines, and I am hopeful that I will get at least a few cucumbers.
I'm still recuperating/tired from this cough, and am typing this to remind myself that gardening uses energy even if it's not usually called "exercise" and doesn't use the muscles I'm doing ongoing PT-ish stuff for. I am pretty good at counting walks towards exercise, even if I was walking to get somewhere rather than for exercise or to enjoy a nice day.
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