Golfing
Before leaving for Hawaii at the end of April, I went golfing at a 9 hole Executive course in Mesa.
This course is quite inexpensive and fairly maintained – definitely not in the class of the Phoenician, the Biltmore, Gainey Ranch, or the TPC, but then the greens fees are much more affordable – for me anyway!
There are lots of gum trees that line the fairways making for some interesting challenges.
The last half of the fairways wind their way around a lake at one end of the course.
The level of the lake fluctuates with the seasons. It has been a bit rainy so the lake is pretty full. I have been here when the lake was much smaller, and of course the grass was a bit drier then as well.
I was not the only one out enjoying the spring weather.
I had not seen turtles before in the lake, and was suprised to see so many.
There have been ducks on most of my other visits, but this time there was a family of geese.
Gardening
The radishes I planted in the front flower garden have begun to produce. I pulled these before I left for Hawaii.
My corn is growing, but it will be a while before it produces anything, if at all!
Alanah sent me photos few weeks later. It makes a big difference:
A photo of my corn back on the mainland on the first of June
And the squash that Alanah is harvesting.
And the tomatoes
And the rose bush is just loaded!
When I returned in June, the 100 plus degree heat had caused the tomatoes to all dry up. The radishes had long ago gone to seed. But we still got some squash.
When I planted the corn, I had planted some seeds and after they had come up, there were gaps where the seeds had not sprouted, so I replanted in these empty spots. Therefore, I had some corn that was a week younger. The older stalks produced ears that were just that – they tasted a bit “older” – but the ears from the younger stalks were sweet and fresh and juicy. I let the older ears dry out and then removed and saved the kernels. I’ll use these to replant next February/March.
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