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I can't say why, but I simply feel ill. A bit of nausea, a very mild fever, and just an off thing. The bug bite, at least, is fading. It was a serious one though, and perhaps I am dealing with the after affects of it or an infection that it brought on. Any of that could easily be the problem. It is about time to go back to bed.
I have been plotting and planning the minor garden to go in this year. It might not be as minor as it first seemed. While I probably won't plant all of the peppers I ordered I will be planting many of those I do plant. Habanero, Thai, and serrano for sure, along with jalapeno most likely. I would also like to tinker with several varieties of tobacco, several of the root vegetables such as kohlrabi, rutabaga, and turnip, though in very small sample sized rows. Tomatoes will be going in along with those plants. I plan on putting in several plots of asparagus. Some of those will need to be seeded indoors, some will simply be planted in time. Others, such as the turnips I believe, may even be planted again, mid-summer, in an attempt to tinker with over-wintering. The ones that will take the heaviest toll of attention to detail and timing, though, are the peppers and tomatoes. At even five plants per, though I may seed more and use the best or all of what comes up, I could end up with a pretty serious garden start.
As for seedlings? I have been looking for the best ways of doing those. I have seen a few relatively good planting systems. If you have lots of money you could do some serious seeding, assuming you could keep up with it all. No, I have to start humbly. Further, many of the devices seem rather flimsy. I am hoping to craft a device that might work well for my needs. I have priced several fluorescent lights, that plug in, four footers, double bulb. I would need two for my plan. I have been creating a device, to build, that should be simple enough for my woodworking skills and tool sets, yet would work well to hold a fair number of seedlings, have some flexibility regarding lighting heights and plant rotation as necessary, and still be affordable and doable in an afternoon or three.
I had worried about needing to jump on things. My mother suggested starting seedlings as early as January! Hmm... I did a bit of looking, though, and for the most part, the earliest most locally start with peppers is mid to late February, with tomatoes starting after that. Some start frost resistant tomatoes earlier but I have no such variety. Or yet. So I have time to buy a few things slowly over the course of the next few months. The planter is the biggest expense and first need, as I see things. The lights, a bit of wood, some hardware, a bit of tinkering, and money and time. From there, little and bigger pots and bedding for the seeds, possibly fertilizer, maybe even saltpeter for seed soaking, and various other small items to make the task more sure. Hmm, habanero sauce, but too, salsa. Hopefully I will have enough to harvest some for canning, getting a taste of that if I don't get to canning before then.
Who knows what will happen. I might not be able to get to any of this. And, should I do all this, where it is easier, and indoors, whether I can maintain being out long, well, and often enough to tend the plants? I do have the seed. I have a canner and a cook stove for it. Things are coming together. My heart has even improved modestly. If I fail, it won't be for lack of planning or effort.
Latin lessons are on hold. The plans requires certain school/office supplies that I either don't have or have but will have to find. Some things, definitely, I don't have. I would like to do this right. So, until January, I will be postponing lessons. Simply, I have spent more than I should have already. I need to get back to budgeting and buying over time, within my income. A couple of three ring binders, paper for that, reinforcements for the holes in the paper, separators for the binders and paper, and a few other things the lesson plans call for. Yeah, I could go without. That doesn't work well, as I have found in past courses. I should have some 3x5 cards around though. And I should have plenty of printer paper for various tasks required in the lessons. But I'll have to dig those and a few other things up. Diving in just... doesn't always work. At least I am to the point where I am taking it seriously enough to properly prep to honestly begin.
Tomorrow is the shoot day. We received a blanket of snow tonight though, so I am not sure my friend will want to go. If nothing else I could probably take the movie over. And check to see if he has popcorn. I love me some popcorn while watching a movie. After that though I don't know. I am starting to slow down. I want to get to that drywall repair and putting the fixture in, but... I will just have to see.
Oh, right. Good night, for sure, this time. Probably.
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