Lets see ... I have a busy weekend planned, work mostly. Since it's warmed up I'm going to put my tomatoes in the ground finally. Maybe I'll have some garden fresh tomatoes by mid-July! And cucumbers and cubanelle peppers. Cubanelle's produce a wonderful crop around here and while you can't stuff them, like you do with bell peppers, they do great in anything where you chop up peppers, like salads, sloppy joes, meatloaf, etc. And cubanelle peppers store better than bells.
I have to finish helping a friend replace the screens on their screened in porch. Last weekend I did two sides and either this afternoon or tomorrow, I'm going to complete the job. Her old screens were simply stapled to the 2 x 4's and then lathe was nailed over top so the screens were never tight and hard to replace. We're putting the Screen-Tight strips on now that we got at Lowes. It's a 1000% improvement, and you roll the screen in with rubber spline which magically tightens up the screen. It was much easier to do then I originally thought. It's a little more price this way, the materials for the 14 x 14' screen room is about $600.00. But the look in nice, there is no maintenance of the plastic finished capping, and a single section of the screen can be replaced.
My last task is to add another hive body on my honey bee colony. I set out an empty hive with a lure in it about 3 weeks ago, and a swarm happened by last Saturday and moved in. A honey bee hive needs at least two full sized hive bodies, so tomorrow sometime between 10 and 2 (when most of the foraging bees are seeking nectar and pollen, I'm smoke it up and place a another hive body on top. I hope there nice friendly bees. Once I had a colony with a bad temperament and they wanted to sting me anytime I got close! I used to have several colonies of bees and tried to produce honey, but it's a lot of work. This hive I'm just going to take care of the honeybees, treat them for the parasites that have wrecked havoc on most wild honey bees, and feed them in the fall so they survive the winter.
Oh, a little leisure activity and frustration on Sunday afternoon with a round of golf. I haven't picked up a golf club since October, and only played a handful of times last year so it's bound to be a not so fun time!
So, that leaves Memorial Day for barbecuing. We'll probably make a barbecued roast beef seasoned with Sesame Oil, Ginger and Garlic.
