Watering Routine

I’ve watered the garden now a few times here at the house where I’m house sitting. I’ve figured out a routine that seems to work pretty well.

1. Roll up pant legs to below the knee and flip flops on feet.
2. Start sprinkler on vegetable garden.
3. Crawl around under the plum tree with a bowl, picking plums that are ready.
4. Water the flowers at the front and sides of the house.
5. Stop the water on the garden.
6. Water the rest of the trees, flowers, and shrubs.

Takes about an hour, maybe a little more.

I love it. Crawling around under the plum tree in the dirt, picking fallen plums that are ripe, smelling the roses, dead heading the old blossoms…it’s like therapy. And it’s fun. Even picking stickers out of the palms of my hands is fun…I know, that sounds weird, but it’s just part of the watering process. I could wear gloves, I suppose…but where’s the fun in that???