moving the garage and papaya adoption
I'm almost done sealing/staining the cedar siding on the garage. you can see the line where I left off for the day. I tried spraying the stain but it was too thick for my sprayer. it left me with a thick line of stain when the spray head clogged and the spray turned to stream. I had to quickly find a roller and get to work. the roller application is a bit splotchy but it's better than nothing.
the mercedes has a new home. new owner sent one of his employees down from dallas to fetch it for him.
our other home is under contract and the new owners don't really want the garage to be used as our personal storage. rented a trailer. we've lost the garage space at austinmodhouse to storage of boxes, furniture and surplus building supplies.
while we moved, my artist daughter made organic yard sculptures
we have more monarch action
we finally caught chrysalis formation in action. note the J pose and the point of attachment.
just hours later....
I've planted 12 trees over the past two days. found the thing below a patch of volunteer tomato vines
thumb included to show scale
our friends domingo and isabel came over this past weekend. domingo held a rather sad looking shrub in his arms. they hoped we could revive it and explained that when healthy it would provide us tiny chili peppers. we pointed to a red dotted plant growing on the ground and asked "like that?"
they got all excited and we outfitted them with plastic bags for the harvest. soon we were in the kitchen burning up our taste buds with the fruit of their labor. we found that these plants grow wild all over our propterty. MUCHO PICANTE! I was lucky to find that the burn can be cut with 100% agave mixed with lime.
we have a small grove of papaya trees. I don't think they will survive a hard freeze in their current location. winter is coming. if you have room for a papaya tree, give me a call. I've seen these at home depot for around $45 at this size.