cucumber update June 1st, 2012
Well if this isn’t the most riveting blog update in your feed, then I don’t even…
The cucumber plants are still alive, and they’ve been transplanted (3 of them anyways) and are starting to curiously grow up their vertical cages! wahoo! I thought I might come home to dead cuke plants after being away for the long weekend, but apparently we still continued to get rain in DC while we were gone… and so they survived. HOORAY.
Matt and I are tackling a little project this weekend, some “DIY” if you will. We’re moving our daybed frame (formerly in the back bedroom) to the backyard, with the end goal being something like this pretty picture. So we already have the basic base, but we’re going to waterproof and paint it green, then add the little trellis part floating above. And then reconfigure our string lights around it somehow. I started priming the bed pieces last night and ended up with approximately 54 mosquito bites… so hopefully the rest of the process goes smoother. So the next main question — what to do about the mattress. It’s apparently impossible to buy a waterproof matress cover that will transition and indoor piece to outside, believe me I’ve scoured the internet, including the bedwettingstore.com. How has no one ever done this before? So the options include using the current matress with waterproof sheets for a season, knowing it will likely mildew and need to be tossed… or just lose the matress and get a new outdoor futon mattress and cover from the get-go. Decisions, decisions…
Have a happy weekend!
tags: DC, garden, green
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June 1st, 2012 at 6:33 pm
I like cucumber updates…….they are very riveting…….and go with the outdoor futon mattress and cover from the get-go.
June 2nd, 2012 at 2:31 am
Nothing made by Sunbrella? That stuff will endure any Washington weather.
June 2nd, 2012 at 8:33 am
You’ve got Mom’s green thumb. My recommendation: patent the outdoor mattress idea. If you can get someone in California to pick up on it, it could catch fire ( I mean that figuratively).
Looking forward to cucumber salads.
June 2nd, 2012 at 9:52 am
@Anne – You’re right — I should have said that I did find a Sunbrella cover that would work, handmade by an online family business in Florida. Sadly it was $495, and I’m sure worth the price in the long run… Just seems like a bit more than we want to spend for now.
@DIY – cucumber salads are the BEST.
June 2nd, 2012 at 7:31 pm
You buy the Sunbrella fabric and I’ll sew it for you to spec! No charge, except a nap in the backyard and a glass of wine.
June 4th, 2012 at 9:38 am
I don’t think that Sunbrella fabrics are waterproof, they just dry easily and hold up to the sun.. I think you would end up with a soggy mattress.