Jacquelita and I put up a garden

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We should really put a garden in this year. I love having fresh tomatoes that actually have flavor and fresh basil too. Both are easy to grow. We've had gardens in the past, but didn't get around to it last summer. We had no need for a raised bed. The ground worked fine for us.

The mosquitos are so bad here that it's a pain to water the garden in the evenings without being eaten alive. I like to shower after I douse myself with bug spray. During the weekends, it's not so bad, because I'll load up on bug spray and be outside all day, but during the weeks, the payoff is hardly worth the hassle. Kind of turns it into a big production when I'm only outside for 5 minutes.

Each year I think that I need to set up some sort of path for the water to follow, so I can leave a hose in the garden, attached to an open faucet outside, and control it with the water shut-off valve in the basement. Don't have to go outside for that. Take that, you fucking tiger mosquitos. I imagine myself saying.