I'm working hard this week,

but I wanted to wish you all a lovely weekend.

one of several cabbage seedlings transplanted today

I grocery shopped in the morning, sanded in the afternoon, then transplanted some fall cabbage seedlings in the late afternoon before making dinner. Whew! What a day.

I started 2 trough planters of turnip seeds in early July. They're growing well so far.

My fall harvested garden veggies will be cabbage and turnips this year, hopefully ready to bring inside in late October to early November.

Now I've got to go clean up the kitchen. Have a wonderful weekend, friends!

How the deck railing project is going

I continued to use the disk sander on the railing all last week and Saturday. Sunday was a day of rest. And then Monday ushered in some rain. I did get pretty far on the railing until the rain. I've now sanded the handrail on the entire railing, with exception of needing to scrape the small amount up against the support posts.

With the sun coming back this afternoon, I'll get back to sanding and scraping. I'll begin the bottom rail tomorrow. I hope to get that part done in a week. Then I can apply a stain to the top and bottom rails.

The sanding is going faster than I had thought it might. So, I just might get the entire railing refinished this summer. I'll keep you posted. And again, thank you all for your advice and tips last week.

We had initially planned on having the deck railing replaced with a composite railing that would never need repainting. Then the roof needed replacing (big $$$), the car needed expensive repairs (more big $$), the dishwasher needs replacing, the furnace needs replacing, and the list never ends. So we sat down and talked about how we can do as much as possible on our list for this summer. Refinishing the existing railing was the one item that we could do ourselves. If we like the end result, we will have saved some substantial $$ over replacement.

Tomorrow morning I'll be up early and out there scraping and sanding.