Posted in Family Things on March 28, 2006 | 6 Comments »
My computer is dying–shuts itself down and it’s hard to get it restarted. I don’t know if it’s something that can be fixed or not so, if you guys don’t see me around for a while, you know why.
Update:
It seems to be doing better tonight. I tried a bunch of different things so [...]
Posted in Garden on March 25, 2006 | 6 Comments »
First for Cindy, how I do my cups: The pics are of 5 oz cups. I cut 3 diamond-shaped holes in the bottoms/sides of each one. For bigger cups, I cut 4 or so. Notice the holes cover both the bottom and side. It makes it easier for the roots [...]
Posted in Garden on March 20, 2006 | 4 Comments »
If it ever stops raining…
Steve might be able to work on the house. I might be able to get some outside gardening done. The kids might be able to run off some energy. The dogs might quit smelling like…wet dogs.
In the meantime, I’m puttering around the greenhouse.
Posted in Garden on March 15, 2006 | Comments Off
Just finished seeding for the night.
Tomatoes:
Black Krim
Uncle Steve’s Italian Plum
Ponderosa
Brandywine
Boxcar Willie
Stupice
Aunt Ruby’s German Green
Hawaiian Pineapple
Herbs:
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Resina calendula
Fenugreek
Safflower
Ashwagandha
Borage
Arnica Chamissonis
Spilanthes
German Chamomile
White Horehound
Feverfew
White Yarrow
Mullein (yeah, I know, but someone sent me the seeds as extras and they were sitting there staring at me)
Greek Oregano
Sweet Basil
Genovese Basil
Mrs. Burns’ Lemon Basil
Napoletana Basil
Violet Aromatic Basil
Dark Opal Basil
That takes care of all [...]
Posted in Garden on March 14, 2006 | Comments Off
Started seeds tonight (this morning) for the following tomatoes:
Hillbilly
Big Zac (hybrid)
Prue
Faribo Golden Heart
Rinaldo
Aunt Ginney’s Purple
Beefsteak
Neves Azorean Red
Wisconsin 55
Paquebot Roma
Coustralee
Hugh’s Yellow
Carbon
Tomcat (hybrid)
Azoychka
Tomande (hybrid)
Earl’s Faux
Oxacan Pink
Jubilee
Silvery Fir Tree
Gilbertie Paste
Mexico
Cherokee Green
Green Zebra
Cherokee Purple
Posted in Garden on March 13, 2006 | Comments Off
Got the hog all ground up. Besides the incredibly huge ribs plus the “special” cuts Steve wanted saved for BBQ, we put away 97 pounds of ground pork. Man, that was a lot of hog.
Oh! Our hens finally started laying eggs! Woo hoo!
Got gobs and gobs of Egyptian walking onions transplanted [...]
Posted in Family Things, Garden on March 10, 2006 | Comments Off
Busy, busy, busy…
We finally got around to cutting the hog into grinding-sized chunks. They’re in the freezer now to partially freeze for grinding tomorrow. We saved out the back strap, ribs (HUGE!), and some other favorite cut of Steve’s for BBQ. Everything else will be ground for sausage.
I’ve been looking for ginger [...]
Posted in Family Things on March 5, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Butchering day!
She was huge. Really huge. Okay, not county ribbon-winning domesticated hog huge but huge for a wild hog. Someone caught her on a wild hog hunt a year or two ago and gave her to us, along with a boar or two. She served her purpose(s): making babies and [...]
Posted in House Construction on March 1, 2006 | Comments Off
New house pics. Finally.
Nothing dramatic for pics but it’s been getting done, bit by bit. Steve got the bedroom wall (temp outside wall but permanent interior west wall of our bedroom) framed. He also got the electrical box (huge, isn’t it??) and incoming electric wire (ya know, the mongo one that comes [...]
Posted in Family Things, Garden on March 1, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Let the gardening begin!
So far, out in the greenhouse, I have going: parsley, sage, garlic chives splits (from thinning out the garlic chive patch), regular chives (my chive patch died out), sedum, scabiosa, petunias, some sort of mystery mix of flowers, poppies, various cacti and succulents, cleome, crepe myrtle, hosta, assorted brugsmansia, and cilantro. [...]
