Today, The Peanut and I started our garden. We planted the following in an APS starter system. (Advanced propagation system).
We planted, pole beans, soybeans, silver queen corn, pumpkins, spring lettuce mix, red peppers, and carrots. In a couple of weeks we are building a raised garden bed. I have not really had a garden bed since we moved here from San Rafael, and I have missed it. Next weekend the Tomato lady will have her seedlings out. I grow tomatoes in 5 gallon pots(so I can put them on the patio away from the deer) and I am also going to try growing yukon gold potatoes in pots this year. I also bought an Topsy-turvy planter to grow a tomato plant upside down.
I am very much looking forward to a big harvest this year and of course sending a lot of produce to my neighbors.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Friday, March 16, 2007
Questions? I have answers...
1. Can you cook?
Oh yes indeed.. I enjoy it.
2. What was your dream growing up?
To be a nurse... but chemistry and I did not get along.
3. What talent do you wish you had?
Fiddle player.
4. Favorite place?
On the beach in Maui...
5. Favorite vegetable?
Potatoes
6. The last book you read?
Natural Born Charmer - Susan Elizabeth Phillips... (great read, hilarious romance)
7. What zodiac sign are you?
Taurus thru and thru
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
I have plans for a tattoo soon
9. Worst Habit?
Taking on too much.
10. Do we know each other outside of Livejournal?
Probably.
11. What is your favourite sport?
Basketball
12. Negative or Optimistic attitude?
Both at any given moment.
14. Worst thing to ever happen to you?
Getting old
15. Tell me one weird fact about you.
I see dead people....
16. Do you have any pets?
two cats
17. Do you know how to do the Macarena?
No, but I could probably still do the Hustle if I thought about it long enough... (Good grief I'm old)
18. What time is it where you are now?
dark time
19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
Icky
20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
leaner... much much leaner..
21. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
depends on the crime
22. What colour eyes do you have?
Brown, brown, brown
23. Ever been arrested?
not yet.
24. Bottle or Draft?
Neither
25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it?
pay bills, help my parents and brothers out...
26. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew?
I don't like gum.
27. Which is your favourite bar to hang at?
I don't have one but I enjoy playing bartender at parties.
28. Do you believe in ghosts?
yes indeedy.
29. Favourite thing to do in your spare time?
I have spare time? When did that happen.
30. Do you swear a lot?
You @£** better believe it.
31. Biggest pet peeve?
Lying
32. In one word, how would you describe yourself?
me...
Oh yes indeed.. I enjoy it.
2. What was your dream growing up?
To be a nurse... but chemistry and I did not get along.
3. What talent do you wish you had?
Fiddle player.
4. Favorite place?
On the beach in Maui...
5. Favorite vegetable?
Potatoes
6. The last book you read?
Natural Born Charmer - Susan Elizabeth Phillips... (great read, hilarious romance)
7. What zodiac sign are you?
Taurus thru and thru
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
I have plans for a tattoo soon
9. Worst Habit?
Taking on too much.
10. Do we know each other outside of Livejournal?
Probably.
11. What is your favourite sport?
Basketball
12. Negative or Optimistic attitude?
Both at any given moment.
14. Worst thing to ever happen to you?
Getting old
15. Tell me one weird fact about you.
I see dead people....
16. Do you have any pets?
two cats
17. Do you know how to do the Macarena?
No, but I could probably still do the Hustle if I thought about it long enough... (Good grief I'm old)
18. What time is it where you are now?
dark time
19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
Icky
20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
leaner... much much leaner..
21. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
depends on the crime
22. What colour eyes do you have?
Brown, brown, brown
23. Ever been arrested?
not yet.
24. Bottle or Draft?
Neither
25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it?
pay bills, help my parents and brothers out...
26. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew?
I don't like gum.
27. Which is your favourite bar to hang at?
I don't have one but I enjoy playing bartender at parties.
28. Do you believe in ghosts?
yes indeedy.
29. Favourite thing to do in your spare time?
I have spare time? When did that happen.
30. Do you swear a lot?
You @£** better believe it.
31. Biggest pet peeve?
Lying
32. In one word, how would you describe yourself?
me...
Birdy Buffet
I have a bird feeder in the back yard. Yesterday there were 2 different types of Blue Jays, some Quail, Robins, Sparrows, Finches, Chickadees, and Red-Headed Woodpeckers flying in for a brief repast and then zooming off. I imagine our cat thinks he has died and gone to heaven. We have provided him with a buffet of delicacies to choose from. What good parents we are.... or on the other hand, one can imagine what the birds must think of us?
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
All quiet
This morning I awakened at 3am for some unknown reason.. perhaps it was the fact that I was thinking about waking up early to see The Peanut off on his field trip, or the pain in my lower back from too much gardening.. or the call of the bathroom...but for some reason I could not get back to sleep so by 4am I was up and perusing the lack of TV at that hour (I was too sleepy to make the Comcast thing work).
By 4:30, I was frying some bacon and brewing a nice cup of earl grey tea. The Peanut wandered out, with sleepy eyes and haystack hair, hugged me and said, "I knew I could count on you." I think he had been concerned that I would oversleep and make him late for the drop-off of his big 2 nights away trip to the north to pan for gold.
It was still dark when we went out the door but by the time I dropped him off in town and waited to wave the kids off, the sky had lightened. There was very little traffic (other than the expected deer) along the road and I was reminded of the many trips my family took together. We always left at o'dark early and had breakfast a few hours down the road. I saw the sun rise many times on my trips from WV to FL. I recently discovered a couple of places in FL on the Internet. One is still up and running (and I am sure totally changed http://mermaid.weekiwachee.com/index.php?&MMN_position=1:1) and another one relegated to memories. (http://www.lostparks.com/fland.html).
I have been traveling down memory lane a lot lately for some reason.
By 4:30, I was frying some bacon and brewing a nice cup of earl grey tea. The Peanut wandered out, with sleepy eyes and haystack hair, hugged me and said, "I knew I could count on you." I think he had been concerned that I would oversleep and make him late for the drop-off of his big 2 nights away trip to the north to pan for gold.
It was still dark when we went out the door but by the time I dropped him off in town and waited to wave the kids off, the sky had lightened. There was very little traffic (other than the expected deer) along the road and I was reminded of the many trips my family took together. We always left at o'dark early and had breakfast a few hours down the road. I saw the sun rise many times on my trips from WV to FL. I recently discovered a couple of places in FL on the Internet. One is still up and running (and I am sure totally changed http://mermaid.weekiwachee.com/index.php?&MMN_position=1:1) and another one relegated to memories. (http://www.lostparks.com/fland.html).
I have been traveling down memory lane a lot lately for some reason.
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