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what was your craziest garden task in the rain?
Comments (12)During the torrential rain yesterday (7 inches!) I was busy cleaning the gutters that kept clogging and letting all that water pool on the lanai roof. I was more worried about the pan roof collapsing with all that weight than I was with the garden. This morning I put on my boots and surveyed the damage. The zinnias and mexican sunflower are knocked down but okay. Most of the wild cotton was knocked down, too. Didn't realize they were so shallow rooted. A few plants were broken by falling palm boots. Generally, I'm happy with all the rain. I just replaced the front lawn with mostly native bushes, a lot of elderberry, which don't mind wet feet. It should be a while till I need to water them again!...See MoreHave you talked to your plants today? Kids do the darndest things
Comments (19)Dorothy, I never thought of it that way. Although, I have to admit that I enjoy watching DS deal with a two-year-old and it does seem like 'payback' (hee hee) for all the grief he gave us when he was little. So, I guess I'll get to enjoy watching him be on the adult side of the adult-teenager conflict one of these years. Paula, I remember that age well....."dumber than a box of rocks" pretty much sums up what most teenagers think about their parents when those kids reach that age. LOL Aren't you glad they outgrow it? You're raising some little gardeners too, and it reminds me of the old saying "If I'd known grandkids would be so much fun, I would have had them first." Isn't it just the most fun to share those home-grown pumpkins with the kids? I always get the greatest sense of pride from eating/using anything and everything we raised ourselves. And, you should be proud because your grandkids are learning early on just where their food comes from AND how they can be a part of the whole process. Mandy, If your mom says that your daughter's behavior is a little more "intense" than yours was, well, you know what that means.....it means it is your DH's fault because she got the entra fiesty genes from him! LOL I vote for having chickens. We have had them ever since we moved here and there's nothing better than farm fresh eggs. However, you absolutely must have a 100% predator-proof chicken coop and securely fenced chicken run or your kids' hearts will be broken when predators get your birds and your eggs. Every child that comes to our place is simply 100% fascinated with the chickens and their eggs. I know of at least one young boy who wouldn't eat eggs at all until he got to start gathering eggs at our house and taking them home with him. When I hear the name 'Felicity', two images come to mind. One is the TV show, 'Felicity', which was on in the late 1990s-early 2000s and starred Keri Russell in the title role. The other is the American Girls doll, Felicity. So, when I saw your daughter's name, those two pleasant images came to mind and now that you've described her, I can picture her in my mind and I see a darling and spirited young girl who loves to garden and who will, later on in her teens, give you every gray hair you have. I love traditional names too. Dorothy, Love the iron hand in the velvet glove reference. I think it is true, too. As long as those kids know there is an iron hand inside that velvet glove, the iron hand doesn't have to put in an appearance very often because just knowing it is there is quite a deterrence. You know, everyone, raising kids is a lot like raising a garden.....and don't we all know it! Dawn P.S. Mandy, I linked the American Girls website to show you their Felicity. One of our nieces had the 'Molly' doll when she was younger because Molly looked just like her and that was her favorite toy for years. Here is a link that might be useful: The Felicity Doll...See MoreRealtors: craziest thing you've witnessed during a showing?
Comments (27)I am an animal lover, and if I walked into a house like that with all the "trophies" I would walk right back out. I would not reward them with my money, there are other houses out there. It's one thing to hunt to put food on the table, it's an entirely different thing to hunt for the thrill of the kill. I never understood these people's mentality - they keep trophies and pictures as if they think these animals are beautiful - but their first instinct is to kill them. Then they also seem to think highly of themselves and think they're some tough guy because they were able to outwit the animal. Well duh, it's not that hard when you have a gun and the animal's instinct is to run away from you. This guy even had a tiger - aren't tigers on the endangered species list? What a jerk....See MoreWhat's the craziest thing you've done!
Comments (17)All these confessions made me think of something more interesting than messing around with a dead armadillo! When I was 13 I helped my father run a whiskey still! My father was a Canadian and did a lot of things in his youth worthy of this thread. By the time I came along he had moved to the States (a Canadian term) and settled down to a normal life. Every other summer or so we would journey to Canada to visit relatives and renew old friendships. On one of these when he was in his early sixties he and an old friend (fellow moonshiner) got to reminiscing over all the fun they had in the good old days and decided to run a batch off for old times sake. They brewed the mash in the basement of my sister's farmhouse and set up the still in an upstairs bedroom. What I remember most about is although we were 5 miles from the nearest village, 15 miles from the nearest town, and probably 100 miles or more from anything that could be called a city, every time a car would past down the gravel road in front of the house they would peek through the window and wonder out loud if it might be a revenuer. In their minds they had set the clock back 40 yrs and my sister, brother-in-law and I were enjoying it just as much as they were. As a side light, when I entered college I couldn't seem to get a good composition grade so I told this story and got an A. If you would like to read more about my father's experiences you can read my book, "Tug River Murder". It is currently available free as an ibook at Smashwords, Kobo iBooks, and Barnes & Noble. If you like it, give me a good review. If you don't---keep it to yourself! Papa Jim...See Moredon_in_colorado
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