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Comments (3)Duane, Love your butterfly garden, especially the liatris. I have wild liatris growing on my property and it makes for the best shots as the butterflies spend lots of time on one flower rather than flitting around. Thanks for sharing. Rhonda...See MoreBirds and other mobile features in the garden 2016 #10
Comments (82)I love all of your great photos and stories. That female bluebird looks like she's asking, "What do you mean, you finished all the mealy worms?" I am very partial to CWs. Great photo. We've got the usual winter gang here, except I haven't seen any red-breasted nuthatches, nor brown creeper. Lately a couple of red-bellied woodpeckers. The turkeys come daily, but are less tame than they were in the fall. This is a good time of year to get up at 2 AM, dress warmly, take your iPhone with a few owl call bookmarks, and go owning. Screech owls will fly right across your path to a recording of their kin. Some birding groups have late winter outings and occasionally there are members who aren't afraid of looking unskilled and imitate owl calls. I've had various birds ome to recordings. Be patient. Take hot cocoa ;)...See More2016 Preserved Produce from our Gardens
Comments (22)Our chest freezer has built-in sliding blue compartments that look sort of like milk crates. They slide back and forth from one place to another so you reach items stored beneath them. There's always two open slots where there's no sliding compartments on the upper level, which allows you to slide those compartments back and forth. I try to organize the siding storage compartments....tomatoes in one or two, beans in another 1 or 2, corn in others, etc. but even when I start out organized, I don't always end up that way by the end of the season. At a certain point, if I'm swamped with produce I'm just processing it, packing it into freezer bags or freezer boxes, labeling them and tossing them into the freezer, figuring I'll get it all organized on a slower, quieter day. Sometimes that day is slow to arrive, but when it does, I always find things I forgot were in there---like frozen peaches from the previous summer or something. In that sense, it can be a treasure hunt. When Tim's dad retired (and his mom was still working), he about drove Tim's mom berserk. First he reorganized the kitchen, which was a big mistake since the only cooking he ever did was to grill things outside. She testily told him he had better put her kitchen back the way she had it unless he was planning to take over 100% of the cooking chores. It was hysterically funny to us 'kids', who of course, all were married and had our own kids by then. He quickly restored the kitchen to its proper state, but then did proceed to try to do the same thing with the rest of the house. I'm not sure why she didn't just kill him then and there because she was steaming hot. He eventually learned that she had a system that had worked for them for 40 years and he'd better not mess it up. He got more involved in community volunteer work to keep him busy and to avoid ruining their happy home life. I am thankful that I do not have that problem. I won't say that Tim never interferes in how I have things organized, but when he does it, he learns not to do it again. The first time, I patiently explain "I had things like that for a reason....." and explain the reason. If he messes up the same thing again, I tell him to stop moving things around where I cannot find them unless he intends to take over that particular household chore. Since he has no desire to take on more work, he backs off and leaves things alone. I don't go out to the garage and rearrange his stuff and he doesn't come into the house and rearrange my stuff. It works for us. My husband is smarter than the average bear. (Remember Yogi Bear? I loved Yogi when I was a child.) He particularly understands the garden is my domain and doesn't touch anything in there. Ditto with the greenhouse, potting shed and the weight room during the months it becomes the light shelf/plant room. He is bad about putting stuff in the garage fridge (like an extra gallon of milk or something) and forgetting it is out there, so I try to keep an eye on that fridge in winter. In the summer, I use it enough that I know what he has in there. We have used an old refrigerator (bought on Craig's List for $50 as an extra freezer) by setting the temperature settings so low that everything in the fridge compartment also freezes, but we haven't tried using a freezer as a fridge....See MoreGall Gardens 2017
Comments (44)Thanks to all above for the kind words. Scott - I get my tags from Kincaid Plant Markers. I chose the signature plant markers, 10" P-style. Less than a buck each, I figure they should last a LONG time. I print the label on brother TZe tape 1" white print on black label. Most people use the clear tape, personal preference. If a plant dies, I just stick a new label on top of the old, easier than peeling the old one off. You reminded me I need to order more for next year....See Moreconiferbros
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