Do you ever completely shut off your devices for days and days?
yeonassky
7 years ago
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Comments (27)Honalee - l'm looking forward to seeing your 'forest'. I've thought about making those tomato cage trees for years but so far haven't as I always use the ones I find at yard sales to prop up perennials. Thanks for the smartjane link which I've bookmarked and will look at later. I'm not sure what normal is but it sounds a bit boring so let's avoid it! LOL I actually love winter - the snow is beautiful and there's a respite from gardening. Occasionally I make "a snow angel!" I love decorating inside my house even more than I like decorating my garden and from March to September my house gets little decorating attention. In fact this year I had spring decor on my mantle until fall! The last few months I've been more serious about editing my house so have given away lots of decor accessories and things I no longer need or want. I have 45 years of accumulated "stuff" so there is lots to go thru and many decisions to make. It's an ongoing project but hope to finish by spring. With Christmas coming I've been shopping for gifts and need to wrap and send them, cleaning my house more thoroughly, and will be doing Christmas decorating starting today. It's taken me the last few days to pack away all the fall decor. Other than that I occasionally volunteer, read, 'play' online, talk on the phone and email, occasionally lunch with friends, attend a few social functions, only watch TV a little as there is not much that interests me on the hundred+ channels I get, and shovel snow and haul wood. I've been shoveling the few inches of snow we've gotten onto my perennials which takes more effort but I want them to survive the colder temps to come as I didn't winterize anything this fall. I heat my house mostly with a wood stove so that takes a bit of work. I do have a good and seldom used gas furnace but prefer wood heat. Oh, of course I cook and make almost all meals from scratch which takes time. Occasionally I do crafts, knit, and crochet altho haven't done much recently - have one knitting project on the go and hope to get it finished soon as it's boring me and I want to start something more interesting. I have 4 indoor pets who require care and attention which takes a bit of time. After Christmas things will slow down and I'll spend time planning, and re-planning, my garden. Plan will then go in the trash and the garden will continue to evolve as usual! LOL It's a lot of fun to plan tho and occasionally I discover something I want to implement. There are a few new craft projects I want to start but won't until the new year. I occasionally travel and have a short trip coming up soon so have to prepare for that. I always make to-do lists which helps me finish projects as I love crossing things off the lists! I love days like today when there's nothing scheduled and I can do only what I want. I will start Christmas decorating but will do it at my own pace so I enjoy it. Plan to finish by the weekend. I think most gardeners are probably creative people who do other creative things when they are not gardening....See MoreWhat did you do with YOUR warm day in Jan?
Comments (11)Susan, My nose told me the cedar was pollinating before I checked the news and saw the high pollen counts. I've been expecting it and just hope it ends sooner rather than later. I grow the German chamomile, although the truth is that it grows itself with no help from me. I sow it using a highly technical and complicated method. Well, no I don't. The seeds are very small, so mix them with a little sand if you have some around to make them spread out a bit so they don't all sprout in a clump. Toss handfuls of the sand/seed mixture into the air so it will drift down to the ground where you want it to grow. Mist lightly if you want, or just expect winter dew/frost/light rain will moisten it. Forget about it. Before you know it you'll have sprouts. To keep the chamomile going forever, look at it often while it is blooming and say to yourself, often and with great sincerity, "I need to deadhead that stuff before it goes to seed". Forget to deadhead it. It will self-sow all over creation every year to the point of being weedy. It sprouts in my beds, paths, gravel driveway and bermuda lawn. It sprouts in my compost pile. It sprouts in tiny cracks in concrete. When the tiny seedlings sprout, you can transplant them wherever you want. You'll get blooms longer if you deadhead on a regular basis in spring and early summer, but it will come back every year if you let at least some of the plants self-seed. I planted it 8 or 10 years ago and have had it ever since. You probably could wintersow it on the surface of soil in a container, but you also can direct sow it right now and it will sprout in no time at all. If you wanted to start it indoors, I'd surface sow it on the soil surface of the flat, not covering it up at all. I'd water with a mister so the seeds don't wash out before they sprout. Dawn...See MoreWhen do you shut off your floor heat?
Comments (15)Just turned mine off. We love the cool tiles on a warm day. Ours is from Flextherm. It has a feedback loop (thermostat) and is silent. However, the manual that comes with it is quite confusing. At least it has default settings that you can use while you're figuring it out. Also, be sure that the warming elements are close enough to your sink to keep your tootsies warm. I challenged my contractor on this just after they installed the wire. He promised the warmth would extend several inches laterally from the wires. It doesn't!!!!!! idiot!!!...See MoreDo you schedule your day (when you don't have to)?
Comments (10)I've been retired for about 1 1/2 yrs. I worked an evening shift when I worked (3 pm to 11 pm) then had to "unwind" before going to bed about 12 or 1 am. Now -- I find I am a morning person - get up about 6:30 or 7:00, and yes, I do have a somewhat routine that just established itself, but I feel more at ease if there IS a routine (not schedule!). I put on coffee, clean up the kitchen, feed the animals, read the paper, and, because quilting is a major hobby with me, and I'm more productive in the morning, I spend mornings doing more active things, sewing, cleaning, shopping, yard work, etc. etc. I am a little surprised at how busy I find my days sometimes, and wonder how I did everything when I did work. Also - I find I'm cleaning and keeping up the house a little more than I did before - I'm definitely not a "neat freak" but just do like a fairly orderly, clean environment. I'm absolutely loving retirement - I think it is the chance to choose and control how my days' activities go, and I didn't have that before. DH is still working, but I'm pushing him to retire next summer when he turns 65....See Morearkansas girl
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