How much time do you spend cooking on average every day?
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Comments (50)i've already spent about$300 on compost and potting mix.I bought 2 yards of the potting mix for my plants I bring home from work and my ws babies.I do my own cuttings also. i use the seed exchange forum for about 95% of my seeds so not too much cost there.. just stamps I think I spent $20. recycle the bubble mailers. I used to spend a ton of money on plants. i've cut way back. hubby builds my arbors and fences and such with wood off of jobs he's done. He brought me a sunflower bird bath from a demo job and brought me posts and troughs, a swinging bench that he dug out of the dump. he's a very cool guy. my brother is giving me a bunch of pavers and edging and soil that he and his wife decided not to use. decided they don't have a green thumb and are moving to an apartment. they are taking the lavander rose I gave them as a wedding present. it was thier color for the wedding. she's going to have me pot it for her. she's afraid she'll kill it. But, back to the original question i spend about $500 a year or so. Oh, I havent gone out to Northwest gardens yet....oh my...do I hear a cha ching coming on? flowerchild5...See MoreHow much time do you spend in the yard/garden every day?
Comments (28)Same for me, as much as possible. I still work full time too, but I retired in '06 from the Navy reserve, so at least now I have my weekends. I go out in the mornings and walk around the garden to look at everything while I drink my coffee. In the afternoons, I get outside as quickly as possible so that I'm really dirty by the time DH gets home. I know that if I look really scroungy and sweaty he won't ask me to make dinner. And of course, housecleaning, laundry and dishes are out of the question too. So I'd say about 4-5 hours on the weekdays, 10-12 hours on weekends. I confess, I hired an electrician to run a wire out to the potting shed and install a light and some outlets so I can stay out after dark. I also had electricity run to the greenhouse for the heater and swamp cooler and have 6 extra outlets in there too. I have everything out there now but a KITCHEN and who needs one of those??????!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH......... Cheryl...See MoreHow much time do you spend birdwatching?
Comments (8)Hmmmm....I spend a lot more time during the winter and participate in 4 bird counts, including Project Feederwatch from December-March. During those months it could average 1 hour per day (more on count days, less other days). During the rest of the year, I watch them more casually, because I am more engrossed in gardening. Sometimes I will actively watch and photograph, when something special is going on, i.e. Bluebirds nesting in the backyard snags, a flock of Cedar Waxwings eating the Crabapples, a couple yellow-rumped Warblers flitting through the perennials catching bugs, etc. With your love of watching birds, it sounds like you are a great candidate for participating in bird counts, if you don't already!...See MoreHow Much Time Do You Spend 'Sitting'?
Comments (15)With varicose veins, that they did one shrink job on when they'd planned four, at least, and I'm wearing squeezy knee-high socks, I'm to move around ... and move legs when I'm sitting at computer, reading, writing, etc. ... which I do - some. But less than I should. Clots on lungs just over two weeks after the first shrink shot (shooting irritant foam into a vein while guided by untrasound, to make the vein close off) made them unwilling to do more of them. I get up and move around occasionally. But, on the computer, if it sits idle for a short while, I get that, "Hey are ya still there?" notice ... ... and if I don't click within a minute - everything disappears - right back to basics. Makes bathroom breaks a beast! o j...See Morealex9179
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