August 2021 Week 5?
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Comments (74)It was hot on our deck this evening, too, Amy. It's nice now, tho, with a fan going. In fact, I'd been inside reading all evening and just now came out. Our dishwasher is a Frigidaire and it's also quiet. We only run it once every 3-4 days, so maybe it'll last a while! I wash pots and pans and put in the drainer, sometimes meal prep dishes, same. Truthfully, though, it's the one modern convenience I'd be okay without. In fact, in the last 33 years, I've only had a dishwasher 8 of those years. I'm not a great housekeeper--those gets plenty dirty, we just don't mess it up much; well, except my "art" room, so it is easy to figure out which one of us can be a mess. And it's not Garry. But I've been doing deep-cleaning sorts of things, and that feels good. And the art room looks awesome right now since my organizing binge. (Key words="right now.") My four o'clocks have rebounded, for the third time after being wacked back twice. Same with nicotiana; lantana have gotten pretty big; I hope these hardier ones will overwinter; we'll see. I have new zinnias beginning to bloom; and I wanted to plant some nasturtiums; I did last year about now, and they did awesome, unlike the ones planted in the spring. But I'll have to wait until we get back from Wyoming to put more beets, cilantro, dill and nasturtiums in. The new batch of potatoes we planted around Aug 1 are doing well; I hope we get more this fall. The peppers, all, while not going gangbusters, are steadily producing and looking good. I have a question(s) for you all. I know we talked about roselle, but can't find the thread. Can I grow it in part (hot in the summer) sun? And daturas? And brugmansias? Well, the daturas and the brug are actually part sun where they are, getting about 4 hours of full sun per day; they seem to be doing fine, so . . . . I was thinking about where I'd put them all next year, since it sounds like they're all BIG. :) (I know the daturas and brugs are!) And do the roselle re-seed? I'm thinking yes. It was hot today, but supposed to cool off by Wednesday. We haven't had rain since the first week of August, so I do hope for rain tomorrow. Still worried about south TX, and now Irma. . ....See MoreAugust 2020, Week 5-September 2020, Week 1
Comments (63)Yay for the violets, Nancy! And...you still have summer squash? The bugs killed ours long ago. Even the C. Moschata. I am pooped. So tired. We shopped today and I don't have to tell anyone that shopping is very unpleasant right now. However, Dillards allows you to try on clothes and I found a dress. It's not exactly the bohemian/fairy princess dress that I wanted. But it fits nicely and its a forest green color...and it's Robin Hoodish (not really), so I bought it. Paid more than what I wanted to pay, but it's done. DONE! Came home around 3 and sliced, breaded and froze okra. Then figured out how to use my pressure canner as a water bath canner and pickled some okra. On my own. The lids sealed so hopefully we're good. My house is getting to the point that I am very unhappy. I know a clean house isn't the most important thing in the world....but I enjoy a clean home. It just feels nice to me. However, a clean house isn't anywhere in my near future. I am hoping the robot vacuums are cheap this Christmas. That will at least help. We are celebrating Mason's BD tomorrow and that will be fun. It's at a very good restaurant that I haven't been to in a long time. Then grocery shopping and then maybe starting more lettuce seed. In between all of those things is animal care. Lots of animal care. There's always one of them doing something they shouldn't be doing or somewhere they shouldn't be hanging out. One of the fat buff orpingtons has figured out how to get out of the chicken yard. And she isn't swift. She is dumb--beautiful but dumb and wanders over by the dogs. So, I'm constantly leaving whatever task I'm working on to catch her or entice her back to the yard. And everyone is always hungry all the time. The 3 young pullets mingled with the main flock today. It went very well. Having a good rooster helps with that. They're roosting in their own coop, though. It will be a gradual thing as always. Momma Blossom will be tired of her chicks soon and those two chicks will need to move to the pullet coop at that time. Although, at least one of those chicks is a cockerel. Tom may or may not start doing meat birds and these two could be the start of it. They won't be THE meat birds, but they might be the parents of. I've named the one I think is a girl. Her name is Gwendolyn, which is sorta funny because Gwendolyn (actually related to Jennifer/Guinevere.) means white ...and Gwendolyn is a dark cornish. I'm simply rambling now....See MoreJune 2021 Week 5
Comments (65)Nancy look what I found in my gardening folder: McDowell's prairie is dominated by grasses. Little bluestem, Indian grass, Gulf Coast muhly and Mexican feather grass provide the foundation. The spaces between are filled in with native wildflowers such as cut-leaf daisy, tickseed and winecup, as well as flowering perennials, including gayfeather, salvias, penstemons and coneflowers. Something blooms almost year-round, McDowell says. The Plano gardener also has planted specimen yaupon hollies, red yuccas, desert willows and more. The random plantings provide a true prairie feeling and a freedom to improvise, McDowell says. His backyard, which he planted in 2005, is even wilder than the front. A circular path of decomposed granite circumnavigates a central bed brimming with perennials. Around the path's perimeter bloom monarda, salvias, black-eyed Susans, milkweeds, Turk's cap, desert willows and beautyberry, to name a few. McDowell admits his garden chores are a lot more time-consuming than when he had a simple front flower bed and lawn. He says he spends almost every weekend in his garden, deadheading flowers, cutting back plants, weeding seedlings and tidying. He provides no supplemental water, leaving his garden to thrive or not on rainfall alone. The only exception is hand-watering new plants until they become established. He uses captured rainwater for this and any other spot watering. He grows plants that provide berries and seeds for songbirds, and many host foods for butterfly caterpillars, including milkweed, fennel and dill. He also selects plants that provide nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds. http://planobluestem.blogspot.com/2010/08/welcome-to-plano-prairie-garden.html Indian Blanket, Gaillardia pulchella Prairie Verbena, Verbena bipinnatifida Gregg's Mistflower, Conoclinium greggii Turk's Cap, Malvaviscus arboreus var. Drummondii Lemon Horsemint, Monarda citriodora Frogfruit, Phyla nodiflora Cowpen Daisy, Verbesina encelioides Standing Cypress, Ipomopsis rubra Green Milkweed, Asclepias viridis Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia fulgida Angel's Trumpet, Datura wrightii White, and Pitcher Sage, Salvia azurea Blue. Flame Acanthus How much do you think is worth while for here, Oklahoma?...See MoreAugust 2021 building progress!
Comments (516)Karen - I was quoting about Quartz. And that should have said "no fingernail polish or remover"! The remover, especially. It will eat the Quartz finish. I am going to have to figure out how to do my nails. With my travertine, I would spill and just wipe up. Did not hurt the T. stone. I got excited when I saw that the product you recommend is a spray pump. A pump is what I am looking for (not an aerosol), but when I saw it contains grapefruit, I cringed. I cannot use anything acidic on my marble. Thanks anyway. :) Question: Were your floors site finished or pre-finished? Love the color! I am so far behind on all my decisions; it's making me think that I have some sort of cognitive impairment. I think I make a decision and the next day wake up and doubt everything and start looking again. I can drag out even the simplest decisions! Ugh!!! We must be sisters...that's me! I blame it on a brain injury I had 18 months ago. I guess a September Building forum may have already popped up. I forgot to look. Can't believe it is September already! Per request to our builder, the house is suppose to be ready in 4 weeks. We know that's not going to happen. We have been thinking move in date at the end of October. I am thinking more like the end of November, now. We shall see!!!...See MoreOklaMoni
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