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Comments (42)I keep a lot of notes. I started out just putting everything into one big document but it made it so big and disorganized that I finally just started keeping separate ones. Just named them simply, "Gourds", "Garlic", "Tomatoes", "Peppers", etc so I can find them quickly. I never print them out cause then I lose them! Or they get wet and the ink runs. I have found that some things grow better in containers, some grow better at ground level and some grow better in raised beds. And all that probably depends on the type of soil a person has. Mine is black gumbo clay. Beth, I'm proud of you for having the resolve to get off government assistance. I deplore the way the program is run. I would so love to see them add classes for the people on their programs. Many of them don't even know how to cook so they're spending those food stamps on expensive convenience foods instead of, say, buying a whole chicken. I get three good meals out of one whole chicken. When I'm done with it, there's nothing left but some soft bones and a little limp skin, which I bury out in the garden and then put something on top of it so the dog can't dig it up. But anyway, education is the key, to my mind, and you are wise to be trying to learn to garden. Even if a person can only grow something in a pot, they gain knowledge from the experience. There was a man selling corn out of his truck in a parking lot near here over the weekend. He was getting $7 a dozen for his ears of corn and they weren't real big. And he had a few black diamond watermelon but he wouldn't sell them because he said the ones he had sold had come back because they weren't ripe yet. He was selling them for $10 each. He'll probably be back next weekend with ripe ones, if all this rain doesn't split and ruin them all. Think of all the corn you could grow for $7, and all the watermelon you could grow for $10. Even if the rain did split the melons, if you got out there right away, brught them in and processed them, you'd still get good value. You can save seed from grocery store vegetables. Sometimes they'll be hybrids so they won't grow exactly like what you bought, but they'll grow something. I've gotten some wonderful cantaloupe by having the seed in the compost bin germinate. And I planted grocery store Arkansas tomatoes this year. They made beautiful round tomatoes but the flavor wasn't nearly as good as George's Baker Family Heirlooms. Sometimes I check out the marked down produce just for the seed that I might get. Last year I grew spaghetti squash from the seed of a grocery store purchase....See MoreHappy New Year, Cold cold weather and kitchen pet peeves..
Comments (21)CAthy, I'm happy as long as the tank heater is keeping up, I HATE chopping ice from the tank. Actually, chopping it isn't the bad part, it's dipping the ice chunks out with a hay fork, I always get wet, and it's cold. Ugh. Hate that..... Wind chill factors of 20 to 30 below zero ought to tell me, I've made a wooden cover for the stock tank with a hole just big enough for the animals to put their heads through, I'm hoping it helps, at least enough to keep the tank unfrozen. We set a bale this afternoon, a big round bale will last 3-4 days, so hopefully it'll last until Wednesday morning, when it breaks a little and will be back up to a high of 17, and no below zero temps. I can do everything else manually, but the tractor doesn't always want to start when it's that cold and I need the tractor to move those big bales. As for school, they will probably not have school Monday or Tuesday, we have so many rural students that ride busses and it's just not safe to have small children out in that weather. When it hits zero they are not allowed to go outside for recess and when it's colder, they eventually give up and close school. Annie...See MorePet Peeves - Not TV
Comments (27)It drives me crazy to stand in the grocery line and wait while someone digs to find their money out to pay. Or for them to carry on a long conversation with the cashier after the have finally paid. Can't they see there are people waiting in line? OR, they forgot something and they want someone to go get it for them. I could go on and on about the grocery store. I know that certain cashiers are good and I try to go down their isle. So many crazy people these day. One day I was in a local grocery. There was a mom and daughter that had a huge cart full of groceries. I was behind them in line as they checked out. The cashier was clicking along when suddenly the lady handed her her card to see how much money was on it. There was only $17.00 and some change on it. There they were with all these groceries rang up, already bagged and in her cart and not enough money to pay for them. Here we are waiting in line behind her while she decides what to have taken off. The lady finally just left without taking anything. The cashier had worked so hard to help her. There was an older gentleman behind me that leaned over and said quietly in my ear, " I remember when we didn't have plastic"....See MoreKitchen pet peeves
Comments (77)My Scottish Grandmother used to tell a story that always made me cringe because there would be no way I would eat it. They emigrated to Canada in 1927. They had a big house close to downtown and the shops. My Grandma worked hard but they could never afford to buy a good cut of meat, they ate mostly organ meat or sausages, Grandpa used to make head cheese (gross) I remember the eyeballs floating in the pot when I was a child when he made it. My Mom had a big German Shepherd she called Lindy Hop after the dance. One day my Grandma looked out the kitchen window and noticed the dog had something in her mouth and was trying to rip paper off of it. My Grandma went to see what the dog had and it turned out to be a big roast beef still wrapped in butcher paper. and string. The dog either stole it or someone dropped it on the way out of the butchers. Grandma grabbed it from the dog, took it in the house, washed it off and they had it for dinner. Meat they hadn't had for a long time. In this day and age no way would I have eaten that meat but during those depression years I guess you would do what you had to do to feed your family. Grandma said the meat was fresh and because it was wrapped it was clean,. Poor Lindy lost her prize but after a boil to make soup she did get the bone. haha I can't tell you how many times I heard that story....See Moreamylou321
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