November 2022 Week 1
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Comments (59)I don't watch TV at all. Years ago I realized that most of what I saw on it was 1) wasting my time & 2) trying to indoctrinate me . Our family simply stopped watching. Moni, at $4000 in repairs, you might do better replacing your car with something else. I know of two used car lots that have good deals. I NEVER buy a vehicle new. HU, I grew three beans this year, which appear acceptable for shellies: Cherokee Striped Cornhill, Hamby & Spangler. They're all old fashioned Appalachian string beans. Hamby and Spangler see especially easy to shell. They also have really large seed. All three are pole/cornfield beans. I'll attach a photo of Spangler. It's very impressive. For a bush shell bean, I'd check Sandhill Preservation Center. If I remember correctly, they list some which are specifically shell varieties. All three of the cornfield beans mentioned are outstanding for snaps. Hamby refused to set pods until cooler nights arrive, but it's been loaded ever since. It's in a protected place and I'm still picking....See MoreLast few days of November and the first start of December week 1?
Comments (47)Wow, Larry, that was quite a day. No wonder you're exhausted. I would be too! Moni, condolences on the passing of your friend. It was a beautiful day yesterday. Not so much today. It's okay, though, it is December after all. I will wait until after Christmas to order seed. If I miss out, I'll just use what I already have. The thought of sorting through seed and making decisions regarding seed purchases, makes me feel stressed. Too much to remember right now and plenty to do. Both jobs will keep me very busy for the next couple of weeks and then all the holiday things, which I love (no complaints). I want to fully enjoy them without stress. And I want to rest a little more. By 8:30 pm, I'm sitting down and resting. For the most part. I was up early this morning to do my work out and feed everyone and then headed out to do some shopping mostly for two parties this weekend. I had 9 gift bags to put together and couldn't find stuff easily in the stores. It was a little stressful because the stores are packed. Normally I don't mind busy stores in December because in some ways, it's cheerful and reminds me of earlier times. But, today I'm on a bit of a schedule and have actually scheduled THIS hour to rest. All the holiday candy for this weekend was finished last night, so that is good. And the 9 gift bags are finished now. I just have one more gift to wrap for "Dirty Santa". And one more appetizer to make. Amy, I'll check out the Yaupon Holly. I need to pay attention and see how much sun that area does get. It must get some because of the annuals that have lived there. I'm sorry about your lack of excitement for things. Maybe the new year will bring some excitement (in a good way) to you. I might shut my eyes for a few minutes. Naps are exciting to me. I'm a pretty boring person, though....See MoreEnd of Feb / 1st week of March 2022
Comments (70)HJ, sure wish you all could overturn their plans. I'm thinking Bruce is going to set 4/23 as SF. In that case I think I'll wait another week to start my tomatoes! I'm feeling downright cavalier about starting them so late. Yay! I ordered color-coded plant labels this year. Kind of a waste of money when I usually use vinyl venetian blinds. But Walmart didn't have the short cheap $5 ones, and they were much more expensive online. So I splurged. 8 different colors and a Staedtler marking pen. I had 3 varieties of peppers that didn't germinate. Wacky and one of them was Ashe County--so am going to try it again. I'm sitting on the deck potting up peppers at the moment. These Numex Centennial ones germinated so successfully I'll have extras if anyone wants one. https://victorygardeners.com/product/numex-centennial-pepper/ Know exactly what you mean about the "end-of-winter" look, HJ. And I haven't touched any of the plant/flower beds, "leaving the leaves," ya know. Not planning to touch it for another few weeks. UGLY beiges and browns. Reminds me of driving from MN to WY several years ago, in March. There wasn't any snow on the ground. I said it was just one big brown blob, all the way across South Dakota, even the cows were all brown. Well, back to transplanting....See MoreWhat are you reading? November 2022 Edition
Comments (78)I haven't posted in a while. I've read a hodgepodge of books lately. None of them that fantastic, but mostly entertaining. This one though, was disappointing, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain. Early in the pandemic, I read her previous book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. As an introvert myself, this book was so enlightening, and gave me such a different perspective about people like me and how society, employers/bosses, teachers, etc make assumptions about introverts. It was fantastic. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same about Bittersweet. Very disjointed, repetitive, only a few tidbits of interesting info. 2 stars Northern Spy by Flynn Berry. A fast-paced, enjoyable thriller set in Northern Ireland. Unfortunately a few very big holes/flaws in the story line left me feeling a bit annoyed - reading some reviews after I finished the book, I see I'm not the only one who was dismayed the flaws made it past the editor. 3 stars The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva. Not my typical genre but I helped me pass the time on daily walk. Good narration. 3 stars A Map for the Missing by Belinda Huijuan Tang. It dragged a bit at times, but an overall good read. For a debut novel, the writing was quite good. 3.5-4 stars. Weeks ago, I borrowed a book that my county library system does not own, The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson. My library borrowed it from another county on my behalf. Since I mostly read on my Kindle these days, I just kept forgetting to start this one as it got hidden under some magazines. I got a notice it had reached its renewal limit and is due back tomorrow, so I started it in earnest yesterday. I really like her writing style, reminds me of William Kent Krueger - it's a coming of age novel in a small town in Canada. I managed to make it through a third of the book yesterday and hoping to finish another third today....See MoreAmyinOwasso/zone 6b
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