It’s been hot and humid here this week, rained twice, with some golf-ball sized hail the other night. Fortunately nothing got damaged. I’ve been under the weather (still not feeling all that well today), which is why I haven’t been posting.
My plants all seem smaller than usual for this time of year, I’m not sure […]
Well, it’s been more of the hot lately, but I think I’ve been reading the news too much. Gas prices, foreclosures, homelessness, food supply issues … all on the rise. And none of the candidates seems to have a clue.
For me, it just reinforces my feelings that we need to become self-reliant, take care of […]
Apparently the fellow who owns this site had some trouble with his ISP.
Anyways, while I’ve been on my enforced vacation from here, I’ve been busy. My daughter’s boyfriend graduated from high school, I got a bunch of stuff planted, and Leon had to go to the vet for a respiratory infection. (he’s doing fine)
Let me […]
Long day.
Harvested more snowpea pods, froze them. Also harvested lettuces and carrots. (oh, and weeds for the bunnies )
Went to the food co-op to help sort items, as today was delivery day. Worked there four hours, then came home and took Leon out to run around, then went and picked up our food.
I got […]
… so far. They’re predicting storms the next few days.
Today I repotted a bunch of tomato and pepper seedlings, and stuck the largest ones on the back porch in preparation to putting them in the yard.
Harvested snow peas. Froze more peas.
Put more dishwater on the compost pile, and added the rabbit litter to a new […]
I figured out the numbers for April (except the water bill’s not in yet) for the Riot for Austerity challenge, and I got a nice surprise!
Here’s the numbers we started out with back in June 2007:
Gasoline: 59% of the American national average
Electricity: 425% (multiple computers, TV’s, and lights on all the time, in an almost […]
What to do with old socks? Here’s a video showing how to darn a sock!
from www.youtube.com posted with vodpodI do this on my teenagers’ socks using ordinary thread. That ‘mushroom’ thing they’re using would make it a lot easier! I’ll have to find one, or you could use a […]
I almost didn’t listen to Julie Frieder, research analyst for the Calvert Group, because this topic didn’t sound all that interesting to me. But the weather was blustery out, and they moved her from outdoors to where I already was, so I stayed. Am I glad I did! This turned out to be a speech […]
It’s a rainy day in Red State land, so since I didn’t have to bring small ones anywhere (spring break) I decided to pot up some seedlings.
But I need to back up some here.
Remember when I talked about seedlings before?
Well, here’s what I did, and it’s not too late for you to do this […]
So it was nice out today, and I had an hour, so I decided to do a little project: make a new garden plot in the front yard.
Now most people would think this is difficult, but it wasn’t.
Here’s what you need (click on the pictures to enlarge):
Newspaper and a bucket of water. You also need […]
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