Re: The Secret
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:55 pm
Sandy,
It is a bright SUNNY day today. Jorge used a leaf blower and cleared most of the yard including my flower beds. Crocus and primrose are turning their faces toward the sun! Still pretty early for the arrival of spring, but maybe Urantia is taking pity on us? So much green popping up! Strawberry bushes don't look like they died down much, still nice an bushy. Going to more than double the veggie garden, transplanting raspberries growing wild all around the yard(remnants of when I had planted several years ago). Figure I might as well get a good crop out of them, won't see any berries until next year, but I'm a patient gardener. Want to see if I can start a few mulberry trees again, last year had plenty of snowball bushes, maybe too rainy for mulberries. Wonder how much blueberries bushes are? Hmm, maybe saskatoons? Wow! There are saskatoon trees that can get 15-20 ft. tall! Better do a little more research I guess, not really interested in getting on a ladder.
That pesky ground hog! Our problem is with deer. Have a five foot wire fence around the veggies. My mantra. "If you want to eat it? You have to help WEED it!" I do a lot of repellent and companion planting to discourage pests. Marigolds everywhere!... Good thing I saved a bunch of those seeds! And shave smelly soap around the flowers they like to munch on.
I've been growing plants pretty much my whole life, have picked up a lot along the way, but since I have time, thought I'd hit the internet and pick up some new ideas and tips. Think the most surprising and exciting food I'll try my hand at this year is growing sweet potatoes! We never had them growing up. Must be a girl thing because the females in our family can't get enough of them! Guess the tuber suspended in a glass of water is a common science project, but up here I'd never heard of it. From one sweet potato I can get more than enough plants for the whole family and then some. Tiny will love it!... Ahhh, my little harvester. Funny thing, I was a seed collecting fool last year thinking I would love to start my own plants again. Little did I know, how serious I was going to get about it! Time to push up the sleeves and polish up the green thumb.... hmmm that sounds like a story.... Nope! Don't have time right now. If you hadn't guessed I'm trying to keep myself occupied so as not to miss Tiny and Nova so much. Don't know how you do it Sandy. Yesterday Dan sent a picture of Nova sitting on the floor staring at the photo collage leaning against the wall. I made it for Rachel's baby shower for Tiny. A 2'x3' board covered in photos of when her mom and dad growing us and the whole family. My heart clenched a little.
Today we're having a mini thanksgiving dinner. The other day basement frig was unplugged, so today we have turkey!
Try the qigong! It's more of a gentle stretching an breathing routine, great for waking up the body and mind to face a new day.
Better get to it, that turkey will not stuff and cook itself... although that would be pretty AWESOME!
Have a great day,
Kim
It is a bright SUNNY day today. Jorge used a leaf blower and cleared most of the yard including my flower beds. Crocus and primrose are turning their faces toward the sun! Still pretty early for the arrival of spring, but maybe Urantia is taking pity on us? So much green popping up! Strawberry bushes don't look like they died down much, still nice an bushy. Going to more than double the veggie garden, transplanting raspberries growing wild all around the yard(remnants of when I had planted several years ago). Figure I might as well get a good crop out of them, won't see any berries until next year, but I'm a patient gardener. Want to see if I can start a few mulberry trees again, last year had plenty of snowball bushes, maybe too rainy for mulberries. Wonder how much blueberries bushes are? Hmm, maybe saskatoons? Wow! There are saskatoon trees that can get 15-20 ft. tall! Better do a little more research I guess, not really interested in getting on a ladder.
That pesky ground hog! Our problem is with deer. Have a five foot wire fence around the veggies. My mantra. "If you want to eat it? You have to help WEED it!" I do a lot of repellent and companion planting to discourage pests. Marigolds everywhere!... Good thing I saved a bunch of those seeds! And shave smelly soap around the flowers they like to munch on.
I've been growing plants pretty much my whole life, have picked up a lot along the way, but since I have time, thought I'd hit the internet and pick up some new ideas and tips. Think the most surprising and exciting food I'll try my hand at this year is growing sweet potatoes! We never had them growing up. Must be a girl thing because the females in our family can't get enough of them! Guess the tuber suspended in a glass of water is a common science project, but up here I'd never heard of it. From one sweet potato I can get more than enough plants for the whole family and then some. Tiny will love it!... Ahhh, my little harvester. Funny thing, I was a seed collecting fool last year thinking I would love to start my own plants again. Little did I know, how serious I was going to get about it! Time to push up the sleeves and polish up the green thumb.... hmmm that sounds like a story.... Nope! Don't have time right now. If you hadn't guessed I'm trying to keep myself occupied so as not to miss Tiny and Nova so much. Don't know how you do it Sandy. Yesterday Dan sent a picture of Nova sitting on the floor staring at the photo collage leaning against the wall. I made it for Rachel's baby shower for Tiny. A 2'x3' board covered in photos of when her mom and dad growing us and the whole family. My heart clenched a little.
Today we're having a mini thanksgiving dinner. The other day basement frig was unplugged, so today we have turkey!
Try the qigong! It's more of a gentle stretching an breathing routine, great for waking up the body and mind to face a new day.
Better get to it, that turkey will not stuff and cook itself... although that would be pretty AWESOME!
Have a great day,
Kim