Woke up early this morning so I could get to the lab and have blood drawn. I went last night after Nate picked up Kelsa and guess what? It was closed. That has been my whole week.
I only had to be poked twice which is much better than the 7 times it took last time. I came home and looked out in the back yard and there was a chicken. I hollered at hubs that we had a rogue chicken. Then I hurried out and headed for the coup. The side door was open and when the flock saw me, they all headed out. to greet me, because I mean food and usually table scraps.
Luckily, they were hungry, so all were easy to lure back into coop except a black one that I tried to get in and catch for 20 minutes. Finally, I gave up and left her out and told Hubs to go catch her. Which he did.
I watered my seedlings, and the lettuce still looks a little shocked, but everything else is fine. I have the missionaries coming tomorrow to empty all the flower boxes and put new dirt in them. We are also going to plant our garden tomorrow. I will sow onions, potatoes, for now, but will wait on other things. Squash and pumpkins will be put in large pots, to prevent the spread of squash bugs like we had last year. We are having a company come into spray so hopefully that will help.
We are adding another garden spot between our house and a fence. It is a small strip of land that we don't even use. It also has a way for us to fence it off to keep put deer. Hubs wants raised beds but those are expensive to put in, plus a lot of work the first year. I would rather just till and start like that this year. We will see who wins.
I can't plant beans or lettuce unless it is caged. I also need to start radishes and my eggplant did not come up, plus I was short on corn seed. So, after I get some things in the ground, I will start those seedlings.
That means a trip to Wally world tonight for dirt and hopefully they have marigolds out as I will plant them around beds to keep out pests and the deer won't eat them.
Just had a neighbor bring over 4 boxes of food from a food bank she worked at yesterday. It is ridiculous the amount of food that does not get collected. I feel guilty, but I am not going to let it go to waste. I will find a place to use it or someone to eat it. There is lettuce, cabbage, carrots, onions, oranges, apples both red and green, broccoli, fresh foods that would not last. I told Hubs to bring in the dehydrator and I am going to dehydrate some apple in the next few days. Or maybe just make and freeze apple sauce again. I see eggrolls in the future.
I now have three wedding dresses that are ripped to be fit. Two have been fitted and I can complete them and then another is coming today for a second fitting and approval. Two more came in yesterday. It is getting a little overwhelming in the shop again. I am happy hubs will be gone next week as I will be able to get more work done with him gone.
Today other than fittings, I just want to work on prom dresses and bridesmaid/mother of the bride. I think there are 8 or 9 that need done. Plus, I have 3 blouses to downsize. I just really want more room.
Well, it is off to the salt mines. Do any of you garden? Do you find it is worth the work?
Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.
Kim
We live in a very agricultural area. Almost everyone has a garden or a farm. We do plant a lot of veggies and herbs. We also have access to amazing farmers markets, farm stores and roadside stands that sell what they grow or raise. Not to mention friends that have an abundance that they beg you to take. lol
ReplyDeleteI'm planning on doing a lot of dehydrating late summer and fall if all goes well.
Have a great weekend Kim.
That is wonderful.. You always want friends who produce food. We give away a lot of eggs.
DeleteNo thoughts of planting anything outside for over another month. Nice you got so much free food. That is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteCan you please do a post sometime about the missionaries? I don't understand this whole thing. It doesn't seem to be what I have always thought missionaries to be.
Have a good weekend
Yes kim i would like to know more as well. Please Sylvia
DeleteOkay I can do that. They are a wonderful help at times and bring such a spirit with them. I am not planting anything that is not hardy for another month either unless the weather really changes.
DeleteLast year, the porch garden was going great until something ate it all--squash, zucchini, and tomatoes! The year before, the raised garden in the back yard did well, but it was just lettuce and greens, except for one tomato plant. Something got the tomatoes. This year, I put out romaine and it has funny places on it. Not sure what.
ReplyDeleteYou need to go and get some cheap wire fencing and have tommy make a circle tube to fit around planters and then stake them in with rods. This will keep critters out!
DeleteNo one is starting gardens that I can tell, unless indoors. I really want to try again. You should not feel guilty for saving food that you know will help feed others.
ReplyDeleteI don't really as I give away so much and cook for others so much. But it saddens me that some of it will go to waist. I am not planning anything that is fragile for a few more weeks, it will stay in the small portable green house we have.
DeleteEven if my chickens were not hungry, they still came in hope of food most of the time. I trained them to the sound of oats in a 4 oz Tupperware container. I could shake it and they could hear it from the front yard and came running. Some days, that was the only way I could get them in. One day, one would not come at all and went into bushes. A raccoon ate her!
ReplyDeleteWe had a raccoon take out our ducks. They are viscous and just kill to kill.
DeleteHarvey plants the veggie garden and I look after the flowers and herbs. I think this year I just might plant a few boxes or large containers with some veggies, which I will need to look after.
ReplyDeleteI am of the mind that the more we can grow ourselves this year the better off we will be.
God bless.
I agree with you jackie. Plus, with the excess we can feed others.
DeleteDefinitely save the food, and don't feel guilty! Egg rolls sound so good.
ReplyDeleteI have so much cabbage and that is really the main ingredient of eggrolls.
DeleteI plant my zucchini and crock neck after July 15th to avoid squash bugs. You can also put a row cover over them. Putting in pots won't always help. The white butterfly/moths are from Sq bugs.
ReplyDeleteWe do raised beds and in ground planting and pots. Especially this year I will be like Brandy at The Prudent Homemaker and be planting seeds every where and any where
Gald to know that and I will keep that in mind this year as I try again.
DeleteWe do container gardening but not a lot of it. I wish we did more. You sound super busy in yours, which is terrific. My grandfather was a BIG gardener. It was nothing for him to have four or more big ones growing in different spots at the same time. I miss that about him. Glad you were able to catch that rogue chicken. 🐓
ReplyDeleteIt is really easy to grow in containers and almost any will do. I just love picking my own food.
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