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My 'pruners' pruned my salad tomatoes...need to get the Irish Spring out.

I clipped the tomatoes to their supports, weeded some and decided it was too humid to mow,already feels like 93 at 9 a.m. though it is actually 82. We got nearly 2 inches of rain before daybreak and the humidity took my breath away.

Ann, I did not plant beets this year, they do do poorly here.

Guess I will sew, have 3 dresses on order for my sister, she has decided to only wear what I make for her.

Cool, heavy rain ,at times, here too. Don't know how much we have gotten, but the garden certainly likes it.

For one thing ,you are asking for 3 years of catching up. Mail, updates,etc.

You do have the battery fully charged?

I suggest, if possible, to down load all your email on your laptop to a disc after making sure you have deleted spam. Then delete all your mail. That way your iPod will not have to load 3 years of mail. After you have it going you can reload your email if you need it on your laptop.

My reusables are in the barn..........if it is not in there, I don't need it :-)

Sounds just like a starlings or in my case it was an angry mother turkey that once again lost her babies to cold rain. I felt so bad for her, never bothered her just watched her nip or pull up all my flowers in one bed.

I heard stuff??? rolling down the wall so got a 6 pk of Irish Spring , cut 4 of the bars in fourths and tossed them as far as I could in all directions. Guess it worked, all is quiet now. I smelled something a couple of days but I think the soap keeps them from getting rank.

My pruners have not bothered err pruned my garden since I hung Irish Spring in the branches. They were keeping my tomatoes at about 9 inches. They always allowed 6-9 inches growth before pruning again.

Lovely garden, sir!!

My first radishes are long gone but they never acquired that size! My potatoes are blooming but I have not looked for new potatoes yet.

That is the joy and taste of new potatoes. You do not have to peel them, if you cook with the feelings on they will practically fall by themselves.

Yes a whole clove was Mother's ( would be 106 this fall) remedy for toothache. And for removing onion breath..chew coffee grinds.

Very nice! I have live owls here but that one of yours is a real looker!

The water catchment is really great.

My potatoes are blooming, onions are growing bulbs, and the first lettuce should be ready soon.

I use mullein for URIs boiling it in milk (some people use water) and drink a cup every few hours.

Garlic is so good for many things, I used it in vegetable juice for serious kidney infection.

Vinegar for burns

Banana peel for drawing out stickers

Is your computer backed up?

This such a good reason to not bank on your computer.

It hit my mechanic recently and they had to pay to get their business files back. Payment can only be made thru bitcoin.

You will probably think I am nuts or worse :-).

I don't even add warm water to my yeast..just room temperature. It really has to work hard to get the sponge going. Eventually sometime within 8-24 hours depending on the warmth of the room, it will raise sufficiently for me to punch down and either let it rise again or shape into loaves.Or if I leave it out on the patio, it may gather some of the wild yeast to give it a boost.

I have other things to do!!!!

77 last eve 43 this a.m 60 high today?

Cool all week? Is this an extra long BlackBerry Winter?

Baking powder will lose its usefulness far too quickly. Only if you use it daily should you get a larger container. Otherwise a small can for infrequent use and you still might have it go bad. It seems to have a short life. Having never stored it in the freezer I do not know if that would prolong life or not.

On another forum it was Chinese... no doubt about it, it was spam.

I am glad it was quickly caught here.

You don't say!! Whether a tent or a cottage...it is still to be done.

I have canning to do maybe today or tomorrow, I bought liver for $1 lb. I want to try liver mush too.

Got to get back to my sewing....

Raining off and on, I her the raincrow (yellow billed cuvkoo) calling and I do believe we will more rain.

I saw the dove's nest yesterday. It is so shallow I could see an egg by standing on my tiptoes. They have nested in that area ever since I moved here.

Since you mention it ,guess I will go finish the mowing that did not get done Saturday.

I finished the castile soap mess..since I had heard so many people talk about the liquid castile I got a bottle. I did not check if the lid was tight...it turned over and emptied in my towels. I had to empty/wash the entire shelf and contents. Then put down a new liner and restock.

Sewing is not going well, still have one room to sweep. I am going outside.

I forgot how many tomato plants I set out this morning...might be 16 or so. Besides those there are volunteer and other seed coming up that I pitched. So if all goes well and they all come to production there might be a lot of late tomatoes for someone.

I finished before the showers started.

My earlier salad planting will soon be ready to enjoy.

Walking dogs without a leash is not safe!

Someone was walking an untrained,unleashed pit past here.

Let or rather dog going where it wanted , it got in our yard. Joy was on the porch but flew out there and barreled into the dog. Owner was incensed! Dog fled and owner had to go after.

People around here do not like their dogs messed with even if they are in the wrong!!! Therefore Joy is not well liked and I had a shot fired over my head!

Three trips in a week has put me on nearly 1000 miles. I am bushed. When the dew dries I will check out the gardens.

Built a small fire as it was only 41 this a.m.

Maybe I will sew....

Jeepers

I saw something early this a.m. it was walking along the edge of the road and suddenly leaped off and into the woods. The body was long maybe 3 ft. It was walking like a cat.

I know a panther has been seen in this area. Last night the cat stayed in and that is unusual. Both dog and cat were not wanting to go out before daylight today.

Car shopping, mowing when the grass gets dry, may transplant some tomatoes.

Bobcat will mate with house cats.....

The last bobcat I saw crossed the road in front of me, tawny, bobtail without curl, black tufts in ears. They can be different sizes from fairly large to small.