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Homestead Series Potato PlantingPosted on 2009-Jun-8 at 10:20 by KimMC - 0 Comments - Post Comment - LinkIf you have problems seeing this video, it can also be watched on our youtube channel HERE.Thursday, June 4, 2009Posted on Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 07:15 by Happyowl - 1 Comments - Post Comment - LinkWell, this week is going much better than the last few have been. We are finally into a routine that is working. Whew.........Our weather has been so weird for this time of year. It hasn't been above 20*C and the wind still has a "bite" to it. Yesterday was nice and sunny though. The plants in the gardens don't seem to mind the weather. They are growing nicely and the squirrels, so far have left them alone. This Saturday is my hubby's birthday. We are not planning anything big. It will just be the two of us. My daughters best friends birthday is on the same day and so DD is going to a sleep over. DS is at the age where he would rather be with his friends, so hubby and I are going to see the new Star trek movie and believe me this is his birthday present! I am not a fan of star trek or even going to the movies but that's what he wanted, so I'll just grin and bear it. DD has about two weeks left of school. She is getting so excited! LOL I'm not sure if she's excited because she will be finished school before her friends in public school or because she will be finished with grade 7. Either way, she is happy and working hard and we are very proud of her! She has also been swimming and bike riding every day. On top of her karate two times a week, she is becoming fit. I'm glad to see she took things into her own hands. She even convinces her brother and dad to do more physical activities......... never thought I would see that happen. My washer and dryer never did get delivered and when we called to inquire, we were told that it would take up to a month longer. We said, "no thank You" and went and got a refund, so now I'm back to trying to find a washer and dryer that we can afford. I don't want anything fancy, if I could find one of those washers with spin dryer attatched, I would be happy. The washers and dryers they are putting out now have more gears and gadgets than hubby's car. All I want is something that washes the heavier clothes, the ones that I can not wring out if my life depeneded on it. I know we will find something, I just hope that it is sooner, rather than later. The laundromat has lost a lot of it's appeal. Well, that's what's been happeneing this week. I hope everyone has a great day Brightest Blessings Heather Thursday, May 28, 2009Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 09:30 by Happyowl - 2 Comments - Post Comment - LinkAnother rainy, dreary day..... I'm going to go ahead and do my washing. I'll just put towels under the drying racks to catch the water. I'm getting better at ringing them out but I still manage to leave a lot of water. I have been looking for a ringer but so far haven't found anything.Today's chores Laundry sweep/ wash main floors= done hmmm, that's about it for chores today. All have lots of time to work on the blanket for my mom. Daughters school Science Art French Language Math Daughter is going swimming on her break, which will give me a nice little break... time to figure out what we will have for supper. Have a great day everyone Brightest Blessings Heather Wed=== alreadyPosted on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 07:03 by Happyowl - 0 Comments - Post Comment - LinkThere is a house right across from me that I have been keeping an eye on. It seems to be full of teenagers and no adults. I have spoken to the property manager and he says that there is an adult but he doesn't know where all the teens have come from. I have warned both my kids to have nothing to do with anyone from that house except for a polite "hello". So far they have listened to me and I am so glad. We have been here for three weeks and the police have been at that house 6 times! Not sure why and I'm not sure I want to know why. They did take a young girl away last week, she looked about 14 years old, so I'm figuring she was a run away. Yesterday, I went to check on dinner and there was not one but two police cars out front their house. They had one of the teenage boys who I assume lives in the house handcuffed and up against the police car. They searched him and then took him away. I hope that they are cracking down on this house.Today is cold and dreary. It looks like it will rain, which I hope it does, my gardens need to be watered but I need to go get some milk and yogurt, which means I have to walk 1 1/2 miles each way. I would rather not do that in the rain. The only chores I'm doing today is making bread and general tidying. My tummy is bothering me and I really don't feel like working hard. Daughters school today social Art French Language Math Hope everyone has a great day Brightest Blessings Heather Moved in!Posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 08:16 by Happyowl - 0 Comments - Post Comment - LinkWell we are finally settled in our new place in the city. The family loves being in the city. My daughter is biking everyday and now has a swimming pass to the local pool, which she is using a lot. My son is always out and about meeting up with old friends and still looking for a job. My hubby is close to his parents and all the garage sales, so he is quite happy. I'm having a hard time adjusting to this way of life again. It's so noisy and too many people. We did put in a flower garden in the front and a veggie garden in the back, so I am happy to play in the dirt. The state of this house when we moved in........ well, lets just say that it's going to take a few months to get it as clean as I like it.Today's school Social Art French Language Math Today's cleaning Try to tackle the upstairs. Dusting Vacuuming( stairs and landing) scrubbing the bathroom scrubbing the floors The windows are okay because I cleaned them on Sunday. They will need to be done again this weekend because I am sure that they haven't been cleaned in years! We are in a townhouse complex and my biggest complaint is the "parties" on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Groups of people get together outside of someone house and drink and play their music loud. This isn't the worst part. The worst part is that their little children are out until 10 or 11pm! This kids are not much bigger than babies and should be in bed, not watching their parents get drunk. I am keeping quiet though, I can't tell people how to raise their kids but I sure wish I could. So that's the update of whats been happening around here. I have just finished my yoga and now I'm off to make breakfast and start school. Have a great day! Brightest blessings Heather Thank you HSB, Gardens and Farms...Posted on 2009-May-12 at 10:45 by KimMC - 3 Comments - Post Comment - LinkI haven't been online very much lately. So busy in the gardens! First I'd like to thank HSB for picking me as blogger of the week!!
I feel like I have 101 things up in the air right now...I'm in the middle of a huge spring cleaning and decluttering. We are also doing a lot of work out side. Today I planted our sweet corn. We have also almost finished planting our white potatoes. We have 3 rows left to finish tomorrow.
I will try and do some photos/vid of our gardens soon. So far our onions, garlic and radishes are doing very well. A few of the peas are up to.
Its been quite cool her the last few days, at night even below 0c! But today we were back to the heat. I hope the cool weather is over for a while. Normally this time of year it says around 10C at night. Its been cold enough we need to run a small heater in the greenhouse at night. I really don't want our plants to freeze! Hopefully latter this week I'll be planting out the cabbage, broccoli and celery.
Things didn't work out with the last property we looked at...But we have an offer in on another farm, 50 acres. It needs a lot of work, basically the same thing we just did to this place. LOL Good thing we have practice at fixing up older home eh? heehee. Don't know if it will work out or not but we'll see.
What We Are Growing This YearPosted on 2009-May-9 at 03:58 by KimMC - 6 Comments - Post Comment - LinkSince we have had so many projects on the go this winter/spring, we decided to buy some of our plants. This will give us a jump on the season. I am still starting many of our own seedling but doing it this way will give a longer harvest time.
Many of the stores and garden centers in our area seem to be running week's behind "normal". We looked through many large stores for weeks and were unable to find seed starter mix anywhere! It wasn't that they were sold out, but they had not gotten any stock in. I finally found 1 small bag in a local Canadian Tire store. When I asked if they had more they were able to find 3 more in the back. It wasn't my preferred brand, I like an organic seed starter with out any fertilizers added. But it was better then nothing. lol
We've already planted our Spanish onions, garlic, radishes, carrots, swish chard, green onions and endive.
We went to a small privet garden center to get our plants. While the price at a smaller privet center is a little more then say one in a Wal-Mart or grocery store, the quality is better and the customer service to!
This is what we bought there. Each package has 6 plants.
I also picked up a few seeds while I was there. We still have our own potato seed we save each year.
In addition to these plants I also have seeds for the following that we will be growing this year.
Homestead Series Seed StartingPosted on 2009-May-9 at 10:08 by KimMC - 3 Comments - Post Comment - LinkI hope you enjoy our newest video in the Homestead Series. Some tips on starting your own garden seeds.How We Built A Greenhouse From ScratchPosted on 2009-May-9 at 10:01 by KimMC - 1 Comments - Post Comment - LinkWe have been wanting to build a greenhouse for a long time. So we have been saving old windows for a few years. We were lucky that a friend was replacing some of his older windows. Then dh found a big stack of them in the scrap metal area of the dump. They were newer sliding type. So after looking over our stock pile we decided to try building a 6 x 6 greenhouse. Here are some video of us building it, I hope they help anyone else interested in trying it to.CurrClick is having a great sale!!!Posted on 2009-May-1 at 11:41 by KimMC - 1 Comments - Post Comment - LinkHey everyone Currclick is having a wonderful sale. Discounts are up to 75% off! So if your looking for materials for this school year, or planning for next year don't miss out!Click HERE to check it out. |
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