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Monday, May 12, 2008
Thanks (and so much more!)
Posted in RamblingThanks for all the help with my crazy plants. I bought them at a little tiny nursery in a lady's backyard. She is very knowledgable about plants but her knowledge somehow doesn't follow one home from the greenhouse. I know that I do indeed have cucumbers, watermelon, cantaloupe, zucchini and yellow crookneck squash. The nursery lady told me that if I plant the melons close to the squash ( I think!) that the melons might taste funny because they may cross-pollinate. Honey says that the melons are pretty much an exercise in futility anyway so just plant them and don't worry about how they taste because "they" probably won't grow at all. I prefer to hold to the belief that this just may be our year for serious melon potential (people grow acres of them up here every year!) and I would hate to grow 15 watermelons that taste like squash.
Anyway, I think I have a consensus on which ones are the melons so I will plant those at one end and the squash at the other (with the cukes somewhere in between maybe, because I don't remember where they fall in the making-each-other-taste-funny spectrum) It's really still too wet out there to run the mantis with the furrow attachment right now. If it dries out today we may do it this evening after supper. Otherwise I will do it tomorrow. I do love to run that tiller!
We also have the hot pepper plants to put in the ground and we need to plant some okra. Honey also wants to put in 4 more rows of corn (in addition to the 400 or so feet we already have!) Corn, okra, tomatoes and yellow squash are my favorites from the garden (yes, I honestly prefer them all to the melons, when they grow) so I just hope we get a decent crop of those things. And of course some good hot peppers for salsa and sweet peppers for the freezer. We have discovered a TON of blueberry bushes in our woods so I am keeping my fingers crossed about those. Have to beat the deer and birds to them. Do deer eat green blueberries?? I don't believe we're going to have nearly as many blackberries this year as we did last year (I still have enough blackberries in the freezer for one last coffeecake or batch of muffins!)
I hope everyone had a wonderful mother's day! I really did although I didn't get to see my own mom. I do see her quite a lot (especially considering that we live 120 miles apart- we see each other twice a month on average) and next weekend all three of her children will be together for the first time in over 2 years. We're all going to the zoo together with her on Saturday. The following week we're all going to Dollywood together- even Dad gets to go to that one (he has to work on Zoo-day) and all 6 of her grandbabies (plus the bun in my sister's oven ;)) I am so excited to see my baby sister and her babies again! It has been FAR too long.
Speaking of my mom, please go visit her brand-spanking-new blog right here. Be sure to tell her I sent you!
I'll leave you with another kitten picture. I will shamelessly call it mother's day-related because they are with one of their mommies. I put all 8 kittens in the same box with both mamas. There's more room for the babies now and the mamas can take turns feeding them. It seems that Roxy has more "turns" at mothering than Tinkerbell has. Her kittens are only 3 days younger but Tinkerbell seems to think that makes Roxy the more necessary mother.
Honestly, y'all, I am not normally a photos-of-kittens kind of gal. I have never owned a photo of cats or other animals wearing costumes (or babies playing jazz instruments for that matter) I am no Angela Martin, but I can't seem to resist pulling out the camera at least once a day to snap a pic of these little critters.
And now, I must feed my children and continue washing my eighty-eleven loads of laundry. I was actually ready to start putting stuff in the dryer this morning if the weather didn't straighten out, but my computer tells me I can dry stuff outside today and tomorrow so I should be able to get all caught up- hooray!!
Have a blessed day!!
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Posted by Chas
ANGELA MARTIN! HAHAHAHAH
You hoot!
I am excited that you and ALL your siblings and family will be together, it looks to be loads of fun!
And the kitten pictures... who can help it? Such sweetness! :)
I hope you have a beautiful day my beautiful friend!
Love to you,
Chas
Monday, May 12, 2008 - About Blueberries
Posted by borderling
Up here, the deer and the birds leave the berries alone. The only animals that compete for them are the bears.
From Glory Farm,
Rhonda
Edited by borderling on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 07:55
Monday, May 12, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Schatzi
What a great picture of the kittens....also, sounds like you will have a bountiful garden with such a huge variety.
I will also check out your mom's blog.
Blessings for the coming week.
Connie
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by KimMC
Mmmm I love blueberries! But yes watch out for bears if they are in your area. They LOVE them to!
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