The Mennobrarian

In and Around the Home this Week

08:23, Monday, June 16, 2008 .. Posted in Homemaking .. 3 comments .. Link

This weekend while hoeing our garden, (which is doing much better by the way, now that the fungus is gone), I was quietly thanking God for answering my prayers and saving it. It was Him who guided us to the third extension office that could help us in time, as the first two were too busy to deal with us right away. Anyway, it's not really our garden. Like everything else, it is a gift from God, only on loan, for the brief time we're here. For the season, both literally and figuratively.

A small pepper was sighted yesterday, and the tomato vines are so enormous they now require cages to lift their heavy stems. And here, I remember when they were seedlings no bigger than my hand being rescued from a rain flood!

My husband rented a stump grinder for a few days to take care of some stumps left by a few trees he cut down months ago. The trees were not very impressive, and were in the way of the fence we are building. On the first afternoon, he came inside the house looking very alarmed. He was asking normal questions like "How's the wash coming?'" but he looked like he was about ready to tell me that the house was on fire. It turned out that the grinder tipped over on its side while he was working on an incline. Thankfully we were able to hook a chain up to it and pull it back right-side-up with the truck. What a relief!

On the Table: Big mushrooms roasted in balsamic vinaigrette, baked fish, cinnamon bread, and spaghetti.

In the Garden: Seedlings for our second planting got fried by the sun in our sudden heat wave, so more were started and will be kept in a safer location. Just some cabbage and a few kinds of greens that didn't make the first planting. Also some violas that had their unlucky seeds washed away twice in rain.

Around the House: Tonight I hope to scan some more photos from my Laura trip so I can post about DeSmet, write a menu plan and shopping list, and try to clean up the plastic flats left over from planting annuals that litter the front yard.

On the Nightstand: In the World But Not of It: One Family's Militant faith and the History of Fundamentalism in America, by Brett Grainger. (Which had a very interesting chapter on the new Creation Museum and its founder.)

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10:40, Tuesday, June 17, 2008 .. Posted by SueEllenk
I'm glad you found out what was causing the fungus.
We get some kind of fungus on my flowers every year, right after the majority of blooms. I'm not sure what causes it, or why.
One day, I have beautiful flowers, the next, they are covered with this white looking substance, and they aren't so pretty anymore.

I think it just has something to do with the Minnesota weather, and dampness.

I love reading your blog...
Have a Super day today.

***Thanks SueEllen, that's really nice! ****

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12:21, Tuesday, June 17, 2008 .. Posted by Kitty
Oh yes, I am so ready for more pictures of your Laura visit. LOVE it. Can you tell that I don't get out much? LOL..........Kitty

***Glad you're enjoying it Kitty, but you may be due for a vacation!****

Edited by Mennobrarian on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at 07:55

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08:19, Tuesday, June 17, 2008 .. Posted by steffanie
I just wanted to say I am enjoying your blog :D I would love if you posted some recipes, like the cinnamon bread.

***Thanks, Steffanie! I have posted a few recipes in the past, but maybe I should index them better.***

Edited by Mennobrarian on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at 07:56