March on the Homestead

ohhh ok

I am not running I am relaxing!

Secret, I never Quit. I hung in there,now its time to relax.And have some fun!And fun I will have.

i just want to get out of nyc and dont care where i go in the country i just want to barter with someone so i can camp on there land and grow food and use my creative ideas,,,

Hold yer horses [Lass]- Much needs to be accomplished.Freedom you will find.Wilderness you will tame,Splinters you will rue.

come on over here secretlove
i got 45 acres of woods . you can sleep with the raccoons and coyotes. got lots of room for gardens too
:)
but you have to be good at a hammering, nails. all types of wood working and be a master shoveler. LOL dem is da rules anyhow. :)
damp ,cold day here today
not much accomplished :(
don't they make salsa in NY City ?

Good heavens========================== Gonna get a late start on the -a-garden any input as veggy`s

EoM, you're going to get a late start on the garden?

Yes Robin LQQKS like a late start this season

Yes, it'll be a late start for you. I don't suppose there's already a garden space there?

Why yes plenty of space as soon as the forrest is taken into account. Other than that all all`s ok

how big are we talking East ?
i started some oriental green mix Called Dragons Mix and wow they shot up in two days .
you got a fav veggie ? mine is cabbage. German in me :)

How big hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm who`s swinging the axe tay?

In other words it could be a monstrosity: its all relevant you grab the chain saw and we`ll have a garden /fair eneough?

Well, if you are interested (and serious), I can give you a couple of quick and simple ideas, just to get you growing something this year.

LOL i got a tractor i can knock em down in no time LOL Im a diesel running machine mama. ?HA.
you could grow mushrooms ? ( yes the legal kind )

I'm having a tough time getting motivated this morning. Just feeling a little overwhelmed. I have so much I want to get done, but not sure where to start. The price I pay, I guess, for having too many projects going at the same time.

Sue, come on down for a visit...and bring your tractor. I decided after the neighbor farmer disked and plowed for me, that I really want a big tractor and all the attachments that goes with it. I'd really be biting off more than I could chew, then. LOL

Hope you all are having great weather!

I always have more projects than I can finish. That way I never have time to be tempted by the "Demon Rocker". LOL

ok i have a ? i have tried to give some advice on home decorating as i do interior design, but its for subscribing members only, so my question is when on the forum page some of the titles have a green star some have a lil red astric * type star,, whatsthe meaning of those and how do i know where i can post and where i cant post at

Secret, The green stars means there are new posts since your last visit. The red asterik means those forums are only for subscribing (paid) members. There's different lengths of paid memberships, I think.

ok ty so much

As you've may have guessed, I've been outside wearing my cartilage down at a furious rate as the weather finally took a turn for the nice and so I seized the day, grabbed it by its scrawny little mane and rode that sucker til it flat dropped in its tracks. Yee-haw!! I got a passle of work done around the place, and every dang muscle in my body aches like a military brass band. LOL I haven't felt this good since last year.

So, no Robin, I ain't mad... I'm catching up with myself! Today it's gusting high (they say 45 mph) so I'm mucking about on the computer, downloading some audio books to listen to while I work, plotting, and catching up with all the dang posts! Sheesh, ain't y'all got nuthin' better to do? LOL

I was reading (yes, again) about the furor over smokeless tobacco products... not the chew, but the gum and patches and candy. Folks ranting and raving, trying to prevent their marketing and usage, but I've yet to see any actual mention of their harm other than a supposed 'gateway' to smoking, and addiction to nicotine. Though I haven't seen anything that says nicotine addiction is harmful in and of itself, at least not any more harmful than caffeine, which is another legal drug and very profitable. I think the temperance society has had too much caffeine and are overrunning reason on this one.... I honestly don't see a problem with nicotine gum or sucking candy. Though I understand they have more kick than a cig....

Are we being nitty picky, hum?

I have had a very productive day. I filled the feed and corn barrels, fed and watered all the animals, put the seedlings in the sun and took them back in later, collected the eggs and got them washed, unloaded 100lbs of chicken feed and cooked a pot of beans. Hope to get some gardening done tomorrow. Good nite!

Glad everyone had a successful day! I potted up my wintersown tomatoes and am afraid I got carried away or had wildly successful germination. I have 20 plants that I am giving to a friend and still have 75 assorted with only me to eat most of them. This may be the year I get a food dehydrator. Can man live by tomato alone?

I am looking forward to April ~ "March on the homestead" is taking way too long to arrive in east TX. Is your March going out like a lamb?

Our weather is great this week.

I tired
i go to bed
watched Joy Behair show
boring
read the thread
funny people you are
must go
sleep good
body need sleep
i love coffee !
sleep well friends

Absolutely beautiful in this part of Kentucky, too! Light breeze, sunshine, blue skys and 75* all day. Life is good.

Jay, happy to hear you found some inspiration from me. And it's called balance. You work like crazy for a day or two, then cool your jets and recuperate the next day. I on the other hand, am starting to feel a little panic-stricken. I start delivering CSA shares in 6-7 weeks and if I don't get the rest of my cool season seeds in the ground and my seedlings planted, I'm not going to have any vegetables ready.

Cajun, sure is good to hear you feel up to doing things!

Pod, it's going to be interesting around here with all the tomatoes too. I think I've got 21 different varieties. Maybe we can come up with 101 ways to eat/cook/serve a tomato. LOL

Sue, good heavens, girl, you need housekeeper who will cook and help take care of the kids. You're exhausted every night.

Well, my second wind is dwindling fast....I'm off to bed. Sleep tight everyone!

Mmmmmm ~ tomatoes. I may have to sell plants or tomatoes or http://www.ghorganics.com/Sun%20Dried%20Tomatoes.htm just stumbled on this cool link I had saved. Yum.

The beans were delish though I didn't eat them til midnight!

Looking forward to focusing on gardening chores today.

TTYL

I'm headed to town for some quick errands, then I'm back at it in the garden. Another beautiful day in my neighborhood. :)

Our weather has started its roaring,,, the spring winds are starting to crank up. So it's get it done in the morning or count on running it down later in the day... or eating it. Definitely don't want to clean stalls in the afternoon around here. LOL

I'm potting up my tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers today... same problem... too many plants. I'm developing a network of friends who will take them and I take my extras to the flea market. I'm using the newspaper pots (thanks whoever it was told me about these!), so I'm sitting here making more. I've gotten 32 tomato plants or 3 varieties done so far, 24 of 2 more varieties to go, and then there's the eggplant and peppers (both hot and sweet) which I did a double sowing of because the first batch didn't germinate well, the second batch did great, then the first batch decided to put forth a bit of an effort and now I've got twice too many of what was probably too many to start with! LOL I haven't been able to bring myself to count them.

I'm off on another week long retreat on Friday, so I'm trying to get that raised bed filled before I go, so the SO can plant the 2nd crop of peas that are at this moment sprouting in the soil blocks. Knucklehead here started 'em so they'd be ready to go in the ground while I was gone... who wasn't paying attention that day?

I tried sundrying tomatoes one year... it was a wet cool year, so that didn't work out so well... mold. Maybe now that I have a greenhouse, I have someplace out of the wind and hot to speed things along. I even had the variety that is supposed to be the very best for drying.

newspaper pots?

Yeah, you wrap a piece of newspaper around the bottom of a bottle, tape, crimp the end, tape and voila! a little pot. My hesitation has been how well it decomposed in the soil and whoever said faster than peat, which is a good thing for me. So I'm giving it a try... peat pots are getting expensive! and it's a long way to get them for me. Whereas the paper is delivered every day...

Pretty cool on the newspaper pots.

I had the same thing happen with the asparagus (3 trays of 72, followed by 2 trays) and cauliflower (only 32 each time). Asparagus wasn't a problem, since I had planned on starting some more after the garden was in. Guess I'll just have to find some creative ways to serve cauliflower. Al doesn't think he'll like it. First try will be battered and fried, served with cheese dipping sauce. Who doesn't like that?

I got 2 more rows done in the garden. I just don't have the strength and stamnia to do it with the long handled cultivator, so I do it with the little handheld one. Man, that's tough on the hands.

We don't have the winds like you do, but I know what you mean about chasing things down. Living up here on this open hilltop, it gets pretty breezy sometimes. We don't dare leave an umbrella up or anything light sitting on the tables.

I'm anxious to try the dried tomatoes. Gonna have to do something with the anticipated bounty of tomatoes. LOL I didn't get the other things I had dried dry enough before, so will need to study up on that.

Need to eat some lunch, then I'm back at it....

99 daylilys in my basement
if one of them should happen to get potted
98 daylilys in my basement
if one of them should happen to get potted
97 daylilys in my basment
everybody sing !
weeeeeeeeee
she has gone mad !
a bit bonkers and maybe loopey too
sad , sad poor girl .
I think i need a retreat like the one Jay is going on LOL

OMG...if it weren't for the fact that I am so committed to making this work, I could have been real close to hollering "uncle" today. It hit 86*, sweat pouring in my eyes, hands cramped, and rubbed raw from the leather gloves. I have to keep reminding myself that I only need to do this much work this year to build the permanent beds. But I now have a total of 12 rows done. Only about 24 or so left to do, but I've got a week or two before they have to be finished. These that I've just finished are for the early stuff patiently waiting in the GH to be transplanted.

Another day or two and I will be as loopy as Sue!

So Jay, where you headed to? And a question on your peas....what kind and you started them in soil blocks? Alright, 2 questions.

STOP!!! DO NOT CONTINUE!!! TURN HERE!!!

LOL... we're moving this outfit to April, where I promise I'll answer your questions, Robin. =0)

Time keeps marching on.... come, fools, join me here....
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