Scattelogical ramblings and desultory humor - Daffy Time

I agree Jo Ann! Ya made me laugh on the "tarted" part.

There you go------ I didn't "preview" , I love a good malaprop(sp)

I suspect Victor loves a good tart. :)

Reminds me Rhubarb will be coming on soon. Ahemmm:)

phuggins: I take that soap box now. I absolutely agree that not everyone belongs in college. The skills you can learn that require a PhD can only get you a job working for someone else. And not many careers started under the guardianship of that some else last a life time. That means you put all of that blood sweat and tears ( and your parent's money) into a job that only lasts maybe 15 years. Then you have to do something else.

The best job is working for your self. That is a skill that will last a life time. If something doesn't work, you do what it takes to try something that will be more successful. No freaking out because you got "fired" or "layed off".

I would advise every young person to get out there and learn about the world and put $50,000 in the bank as a nest egg. Then, you can get married, then you can start your own business, or retire to a desert island and practice those "primitive skills".

The best thing you can learn in college is, How To Learn. And you should be getting that in high school.

Bump. Off soap box.

And speaking of 'primitive skills', here is a discussion about a permaculture course that will be offered in the Catskills. I cant make it,
too many commitments, but I wish I could.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/821905/#new

Permaculture II, Sustainable Alternatives forum.

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OK I agree to a certain extent, college isn't for everyone and it's too bad kids get on that track before they really know what they want ,and yes it is a waste of parents money.
I had four daughters to -- Oh Oh -- here I go --- raise alone.
Because there wasn't two incomes and they were all born within five years -oh- oh- yes I was always pregnant, how did I start this.?" We found out what was causing it and got rid of it"
Anyway I sat them down and explained they could all go to college if they wanted to but they would have to do it with studant loansand jobs so decide if achedemia is for you. The oldest was very smart but was part of the LOVE generation and thought life was a song, she finished her Masters in Eng. lit. at the age of fifty.
Number two was an early placement in science and math ( I dont know how that happened) but she worked from the time she was a teenager and graduated U of Minn Biology Masters, she has the big job now, guess she had enough of scraping every dime to get by,
number 3 didn't go to college but has a great career in realestate.
number four is limping along ,no college degree but has a pretty good job at Xerox.
I started college when number four started kindergarten and finished with a MFA in five years. I began a Studio Fine Arts business in clay (my major) We run the gammut on the educational scale and none of us regrets the choices we made. sermon over

ge1836. That sounds like a great role model story to me. Kids do what they learn from their parent (or rarely parents) that is important. The attitude and know how is something you learn at home.

I absolutly agree and you have made some helpfull comments about college versus no college ,depends on the kid.
I was handed a lemon, made a bad marriage choice,too young, took hold of my responsability and made lemonaide.
My second daughter and I sold our houses last year, and bought a really big one with a Mastersuite on the first floor so I live with them and have a new garden to design and no stairs to climb.
Evry now and then when she goes off to work in her Benz I think" not bad for a kid from a broken home"
I was raised by very wise parents and grand parents, as you said a good home life is important.

And, I also know how brave you are to say goodbye to a bad influence and take the responsability to raise your kids on your own. So many have women do it, but not all do it well.

It was the greatest growth experience of my life.
I ran my own affairs,the pottery was a great source for keeping me spritualy grounded.

I need potting soil ! This is how befumbled I am .

I'm still trying to envision Jo Ann getting tarted on her plumbers and contractors. Fredrick's of Hollywood?

OK, I've made my share of booboos in type. Lunch break over.

Laurel

Tarted------- those were the good old days.

i just hope she doesn't get tarted BY the plumbers and contractors.

Don't someone do a song Tart?

I think its something made with pie crust with black birds in it.

Potting Soil???

I never buy potting soil. I follow the instructions in this thread and make my own in a 55 gallon drum.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/719569/

Its basically shredded pine bark (buy it up at the end of the season at Walmart) and Perlite and peat moss.

Al Tapla is my hero!

Does it save money that way? Guess so. A lot of Al's thread makes theoretical sense but I just have not had any problems using commercial mixes. If anything, my container problems have been from drying out, not staying wet.

Well I live in a rural area. It is easier to make up a big batch 3 or 4 times a year than it is to try and find some potting soil that isn't made out of just peat.

i guess you could use the water crystals for dry pots. I know they do at the nurseries around here where the pots are sitting out on asphalt in 110 degree weather.

I do use them. Using Al's formula, I would absolutely need them.

i appreciated Al's formula because I was having a lot of trouble with root rot because of over wet soil here. (In the pots, I mean).

Happy day before the weekend, everybody!
Got garden?

Got grass! 3 ft high. Time to mow. Got to go get gas for the mower.

Tulips are blooming!

No tulips in Alabama. Some commercial landscapers put them in as annuals, but not worth growing in the home garden.

Yeah but you have stuff we can't grow due to the weather that just left.

Oh. Yes. All of the summer bulbs from mediterranean countries. Magnolias, azaleas.

Rhododendrons not so hot, though. Sometimes you would just like the smell of lilacs, you know?

Come on down Our Lilac Festival Starts the first week of May.
There is a "bud" patrole on the local news every night.
It's a huge event here, parade,bands food music, art festival,and tons of people come and spend moolahhhh. Since Kodak and Bauch and Lomb have sent jobs overseas, the economy has taken a hit.

I love the smell of lilacs. I have one outside my bedroom window. It's still in the 'leaves are budding' stage, though.

we have one bush at the new house. Our realtor wants to give us another tree I hope Sarah chooses the lilac.

I see flowers budding on one of my lilacs.

Lilacs do not grow in Alabama. i had a bush in in San Jose which is also Zone 8, so Im not quite sure why they don't grow here. I haven't tried the French ones that are supposed to be more tolerant of our climate.

I decided to drive to Demopolis this afternoon to see what was happening with Spring that goes so fast here.

This is what happened. The road to Demopolis is a two lane highway, so if you get behind something there is no way to pass. I got behind a funeral procession. A long long string of cars all traveling a little slow with their lights on down the highway. We came upon a field of cows. The cows all stood as if standing at attention watching the procession.
Some looked down the road at cars already passed, and some looked up the road and cars still coming.

When I came back, the cows were all resting in the field, peacefully chewing their respective cuds, with no interest in the occasional car on the road.

I have never smelled a lilac but imagine it would be like Hub's Nana. I loved her and she wore lilac perfume. Probably smelled nothing like lilacs.

Spring is rushing by like a freight train. Wish I knew you all months ago. Love seeing your Spring happen...it's deja vous all over again!

Like a freight train. Yes. That's how it goes: daffodils, redbuds, azaleas, dogwoods, snowball viburnum. there are a few iris, then its gone.

Sounds like the first few days of marriage...

Victor, I bet she's a real hotty. Now get out there, pick her a spring bouquet and cook a nice dinner. Geez, you guys with the 'pity party' thing. Get over it.

Does the NE have spring yet?

My sister in Michigan says she still has snow.

It sure does. Temps in the 70's and sunny 50's at night. Birds are back.
Makes me want to plant annuals but NO. It's a tease. We won't have snow but it can get pretty cold and the last frost day is midMay.
We're lovin it while it lasts.
Jo Ann

Gloria, our Spring has started, and my bulbs are growing and showing color. I almost fainted today when I went outside, they are so big and ready to open, how lovely! Clemen