Blessings, Darlings!
News? WaPo has a GREAT article on 'excess deaths' since the Corona Virus started. A base line on the REAL death toll. Tho' it is probably still somewhat light, since accidental deaths (car accidents, etc) are going to be down with less folks on the road and such. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/27/covid-19-death-toll-undercounted/?arc404=true
I'm feeling sluggish again today. I mean, I got up and washed all the pots and pans, and I've got laundry going, but I'm having a really hard time facing washing the kitchen floor. And a hard time remembering what day of the week it is. Monday?
Well, kitchen floor is done. And I'm contemplating possible plot twists in the Dresden Files books coming out. As one does while washing floors. Especially when what one SHOULD be doing is contemplating what to make for dinner. Ooops.
Now I SHOULD vacuum. Don't think I'm going to do that this afternoon. Maybe this evening. First I should work on dinner plans. Okay - fried chicken, rice, and salad.
I'm still not vacuuming this afternoon. The weather cleared up, it's sunny and no rain falling, the temperature is 56 and the wind has dropped. I transplanted turnips, lettuce, radishes, beets, rutabagas, and turnips instead of vacuuming. While out I noticed that the red onions I let over winter are now sending up snapes. Yummy! In a few days I'll harvest them, marinade them, and roast them.
Vacuuming has been accomplished. That's it for the day.
Frondly, Fern
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Monday, April 27, 2020
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Holiday Weekend
Blessings Darlings!
Everyone in the dang house was sick for the Labor Day weekend. The Spawn was the healthiest, and he was still sick all Saturday - and then worked Labor Day itself, the poor dear.
But I DID manage to do a bit in the garden. Beans and cucs kept needing to be harvested. And the poor baby cabbage plants I planted last month were attacked by caterpillars, so I had to do some hunting (I don't think I'll get any cabbages from those plants, tho'). And I planted some fall greens that I do SO hope will come up quickly, grow well, and provide a nice crop, tho' I planted them late. I planted some lettuce and some spinach so far. I hope to get some turnips and beets, and maybe radishes, in as well. Even if I only get baby green from them all, they will be a nice addition to our menus!
Frondly, Fern
Everyone in the dang house was sick for the Labor Day weekend. The Spawn was the healthiest, and he was still sick all Saturday - and then worked Labor Day itself, the poor dear.
But I DID manage to do a bit in the garden. Beans and cucs kept needing to be harvested. And the poor baby cabbage plants I planted last month were attacked by caterpillars, so I had to do some hunting (I don't think I'll get any cabbages from those plants, tho'). And I planted some fall greens that I do SO hope will come up quickly, grow well, and provide a nice crop, tho' I planted them late. I planted some lettuce and some spinach so far. I hope to get some turnips and beets, and maybe radishes, in as well. Even if I only get baby green from them all, they will be a nice addition to our menus!
Frondly, Fern
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Rain.
Blessings, Darlings!
Rain and thunder are happening as I type this. Which is typical for this spring. Which means my garden is FAR FAR FAR from in.
The soil here, being clay, really is sticky and heavy when wet. And rock hard when dry. We're trying to turn it, then add compost, but it's been really slow going. The guy who the landlord hired to mow the lawn is willing to till it, but his tiller needs welding so that hasn't happened yet, either.
So my seedlings wait, rather root bound and impatient. And I never got the greens and turnips and such in. I'll try for a fall crop of those.
How does your garden grow?
Rain and thunder are happening as I type this. Which is typical for this spring. Which means my garden is FAR FAR FAR from in.
The soil here, being clay, really is sticky and heavy when wet. And rock hard when dry. We're trying to turn it, then add compost, but it's been really slow going. The guy who the landlord hired to mow the lawn is willing to till it, but his tiller needs welding so that hasn't happened yet, either.
So my seedlings wait, rather root bound and impatient. And I never got the greens and turnips and such in. I'll try for a fall crop of those.
How does your garden grow?
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Inching to Independence
Blessings, Darlings!
The extremes in weather this winter have me looking at greater food independence again.
As many of you know, severe freezes hit Florida, making the price of winter strawberries soar. Which I don't really care about, to tell the truth - I prefer local ones in season. Yes, orange juice for the Chubby Hubby has risen a bit in price, but not a lot.
What IS having an effect on me is the rise in price of my staple veggies. Cabbages were apparently hit hard by the freezes, and have started rising in price. We eat a LOT of cabbage here - it's usually inexpensive and very nutrient-dense. And carrots have risen in price rather a lot as well, with a 5 pound bag now going for almost $4 instead of the usual $2.00 - $2.50.
As a result, I've really kicked up my sprouting seeds for current eating. I'm prouting lots of mung beans for stir fries one to two times a week, and wheat for extending salads. I've written about both of those before.
What I'm also doing in kicking up the amount of veggies I've started for 'garden' purposes, seeds I'm starting in actual soil. Every week I'm starting 6 onions (from a bag of pearl onions I bought at the grocer, since the garden centers don't have onion sets yet) to use for green onions/scallions. I've got lettuce started which is sprouted. Seeds have been started for turnips, for red onions, for parsley, for spinach.
In the next few days I'll start my own cabbages, more herbs, etc.
All high-nutrition foods, helping me gain independence in veggies.
Not in calories, not in fats, not in proteins, not in carbohydrates.
But I have to start SOMEWHERE, and it is bloody cold JANUARY.
Frondly, Fern
The extremes in weather this winter have me looking at greater food independence again.
As many of you know, severe freezes hit Florida, making the price of winter strawberries soar. Which I don't really care about, to tell the truth - I prefer local ones in season. Yes, orange juice for the Chubby Hubby has risen a bit in price, but not a lot.
What IS having an effect on me is the rise in price of my staple veggies. Cabbages were apparently hit hard by the freezes, and have started rising in price. We eat a LOT of cabbage here - it's usually inexpensive and very nutrient-dense. And carrots have risen in price rather a lot as well, with a 5 pound bag now going for almost $4 instead of the usual $2.00 - $2.50.
As a result, I've really kicked up my sprouting seeds for current eating. I'm prouting lots of mung beans for stir fries one to two times a week, and wheat for extending salads. I've written about both of those before.
What I'm also doing in kicking up the amount of veggies I've started for 'garden' purposes, seeds I'm starting in actual soil. Every week I'm starting 6 onions (from a bag of pearl onions I bought at the grocer, since the garden centers don't have onion sets yet) to use for green onions/scallions. I've got lettuce started which is sprouted. Seeds have been started for turnips, for red onions, for parsley, for spinach.
In the next few days I'll start my own cabbages, more herbs, etc.
All high-nutrition foods, helping me gain independence in veggies.
Not in calories, not in fats, not in proteins, not in carbohydrates.
But I have to start SOMEWHERE, and it is bloody cold JANUARY.
Frondly, Fern
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