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| Bellepepper |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 08:19:32 AM
didn't know where to go with this topic. I just came in from picking my last picking of greenbeans and am sooooo hot. I stripped to my nothingness and put on a dress. (used to be called moomoos)
Going to be above 100 again today and at least for the next 7 days. I got the last of my greenbeans canned yesterday. I have 60 pint all lined up in the pantry, pretty as a picture.
Id a row that was not picked yesterday. Granddaughter is going to learn how to can greenbeans tomorrow. Daughter is comming Fri to pick then I'll turn the patch over to some friends that want some. But for me, I'm done for the year. On to whatever is next. Picked several zucchini this a.m. Will start making Z bread to put in the freezer. Harvested a couple dozen onions and Ole Ron got them hung up. One patch is ready to harvest, big patch is not. Garlic ready. Looks like I'll spend the next week watering morning and evening.
I did a canner of yellow wax beans and made a pint of pickled greenbeans. Those were just to enter in the county fair. I try to do something unusual every year.
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| greyghost |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 09:18:15 AM
Until it hits 100 I go out in a bikini top and a pair of shorts to work in the yard. After that - I only go out there in the early mornings and late evenings to tend the poor plants and collect produce. I don't keep the AC on much - it'll be 80 in my house, people always ask if my air is broken and i tell them I'm just cheap. If I know someone's coming I'll be nice and turn it down to 76, but that be it. |
| K-Falls Farmgirl |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 07:34:08 AM
the only way to go..... Bare essentials... I am there... I think this qualifies for you know you are a girl if.... I say OK Yes Mama!~
Cheryl
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| Faransgirl |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 06:46:18 AM
It was 97 by 10 yesterday morning and 107 when I left work. I always come home and put on a sundress and "tighty whiteys" Only way to deal with the heat in Houston. I got a couple of moomoo's myself. Bought patterns when we took a holiday in Hawaii and just keep making them.
Farmgirl Sister 572
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 04:36:28 AM
Thanks for that bread recipe, I am going to try it! I have a bin full of tomatoes that I have to get stewed. I have steded twice now, and they keep ripening at different times. That will be my afternoon chore. In the cool of the kitchen, as I have givwen in and cranked down the AC.
My moomoo type dress is a beach dress that is branded Fresh Produce. Really, I am not kidding. They even have them on Ebay. Just go look for Fresh Produce dresses. They are so comfy, and if it is all I wear, you can hardly tell it!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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| peapicker |
Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 9:01:31 PM
Belle,
I made the z bread that you posted on page 1 and it was delicious. The best I have ever made. I did add walnuts to mine because I like nuts in almost all bread. If anyone wants a great recipe try this one.
Thanks
Sharlet |
| peapicker |
Posted - Jun 25 2009 : 07:54:08 AM
Thanks Belle for the recipe. I am off to town to pick up a few supplies and I'm getting what I need to make the bread . To all of you naked moo moo gils.....hold down the fort till I get back.
Sharlet |
| Annab |
Posted - Jun 25 2009 : 03:25:09 AM
I'll get busy canning after the 4th. We are busy with out of town plans right now and am content enough to enjoy fresh veggies every night.
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| Annab |
Posted - Jun 25 2009 : 03:22:48 AM
I have to wear clothes, kind of.
It's mostly tank tops and a pair of repped shorts that are more rips than fabric. So ultra comfey and very breezy. If anyone pulls up, well, they just have to deal 'cause I'm in the garden and it's HOT!
My hubby gardens in a pair of Speedos. It's really funny when he hears a car approachinhg and has to scramble for his shorts. Even funnier when he hides cause he can't find them or can't remember in time where they were put down. |
| Tapestry |
Posted - Jun 25 2009 : 02:04:28 AM
Was 91 here yesterday and 96 the day before. Is the only time I'm glad I don't have outside chores to do so I can be lazy and stay inside in the AC with my caftan on and feel really really sorry for you hard working farm gals. I did go out one morning and pulled weeds outta my little tiny 5x5 sq. foot garden. Hubby has been kind enough to water for me of an evening. The humidity takes me under havin' fibromyalgia so I stay in. But oh I feel bad for you gals who suffer this heat all summer long. This is unusual for us in the North, especially this soon in the summer.
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| KayB |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 6:20:54 PM
I actually have some muu-muus. I wear those on occasion, too. I usually take one when we go visiting because most of my night clothes are a little thin, so I put the muu-muu on over it so as not to embarrass anyone. I actually could care less as being nude is just fine with me. Today it got up to 100 and it's about to get worse they say.
KayB
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| Bellepepper |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 6:20:01 PM
Melody, thanks for the hoot! It's as good as a WooWoo! |
| melody |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 6:13:52 PM
OOPs....Belle I REMEMBER MOO MOO'S!!!
Melody
Farmgirl #525
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| melody |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 6:12:29 PM
You girls are so funny. Here I am sitting in the dark and its about 90 degrees even this close to the bay. I love being able to relate to the 'gals' on this forum. It's like a cool breeze!!
Melody
Belle....you are a hoot!! |
| Bellepepper |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 6:06:56 PM
Ole Ron just lays in his recliner and hollers woowoo! (As I walk through the house taking off cloths). Or something that some people call obsene. I call it a compliment. He gets his few chores done very early then he is down for the day. Too bad his health is not good enough to do anything but holler WooWoo!! |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 5:33:57 PM
I too am taking off anything unnecessary. Hubby is out of town for 4 days, so if I just wear a long t-shirt or a beach dress, and pair of panties, I am so much more comfy, and there is no one to see!!! :)
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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| electricdunce |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 4:17:10 PM
My goodness, Belle, you are a busy woman. And it is the only thing that helps when the weather gets unbearable, I wear as little as possible when it is stinko. Not that we have had to deal with that. 23 days of rain out of the last 24, I feel like I'm in danger of molding over. It is always so wonderful to have those jars of food lined up and glowing in the pantry. I remember those days, though it has been a while since I've done any major canning.
And the zucchine bread sounds great, thanks for posting...
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
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| Bellepepper |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 3:53:26 PM
Sharlet, yes I have a really good Z bread recipe. It is from Taste of Home. It is kinda long but here goes. And makes 2 loafs sure and use big bowls.
Lemon Zucchini Bread
4 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 pkg instant lemon pudding
1 1/2 tsp soda
1 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp salt
Combine in a very large bowl
In another large bowl, whisk together:
4 eggs
1 1/4 cups milk
1 cup Vegetable oil
3 Tbls lemon juice
1 tsp lemon extract
Stir egg/milk mixture into flour mixture until just moist,
then fold in:
2 cups shredded zucchini
1/4 cup poppy seed
2 tsp grated lemon peel
Pour into 2 greased 9X5 loaf pans
Bake at 350 for 50-55 min. Test with toothpick.
Cool for 10 min on wire rack before removing from pan.
Don't forget that poppy seeds will cause a positive drug test if you are tested.
AND just to let you know, the wind went away with the rain and cool weather. Not a breath of air anywhere. No gusts of wind here so I am safe. We are out in the country and no visible neighbors. BUT one of my gardens is in the front yard. I have to behave when I am in that garden. |
| Tidy Aprons |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 1:59:35 PM
quote:
Originally posted by peapicker
Belle...i was so interested in your z bread that i forgot to tell you to watch out for gust of wind when you go outside.
Oh my gosh! Getting a visual here and I don't even know Belle! :lol:
I'm in the process of making myself some simple cotton skirts just for this very reason. (No, not to be nekkid under but just to be cooler!)
~Oney~
"There's something a little holy in taking care of the places we inhabit, in summoning sheen. And there's a power in watching over our spaces, the rooms we move within, the sets where our life stories unfold." ~Lori Hall Steele |
| kmbrown |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 12:37:56 PM
Oh my goodness what a title!! Ok....not to give out to much info. but I could not get away with that. My hubby would be a mess, and I would be annoyed if I was trying to work!!! Yeah, clothes for me even when it's hot :-) |
| acairnsmom |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 11:46:03 AM
I do that on occassion myself but your title made me think of my Momma who was the queen of "moomoos". We girls could never figure out why she wore those "ugly" things but you knew it was a hot day when she would stand really close to the fan she'd keep on the floor! Never figured it out until I was grown myself! LOL
Audrey
Toto, we're not in Kansas any more! |
| Alee |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 10:16:05 AM
I do that all the time! LOL In fact I do a mental "check" before I go anywhere just incase LOL! It certainly does helo keep things a bit more cool :D
Alee
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| catscharm74 |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 10:01:32 AM
I have some nice strapless terry cloth dresses for when it just gets TOO hot.
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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| KayB |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 09:49:33 AM
I go out back quite often dressed that way. Actually, I have a couple of pareaus(?) that are native to Hawaii that I wear quite a bit. We have a privacy fence so if I'm far enough in the back yard, nobody can see me anyway. I wore one of those and a pair of spandex type shorts while working in my front flower bed. I would say that I would garden that way, but our roto tiller didn't work and with the rains we had, we couldn't get on in on time. I have a friend down south who is giving me produce if we come help with it. Just got some great potatoes.
KayB
Life's a dance you learn as you go |
| peapicker |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 09:17:32 AM
Belle...i was so interested in your z bread that i forgot to tell you to watch out for gust of wind when you go outside. |
| dutchy |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 08:51:54 AM
LOL!!
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