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Garden Gate:  OMG, What Have I Just Gone & Done: Part 2  |
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
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 Posted - May 19 2009 : 4:44:57 PM
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Nikki, how I have come to rely on you to make me smile!! Really? You have good DL photos? I thought that was a myth, a legend, a tall-tale, cause this girl's certainly never had one! And you've kept them? Mine were always suitable for burning! Congratulations to you for achieving that holy grail!
We had some discouraging news from our adjuster this afternoon. She claims that they have to abide by the accident report. Poor little Lauren took it really hard. She wants desperately some form of vindication, justice, to be believed. In her mind, she is being called a liar because his claim of going only 45 mph isn't being challenged. She has been introduced to "the system" and isn't liking it at all. The adjuster also said that the man who hit Lauren has stopped answering his phone, and so she's had to send him a certified letter. She tried to lift Lauren's spirits by telling her that if he doesn't respond to the letter, they will deny his claim. That was just sore relief to Lauren. She wants justice! She wants him to be forced to tell the truth! Maybe lawyering is in her future?  But the adjuster has spoken to Lauren several times and said she would be talking to the others.
Kris, did you get you strawberries picked?
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - May 19 2009 : 6:06:37 PM
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Oh Cherry- That is so rough! Poor Lauren. I know it isn't the same as having the authorities agree, but maybe if she knows in her heart that he was going faster than 45 then that will be enough for her. It doesn't fix all the insurance mess and everything, but eventually her driving record will clear. *hugs* Hope things start looking up for her soon!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
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Posted - May 19 2009 : 7:21:13 PM
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Thank you, sweet Alee!
Poor baby!!!
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
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Posted - May 19 2009 : 7:23:04 PM
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That's better!!!! Add a friend, get a smile!!!
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - May 19 2009 : 9:03:06 PM
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Wow. That was a wreck. Very scary pictures. Of the car, not her. Poor girl. But she will get through this and be ok. It is a pain to deal with insurance and all that mess. And when the other people are being jerky about it, then it really becomes a headache. I hope ya'll get it all straightened out soon.
Yes, I did pick strawberries. In the sun, too! There are no trees down there anymore and at 9 this morning I was in the sun. And out there where everyone and their mother can see me, too. I can even see Lookout Mt. really good from there now. I picked 2 gallon buckets before I got tired and had to take a break. I sold one and gave some away. Ate a bunch, too.
I also bought a whole flat of tomatoes from the feed store today. And more Silver Queen corn, field peas and okra. Guess what I'll be doing tomorrow?? ALso got 3 gallons of gas so I can til and NOT run out. I hate to be in the middle of tilling and run out of gas. We are supposed to be dry til Saturday!!!! So it's plantin' time again.
Also got 8 more baby chicks. They didn't have 25 lb bags of chick starter so I had to get 50 and got more chicks. So I'll be putting up chicken wire in a stall to get the older chicks ready to go out in the real world. First they'll go in the rabbit cage, then in the stall, then out they go. Ready or not.
So I'll have a full day and I hope it's like it was today. Perfect weather to be outside.
Good night ya'll. Kris
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - May 20 2009 : 1:26:37 PM
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Taking a break from weeding in the garden. Watching my La-Lauren nap with the little dog. Thought I'd check-in with ya'll. Alee's right, Kristin, you are a glutton for punishment! New baby chicks...new baby plants...seeds to put in a ground that will have to be tilled! Whew! But it's the push I need to get back out to my garden rake instead of curling up with baby girl. I wish I had your hammock, Alee, 'cause the sun is shining but there are big poofy clouds floating across it ever so often and a delicious breeze coming up off the gulf ahead of our first tropical system of the year. And it's not even June yet! May be a wild ride this summer!
Lauren's getting better. Taking her time. Being in the moment. Her stitches come out today. One of my very good friends is a nurse for the high school and middle school and is the only person Lauren trusts to do it. Your prayers and love have benefited us so very much the past few days! The headache of dealing with the insurance company is settling in. There's confusion now about how many were in the car that hit her. She doesn't remember but her friends say there were two men in the car and I could have sworn that there were two men with the officer the night of the accident, as does one of the friend's mom who was the first parent to get there. I'm trying to not jump to conclusions, just understand all the facts. But why wouldn't they admit to someone else being in the car? Is there something they're hiding? It's at this point that I remind myself that my baby girl is ALIVE AND WELL!
How were your eggs, Nikki? Worth it for me to start buying from them? I wish I could go to Pepper Place tomorrow, but am kinda cash-strapped right now, even though I have the rare Saturday off. My mama and daddy are coming to check for themselves that Lauren's ok.
Kris, if it's okay with you, Lauren and I might make a day-trip to see you. I told her about your baby goats and chicks and she'd love to see them. Maybe help you pick some strawberries!
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - May 20 2009 : 1:39:47 PM
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Cherry, ya'll just come right on over here, girl! Anytime. I feel like I've known you forever. So yeah, come see and pick and do whatever. I might even feed ya'll!
Ok, I am officially POOPED! OMG, I hurt all over. And I haven't even planted the flat of tomatoes yet. What was I thinking? I tilled both the gardens, planted 3 more rows of green beans, 1 more of field peas and ran out because I filled in empty spots in the other 2 rows, 4 more rows of HK corn, also planted 1/2 runner beans in the already growing HK corn, was going to plant a few rows of okra but the plate that goes in my seeder for the okra is missing, so it will have to wait til I can find it. Then in the other garden I planted 4 rows of Silver Queen corn. I will plant tomatoes over there tomorrow, if I can walk. My hands hurt from the tiller, my butt hurts, my back hurts, I'm sunburned. Yuck, I really don't like doing this but then again I must. I had the same little clouds, too, Cherry. Only a few in the sky, but they'd cover up the hot bright sun for a few minutes and it was great. And the breeze is blowing, too. I have the windows open. It's nice in here.
So yeah, ya'll come on over anytime. Just let me know when so I can plan on being here. How exiting! Maybe you could bring Nikki and Oakley, too. Just a thought. And I am glad Lauren's feeling better.
Kris
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NikkiBeaumont
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - May 21 2009 : 03:31:11 AM
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Oh, y'all, I'm so glad that y'all are going to get together! How fun!
Lauren is so brave! Look at her with that big smile on her face! And her make-up is still perfect! I would have been a puffy, swollen, red blotched mess with streaks of mascara running down my face! I can't believe that they are already took her stitches out. That was fast! Is she going to have a scar? I don't know much about preventing scars because I was such a tomboy growing up I liked to wear them like badges of honor. Ha!
Whew! Kris, you are unstoppable! It must be all of the vitamin-packed goodness of your home-grown diet that gives you such a zeal to keep going and going and going. I want to be like you!
I think that those eggs were good (they turned out a scrumptious frittata), but the real test will come this morning when I boil them for a batch of deviled eggs! Will post results!
I had to buy those cage things to go around some of my tomato plants. Some of them are getting big and others look a little stunted. I have learned so much about what NOT to do already. Ha! Lovin' Man told me that I should spray the leaves with my organic fertilizer instead of just pouring it at the base. Have I been doing it wrong?
My son graduated high school! Things have been topsy-turvy the past few days with the going and doing and celebrating, but now they are going to settle back down for a while.
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
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Posted - May 21 2009 : 08:26:07 AM
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Nikki, you and Oakley should join us! Yay! A "field" trip to Kris' fields would be a ton of fun! We have to get past these planned beach trips first, though. Oh, and Nikki, my days are all kinds of messed up. I know Pepper Place is on Saturday instead of "tomorrow" like I posted. Ugh! It's all running together!
Lauren is so brave, isn't she? The pictures are black-n-white because her face is kinda blotchy and discolored. She has a little bit of bruising around that gash. But you know that at school, they have to look P-E-R-F-E-C-T! And she'll definitely have a scar. She's already looking at OTC lotions and potions to try to diminish it. I said a really stupid thing and just 'bout lost my head! I told her it'd be a "safe-driving" reminder...and she bought bit my head off that she WOULD NEVER forget that wreck and didn't need a reminder. And then Brian told her it was a mark of character. Yeah, she's not too thrilled about having a scar.
Yum! I made some deviled eggs night before last for Brian's supper. He could make himself sick eating them! I don't make them too often so he can be surprised when he sits down at table. Earns me a few brownie points! Hee! Hee!
And congratulations on your son graduating!! How do you feel about that?
I think the fertilizer will be taken up by the plant faster if you pour it around the plant where the roots can take it up. But then tomatoes don't like to have their feet wet. I'll defer to Kris' wisdom and experience on this one. My 'maters have those little mites that congregate on the underside of the leaves and along the stalk. I asked for DE at Tractor Supply, Kris, and they had no idea what I was talking about and I couldn't find it. I had to resort to the Sevin dust. (GASP!) But it probably didn't do much good with the wind blowing like it is. I fretted over using it to begin with and now I'm fretting over it getting blown around! I voiced my concern to my grandmother and could literally feel her rolling her eyes over the phone. I need to go back to the co-op, so maybe they'll have DE there.
Kris, I am feeling your pain, sister! After hoeing the garden yesterday, my stomach muscles are protesting even my breathing let alone trying to move! I hope you're not stiff and stove-up today. That epsom bath Sandra suggested might just be what the doctor ordered!
Ok, off to Wally-world to get Lauren "stuff" she needs to go the the beach this week-end. Pray for me ya'll! She's going with the girl in the wreck with her and her mom. I know the mom will take good care of my baby girl, still...
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - May 21 2009 : 12:54:02 PM
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Hi Cherry-
I have had really good luck with straight Vitamin E oil during healing to reduce scaring and I have heard that Mederma is good for it too. I am not sure if Medurma can be used on broken skin or not though, but Vitamin E can. Have her rub it in as much as she can during the day, but at least 3x a day. It really helps. After having Nora I used Vitamin E on my episiotomy and it healed so fast. The Doctors counldn't believe it. It healed before the stitches disolved!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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NikkiBeaumont
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - May 21 2009 : 1:04:56 PM
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Hey, great! I would love to come with y'all to visit Kris' place! I couldn't this weekend 'cause I think Lovin' Man wants to work on the camper and then next weekend my mom is off for three whole days and I think we might go down to Ponce de Leon and kayak with the alligators. Ha!
Oh, Cherry, do you have to use the Sevin dust? Did you try spraying the bugs with soapy water? I can't remember other organic remedies right off the top of my head. I think that you can boil onions and garlic and strain that and spray it on the plants, too, and that discourages the bugs. Once we were being given a tour of our Amish friends' farm and they were complaining about some sort of pest, Lovin' Man casually mentioned using Sevin Dust and they looked at him as if he had suddenly morphed into Adolf Hitler. They were aghast, to say the least. "Oh, no!" they protested, "We never use poison. This land has been in our family for generations. If we poison it, it would be like poisoning ourselves." They were very serious. Lovin' Man was befuddled because everyone around here uses Sevin dust. LOL!
In fact, Lovin' Man is a poisoning king. Seriously. He loves to kill stuff. Nothing makes him happier than wrecking havoc in the plant and animal kingdoms. I am thankful to him up to a point because there are no bugs in our house. That is quite nice. We'll probably all die from cancer because of it, but at least the roaches won't be here to see it happen.
I haven't let him spray anything in my tomato patch, but he has had fifteen years to thoroughly soak the ground with GOD KNOWS WHAT. Frankly, I'm surprised that anything will grow around the house at all. I was amazed to find sweet, little worms wiggling in the dirt as I planted. If they were there, then perhaps there is hope.
Yes, Epsom salts are good for ridding the garden of slugs and for ridding your tired, aching muscles of their soreness. Also, I think you can use it as a laxative. So many uses and so little time. Ha!
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CalicoCat
True Blue Farmgirl
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April
Oakland County
MI
USA
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Posted - May 21 2009 : 1:19:32 PM
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Cherry~
I am so sorry to hear of Lauren's accident and all she has been through. I truly hope she gets the vindication she deserves in this matter; it does sound like something is being covered up with the question of how many were in the other car. :o
As far as scarring, I've had two surgeries for spinal fusions where the incision was actually made in the front of my neck. The skin there is of course so delicate and I was left with a heck of a scar, in spite of the surgeon's efforts to excise the first scar during the second surgery. As I am a natural-product maniac, I was pleased that one of my favorite handcrafters had come out with this. I've used several essential oil and other botanically-based serums, but this one blew the others away in speeding healing. It is somewhat slow-acting, especially for a pretty young girl's expectations ;-) , but consistent use DOES make a difference in the long-term! Two years later, it had definitely paid off. In any event, I hope she has a great time this weekend, and that you can relax a bit too. ;-)
http://www.daybreaklavenderfarm.com/store/product.php?productid=16576&cat=0&page=1
(They also have the most unbelievably fragrant soaps in ridiculously large sizes LOL! No affiliation with these folks; just a long-time patron.)
SORRY FOR THE OFF-TOPIC! BACK TO YOUR STANDARD PROGRAMMING NOW... 
~April
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
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Posted - May 21 2009 : 1:47:32 PM
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Hey April, we're just talking about all kinds of things here. Whatever hits ya at the moment is ok with us. Jump right on in. And I'm sure Cherry will appreciate any advice on this matter.
My DD Abby has a huge arm scar and it reminds me every time I see it, too. A very big reminder of a horrible time.
Cherry and Nikki, I have stood outside hand picking bugs off my plants and plopping them in either soapy water or gas. But I have also sprayed with soapy water, too. Works great for aphids and won't harm ladybugs.
I need a push to plant all those tomato plants, ya'll. It's starting to cloud up a bit here, so it won't be so sunny. But I want to wait til it cools down a bit more. I have 8 cell cups with 6 plants each. So 48 is really not a whole lot. It's just all the bending over I don't like to do. And my other DD Heather just left fot awhile. I might wait til she gets back and get her to help.
I went back to the feed store with a friend today and got 6 more babies. Theya re too darn cute and I've never had these before. They are Anconda. They are white with black spots and will look a little like BR but not as black. And they lay white eggs. I put them all in with the other 8 I got on Tuesday and they fit right in. Little critters are so nice and sweet, then they grow up to be so mean. Why can't you put grown chickens together and they get along. It just does not work that way. And baby goats get along with everyone else, but you put a new doe out there and they attack her. It's the same with little kids, too. And babies. But when they're all grown up things change.
Anyway, I hope ya'll have a nice day and get lots of gardening done.
Kris
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NikkiBeaumont
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - May 21 2009 : 2:18:05 PM
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Kris, dang girl! 48 more tomato plants! Yow-zah! I think that is a lot! I bet you are going to end up with hundreds of pounds of tomatoes like Barbara Kingsolver did in Animal, Vegetable, Mineral! I forsee lots of pizza, spaghetti and tomato soup in your future!
Kris, I would love to see all of your babies! (hope you can get DSL soon) Oakley and I had such fun loving on the chicks and ducks when they were at Tractor Supply. I didn't know that you couldn't put chickens with other chickens or that you couldn't put new goats with old goats. Learning something new everyday!
Alee and April, I am glad that y'all know about minimizing scars. That is helpful advice!
Oops, I forgot to say how I feel about my son graduating. Well, I thought that I would cry, but I didn't. He is going into the military and leaves for basic at the end of the summer and I will probably cry then. I can't believe that he has already grown up. It seems like just yesterday I couldn't wait until he was out of diapers and NOW THIS! The time goes by so fast, that's why I have to take photos of everything so that I can remind myself of how it was.
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kristin sherrill
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kristin
chickamauga
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Posted - May 21 2009 : 5:32:49 PM
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Time really does fly. My 1st Dd will be 30 in June. Talk about feeling old. Not that you did, but I do! And the 2nd just turned 28. I just got to wondering when everything turned so green. Seems like just yesterday there were no leaves on the trees not all the mountains are green. Like over night fast. But like it says in the Bible, in the blink of an eye. And I surly believe that.
We like tomatoes here. I like to dry them, too. They are great on pizza. And pasta. And I will sell some and give some away. I got them all planted. It can rain again now. I would like to get the okra planted but I still can't find the okra plate for my seeder. So there might not be okra this year. Darn.
Yeah, older critters are just plain ole mean. They'll flat out tear a new animal up. That's why you slowly introduce new chicks to the flock and new goats. Although the new doe I got , I had her in the back yard for a few days so the others could see her. Well, she got tired of being alone and jumped the fence with the others. She fit right in. She has horns, too, so I think that made a big difference. She uses them, too.
Oh, and I would love for ya'll to come here. My parents will be here next weekend. So anytime after that. And during the week is good for me, since I don't "work". So come on over that hill.
Kris
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cherry
Odenville
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Posted - May 21 2009 : 5:40:30 PM
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Nikki, I hope you get some good pics of those 'gators! And I hope they don't take a look at you and decide you might be a tasty snack! Oh, I want to go kayaking so bad! I imagine myself lazing down one of our Alabama rivers with my camera 'round my neck and snapping lots of National Geographic-worthy pictures of the flora and fauna!! Like Darwin in the Galapagos. But it's my dern luck I'd get all excited about seeing some critter and flip the kayak in the middle of cottonmouth infested waters, therefore making Brian ill as an old wet hen and ruining my camera. We kayaked in the Bahamas and had a HUGE stingray to swim along underneath us for a good ways. It was absolutely amazing! Brian will tell you that it wasn't the memorable because he was the one doing all the paddling, but still!
And we may need to hurry over to help Kris with her plantin'! Well, probably need to help her with the harvesting, huh, Kris?!
Would a week-day be okay with ya'll? I'm usually stuck in a subdivision on the week-ends, which isn't too bad except we've had NOTHING BUT RAIN EVERY WEEK-END IN MAY! People don't really like to look at houses in the rain, and yet I have to be there just in case. Maybe sometime after the middle of June?
Yay that you have the whole summer with your baby boy before he leaves for basic! You're such a strong Mama, Nikki! And I know you're so proud! They do grow-up so fast. I told Julia, Aria's mom, that Lauren is moving along at the speed of light and there I am, trying to rope her back, only it's like trying to rope the stars. Just like you, Kris, with your chicks, moving them from a safe spot to a more "freeing" spot to another until they're out there fending for themselves. Our little chicks! Okay, I'm tearing myself up...gotta move on...
I have been despairing so much over that Sevin dust! I was thinking today about our watershed and about how I just introduced a poison into it when there probably hasn't been anyone who lived on our acreage since the Indians! I didn't even think about the soapy water! All I could think was that there was no way I could possibly pick off each of those little aphids. Brian would have been just like Lovin' Man at the Amish farm. It cracks me up how similar the two of them seem! Brian laid some sod last fall and has been a chemical king, too, trying to keep the weeds out of his sod! And of course if I say anything about it, he just rolls his eyes (like Grandmother) and lets loose with this longsuffering sigh! He has this FOUL smelling ant killer that makes my eyes water that he spreads on the ant beds. I hadn't thought about it until recently. It really doesn't do the trick because the ants just move their bed a few feet from the old one. All the "old fashioned" remedies aren't viable either. Granddaddy and Daddy used to pour their used motor oil or diesel fuel on the beds. Makes me cringe now to think of it! Granddaddy also used diesel fuel on his runways to keep the dust down. Ugh!
Alee and April, thank you so much for your advice! I had a bottle of Vitamin E that I'd quit taking because of some report I'd read that it's not good to take in capsule form...anyway, I gave it to La to use on her head and arm. She checked out the Mederma and was discouraged that she couldn't use it until the scar had actually formed, so maybe this will help in the meantime and between-time. And, April, I believe the saltwater and air will help the healing process, too, physically and spiritually for her. I had just a minute to check-out that website and will be going back when I have some mad money to spend! I love, love, love lavender! I'd love to farm it! Along with chickens, and goats, and bees, and...and...and...that's why Kris is my hero!
Kris, I am so envious of your feedstore! I love the Ancondas! They just look so regal to me. We have this flea market close by at Collinsville and they always have lots of critters for sale, but I just don't trust that I'm not buying a disease-ridden animal. I would definitely trust a feedstore more than some guy selling chickens out of the back of his Bronco! But Brian would probably ban me from going if we had a feedstore like yours around here. I already get into enough trouble at the co-op.
Garden-wise, my watermelon and cantaloupe are coming up. The okra still looks kind of scanty, so I may plant some more tomorrow. I wish I had some field peas for Lauren because she loves them, but they still don't have any at the co-op and I think ordering them would take too long. I have some bare spots and am wondering what I can plant in them. Maybe some more corn. Oh! Kris, have you ever planted broccoli? Grandmother hasn't and this is my first time to and I don't know what to do: it's going to flower. The heads look so little, not what you see in the store, so I don't know when to cut it and before I can blink, it's flowering. Can you help?
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
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kristin sherrill
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kristin
chickamauga
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Posted - May 21 2009 : 6:46:24 PM
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Ok Cherry, now I have to go back and get more chicks. Thanks! They are the cutest little things. I had never seen them before and just fell in love with them. I only got 6 so I probably do need more. Oh my, my flock is growing by the second. You should see my momma and her 8 chicks. They see me coming and run to me for feed. I lead them all back into the house and feed them in there. I shut them up at night. So far they are all still here. And too cute. The Buff's are liking it out there, too. I need to make them a little temporary area so they can eat grass. The others, as soon as I let them out in the mornng, go straight for the grass and start eating it. They are healthy little critters.
Don't despair over sevin dust. You just used a little, right? My hubby was brought up using all the fertilizer like 10-10-10 and all that. We'd make the rows and get our buckets of fertilizer and take hand fulls and strowe it in the rows then plant the seeds. When I took over the planting I used only manure and he was amazed that everything grew. And has been bragging on
me ever since. So it's been years since we used all that nasty stuff. But you do what you gotta do. I'm sure you did not poison the water systems yet.
I have been to Collinsville. I bought a pig there years ago. It had a hernia I didn't know about til I got her home. So yeah, I'd be careful when buying critters there. I like that place, though. A true flea market. With old stuff and real junk, not all this new cheap stuff. I miss flea markets like that.
Ok, broccoli. I have grown it but for the space it takes up and the small yeild, I don't fool with it anymore. I loved the taste. There is nothing better than going out to the garden and picking fresk broccoli and steaming it. Oh so good. Ya can't get that taste from the store. But it just took up way too much room and I got so little from each plant. And it would go to seed so fast if you didn't just stand there watching it. So no more for me here. Or cauliflower, which I love ,too. Now brussels sprouts. I would plant a whole field of those. I love love those. I will plant them in the fall.
I'll have 4 rows of field peas. I might share with her. I have never grown them myself, but there's a guy near here that grows them and has good luck with them. So hopefully I will, too. I love a big ole bowl of peas and rice.
And I'll let ya'll know when it's time to harvest and call ya! I don't mind mosr things but the green beans are a killer. They are bush beans. I take my little plastic step stool and sit on it to pick beans. And my rows are so long I can't look behind me to see how far I've gone because I will cry. I only look ahead.
Week days are good for me, too.
Kris
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Alee
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NikkiBeaumont
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Posted - May 22 2009 : 07:08:23 AM
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Oh, Kris, I had to laugh out loud when you said that you don't "work". Your quotation marks were, like, the understatement of the year! Glad that you got your tomatoes all in. I hope it rains all day for you!
Yes, Oakley and I could manage to get away during the week, too! That would be so fun!
You know, I think that Brian and Lovin' Man seem to be very similar as well and if Brian loves killin' as much as Lovin' Man does, then they would be fast friends. LOL! I love how you described your vision of kayaking on Alabama rivers! That's my dream, too, and my fear about the snakes. HA! But Lovin' Man doesn't seem interested unless there is danger involved. He wanted to go down the Cahaba when it was at flood stage, and maybe that is the only time that you can go, but my best friend's sister drown on a canoe trip there and I won't risk death for the fun of it.
The last really daring thing that I did was to dive with sharks on our honeymoon. It was guided by experienced people who had done it hundreds of times, but still, I prayed harder than I ever prayed before in my life, was able to flip out of the boat backwards with all my gear and made it down to the bottom without spitting out my regulator. I came within petting distance to reef sharks who eyeballed me with intelligent interest. They feed them right in front of us! Lovin' Man wished to God that he had his spear gun, just looking is not enough for him. Ha! That was the most amazing experience. Lovin' Man said that in all his diving years he had never seen water so clear and that I would be spoiled for diving from then on. And he was right, I absolutely can't dive in the Gulf. I've tried several times and I am just too chicken. If I can't see the bottom at the top then I am not going! But the water is very clear in the Florida springs, so we might dive at Morrison because it seems to me that the alligators usually go for the snorkelers and I don't think they can move very fast in 68 degree water. Ha!
Kris, I would love to help you pick green beans. I wonder how long I would last? I think that I will bring an umbrella and rig it somehow so that I can be shaded hands-free, maybe stick the handle down the back of my shirt. Hmmm, that sounds goofy. Surely, there is some sort of device out there made for picking vegetables in the unrelenting sun, or maybe I will just wear a big hat. What do you use?
Cherry, I hope that Lauren is not getting rained on at the beach! That would be a bummer. I like how you described the kids as little chicks. Ohhh, they must grow up, but I don't like it! Nick and I went to see the new Terminator movie last night, and it was 18 years ago that I left him, a little baby, with my mom so that I could go see Terminator 2. Weird. It felt like it was just yesterday. Of course, it was more fun with him at the movie 'cause during the really cool parts we would look at each other and nod like, "Yep, now THAT's what I'm talking about!"
Oh, here is a picture of my little babies that I took last week!
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Alee
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NikkiBeaumont
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Posted - May 22 2009 : 07:59:50 AM
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Yes, Alee, I think that I will borrow my mom's floppy, pink straw hat. It is about the size of the one that Scarlett wore to the Wilkes' bar-b-que. It ought to do! I hope that she still has it!
You do have to get certified to dive, but I bet they offer certification classes somewhere near you. I went to several classes at the YMCA and felt like I would nearly drown in the pool. Ha! Then we got certified at a rock quarry where we dove to 80 feet. We were also going to do a check out dive in the Gulf, but thank God, a hurricane came up and we couldn't. I would not want to dive without having an experienced buddy with me. Lovin' Man is mine and poor thing, that means he is not always safe. I clung to him so desperately when we dove on the wall at Cozumel. I am serious, the water was so clear and yet you could look down and NOT see the bottom. It will make you feel incredibly vulnerable and insignificant, let me tell you!
I read everything that I could about diving, but until you are doing it you are not really prepared. The doing it is what counts. I am thinking that I might like it better if I have an underwater camera and am concentrating on taking beautiful pictures of all the fish that I see, but instead, I have to remind myself not to spit out the regulator. My body keeps telling me that I would be so much happier without all of that gear on and without that foreign thing in my mouth. Sometimes, I have to literally hold it in with my hand! So, I am not really one to give advice on diving. HA! That would be Lovin' Man's domain.
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CherryMeDarlin
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Posted - May 22 2009 : 10:59:40 AM
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Or, Nikki, you could wear one of those fashionable umbrella-hats so popular at Talladega! I actually got poked in the eye by one of those stupid things as it sat on the head of this 70-something Jeff Gordon fan who'd like to, and I quote, "teach that boy a thing or two" as she jumped around, spilling her beer all over herself. Silly woman!
My grandmother has several "Scarlett" hats, too! They're her Easter hats. And I always get the biggest kick when I see her wearing one of them! She has this huge white one with a four foot long white peacock feather hanging from the brim and I always tease her to not wear it to the zoo or she'll surely get attacked by some jealous bird! Why don't we wear hats like that anymore? You know it was a fashion necessity down here not so long ago. I miss those days. Even if I didn't live through them! Hee! Hee!
And diving with sharks was the LAST daring thing you've done?! I'm almost too afraid to ask, but what else have you done? We did the not-so-daring thing of going down in a submersible in Cozumel. Word of advice on that one, don't go down with a dip in your mouth! Brian had one and had nothing to spit in and was absolutely miserable after about 10 minutes in! There I was snapping away with my camera and oooohhhhing! and aaaahhhing! and pointing out all this amazing STUFF and he was green around the gills. Bless his heart! He knows he's gonna lose half his face one day, but he just keeps on spitting! Only now he knows that an underwater dip just ain't such a good thing. And Brian would be the same way with the spear gun. When we went kayaking in the Bahamas, the guide told us we were going to a spot where sharks are ususally spotted. Well, right away I can see the wheels turning in Brian's head as he's trying to determine how big of a shark it would take to bite throught those kayaks. Then we get waaayy off the coast to this sandbar and the guide tells us to get out of our kayaks. Brian asked him if he was kidding and the guide said he wasn't and Brian mumbles, "And I don't have a gun!" I don't quite know if his intentions were to shoot the guide or a curious shark if need be.
(Mental note: no snorkeling anymore near gator infested waters! We like to snorkel at St. Andrews. Well, until the big boats with their chum get too close! Then we're outta there!)
Pretty little baby tomatoes with lots of pretty blooms, Nikki! The sign of a healthy plant! And I thought I needed to be cutting that broccoli! Grandmother said she doesn't fool with it either. I'm trying to not worry so much about the Sevin dust. I was just thinking about how we're on a well and how much rain we've had and I really started to overthink it like I'm prone to do! But no more for me! Soapy water it is! I even have an extra spray bottle on the shelf to use!
Gotta run! I'm off to work, ya'll, on this gloomy, cloudy Friday!
~~Cherry~~
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NikkiBeaumont
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CHERRY! I laughed so much about Brian and the dip and him knowing that "he's gonna lose half his face one day" that I ended up spitting on myself. So funny! Yes, about the kayak and the sandbar, Southern men should be allowed to carry guns wherever they go because really, truly, you never know when you may need one. HA!
I haven't been to Panama City in twenty years, so I didn't know where St. Andrews was. Asked Lovin' Man. Oh gosh, he used to get in so much trouble down there. Instead of them wanting to give him the key to the city, they locked him up and wanted to throw away the key. LOL! Have you seen alligators there? The reason I said that about snorkelers is because several people have been killed by them while snorkeling in the springs of Florida. Actually, you are probably more at risk on a golf course near the water hazards in Florida, gives new meaning to the words. Ha!
Oh, your grandmother sounds like a colorful character! Does she wear her Easter hats to church? You have GOT to get a photo of that and share it! You know I did consider the umbrella hat but felt that it would be way less tacky to put a real umbrella down the back of my shirt and hook into my belt loop. LOL!
Here are my babies again, a week later. I can't wait to eat them! I am so proud of them. This is the first edible thing that I have ever grown on my own!
A friend of Lovin' Man's is going down to Gulf Shores today. He had been on the road with all the traffic for several hours and when LM talked to him he was only to Jemison. THAT is why LM refuses to go to the beach for Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day; he has to avoid all of the hoogies (crowds) if he possibly can.
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Posted - May 22 2009 : 6:21:40 PM
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Well, Nikki, that's only fair that you spit on yourself 'cause you've caused me to do that a couple of times!
~~Cherry~~
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OMG, What Have I Just Gone & Done: Part 2
