FINALLY!! RAIN!! :weee :weee :weee
I couldn't sleep, looked out the bedroom window at 11:30PM and saw lighting, did my nightly trek to the kitchen to clean up some dishes, then watched a nice downpour through my kitchen windows.
Woke up this morning ~8:30ish, and saw More rain, this time...
No beans to grow this year, BUT, when DH and I bought tomatoes at the farm stand wednesday, I decided I will take an ALDI bag next time and have them fill it.
I can wash, cut off the ends, blanche and freeze, Maybe 6 bags for dinners this winter.
Ha, Ha!! I wanted to get on the road, bc we had a 6 hr drive and it was already 5PM.
Thanks ALWAYS for the well wishes. :love
PLEASE pray that I stay careful and do my exercises for the next 3 weeks. My window for stretching is closing. :eek:
I have a current bend of 109 degrees measured, but...
Through trial and error I have managed to find OVER THE COUNTER medicines that work better than others.
Somehow Tylenol for Arthritis: 8 hr is helping me sleep and has taken away DH's nightly leg muscle cramp.
He takes one, I take two.
Worth trying bc you can buy as much as you want/need.
1. Coffee grounds always make the soil more acidic.
[X ] True
MILDLY more acidic. They actually work as a mulch and then break down into soil.
2. You should water your plants in the middle of the day to prevent wilting.
[ X] False
HOWEVER, my peppers are full east and right next to the house...
As to the Rest of the 2025 gardening season...
Since I shouldn't push it outside until about Labor Day weekend, I have decided on no bean planting for 2025. They will have to wait until next year.
I should be able to continue to water what is next to the house, and water the tomatoes and even...
Yesterday we had another "fooled you" cloud pattern. Yeah, it rained, north of us, south of us, west of us and east of us, but, for US? NUTTIN!!! :mad:
Idiot drivers keep getting worse!! At least 3x this year I have had to hit the brakes bc somebody passing somebody else going towards me didn't leave enough space to finish passing.
Yesterday DH was driving ~55mph, and somebody passed going 75mph.
I Used to believe those that ended up in...
This is an FYI article. Fireflies are becoming rarer, and some are on the verge of extinction, so...read on.
https://modernfarmer.com/2024/10/how-to-create-a-firefly-sanctuary/