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Purple Hot Thai peppers. If you don't like hot peppers, you could harvest, dry out, pulverize and make a nifty vegetable insect spray. Also, add marigolds to the outside edges of the pots.

I bought some potted herbs at Meijer on Thursday, too--sage, thyme, parsley and mint. I cleaned off the top of the fridge, cleaned the heat mat and LED light that I had stored in the back room--I should have all 4 transplanted by this evening. I think we all should assume that purchased plants...

Not a lot of calendars left at Dollar General, probably bc of the great price, but I found a great gardening calendar for a...dollar.

Rain predicted for 3:30PM through about 11PM. "Red skies in the morning, sailors take warning." I gotta get the ponies done before the rain hits this afternoon. I have been doing kitchen cleaning/organizing. I brought my rake up to the house and I hope to force myself to clean up after Tegan...

DD's have been exTREMELY helpful. Both youngest and eldest DD took time off work this week for bereavement and we 3 went to my bank Thursday to take DH's name off of the 3/4 accounts. The 4th account is an Atty Client Trust Account and nobody but the state of IL can touch it. The bank clerk...

While I lived in my bedroom for 86 days I fell down the internet rabbit hole of German Shephard Dog owners. It is aMAZING how, "what do I do when my GSD is biting my child?" CONSTANTLY, find a toy and REDIRECT. Poppycock!!! I do what I have always done with a puppy, grab their mouth shut and...

I just watched a video that included starting root crops in flats first, then transplanting out. The guy said it was all about timing, but could be done successfully.

I baked up 36 oatmeal cookies, a little bit less NOW--VERY Tasty!! I packaged them in my clear glass cookie jar, and I will pack up some for DD's house and put the rest in the freezer for...later.

Don't know what's going on in my brain--the iris I planted in December are dutch iris. The bulbs resemble small pearl onions, and they look like this: Flowering Time:Late spring to early summer (May-Jun) I cannot remember if they are a mix or all are blue--happy surprise later this year!

That's my Youngest DD, tough as nails prosecutor, but HIGHLY susceptible to "puppy business."

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I think, "Thaterday" can be any day that you want.

DD took this shot last night on the walk around town.

DISH guy just called, so it WILL be repaired today! :weee Meanwhile I have preheated my oven to 350 degrees so I can start baking/packaging/freezing cookies. I actually softened twice the amount of butter, had to double to recipe--there will be MANY cookies made today! My houseplanting has not...

Tegan is a lap dog.

What's your secret? I've failed at growing strawberries! :hit

Here are some pictures of cookies in the process. Middle DD gave all of us home made vanilla in 2021 and I've hardly touched it. It's in bourbon and you need to shake it up before measuring out. I also had blackstrap molasses. I KNOW that recipes tell you to measure wet and dry ingredients...

Any Christian will tell you that when you are undergoing pain or grief that you are susceptible to demonic attacks. Most of them are irritants, like this weekend, when my Satellite tv (DISH) stopped working. I called the online service number to try to rectify this, and they made an...

Surprisingly WE in Central IL are in an exceptional drought. Couldn't fooled ME with all of the mud!