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Welcome! Foothills of the Smoky Mountains here. (TN) Friendly and knowledge people here!

Frost and hard freeze warnings for the next few days. Used empty plant pots to cover what I could, old sheets and quilts for the mini deck greenhouses.

My SIL caught a bug on her return flight from vacation, so she's been hiding. Seems I've caught something myself, but I don't think she shared since no contact. I felt wiped out yesterday, took a mid day nap. Toodled down to the work flop house (I'm in office on Mondays), but by the time I...

G'morning all. 1 cup low acid coffee and two cups herbal tea, and I feel like half my day is gone already. Rain today, which is actually a good thing. It allows an excuse to not be fiddling in my stripped out flower garden, which is actually quite depressing when I recall how much it had...

Are you on or near a body of water? We DO have mountains here, and it sometimes causes a 'parting of the seas' when it comes to storms. We quite literally see the storm split above and below us, usually when we are in desperate need of a good soaking. We are also on a lake, and (as it was...

I've started my clean up of what is left of my (flower) garden after the woodchuck demolished it last year. We've had beautiful weather the past few days 70s! But the rain returns tonight. DH is regrading the 'parking lot' of the produce stand, and new stone is on order. If we can get one...

I've been starting on the thin and clean out phase myself. Small house with way too much clutter. I've been boxing up stuff for a planned yard sale in May. Better clothing I don't wear anymore, household goodies, even a couple of DHs tools that I had to pry out of his hands. Old ceramic...

I still have to 'obey the clock' for our seasonal produce stand and some other things, so I don't have your luxury lol. I pretty much am up in the wee dawn hours, just how I'm wired. I'm on my first cup of tea, post coffee. doing the seed examination thing on round 1 of flowers. Have...

I'm 'semi retired' ( I am in office 1 day a week, available to phone 24/7) and still drug my butt up at the 'new' 5 am to go into the office. IMO, it is a rude and unnecessary thing to keep changing clocks. It's proven that it is actually detrimental to the health and welfare of the populace...

Coffee. Nectar of the gods, lol. Hussie the cat is firmly ensconced on DH's kitchen chair about 4 feet away. I sip my coffee, and discover a Hussie hair in my cup. Did he plant it there while my cup sat out last night? Did it magically float in while my back was turned? These are tough...

With you on that! I've always flinched on food waste, but have gotten more so over the years. Here's one of mine that drives DH nuts... after all the butter has been scraped off the wrapper, I save the wrapper in a ziplock in the freezer, to grease baking pans....

I got married in 1992. (Second marriage) I bought my dress on a clearance rack at a department store for $100. It was a cocktail length Scott McClintock (sp?) In ivory, and absolutely perfect. DH wore crisp blue jeans, button front shirt and a sports jacket.

Fair warning, Mom was a Great Depression child, and DH says I've inheritated her traits. Used paper napkins will be used for other things lol....

I am finishing up my second cup of herbal tea, which is part of my morning ritual of coffee-tea-tea to keep all systems running... smoothly? I think rental on formalwear is a great idea, do they do that also for wedding dresses and other formal attire? I've seen some resales on wedding dresses...

*sad sigh* I'm losing my broadleaf sage seedlings. One just collapsed the other day, and now 3 more are toppling over. Only 1 out of 6 germinations looks like it's going to make it. I'll be potting her up so I can regulate water/temp/sunlight better. I'll start some more, but a small single...

You've got a number of us trying something new... and that's something to be proud of!

Potted most of the herbs I grew in soil blocks, labeled and prepped for sale in about 4 weeks at the produce stand. Only 8 of each, as a trial run to see how they do. The tomatoes will get potted up Tuesday or Wednesday since we have a second set of true leaves and roots running wild out the...

We herb just about every meal in one form or another. Basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, sage. Since pepper (black white or red) is a no-go for me, we use herbs and garlic to bump up our meals. Though I'll admit I have a rotten hand with rosemary, I use store bought for that. I'm even trying...

I've never gone the 'pre-germinate' route, using pots or now the soil blocker. I'm an impatient gardener, lol. For some reason I'm having issues with the spinach, though. Only 2 out of 8 germinated, and it's fresh seed. I'll reseed tomorrow, even though it's the wane of the moon. Next week...

Well, my first round of herb seeds are doing well, and actually need to be potted up. 3 Types of basil, oregano, sage and thyme. Had a couple of non-germinators, but have had very good luck with the 1.5" blocker. Got rapid germination on heat mats. Now into second round with tomatoes (3...