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i grew up with gardens around and loved them myself and learning about plants after i was able to read practicing on houseplants all the various techniques for plant propagation. and i also like nature, bugs, dirt, water, microbes, etc. i spent a lot of time with Mom helping to put food up.

animal crackers don't help? :)

we had takeout from our favorite Chinese food place as Mom met my brother for lunch. i had eggrolls and Mo Shu Chicken and that is also breakfast. :)

how is that much sediment getting in the system? can you put a whole house filter on your incoming line from the well?

i'm so glad that worked out in the end! :)

none of your family is into history or geneology? my own experience is that my Mom throws too much stuff away or doesn't care so if anyone in the future wants to know more details they're going to be missing those details. i'm personally not into doing that sort of digging but years ago i...

Mom keeps saying she's not cooking and so far she's stuck to that pretty well. for which i am quite ok as we have a lot of things from the freezer to eat up. today it is sloppy joes and a piece of bread. i just asked Mom if there was any ice-cream and she laughed. so i guess no ice-cream... :)

i hate plumbing. there i said it. we've gone through all sorts of gyrations to get the hot water heater fixed, the well fixed, the hot water temperature set correctly and then... the past few weeks it gradually started to smell more like sulphur in the water and i figured it was because of...

here are some beans from today's shelling out. i love the color of these but you can't really see it very well in this picture, there's some green and blue in that gray... the white beans with the pattern were added for some contrast, but also because they're interesting too. i did plant...

oh man i love fresh roasted turkey and turkey soup. i just had some dinner but i'm drooling all over again. :)

there's a guy i know locally who i used to see at the library when he was tiny. he's now about 8 inches taller than i am and a good 50lbs or more too. heh, i can't still help think of him as the little shaver... we get along fine and still talk about books when i see him (he works there now...

we may not see that temperature until next May or later...

maybe hire someone to do the planting for you?

true, dry beans do take up space to grow and do need picking and shelling but they are not that hard to do. i use them as a cover crop (which at times fails if i don't get around to weeding them soon enough), but i also grow rather wimpy bush beans that if i would instead grow pole beans they...

i have continued regrets about getting rid of some old paperwork. don't give in to these modern bits of ideas about how sane people should live. be strong. you'll need it to move those boxes again sometime...