Seed starting time...2016

 

The weather is soo nice outside ,today

I am wanting to go plant something, so I started some seeds today...

 

this is what I started today

Broccoli

Tomato-Rutgers

tomato-beefsteak

Pepper- haberno

pepper-hung.yellow wax

pepper-calf. wonder

pepper-sweet banana

coleus-rainbow mix

pansy-Swiss giants

 

          These all can be started indoors 6-8 weeks before frost....
I started seeds like this last year ...Take a Ziploc bag, paper towels, place seeds in middle of paper towel , fold paper towel up and then put in bag...put alittle of water in bag( not a lot) just enough to wet paper towel....then put someplace warm...I put mine in a ice container on top of frig....

                  I also wrote down the days each seed needs to germinate....so I can check back on the seeds in a few days. I usually check on them weekly.

                      Well that is enough for now,
                                                                    so
                            I hope you all
                                                                    ENJOY!
                       

Going to the ER...

Sorry no pics today, but just getting on my soapbox alittle.

Earlier in the week I took girlygirl to the ER after calling the ER and talking to the nurse on call about what was going on with her.And then talking to her doctor`s nurse over the phone. I took her to the ER.....We got there at 3pm....We got registered as being there and I asked how many was in front of her, I was told just three.....Her vitals were checked about a hour later....then lab work was done....was told nothing by mouth( no food or nothing to drink).....So we sat and waited until they called her name to go back and see the doctor....At about 6pm I went up and asked how many was in front of her...I was told 13 people were in front of her....so I went back and sat down and waited some more.....About 7 pm I went back up and asked how many again and was told 2 were in front of her....so I went and sat and waited some more.....So again at 8 pm I went and asked how many ....was told 3 more and I question about this ...and was told more critical patients had come in......I understand that I told them ....I seen about 4-6 people go back  while waiting....a Couple went back where the less critical patients go back....So, I went back at 9 pm and asked again....was told 1 was ahead of her........We finally got back to a room( thankful no a wall room)..at about 9:30pm after arriving at 3 pm...They had change into a gown and then we waited to see the doctor....more tests were done...then we waited some more...We didn't leave the hospital until about midnight...with a prescription for an antibiotic ...even though they really didn't find anything, just thought she had infection somewhere...

My issue....cant something be done to help those that go to the ER( or told to go to the ER) to keep from waiting so long before they are seen by the doctor that is there....

some snow...

We got some snow on top of that icy mess from yesterday early this morning....

 

windshield this morning

 

our road

 

well that is all I took pics of so far

 

hope you all enjoy!

icy mess or is it

We got freezing drizzle and freezing rain last night into early this morning, like in the early am about 1 to 2 o clock when only up to keep the fire going thru the night....
I went to sleep with right leg hurting at the knee, woke up this morning ,about 7 with left leg hurting below the knee, besides the back and the back of my head....

here are few pics of around our wee farm and the garden area this morning

 

my car

hubby was nice enough to defrost it off this morning

another round coming in tonight

 

our road,

no one has been in or out this morning

 

 

the angel garden

 

just a butterfly shrub with some ice

 

 

a bed of strawberries, hopefully they will survive

 

veggie land and in the back strawberry fields

 

                                               one of the peach trees I planted last year
                                       shows the ice on it...if you look real close

                                           well that's all for now so,
                                                      I hope you all

                                                        Enjoy!

 

Making new labels

Since my garden plant labels have faded,
project from last year...pieces of old lattice, painted ,then painted name of plant on the lattice strip.

the paint has faded, a ugly site ...I watched a video on YouTube about turning

                                            a ordinary milk jug into plant labels
                                           I thought I would try and see if the markings faded
                                          and if they uphold to Ozarks weather

                                           I don't know if you can tell from the pic
                                         but I cut up one milk jug into small pieces

 

got out my plant book ( where everything is labeled/plant map)

and started writing on the plastic cut from the milk jug

 

 

put packing tape across the front

                                                    put packing tape across the back
                                                   using bamboo skewers for the stake

 

one done

 

                                                     Here is one bed completed for now

 

 

something different...

Ok , I have failed at the New Year`s resolution this year....I will try to at least get pic/blog post each week....
Here is the post for this week

                                          it seems like something has been eating my parsley...

                                          next post on what I am trying with this

                                              I hope you all ENJOY!

Where do i begin????

That is exactly how I feel on what has been going on here...sorry about not posting.....
I would have posted on Sunday, but I went to put my SD card in the computer. Our computer wouldn't read it , besides of having pain on my right bottom side of my jaw( teeth)...Yes, I have bad teeth...so....on Monday - both girls had appointments, needless to say they didn't go because of me...I started coming out both ends on Sunday night and still felt terrible Monday morning ...so I rescheduled both girls appointment...Tuesday morning---I noticed that my right side of my face has swollen...so I took camo girl to her appointment on Tuesday, then went to urgent care to get help with the pain and swelling of the right jaw and confirmed sorta of on what was going on...tooth abscess for me...so prescription for an antibiotic and pain meds( that put me to sleep).....that is where I am right now

sorry about no pics for the day...but it has been raining again and besides I cant figure out how to get the computer to read my SD card...

Day 2...jan 2

Well still have the back pain, and of course the back of the headache...
Keeping with my New Year`s Resolution....

 

blackberry fields

Rows of blackberry briers, ones with thorns and ones without

 

the two beds that are mapped into blackberry fields

Now lets look at another area

 

 

the beginning of a new bed in the pathway

 

   
                                                            eventually this will lined with

 

                                                       Blackberry briers and of course irises

 

one of the beds in the pathway

 

                              all paths have trials and tribulations...thus the thorns of the blackberries
                          and hopefully some roses....there is also beauty therefore irises and daylilies
                        because all paths lead to the almighty GOD....

                                                     that is all for now
                                                   I hope you all
                                                          ENJOY!
                                   

 

 

Day 1...Jan 1...Happy New Year..

Wow, a new year of gardening...I wonder what challenges lay ahead here on the farm and my gardens...I think one of the challenges will be my health...

My New Year resolution will again be taking a pic of some sort everyday...might always be garden related, but I will try and take one that is garden related.

so to start the New Year off, today I will post a few pics of veggie land and blackberry lane...

 

 

tulips sprouting up

this one is in front of the snowfire tea rose

 

 

just a couple of views of veggie land...

 

                                                   Then a look into blackberry land
                                          I think I might have not made enough space
                                     in between the blackberry briers, some are with thorns
           
                               Well enough for now
                                               I hope you all ENJOY!!!!!