tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post1554705653882259846..comments2024-03-18T12:04:27.789-05:00Comments on A Home Grown Journal: Pictures, Pictures, PicturesMama Peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-23055975103954898842018-07-09T20:49:31.579-05:002018-07-09T20:49:31.579-05:00Donna - You know, all I did outside today in the h...Donna - You know, all I did outside today in the heat was pick strawberries. And I just commented to my husband that I feel so stiff tonight that I can hardly move. He says he thinks it comes from working in this intense heat and humidity. Of course, coming in from picking and sitting cleaning berries for two and a half hours probably didn't help either! Gee golly, if we're exhausted now, how are we ever gonna make it when fall harvest time comes??<br /><br />Cockeyed Homestead - If you can figure out how we can all stay at a high energy level when the heat and humidity are so oppressive, you will immediately be rich and famous! And much revered!<br /><br />Oh, if only I did have a kitchen intern. Or a garden intern. Or a house cleaning intern! Have never had the good fortune to have anyone like that, but I sure could keep them busy from dawn til dusk. And then they'd leave just like yours! :o(Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-76390806385233126822018-07-09T10:04:14.351-05:002018-07-09T10:04:14.351-05:00I posted a blog "Too pooped to pop" when...I posted a blog "Too pooped to pop" when my best intentions combat my energy issues. All too often, it's happening with the high temperatures.<br /><br />You have a kitchen intern? I want one all of my interns keep vanishing to get married and have children of their ownCockeyed Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107151148843311635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-47863601642899902262018-07-09T10:02:32.793-05:002018-07-09T10:02:32.793-05:00Your beds are wonderful! Neat and tidy as mine wil...Your beds are wonderful! Neat and tidy as mine will never be, at least not this year. I see many of our fellow homesteading types speaking of how exhausted they are. Such a busy busy busy time!!Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-38096081987711894832018-07-09T09:21:47.475-05:002018-07-09T09:21:47.475-05:00MrsDM - Thank you! Let's hope the harvest tur...MrsDM - Thank you! Let's hope the harvest turns out well. With this crazy weather (high winds that are smashing things flat!) one never knows how it will all turn out!<br /><br />Susan - Hee-hee-hee! Must confess I did just finish weeding everything really well before the photographs. (Now if it would only STAY that way!!)<br /><br />Yep, add a little alcohol to the haskaps and all is well! I'm using so little rhubarb this year (or my plant is growing like it's on steroids) that I really should be making wine from that, too. Wait. Where's my kitchen intern to do that little task? ;o)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-33061455091236986622018-07-09T08:37:45.153-05:002018-07-09T08:37:45.153-05:00Wait - there is something missing in these photogr...Wait - there is something missing in these photographs... WEEDS! Everything looks wonderful, thanks to a lot of hard work on your part. Glad there is a good use for those haskaps!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-11645193975215344922018-07-09T08:05:23.928-05:002018-07-09T08:05:23.928-05:00Three cheers to a fabulous garden!!!:)Three cheers to a fabulous garden!!!:)MrsDuncanMahoganyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530532280823055509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-6687104223623360802018-07-09T07:15:53.108-05:002018-07-09T07:15:53.108-05:00Yarrow - You're welcome. I find the raised be...Yarrow - You're welcome. I find the raised beds SO much easier to take care of and per square inch (or foot) I can grow so much more in each of them than in a traditional garden space. <br /><br />I don't have near the artistic talent you do, but I also struggle to find time to create as much as is my desire. (And a true need, I sometimes think.) Doesn't this all relate directly back to finding one's balance in life? Easy to say, difficult to achieve!<br /><br />Leigh - Warm and cool weather crops at the same time . . . ha! I don't have a choice in this wonky climate! It still amazes me that my cool weather shell peas mature about the same time as my warm weather beans! (What's wrong with this picture?)<br /><br />My first thought was that you probably would have trouble growing haskaps in your area. But then I think I remember reading of some varieties that have been developed for successful growing in warmer climates. Was I dreaming or is this true? I'm sure with your good researching abilities, you could find out. Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-81980635593735253062018-07-09T04:39:02.911-05:002018-07-09T04:39:02.911-05:00Your garden photos are always inspirational and it...Your garden photos are always inspirational and it amazes me that you can grow warm and cool weather crops at the same time. I really like the look of those haskap berries too, and have had that on my plant wish list, but since they emphasize it's cold hardiness my concern is how heat tolerant it is. Probably not enough to survive our summers. :(Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-62828506918776118622018-07-09T01:17:34.075-05:002018-07-09T01:17:34.075-05:00Wow, your raised beds are great, thank you for the...Wow, your raised beds are great, thank you for the tour :DYarrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06662236319781194283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-3860688372373097032018-07-08T19:07:30.484-05:002018-07-08T19:07:30.484-05:00wisps of words - Yes, dear Wise Woman! We both we...wisps of words - Yes, dear Wise Woman! We both were over-tired last night which no doubt did contribute to our less than super night's sleep! We've both taken it easy today (we got 1-1/2" of rain!) so I have a feeling we will conk out tonight with no problem.<br /><br />I do love zinnias, too, because they make long lasting cut flowers. I start mine inside every year, but for some reason they did not grow for me like they usually do. I babied (baby-ed?) them along and finally put them out while they were still small and puny looking. Now with our warm weather they're (at long last) growing big and strong. Well, maybe not so big yet, but strong! :o}Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-88042441296774293292018-07-08T18:13:21.669-05:002018-07-08T18:13:21.669-05:00You do sooooo much!!!!
And you are getting so muc...You do sooooo much!!!!<br /><br />And you are getting so much produce, for your efforts.<br /><br />But...<br /><br />You just knew there would be a "but" didn't you? >,-))))<br /><br />When both of you have trouble getting a full night's sleep, are your bodies telling you something...????????? Hmmm? Hmmmm? Hummmmm?<br /><br />Oh love cosmos. Here, our zinnias and marigolds are really blooming like mad. It's wonderful!!! After the trouble we had, with other plants. wisps of wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995057494013633705noreply@blogger.com