Posted on 12/12/2014 1:37:49 PM PST by greeneyes
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Lemon tree has a couple more lemons ready to pick. Basil is going strong indoors. Outdoors lettuce, spinach, and carrots are hanging in there under row covers.
I have just been too lazy to plant anything for the kitchen area grow lights, but maybe the spirit will move me soon. LOL Hard to believe that 2014 is almost over.
What is your favorite soup and/or hot drink for a cold winter's day? Chicken Noodle soup and Chili are my go to favorite dishes . Coffee in the am and Hibiscus Tea in the afternoon.
Have a great weekend. God Bless.
Pinging the list. Arrowhead’s update is posted below:
Kathy in Alaska pinged me with the following update:
Arrowhead UPDATE from his daughter, Lisa...
Nothing really new to report this week, just continuing very slow recovery. The swallow test did not go as well as they had hoped, so they are going to try again in 2 weeks. (Didn’t go quite to the correct place, down the right tube, etc.) For now he is still on the feeding tube. My aunt went to visit this week and said when he started to talk, she could understand the first word or two of the sentence a little more clearly, then it went garbled again. Still, that’s the right track, so we are hoping that continues!
My mom passes on her thanks for all of the continued cards. She got them all out again the other day and my dad really enjoyed picking them all up and looking through each one. :) I will let you know when and if I hear new things this week and next, and will definitely have a very thorough update the week after as I am going back to Texas from Kansas on the 20th, and it seems to always be easier when I can explain the situation from being there first-hand.
The rains have been heavy,, the lemon tree is coming back strong after a series prune job last year..
The squirrels are still thick and foraging..
On to spring blossoms!!
PS.. I love butternut squash soup!
I’m picking up eight fresh hams at the university meat lab when I leave the office. I’ll get those into cure tonight and hang em up in the curing shed tomorrow.
I need to do a bit of work on my outdoor wood furnace before the weather turns cold again. It’s supposed to be in the 50°s this weekend so I think I’ll knock that little project out tomorrow.
That isn’t near enough to keep me occupied for two whole days so I’ll have to think up something else to keep me busy. Maybe prune and fertilize my orchard trees...
Fresh Hams - sounds good. I have plenty going on cleaning up indoors. I want to get the whole basement sorted and organized and downsized. I need more space for my home canned stuff. So got to sort all the stuff out and get rid of some of it.
Fried squirrel was a pretty tasty dish back when I was just a kid.
Hi all, about the only thing going on is my kraut is almost ready. Have had perfect temps in the garage, cold yes but my crocks did not freeze. I have a #8 and a #6 with shredded kraut and some whole leaves too. I like to use the soured leaves for stuffed cabbage. I put it up mid October and will take it out of the crocks this weekend. Whatever we don’t eat fresh I can in wide mouth quarts. MMMMMMMM kapusta!
That sounds good.
I live in Southern California and want to plant vegetables. Where I am located the problem is not deer but tree squirrels. Any ideas on repellents that work? Thanks. Please PM me your suggestions.
Kraut is supposed to be very healthy for a person. Lots of “good” bacteria.
1. Homemade chicken soup with vegetables.
2. Hot coffee with cocoa and cinnamon.
3. Earl Grey tea.
Thanks for posting Arrowhead’s report.
Favorite soup. Barley beef and vegetables, fish soup with lots of potatoes, carrots and celery and of course cream.
Our yard if FULL of oak leaves and acorns, millions of acorns. I’m going to rake them up tomorrow, if the leaves are dry, cause Sunday we’re expecting a gully washer. I’ve picked up one 50 gallon plastic bag full, just about all of it from our entrance, it’s full again. I have a vac/mulcher with the leaf blower, as of now, I’ve used only the mulcher.
We’re thinking of adding more raised gardens to the community garden, I want a 2 foot high, 12 or 20 foot x 3 feet for corn and beans, but I haven’t decided what kind of other vegetable to put in it then I’ll put straw over the whole thing.
In January I’m going to plant some beets, etc in the keyhole gardens.
Our community garden has a lot of vines coming thru the weed blocker and mulch we put down, the only thing I can think of, to destroy them, is weed killer. Does anyone have some good ideas to get rid of them?
Have eaten kraut all my life. Dad made ours. This year for the first time I added 2 cups of brewed kombucha into each crock, to boost the beneficial bacteria range. I had almost no scum as a result. Yes it is very good for you. I call it natures brillo pad. It will really clean you out.
Glad to hear there is some improvement. It might be one step forward and two steps back for a while. But I will be praying for his continued improvement and ultimate recovery.
I’m praying hard for Arrowhead and the family. Bless them and hope they are saved by my Lord.
We’ve had no ill effects. Just started brewing 2 years ago, really missed the homemade kefir from our goats milk, but no goats anymore. Appreciate the thought but that wasn’t much of an article. Lots of better info on kombucha on the internet, plus it has a long history. People used to freak out that we drank raw goats milk but if you have clean practices and healthy animals there is no problem. Same with brewing kombucha.
Continuing the clean up around my father’s home. It’s a slow slog but we are making progress.
I dug up and brought in all my geraniums and the mandevilla plant and a rozalea in early October - I just didn’t want to lose them to the cold (at $5-7 a plant, I’m too cheap to just let them go). At first every plant shed almost all of its leaves, but now my geraniums have made the adjustment and are flowering again. The mandevilla is putting forth new shoots. The rozalea has some buds. It’s looking pretty spring-y in the house.
If ceramic pots are used for brewing, lead poisoning might be a concern — the acids in the tea may leach lead from the ceramic glaze.
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