Posted on 11/14/2014 5:42:16 PM PST by greeneyes
Johnny believes in the institution of marriage. It didn’t take long for him to remember that he doesn’t want to live in an institution.
Did you put a whole clove in your cheek near the site of the toothache? I did that once and it worked!
Praying for Arrowhead1952 and his complete healing and for peace and strength for his family.
I planted some tulip bulbs yesterday. Still have a few more to go and also some narcissus bulbs to plant. It’s supposed to be pretty cold this weekend (lows in the 20’s). I hope I haven’t left things too late.
Prayers up for ArrowHead 1952
Im sure not alot of gardening going on in November, but here in Phoenix, with high of 75 and low at 50, I still have green bell peppers on the vine, some green cherry tomatoes and a plant loaded with jalapeno peppers growing great!
We have a functioning outhouse that I keep supplied for emergencies...and as a reminder of why indoor plumbing is so desirable.
In this weather, in the middle of the dark night, it would be too far to go (LOL) if it were even only 1/10 the distance.
No wonder our ancestors invented chamber pots! *<];-’)
My folks kept a Chamber Pot in their bedroom. We called it the Thunder Bolt
Consider interplanting flower/foliage with edible crops
that way you get food and beauty out of the same planter, simultaneously.
Look up/Google: "Companion Planting"
Fall soil retains heat fairly well, even though the sruface temp may be at, or above ,freezing.
As long as the soil is friable (crumbley), and can be worked it is safe to plant as two weeks of constant sub-freezing temps will only work down 3 inches.
The only real vairaible is rain / moisture which will hasten the soil freeze if daytime temps are not above freezing.
Bulbs and biennials are hardy and will take some long term frost, even if day temps are not above freezing.
Don't forget to add compost or leaf mulch (free fertilizer/compost) to increase organic content of the soil(and encourage worms).
Fall is the time to covet your neighbors leaves; if bagged , they are free garden insulation.
If picked up by the town in a leaf vacuum, ideal chopped up mulch for next year (on the cheap !).
When I was a kid (couple of centuries ago, if I remember correctly) we used clove and 'oil of clove' for toothaches.
Whole clove seemed to anethnetize the area, dull the pain, and I seem to recall that it was an antiseptic.
But then again , I grew up in an era of a teaspoon of 'cod liver oil' every Friday nite (Ugh ! Patoooie !, spit !cough !, more spit !!)
In 2008 , I went flyfishing for salmon in NewFoundland along with family friends. The invention that year was hot water (two propane tanks). The previous year of 2007 the invention for the sport camp was running water. 1 1/2 miles of water from snow-melt waterfall in a barely buried 1 inch platic line.
Can you imagine showering in snow-melt at 40-45 degree, tannic water ?
I will never take hot water , nor indoor plumbing foregranted ever again !!
Just the idea of snow-melt showers brings the hair on my arms upright, and gives me 'chicken-skin'. LMAO !!
(P.S.- Showers were short , and everything shrunk ! The soap didn't even melt !)
My great grandpa from Sweden arrived to his new life in a tiny coal mining town in southern Iowa in 1902. He dug wells, laid bricks and blocks and did other labor, saving his earnings till he sent for his wife and daughter in 1905.
He built a small house which now has been added on to several times. He dug a well where the kitchen was to be, before finishing the house and had a manual pump next to a sink. It was quite a breakthrough to have “running water” inside the house in those days.
Wow, this sounds great.
However, I will do my project on my 2nd story patio, because if I leave it on the front porch, it might not last too long. We do have a couple of critters who live near by, and I know they would love to find that fresh vegetation.
But, if I have a lot left over, I will be able to place a basket of goodies in the laundry room (where everybody eventually gathers).
I had thought of doing this before, but I didn’t know how to go about it. I’m a real salad lover; home-made soup person (especially in the winter), so this may be a lot of fun.
Thanks so much.
p.s. Maybe fake flowers on the front porch will work better and last longer. LOL
I would like to add a few of these, then plant pink and yellow miniature roses around these, and Johnny Jump-ups at the outside edges.
Glad you have enjoyed the thread. Stay tuned - we manage to muddle through the cold discussing upcoming plans, recipes, weather etc.
Of course there are some areas that are in an area where they are still growing or getting ready to grow stuff, so they help keep the spirit going.
Many of the skills needed to establish a place on your own, have been lost. Most people wouldn’t know where to start to dig a well by hand.
Yep we too are having unusually harsh temps. Last night at midnight the temp was 20 degrees and going down. Not sure how far it went down.
I did have stuff covered, but not as much as I should have, so I’ll be surprised if they all survive.
We used rain barrels for a number of years to water the garden. However one summer had higher temps and less rain than usual, and all the barrels were empty by the end of May.
Since we are on a well, we didn’t want to take a chance on using it for plants. We hauled water for the perennials and fruit trees, but let everything else burn up.
To prevent that in the future, we bought a swimming pool at an end of season sale at Walmart. Now we have 4000 gallons collected from our roof. We attached a hose with a splitter, and can water our whole gardens using gravity.
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