Posted on 02/07/2014 12:31:57 PM PST by greeneyes
The week before the fall, the engineer was here and there is a portion of my stairs where it turns to go up the last five stairs and there is no rail at that turn or up those last five stairs. He is always sure I'm going to fall down the stairs, so he put white hand holds like you see in a bathroom, where the rail stops so there are hand holds from there and up those stairs. There are five of those hand holds. After the fall, those hand holds were very important because I couldn't put my whole weight on that foot and the hand holds made me very steady to get up those stairs and down those stairs there.
Of course, he had a fit when he found out I fell. Now, he wants the whole area where I walk outside surgically clean, and kept insisting I go to the doctor. He is a real pain, the most exact engineer I have ever met, everything must be exact.
I would bet my husband, Bill, has touched every life on this forum. Have you ever eaten a Pringle potato chip? The chips in the tube? Husband Bill was an engineer and he developed the process to make all the chips the same shape so they would fit in the tube. Say, “Thank you, Bill”, every time you eat Pringles potato chips.
Bill also touches every voter in Texas at every election. He wrote the bill that became law when our Texas Legislature passed that bill and it determines who is in your central counting station and how your votes are counted in every county in Texas on election night. You can say, “Thank you, Bill” for your votes getting counted fairly on election night.
You might need to wear your motor cycle helmet when you go outside in freezing weather, just in case of falls.
My solution is that I don’t go outside unless the temperature is above 45 degrees.LOL
It wasn’t snowing or freezing at that time but it was going to be very cold that night and I went out to bring in a plant, Mr. Stevia plant. The plant is fine.
I love pringles. Don’t eat many chips nowadays, but I like to keep some for the kids. How neat to know that your hubby had a hand in this great chip.
Those would be great indoors, especially if you have enough sunlight or lights. A south facing window box supplemented with grow lights would probably make enough maters (small ones) to have fresh tomatoes on a salad a couple times a week. If you have several such windows you could get even more.
This is the link for the online version of what I use, but I don’t use the raisons (opt). The Orange Juice is what gives it the better flavor, and make sure your spaghetti squash is not too wet.
***I always use the precooked spaghetti squash.
http://www.cooks.com/recipe/jh0qg3l8/spaghetti-squash-bread.html
OR: If you need more moisture us a little more OJ.
I have used a favorite Banana Bread Recipe too, and substituted OJ for the milk. The Pillsbury Cookbook has an Orange Zuchini Bread recipe that also works well...just trade out the Zuchini for Spaghetti Squash.
Happy Baking.
/johnny
It is 42 in the garden right now. Soon as the sun warms it up, putting Mr. Stevia plant back outside. I hope this warmer weather stays for a while, like until next December.
/johnny
Most of the stuff that was on the sunshelves has now been moved out to the cold frame, sharing space with the cabbages, celery, garlic, and the leftovers of the broccoli.
The shelves won't stay bare for long, as I have other stuff that I'll be starting inside this weekend.
/johnny
I'm wondering if I should move the seedlings in the larger pots outside into the small greenhouse I have. Based on my forecast, they could be out there over a week without a really low temperature and then I don't know what the forecast would be after that. If it got cold again, I suppose I would have to bring them back in and I wonder if that would kill them? I'm not experienced in what to do during this time between warm and then cold again.
I'm going to put them out there right now.
Moving my tomato plants outside hardens them up for after Easter, when they will be out there on their own, and don't get moved again.
/johnny
That leaves lots of room under the grow lamp for the rest of the really small plants. I've got too many tobacco tiny plants to count them. I think I see a tiny bit of green in the Stevia seed cup and I mean a tiny, teeny, bit. I hope those seeds come up as I read they are hard to grow.
I have to put celery in the larger small pot tomorrow, there are still too many plants in that small cup and they keep growing taller.
Surely would like to get these plants under the grow lamp outside because near the end of February and on March 1, I have another bunch of seeds to start under that grow lamp.
/johnny
Checked my seed cups and watered after returning from the dr. office. I guess about 60% have sprouted. Every day there are more. Maybe tomorrow I will spend some time with them and separate them according to variety. They got mixed when I put them in the bottom water trays and I really can’t tell too much about what is doing good and what isn’t.
Marcella—I hope your foot is doing better.
Foot gets gradually better. When in my chair, I take shoe off so it doesn't touch foot.
It felt good to get some plants out of the house and in the small greenhouse. Johnny says he takes plants out of house and back in house depending if cold comes back so I guess I'll be doing that, too, if we get more cold.
When he got me into growing plants, he didn't tell me my life would be ruled by plants.
What a clever boy you are.
I’m going to start saving plastic bottles right now. I’ve got a bunch in my freezer for the same purpose I suppose (temp stability) but haven’t considered putting them in my covered raised beds. I’ve been throwing the spares away. Have to stop that now.
/johnny
What a great idea.
I’ve considered putting bricks/riprap in there for the same purpose but the water bottles are probably much better for that purpose.
Problems in life are engineering solution opportunities, and I've got a junk pile. ;)
/johnny
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