The New Hobbit Hole

[SuziQ]

Being the southern woman that she is, my wife understands passive-agressive.

All right, another GRITS! I'm always being kidded about my southern accent up here in New England, but a friend told me once that with that accent, I could tell someone to go to hell and they'd be happy to make the journey. Is that something like 'passive-aggressive?

[Overtaxed]

Being a jarhead, I just can't get my arms around the passive aggressive thing

It's a wimmin psychological warfare thing. :)

[Overtaxed]

I never could abide turnips, collards, etc. They were always way too bitter for me.

Nooooo! Not colllards and turnip greens. It's the mustard greens that I have to cut with a milder green. :)

[g'nad]

mustard greens MMMmmmmm mustard greens...

Couple a tblspns of bacon grease, onion, garlic, throw in the blanched greens and fry for about 10 minutes, then about a cup of chicken broth and ground red pepper to taste...reduce till almost dry, add red wine vinegar to taste and crumbled bacon, reduce till alost dry and dig in...Mmmm Mmmm...

[Corin Stormhands]

I'm always being kidded about my southern accent up here in New England...

Don't let 'em kid you. I always tell yankees that if it wasn't for the Southern states, they'd still be speaking English...

[Overtaxed]

How much garlic and onion? Or is it to taste.

Why am I asking since I always do to taste anyway. :)

[g'nad]

I always say, "to your taste"...I normally double any seasonings in standard recipes...I hate people trying to limit my garlic and pepper intake...

I generally use a whole onion (yellow), chopped, not minced, and a mongo heaping spoonful of crushed garlic from the jar...

[Overtaxed]

Thanks! I'll give it a try some time soon.

[2Jedismom]

You should consider container gardening! You have to look for certain types of plants, like bush type tomatoes as apposed to vining and stumpy danvers carrots instead of the long imperator type. But you can grow beans if you tie up some twine for them to grow up.

I have some great pictures of Matthew when he was a baby, picking the first tomatoe of the season from our container garden. That's all we had because most landlords wouldn't let us tear up the lawn. Our first landlord had a spare lot and that's where we had a huge garden...the one the Wiccans next door meditated in!

The first thing we did when we moved into our house was dig up a garden. Our first garden was a fall garden, consisting of radishes. That's it. Radishes. The bed was 4x4".

[JenB]

Hmm, garden and health day at the Hobbit Hole? It must be Monday!

Hi all, back from work. There should be a national holiday every week called "Tuesday" to make getting through Monday easier.

[g'nad]

There should be a national holiday every week called "Tuesday"

Hey I think you're on to something...kinda like the "second breakfast" concept...MMmmm....breakfast...

[JenB]

So... you'll join the "Comittee to Declare Tuesday a Paid Holiday?

[SuziQ]

mustard greens MMMmmmmm mustard greens...

Ack, choke, spit!!

[g'nad]

Yup! Where do I sign?...

[JenB]

Um... at the bottom of this form - yes, it looks like a check, that's for, er, security resons - your full name, please... look, it'll help get at least one of us a day off with pay!

[2Jedismom]

Well, I got the porch cleaned out, vacumed and dusted and all the toys are washed and drying on a tarp in the backyard. I think I may die in the heat! I washed every little Hot Wheels and Tinker Toy.

[Overtaxed]

Is it a dry heat? :)

[HairOfTheDog]

Hullo! - not that hot here, but warm for my tastes... I washed things too, scrubbed out the horse's feed pans, mostly just for an excuse to play with the hose!

A quick trip to the feed store turned into a major ordeal, because first I couldn't find my keys, so I grabbed my spare set. Drove all the way there, paid for the hay, watched the guy grab it on his trailer and followed him out to my truck... Only then did I realize the canopy on my truck is locked and the spare set does not have a key to that. .

SO I had to smile sweetly at him and all the other people who were waiting for their stuff... and explain that I couldn't open my canopy. They looked at me like I was blond or something! I had to go all the way home.... look again all over the place for my keys (found them in the jacket I wore days ago) and go all the way back and face them again. They were gracious, and I had another key to my canopy made for the spare set!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Nice story... loved the smilies. :)

[HairOfTheDog]

hehehehe - How is your evening?