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After church I ventured up to the farm and gathered a big ole sack of collard greens and came home, washed them up, got some good ole bacon grease in the pot and just finished putting them the stove on boil.

Bought me a book called 'The Vegetable Gardeners BIBLE' by Edward E. Smith (bought at Lowes) and goodness gracious alive, it is filled with the best information on planting veggies, soil, ph factor, on and on and on. It has me riding the streets picking up sacks of leaves and grass so I can put it all around the plants and between the rows to keep the grass from growing. I will churn them under with my tiller at the end of gathering season to help with next year. I already go the the arena and get the chips which is mixed with horse 'stuff' and will spread it all over the garden at years end. I get the already rotted batches, the fresh stuff I get to put around my shrubs and trees. Darn, I have a green thumb and enjoying every minute of it. It's heck to be retired, NOT!

Got to go and check on my greens, see ya later. Toby