90+ and sunny in Texas with a heat index of 100, whew. The humidity is getting the best of me even with the ceiling fans so setting up the small fan for the kitchen and desk. I set out a larger box for the kittens hoping mama would move them into it. It’s just too crowded and hot in their current box. Their eyes haven’t opened yet and she still hisses warnings at us. Moved human kiddo AGAIN this week and managed to move out some of her stuff but can’t see that it made a dent.
Here, the corn is waist to chest high. Seeds were maybe 3 years old but probably 85% germination. I hand pollinated the one that is tassling.
Good on your peanuts. Good on your self suficiency with the flour and sour dough starter. Mine’s just from store bought.
Picking green beans, peppers and greens. It looks like the svb is baaaaack. Had to spray the cukes with fungicide. A little green worm is destroying the cabbage. Of course, the weeds are extremely happy and healthy. It’s going to be a buggy summer. The flies are already bad and there are even mosquitoes in the car. The dogs have been eaten up with fleas for 6 weeks already.
Not good on your being down and out. It’s not fun hurting not being able to get around.
I am looking forward to recovery. Shame on me for taking up the mats and not getting them back down sooner, and allowing my tootsies freedom from shoes for a few trips to the bathroom. Meanwhile, I am making sure to keep up on the work that I have completed, so things don't backslide.
Electric bills are up significantly here(43% increase even with reduced use-age). Guess it's probably related to the war on coal. We get lots of electricity from coal in Missouri.
The politicians and greenies really amaze me sometimes. It seems that we have decided that chicken processed in China would be ok to do. They plan to ship the dead birds to China for processing, and they will ship them back as Chicken nuggets etc.
Aside from the fact that China has a total lack of good quality control when it comes to processing food, toothpaste etc, how much sense does it make to use all that fossil fuel to pilot the boats to and from China?
Chicken processing is not a glamorous job, but at least it's a job. Something very wrong with this picture on so many levels. They don't plan on labeling either.
I'll probably be reserving my chicken for the year from some local producers and make my own McNuggets for the kids.