Posted on 12/22/2017 6:28:55 PM PST by greeneyes
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Got to try that crockpot recipe for Mushrooms. I need to clean out my freezers, but not gonna go there till next year.
Potatoes are forming eyes earlier this year. May have to peel and can some of them.
Merry Christmas Greeneyes and also Merry Christmas to all my gardening friends. I had to make a trip into our local botanic gardens Wednesday just to spend some time in the big tropical conservatory. Needed badly to be around some greenery. Thanks greeneyes for hosting the thread so faithfully.
We had rain last night that turned to snow. Most of it melted by sunset today. I did not even stick my head outdoors today. Wrapped up in electric throw and sipping hot liquids, and catching up on my Bible studies.
You are welcome - always nice to hear appreciation. I enjoy looking at my few potted plants. If I had managed to get the winter wheat and rye planted sooner, I’d be seeing waves of green reminiscent of spring outdoors, but alas, I didn’t get it done in time.
The sky was very gray today & it was almost a little humid, close to 70! Rain sprinkles came now and again & the wind was blowing. I almost quit with the leaves due to the wind, but decided to keep going. The last load of leaves is still in the trailer I was using to haul them away because the rain finally went from a sprinkle now & again to a steady, harder rain and I had to quit. The trailer is pulled under a pole shed & I’ve got a tarp over it so the leaves don’t blow out. Tomorrow will be much colder with highs in the mid-40’s, but the rain should be gone so I can get those leaves dumped and then I’ll be able to spend some time indoors.
If you’ve ever worked in Retail and found customers wandering around in your Stock Room...it’s the same feeling! ;)
Don’t be too surprised if Ithaca ends up on your front lawn one of these days.
Merry Christmas!
I used up the last of our home-grown potatoes - but Wisconsin grows potatoes second only to Idaho, so I SHOULD be able to get my hands on more. ;)
Got three more seed catalogs in the mail, yesterday. Shumway’s, Gurney’s and Jung’s, of course! :)
It’s Christmas and he is your own lowly beast of burden. Just one of your blessings.
Yes, he’s a sway-backed hay-burner, but he has his charms. ;)
That’s a pretty good trip. We used to go in for Christmas and stay a week with my Grandma. A day or so before Christmas to finish up shopping and wrap gifts.
Hubby and I both had parents, brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews, and cousins in the area to visit. As the kids grew up and moved away, they too used to come back.
Now that the grandparents, parents are gone, there’s no more big get gatherings, and it’s a long trip, so we stay here and knock around the big ole house.
I went out and dumped the kitchen compost container a bit ago. The patio was really slick. It’s getting really cold outside, and the green house heater is struggling to stay in the upper 50s. Humidity is also down, as the crockpot is no longer bubbling, but is still warm.
We will be making some improvements involving layers of curtains and containers of water.
I’ll be using some of our potatoes tomorrow. With me on low carb, we don’t eat them as fast as we used to.
I used to call on a potato company in Plover, WI.
Years ago, the company acquired a small “perched” lake.
The lake was drained and provided an excellent potato growing locale.
The entire ‘middle’ of our state was ground to a pulp due to the Glaciers. It’s excellent soil for growing potatoes, carrots and onions. And the land is flat, flat, flat...also thanks to said Glaciers. ;)
We live in the SW part of WI that the glaciers didn’t hit. Most people, and all of the cows, have one or two legs longer than the other from walking on a hillside your entire life, LOL!
There isn’t ONE level spot of land on our 160 acres - other than maybe the circular portion of our driveway - but that had to be carved out.
I’ve lived out here for two years, now. I prefer gently rolling hills, but we have FOUR Chiropractors that do a thriving business in our small community! ;)
Our property is right at the edge of where the glacier stopped. We are on a huge hill of rocks, boulders, more rocks and more boulders. The soil is sandy though. 34 years ago when we had our house built we had garden soil trucked in, mixed with the sand and then used goat manure and compost o build it up. It is like deep fine black cake flour now.
I traveled Wisconsin frequently during my peddling days. Corporate office was in Sheboygan. 100 year old family owned company operated coal brokerage and coal docks around the Great Lakes.
I sold 1/2 to 3/4 of a million tons of eastern coal annually on the inland river system by barge and truck. Good years.
Then, Mr. Koch had another idea...
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