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This is the fun time of the gardening season – so much is happening now. I’ve enjoyed watching the tomatoes change from green to blush to red. The Time Bomb Peppers are doing great. There is a new cucumber on the vine. I can’t… Continue Reading “ENJOYING THE GARDEN”
Thursday, we received an unexpected e-mail from the bosses: the stores were going to be closed on the 3rd and the 4th! There were lots of hurrahs from everyone. For me, that meant a very welcome 4-day weekend! Saturday morning, I invited a friend… Continue Reading “A SURPRISE FROM WORK”
Look what I picked from my garden! Two fat cucumbers and four Mary Reid apples! I expect more cucumbers over the season but there won’t be any more apples. Nevertheless, this is an exciting event since these are the first apples from either tree… Continue Reading “AREN’T THEY LOVELY?”
Good personal hygiene is important under normal circumstances. In an emergency or after a disaster has occurred it is still important but not necessarily as easy to accomplish. This week TAKE STOCK of how well you will be able to maintain personal hygiene if the… Continue Reading “TAKE STOCK – WEEK 26”
Oscar is notorious for 1) not finishing projects and 2) not cleaning up stuff he’s used on a project. This of course has consequences. For example, when you leave your brand-new wire cutters in the yard for weeks, instead of putting them away, they… Continue Reading “UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES”
The two or three weeks of warm weather we have helped the garden take off. Garden visits have become more than work and watering as I begin to see some (beginning) fruits of my labors. The pea pods I reported HERE filled out nicely… Continue Reading “MORE FUN ENCOUNTERS”
Things sure have changed over the decades as far as the availability of information to help us with our Self-Reliance and Preparedness goals. This week let’s TAKE STOCK of our dependence (over-dependence?) on technology for this information. In the not-so-olden days, we spent serious… Continue Reading “TAKE STOCK – WEEK 24”
One of the things that makes gardening fun is when you start finding new discoveries nearly every day. The return of 80 degree temperatures has done wonders for the plants in the garden. The tomatoes have blossoms, the apple trees have apples, the squash… Continue Reading “THINGS ARE PROGRESSING NICELY”
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