Good Morning, All! It's another lovely, cool morning here - low 60's and isn't supposed to get out of the 70"s today. I'm thrilled with those temps as I need to get out and pick beans again, and till the gardens. Hubby had asked me to wait to till until he was at home (good thing as the tiller was low on fuel and he insists on putting gas in this giant 5 gallon can I can barely lift), so I ran away from home with the neighbor lady yesterday - pool (followed by a nap), then she picked me up and we went in to town to the local wine bar (one teeny glass) to listen to a local musician, hit the pub across the road for supper, and followed that up with a stop at Dollar General - do we old ladies know how to party, or what?! The hours I work, and being busy with the grandkids keeps me out of the 'local scene' most of the time (which is fine with me ) but it was nice to get out and see the town folk for a bit. Boy, some of those kids I went to school with are looking pretty old lately....
We've got a heavy dew this morning, so I'm going to wait to pick beans and pull weeds in the flower beds. I'm thinking about letting a few of the red root pigweed plants that are coming up everywhere go to seed and then save the seed. It's a member of the amaranth family, the young leaves can be cooked for greens, and the mature seeds can be ground to use as a thickener in place of flour, or used for cereal. I've collected the seeds in the past just to try them for eating - they need to dry, and then be crushed and cooked in hot water or milk to make a decent cereal. But we may come to a time when any food is good food, so I'll let them have a very small spot in case I need to propagate them in more volume later on. I'd rather plant 'em where I want 'em than have to go out and hunt them down wherever the birds will plant them.
The only other job on Hubby's Honey-do list after he puts fuel in the tiller is to shut off the main breaker in the shed and replace the light switch and light bulb for the store room in the shed - I've been asking him to do it for a while. I found another stash of auction lot canning jars in a corner that I need to move in there, but I can't get it done in the dark.
The small wine grapes on my side porch trellis are slowly ripening - but the orioles are eating them about as fast as they ripen. They aren't bothering the other grapes so I'll let them have the wine grapes and I'll cover the other ones that are easier to deal with, and picke them as they ripen later on.
Middle grandson's first JFL football game of the season is this coming Saturday, so I will have to remember to pack my team shirt and jeans in my work bag when I head in to work Friday night. I'll only stay for his game as Friday is my last night of 3 inna row so I'll be tired.
The neighbor lady and I decided to put off our sort of planned trip due to flooding in the area we'd thought to go to. We talked about it last night and decided we'd rather go mid-week than on a weekend anyway; but we'll have to wait until my next work schedule comes out until we can make plans.
Well, the cousins just pulled in and I'm still in my pj's so I guess I'd better get around and get a few things done around here. You folks take care out there - stay safe!!
We've got a heavy dew this morning, so I'm going to wait to pick beans and pull weeds in the flower beds. I'm thinking about letting a few of the red root pigweed plants that are coming up everywhere go to seed and then save the seed. It's a member of the amaranth family, the young leaves can be cooked for greens, and the mature seeds can be ground to use as a thickener in place of flour, or used for cereal. I've collected the seeds in the past just to try them for eating - they need to dry, and then be crushed and cooked in hot water or milk to make a decent cereal. But we may come to a time when any food is good food, so I'll let them have a very small spot in case I need to propagate them in more volume later on. I'd rather plant 'em where I want 'em than have to go out and hunt them down wherever the birds will plant them.
The only other job on Hubby's Honey-do list after he puts fuel in the tiller is to shut off the main breaker in the shed and replace the light switch and light bulb for the store room in the shed - I've been asking him to do it for a while. I found another stash of auction lot canning jars in a corner that I need to move in there, but I can't get it done in the dark.
The small wine grapes on my side porch trellis are slowly ripening - but the orioles are eating them about as fast as they ripen. They aren't bothering the other grapes so I'll let them have the wine grapes and I'll cover the other ones that are easier to deal with, and picke them as they ripen later on.
Middle grandson's first JFL football game of the season is this coming Saturday, so I will have to remember to pack my team shirt and jeans in my work bag when I head in to work Friday night. I'll only stay for his game as Friday is my last night of 3 inna row so I'll be tired.
The neighbor lady and I decided to put off our sort of planned trip due to flooding in the area we'd thought to go to. We talked about it last night and decided we'd rather go mid-week than on a weekend anyway; but we'll have to wait until my next work schedule comes out until we can make plans.
Well, the cousins just pulled in and I'm still in my pj's so I guess I'd better get around and get a few things done around here. You folks take care out there - stay safe!!