Just thought you'd like to know this information.
All About Feed - News: Feedmill violated GMP regulations for medicated feed
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Is growing food always legal?
Please go to this link and see for yourself, that growing food isn't always legal ! You can make your voice heard on Face book if you desire to show your support. It's a sad, sad, day when the few can control the many and the very people who complained are the same sort of people we all live with, in and amongst, so never forget that. These are the sort of people who'll snitch on you in a heartbeat and you'll more often than not ever find out who it was, that is how they operate, from the shadows. Just makes my blood boil that this would even be an issue, let alone go to the lengths it has, sad, truly, truly sad :o(
Remembering and Honoring those who protect our freedoms,even with their life
I receive a newsletter from Patriots Post, weekly, and this one was so good I wanted to share it.
Here is the direct link to this article and the info. if you choose to sign up for their newsletter; Patriot's Post newsletter
Alexander's Essay – May 27, 2010
In Memoriam: American Patriots
"With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance employ for the preservation of our liberties; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live as slaves." --Declaration of the Cause and Necessity of Taking up Arms, July 6, 1775
Patriots Remembered Monday is Memorial Day, that exceptional day of each year all Patriots reserve to formally honor the service and sacrifice of generations of uniformed Patriots now departed -- Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen who honored their sacred oaths "to support and defend" our Constitution and the liberty it enshrines.
In this era, however, our "progressive" academic institutions choose not to teach genuine history or civics. Consequently, many Americans have no sense of reverence or obligation for the liberty they enjoy. Indeed, many will "celebrate" Memorial Day as any other holiday, with barbecues, beer, and commercial sales at local malls. Simply put, they have sold out Memorial Day.
However, those of us who do understand the cost of liberty will advance this custom in honor of fallen Patriots, with both formal rites and simple prayers. For it is through the legacy of these Patriots that we are able to see most clearly our nation's noble history of eternal vigilance in support of liberty.
In 1776, an extraordinary group of men signed a document affirming our God-given right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Their commitment to the principles outlined therein are summed up in its final sentence: "And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."
Founding Patriot John Adams wrote: "I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States."
And the cost has been incalculable.
Generations of Patriots have since pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor in defense of the Essential Liberty codified by our Founders in the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution.
Our nation has, time and again, spent its treasure and spilt its sons' blood, not only for liberty at home, but also abroad.
However, Benjamin Franklin noted in 1777 that it should be so: "[O]ur cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own."
Since the opening salvos of the American Revolution, nearly 1.2 million American Patriots have died in defense of liberty. Additionally, 1.4 million have been wounded in combat, and tens of millions more have served honorably, surviving without physical wounds. These numbers, of course, offer no reckoning of the inestimable value of their service or the sacrifices borne by their families, but we do know that the value of the liberty they have extended to their posterity -- to us -- is priceless.
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died," said Gen. George S. Patton. "Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
While I greatly appreciate Gen. Patton's sentiment, I must respectfully disagree with his premise. I both mourn their absence and thank God they lived.
Etched into the base of the Iwo Jima Memorial in our nation's capital are the words of Adm. Chester Nimitz, his timeless tribute to the Marines who fought so valiantly there during World War II: "Uncommon valor was a common virtue." Such valor has attended every conflict involving American Patriots.
Not to be confused with men of such virtue, last week, Barack Hussein Obama addressed the graduating class at the United States Military Academy. His minions brokered Obama's appearance before the latest Corps (pronounced "core", not "corpse") of Cadets in the Long Gray Line, in an effort to burnish his thin veneer as "Commander in Chief" of our Armed Forces.
Obama used the occasion to dress up his strategy of appeasement.
In other years, men of somewhat greater stature have addressed the USMA, perhaps the most memorable being General Douglas MacArthur, who delivered his address on "Duty, Honor and Country," without the assistance of teleprompters, or even notes.
His words immortalize the spirit of all American Patriots who have served our nation in uniform:
Their story is known to all of you. It is the story of the American man at arms. My estimate of him was formed on the battlefields many, many years ago, and has never changed. I regarded him then, as I regard him now, as one of the world's noblest figures; not only as one of the finest military characters, but also as one of the most stainless.
His name and fame are the birthright of every American citizen. In his youth and strength, his love and loyalty, he gave all that mortality can give. He needs no eulogy from me, or from any other man. He has written his own history and written it in red on his enemy's breast.
But when I think of his patience under adversity, of his courage under fire, and of his modesty in victory, I am filled with an emotion of admiration I cannot put into words. He belongs to history as furnishing one of the greatest examples of successful patriotism. He belongs to posterity as the instructor of future generations in the principles of liberty and freedom. He belongs to the present, to us, by his virtues and by his achievements.
In twenty campaigns, on a hundred battlefields, around a thousand campfires, I have witnessed that enduring fortitude, that patriotic self-abnegation, and that invincible determination which have carved his statue in the hearts of his people.
From one end of the world to the other, he has drained deep the chalice of courage. As I listened to those songs of the glee club, in memory's eye I could see those staggering columns of the First World War, bending under soggy packs on many a weary march, from dripping dusk to drizzling dawn, slogging ankle deep through mire of shell-pocked roads; to form grimly for the attack, blue-lipped, covered with sludge and mud, chilled by the wind and rain, driving home to their objective, and for many, to the judgment seat of God.
I do not know the dignity of their birth, but I do know the glory of their death. They died unquestioning, uncomplaining, with faith in their hearts, and on their lips the hope that we would go on to victory. Always for them: Duty, Honor, Country. Always their blood, and sweat, and tears, as they saw the way and the light.
And twenty years after, on the other side of the globe, against the filth of dirty foxholes, the stench of ghostly trenches, the slime of dripping dugouts, those boiling suns of the relentless heat, those torrential rains of devastating storms, the loneliness and utter desolation of jungle trails, the bitterness of long separation of those they loved and cherished, the deadly pestilence of tropic disease, the horror of stricken areas of war.
Honor. Duty. Country.
Thomas Jefferson offered this advice to all generations of Patriots: "Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them if we basely entail hereditary bondage on them."
Indeed.
We owe a great debt of gratitude to all those generations who have passed the torch of liberty to succeeding generations.
In Memoriam, we recall these words from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
"Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours."
And these...
"[L]et us make a vow to our dead. Let us show them by our actions that we understand what they died for. Strengthened by their courage, heartened by their valor, and borne by their memory, let us continue to stand for the ideals for which they lived and died." --Ronald Reagan at Pointe du Hoc, 1984
I invite you to view these Memorial Day tributes at the Patriot YouTube Channel. Remember also that all purchases from the Patriot Shop support our Mission of Service to our Armed Forces. Permission to reprint, granted.
Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Mark Alexander
Publisher, PatriotPost.US
Here is the direct link to this article and the info. if you choose to sign up for their newsletter; Patriot's Post newsletter
Alexander's Essay – May 27, 2010
"With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance employ for the preservation of our liberties; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live as slaves." --Declaration of the Cause and Necessity of Taking up Arms, July 6, 1775
Patriots Remembered Monday is Memorial Day, that exceptional day of each year all Patriots reserve to formally honor the service and sacrifice of generations of uniformed Patriots now departed -- Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen who honored their sacred oaths "to support and defend" our Constitution and the liberty it enshrines.
In this era, however, our "progressive" academic institutions choose not to teach genuine history or civics. Consequently, many Americans have no sense of reverence or obligation for the liberty they enjoy. Indeed, many will "celebrate" Memorial Day as any other holiday, with barbecues, beer, and commercial sales at local malls. Simply put, they have sold out Memorial Day.
However, those of us who do understand the cost of liberty will advance this custom in honor of fallen Patriots, with both formal rites and simple prayers. For it is through the legacy of these Patriots that we are able to see most clearly our nation's noble history of eternal vigilance in support of liberty.
In 1776, an extraordinary group of men signed a document affirming our God-given right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Their commitment to the principles outlined therein are summed up in its final sentence: "And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."
Founding Patriot John Adams wrote: "I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States."
And the cost has been incalculable.
Generations of Patriots have since pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor in defense of the Essential Liberty codified by our Founders in the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution.
Our nation has, time and again, spent its treasure and spilt its sons' blood, not only for liberty at home, but also abroad.
However, Benjamin Franklin noted in 1777 that it should be so: "[O]ur cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own."
Since the opening salvos of the American Revolution, nearly 1.2 million American Patriots have died in defense of liberty. Additionally, 1.4 million have been wounded in combat, and tens of millions more have served honorably, surviving without physical wounds. These numbers, of course, offer no reckoning of the inestimable value of their service or the sacrifices borne by their families, but we do know that the value of the liberty they have extended to their posterity -- to us -- is priceless.
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died," said Gen. George S. Patton. "Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
While I greatly appreciate Gen. Patton's sentiment, I must respectfully disagree with his premise. I both mourn their absence and thank God they lived.
Etched into the base of the Iwo Jima Memorial in our nation's capital are the words of Adm. Chester Nimitz, his timeless tribute to the Marines who fought so valiantly there during World War II: "Uncommon valor was a common virtue." Such valor has attended every conflict involving American Patriots.
Not to be confused with men of such virtue, last week, Barack Hussein Obama addressed the graduating class at the United States Military Academy. His minions brokered Obama's appearance before the latest Corps (pronounced "core", not "corpse") of Cadets in the Long Gray Line, in an effort to burnish his thin veneer as "Commander in Chief" of our Armed Forces.
Obama used the occasion to dress up his strategy of appeasement.
In other years, men of somewhat greater stature have addressed the USMA, perhaps the most memorable being General Douglas MacArthur, who delivered his address on "Duty, Honor and Country," without the assistance of teleprompters, or even notes.
His words immortalize the spirit of all American Patriots who have served our nation in uniform:
Their story is known to all of you. It is the story of the American man at arms. My estimate of him was formed on the battlefields many, many years ago, and has never changed. I regarded him then, as I regard him now, as one of the world's noblest figures; not only as one of the finest military characters, but also as one of the most stainless.
His name and fame are the birthright of every American citizen. In his youth and strength, his love and loyalty, he gave all that mortality can give. He needs no eulogy from me, or from any other man. He has written his own history and written it in red on his enemy's breast.
But when I think of his patience under adversity, of his courage under fire, and of his modesty in victory, I am filled with an emotion of admiration I cannot put into words. He belongs to history as furnishing one of the greatest examples of successful patriotism. He belongs to posterity as the instructor of future generations in the principles of liberty and freedom. He belongs to the present, to us, by his virtues and by his achievements.
In twenty campaigns, on a hundred battlefields, around a thousand campfires, I have witnessed that enduring fortitude, that patriotic self-abnegation, and that invincible determination which have carved his statue in the hearts of his people.
From one end of the world to the other, he has drained deep the chalice of courage. As I listened to those songs of the glee club, in memory's eye I could see those staggering columns of the First World War, bending under soggy packs on many a weary march, from dripping dusk to drizzling dawn, slogging ankle deep through mire of shell-pocked roads; to form grimly for the attack, blue-lipped, covered with sludge and mud, chilled by the wind and rain, driving home to their objective, and for many, to the judgment seat of God.
I do not know the dignity of their birth, but I do know the glory of their death. They died unquestioning, uncomplaining, with faith in their hearts, and on their lips the hope that we would go on to victory. Always for them: Duty, Honor, Country. Always their blood, and sweat, and tears, as they saw the way and the light.
And twenty years after, on the other side of the globe, against the filth of dirty foxholes, the stench of ghostly trenches, the slime of dripping dugouts, those boiling suns of the relentless heat, those torrential rains of devastating storms, the loneliness and utter desolation of jungle trails, the bitterness of long separation of those they loved and cherished, the deadly pestilence of tropic disease, the horror of stricken areas of war.
Honor. Duty. Country.
Thomas Jefferson offered this advice to all generations of Patriots: "Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them if we basely entail hereditary bondage on them."
Indeed.
We owe a great debt of gratitude to all those generations who have passed the torch of liberty to succeeding generations.
In Memoriam, we recall these words from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
"Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours."
And these...
"[L]et us make a vow to our dead. Let us show them by our actions that we understand what they died for. Strengthened by their courage, heartened by their valor, and borne by their memory, let us continue to stand for the ideals for which they lived and died." --Ronald Reagan at Pointe du Hoc, 1984
I invite you to view these Memorial Day tributes at the Patriot YouTube Channel. Remember also that all purchases from the Patriot Shop support our Mission of Service to our Armed Forces. Permission to reprint, granted.
Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Mark Alexander
Publisher, PatriotPost.US
Saturday, May 22, 2010
The best, and worst, laundry detergents with 1,4-dioxane contamination
Another reason we make our own and now will be using homemade lye soap instead of Fels Naptha.
The best, and worst, laundry detergents with 1,4-dioxane contamination
The best, and worst, laundry detergents with 1,4-dioxane contamination
Friday, May 21, 2010
My cousin's blog post and their visit here on the farm...
Hey, my cousin and her family came for a visit a few weeks ago and she's posted some cute pictures of her girls on the farm on her blog; The Finnemans The girls had a great time with Cortney and the grown ups had a wonderful time visiting, teasing and telling stories on each other*wink*
You just never know and neither does the news.....
This is a picture from last summer. It's of an old homestead at the Museum of the Rockies, in Bozeman and whenever I get the chance I love to stop and tour their gardens.
We don't watch TV on a regular basis, but do watch the weather report from time to time, when trying to plan out our week. We watched the fore cast on Monday evening and they told of an impending rain storm heading toward us due to arrive Wens. evening and rain off and on throughout the week into next week with a possible 1" or more in precip. So.... we run around here like mad women getting stuff planted, cleaning up flowerbeds, etc.... Still no sign of rain, so now it's a debate as to whether or not we should water the garden seeds we've planted or play the wait and see game.
Yesterday we had to drive about 40 miles to the county seat and pay our property taxes and get Cortney registered to vote. It was windy and sort of cloudy and gloomy, but when we arrived home the sun was shining and the grass was again in need of a mowing, so rather than put it off and thinking about the impending rain heading our way, Cortney and I decided to mow again and I even weed whacked until Mike got home and we needed to get supper prepared.
This morning we woke to the birds singing and sunshine and clear blue skies. I still have the orchard to weed whack and a few other things to plant( flower seeds) so will work on it this morning but our plans were to clean house, bake bread and work on some organizing in the house because it was supposed to be gloomy outside. Well, after a winter of being indoors( me being an outside lover) I just can make myself stay indoors when the sun is shining*wink*. So...... I will get bread going, as we need it, but the plan is to work out in the hoop house and finish building the raised beds so we can plant our tomato, pepper and okra seedlings. We also have herbs that need to be planted and rhubarb to pick and make something yummy with it :o)
Enjoy your day and blessings for your weekend!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Seed companies supplied by Monsanto
Some info I already knew, had saved and now is found again. Unfortunately this won't help you this season in your seed choices, but save the info. for future reference.
PS. I've added a comment below from Johnny's, as the article says "owned by Monsanto", they would like this correction added, they are NOT owned by Monsanto, but do have seeds supplied by Seminis, in which they kindly shared a list with us. Please read their comment below.
Here is an interesting post on Seed companies supplied by monsanto. If you think it is relevant please pass it on to the growing food and justice list serve.
Recently on a gardening forum in which I participate, a list of various seed companies now owned by Monsanto was posted. I was so shocked to discover Territorial Seeds on the list that I immediately wrote to them to ask if it was true... As it turns out, while Territorial continues to be owned
privately, by Tom & Julie Johns, one of their seed suppliers, Seminis, is in fact owned by Monsanto. Over the course of my correspondence with staff from Territorial, they provided me with a list of the seeds currently purchased by Seminis, which I have attached. And I was told that the owners are 'considering' whether or not to continue using Seminis as a vendor.
I'm sending this information out in the hopes that *you'll* consider writing to Territorial Seeds to request they terminate their relationship with Seminis, as well as expressing support for them as a company you'd continue to buy seeds from in the future. I can't express enough how important it is for those of us who are dedicated to food security, and the ongoing availability of good, local, organic produce, to do whatever we can to prevent Monsanto from colonizing our primary sources of seed. Toward that end, I'm also posting the list of companies owned by Monsanto for your
review, in case you find others whose seeds you've bought.
* Territorial Seeds
* Totally Tomato
* Vermont Bean Seed Co.
* Burpee
* Cook's Garden
* Johnny's Seeds (Ben said...
You've posted some false information here. Johnny's Selected Seeds is not owned by Monsanto.
We do carry some varieties which are supplied by Seminis, a Monsanto subsidiary. We are in the process of eliminating these products and will do so as we find suitable replacements.)
Here are the products and product part numbers:
103 SIERRA BLANCA onion
224 FREMONT cauliflower
240 HANSEL eggplan
241 GRETEL eggplant
568 BISCAYNE pepper
642 DULCE pepper
733 CELEBRITY tomatoes
2038 KING ARTHUR pepper
2063 BIG BEEF tomatoes
2212 PRIZEWINNER pumpkin
2260 FAIRY TALE eggplant
2309 X3R RED KNIGHT pepper
2365 ORANGE SMOOTHIE pumpkin
2368 PATTY GREEN TINT summer squash
2894 SERRANO DEL SOL pepper
2954 CHEDDAR cauliflower
2991 CANDY onion
122 BEAUFORT tomatoes
2794 GERONIMO tomatoes
2700 MAXIFORT tomatoes
2373 TRUST tomatoes
Thank you.
Ben Sturtevant / Web marketing and PR coordinato
_______________________
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Phone: 1-207-861-3900, ext. 298
Email: bsturtevant@johnnyseeds.com
May 27, 2010 10:51 AM
* Earl May Seed
* Gardens Alive
* Lindenberg Seeds
* Mountain Valley Seed
* Park Seed
* T&T Seeds
* Tomato Growers Supply
* Willhite Seed Co.
* Nichol's
* Rupp
* Osborne
* Snow
* Stokes
* Jungs
* R.H. Shumway
* The Vermont Bean Seed Company
* Seeds for the World
* Seymour's Selected Seeds
* HPS
* Roots and Rhizomes
* McClure and Zimmerman Quality Bulb Brokers
* Spring Hill Nurseries
* Breck's Bulbs
* Audubon Workshop
* Flower of the Month Club
* Wayside Gardens
* Park Bulbs
* Park's Countryside Garden
And one final thing: here's a link to another seed company, Fedco, who posted information on their website about their own decision to forgo using Seminis any longer once they had been purchased by Monsanto: http://www.fedcoseeds.com/seeds/monsanto.htm
Fedco Seeds - The Monsanto Debate/Monsanto Buys Seminis
PS. I've added a comment below from Johnny's, as the article says "owned by Monsanto", they would like this correction added, they are NOT owned by Monsanto, but do have seeds supplied by Seminis, in which they kindly shared a list with us. Please read their comment below.
Here is an interesting post on Seed companies supplied by monsanto. If you think it is relevant please pass it on to the growing food and justice list serve.
Recently on a gardening forum in which I participate, a list of various seed companies now owned by Monsanto was posted. I was so shocked to discover Territorial Seeds on the list that I immediately wrote to them to ask if it was true... As it turns out, while Territorial continues to be owned
privately, by Tom & Julie Johns, one of their seed suppliers, Seminis, is in fact owned by Monsanto. Over the course of my correspondence with staff from Territorial, they provided me with a list of the seeds currently purchased by Seminis, which I have attached. And I was told that the owners are 'considering' whether or not to continue using Seminis as a vendor.
I'm sending this information out in the hopes that *you'll* consider writing to Territorial Seeds to request they terminate their relationship with Seminis, as well as expressing support for them as a company you'd continue to buy seeds from in the future. I can't express enough how important it is for those of us who are dedicated to food security, and the ongoing availability of good, local, organic produce, to do whatever we can to prevent Monsanto from colonizing our primary sources of seed. Toward that end, I'm also posting the list of companies owned by Monsanto for your
review, in case you find others whose seeds you've bought.
* Territorial Seeds
* Totally Tomato
* Vermont Bean Seed Co.
* Burpee
* Cook's Garden
* Johnny's Seeds (Ben said...
You've posted some false information here. Johnny's Selected Seeds is not owned by Monsanto.
We do carry some varieties which are supplied by Seminis, a Monsanto subsidiary. We are in the process of eliminating these products and will do so as we find suitable replacements.)
Here are the products and product part numbers:
103 SIERRA BLANCA onion
224 FREMONT cauliflower
240 HANSEL eggplan
241 GRETEL eggplant
568 BISCAYNE pepper
642 DULCE pepper
733 CELEBRITY tomatoes
2038 KING ARTHUR pepper
2063 BIG BEEF tomatoes
2212 PRIZEWINNER pumpkin
2260 FAIRY TALE eggplant
2309 X3R RED KNIGHT pepper
2365 ORANGE SMOOTHIE pumpkin
2368 PATTY GREEN TINT summer squash
2894 SERRANO DEL SOL pepper
2954 CHEDDAR cauliflower
2991 CANDY onion
122 BEAUFORT tomatoes
2794 GERONIMO tomatoes
2700 MAXIFORT tomatoes
2373 TRUST tomatoes
Thank you.
Ben Sturtevant / Web marketing and PR coordinato
_______________________
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Phone: 1-207-861-3900, ext. 298
Email: bsturtevant@johnnyseeds.com
May 27, 2010 10:51 AM
* Earl May Seed
* Gardens Alive
* Lindenberg Seeds
* Mountain Valley Seed
* Park Seed
* T&T Seeds
* Tomato Growers Supply
* Willhite Seed Co.
* Nichol's
* Rupp
* Osborne
* Snow
* Stokes
* Jungs
* R.H. Shumway
* The Vermont Bean Seed Company
* Seeds for the World
* Seymour's Selected Seeds
* HPS
* Roots and Rhizomes
* McClure and Zimmerman Quality Bulb Brokers
* Spring Hill Nurseries
* Breck's Bulbs
* Audubon Workshop
* Flower of the Month Club
* Wayside Gardens
* Park Bulbs
* Park's Countryside Garden
And one final thing: here's a link to another seed company, Fedco, who posted information on their website about their own decision to forgo using Seminis any longer once they had been purchased by Monsanto: http://www.fedcoseeds.com/seeds/monsanto.htm
Fedco Seeds - The Monsanto Debate/Monsanto Buys Seminis
Happenings on the farm...
Callie, she loves the small greenhouse and sneaks in every chance she gets. I don't mind as long as she doesn't lay in our plants. You can see a planter we started a month back of salad greens, we have on with kale and mustard mixed together too. Now wishing for tomatoes and peppers, but they are a ways off*wink*
The lambs, they are growing and down to two bottles a day, soon to be one bottle each, then in another week or so they go home. I can say we will miss them and then again we won't*wink* With gardening coming into full swing it will be nice not to have to deal with moving their grazing pen, checking their water or mixing their bottles. Cortney will miss them but she also is growing tired of having to deal with them and they are now getting old enough, they are more independent and don't want to follow her so well.
Addy and Button grazing and enjoying the warm sunshine. If you click on the photo you can see just how HUGE Addy( she's farthest down the pasture) is right now! As of this morning she has some discharge, which is often a sign that the time is close, YEAH!!! Her being off her due dates( the people we took her to, to be red didn't watch very close*sigh*) is because we now recalculated and feel the bull must have missed her first heat cycle and instead got her second heat, while together. Her new recalculated due date is this Thursday. She is bagging up and somewhat cranky :o)
The chicks are growing like weeds and have already figured out if they see us, they might be getting a treat!
Our seedlings in the hoop house. At first they were a bit stressed but now are doing very well. We worked on getting one of the raised beds finished( down one side) and have one large on down the center and another small one down the other side to finish. We're running low on cardboard, so Mike is taking pity on us and saving sheets off their pallets of feed for us. Once we get the seedlings planted I know they'll just take off. The flowers on the 2x4's are my Mom's, she bought them and then we got all that snow and rain, so they've been safe and secure inside here. I think she's planning on planting them today.
Some of the seedlings tomatoes are small, they are our second starts, with hopes of having ripe tomatoes well into end of Oct. Now to get everything planted!
Cortney cleaned house, helped me in some of the garden beds and flower bed areas, watered our new strawberry and raspberry transplants, planted some sunflowers along the chicken fencing and carried water to Mike and I all weekend. Mike got our pump up and running so we can begin watering trees and our new strawberry and raspberry beds and the lawn/ garden of course, split and stacked firewood and moved two of our trailers to different locations( more out of the way). I tilled the remainder of the main garden, setting our rows, cleaned out the main raspberry bed, which was overgrown with grass( not letting this happen again*sigh), and got composted manure spread over the area.
If you click the picture you'll see the onions better. I wanted to show our new raised beds we're experimenting with. Why are we doing this, because bindweed is such a nightmare for us. What we're doing is digging down 2 ft, laying in cardboard, overlapping the seam lines, adding fresh bedding and manure and returning the soil dug from the pits mounding it 7-8" thick over the fresh manure. Now the cardboard is to help block the weeds and the fresh manure composts down, releasing heat which warms the soil, as well as burning the weeds. So far so good, just look no weeds, especially no bindweed in the raised beds, yet it's growing in and around the beds. So far we've made four, three in the garden and on in the hoop house. Keep you fingers crossed, we are!
I'll get some photos of the larger raised bed being built in the hoop house and share later this week.
This afternoon we have our friends funeral to attend. I know we need to go, but it certainly isn't going to be easy. :o(
Blessings to each of you this new week.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Do healing foods work better than Big Pharma's drugs? The results speak for themselves
(NaturalNews) The drug industry is constantly trying to convince you that drugs are good for your health while nutritional supplements and healthy foods are somehow bad for you. This same line of nonsense is also repeated by the FDA, which goes out of its way to censor the truth about the healing properties of natural foods like walnuts, cherries and berries. (http://www.anh-usa.org/wp-content/u...)
The drug industry and the FDA are, of course, just plain wrong about all this. Although their advertisements show happy, healthy people taking pharmaceuticals, in the real world, people who take their drugs are extremely unhealthy, depressed and highly toxic.
But don't take my word for it: Check out the people walking in and out of pharmacies versus the people who visit health food stores:
• People who visit pharmacies tend to have toxic livers, poor kidney function (because drugs damage the kidneys), wild mood swings, terrible digestion and elimination capabilities, poor skin health, poor posture, low energy, sleep disorders and sexual dysfunction. They tend to be suicidal while living in chronic pain. They have huge medical expenses that often send them into bankruptcy.
• People who visit health food stores tend to have healthy skin, happier outlooks, better energy, better sex lives, healthy sleep, healthy hearts, healthy liver function and greatly improved brain function. They are more creative, adaptable and optimistic, and they tend to enjoy their lives. They spend relatively little on health care expenses while investing their money in organic foods, green products, medicinal herbs and nutritional supplements.
The choice is up to you
Which group would you prefer to join? You can choose either one by deciding what to put in (or on) your body. If you choose to contaminate your body with pharmaceuticals and medications, you will experience increased liver and kidney toxicity, reduced cognitive function, skin health problems, sexual dysfunction, mood disorders and other such problems.
On the other hand, if you choose to nourish your body with super foods, organic products, healing herbs and nutritional supplements, you will experience a more healthful and joyful life with improved brain function and memory, healthy skin, stable moods, abundant energy, restful sleep and healthy fertility, among other benefits.
The pharmaceutical industry wants you to choose their drugs, of course, and they don't care what happens to your health and happiness as a result. In fact, the worse your health gets after taking their drugs, the more of their drugs you'll need! The side effects of one drug become the "disease" that's treated by another drug, so it's all great for repeat business!
Keeping you ignorant
What the drug industry and the FDA absolutely do NOT want you to learn is that healing foods, herbs and supplements make virtually all pharmaceuticals obsolete. If you really knew the truth about what these items can do to protect your health and cure degenerative disease, you'd probably never take another chemical pill in your life. That's why the FDA works so hard to censor nutritional supplements and make sure they can't make truthful, scientifically-validated claims on their labels. (http://www.anh-usa.org/tell-the-fda...)
The FDA has even gone after healing foods. The scientific literature says conclusively that walnuts lower high cholesterol. It's the natural result of eating the healthy plant-based oils in the walnuts. The FDA, however, has threatened walnut companies with fines and imprisonment for merely linking to scientific studies that describe the health benefits of walnuts.
This is how the FDA keeps people in the dark and achieves its agenda of censoring the truth about foods and supplements while promoting toxic pharmaceuticals that keep the drug companies in business.
Change your decisions and you'll change your life
It's up to you to determine how the rest of your life will be experienced. If you continue to find yourself standing in line at the local pharmacy, or if you look in your medicine cabinet and notice a half-dozen prescriptions, let that be a wake-up call. These drugs will never give you health or happiness. They will never create the life you're truly looking for.
Instead, take a walk to the other side of the street. Walk into a health food store. Ask the friendly staff how to get started with healthy living. These people are incredibly helpful, by the way, so don't be afraid to ask questions.
Spend your money at the health food store instead of the pharmacy and your entire life will improve as a result. As you improve your physical health, your brain health will get better, too, and you'll notice life getting better in many ways: Improved relationships, enhanced career (because having a healthy mind improves your job performance, too!), improved self image, increased stamina and much more.
You'll sleep better, eat better, think better, poop better and feel better. Everything your body is supposed to do naturally will simply work better as you align yourself with the natural laws of health and nutrition. You can embrace those laws by visiting practically any health food store and taking advantage of the remarkable health-enhancing products they carry.
So find your local health food store and give them a visit! I even support Whole Foods, too. I realize there has been some controversy about Whole Foods, but compared to all the other grocery stores, Whole Foods has achieved some astounding accomplishments. I'm glad Whole Foods is successful, because I sure wouldn't want to go back to shopping at some conventional (toxic) grocery store, would you?
Remember, you vote with your dollars -- both in terms of what industries you support as well as what health outcome you will create. If you invest your dollars in natural health products, you will get a healthy result.
So the next time you have a choice between pharmaceuticals versus healing foods, walk over to the health food store and choose healing foods!
The drug industry and the FDA are, of course, just plain wrong about all this. Although their advertisements show happy, healthy people taking pharmaceuticals, in the real world, people who take their drugs are extremely unhealthy, depressed and highly toxic.
But don't take my word for it: Check out the people walking in and out of pharmacies versus the people who visit health food stores:
• People who visit pharmacies tend to have toxic livers, poor kidney function (because drugs damage the kidneys), wild mood swings, terrible digestion and elimination capabilities, poor skin health, poor posture, low energy, sleep disorders and sexual dysfunction. They tend to be suicidal while living in chronic pain. They have huge medical expenses that often send them into bankruptcy.
• People who visit health food stores tend to have healthy skin, happier outlooks, better energy, better sex lives, healthy sleep, healthy hearts, healthy liver function and greatly improved brain function. They are more creative, adaptable and optimistic, and they tend to enjoy their lives. They spend relatively little on health care expenses while investing their money in organic foods, green products, medicinal herbs and nutritional supplements.
The choice is up to you
Which group would you prefer to join? You can choose either one by deciding what to put in (or on) your body. If you choose to contaminate your body with pharmaceuticals and medications, you will experience increased liver and kidney toxicity, reduced cognitive function, skin health problems, sexual dysfunction, mood disorders and other such problems.
On the other hand, if you choose to nourish your body with super foods, organic products, healing herbs and nutritional supplements, you will experience a more healthful and joyful life with improved brain function and memory, healthy skin, stable moods, abundant energy, restful sleep and healthy fertility, among other benefits.
The pharmaceutical industry wants you to choose their drugs, of course, and they don't care what happens to your health and happiness as a result. In fact, the worse your health gets after taking their drugs, the more of their drugs you'll need! The side effects of one drug become the "disease" that's treated by another drug, so it's all great for repeat business!
Keeping you ignorant
What the drug industry and the FDA absolutely do NOT want you to learn is that healing foods, herbs and supplements make virtually all pharmaceuticals obsolete. If you really knew the truth about what these items can do to protect your health and cure degenerative disease, you'd probably never take another chemical pill in your life. That's why the FDA works so hard to censor nutritional supplements and make sure they can't make truthful, scientifically-validated claims on their labels. (http://www.anh-usa.org/tell-the-fda...)
The FDA has even gone after healing foods. The scientific literature says conclusively that walnuts lower high cholesterol. It's the natural result of eating the healthy plant-based oils in the walnuts. The FDA, however, has threatened walnut companies with fines and imprisonment for merely linking to scientific studies that describe the health benefits of walnuts.
This is how the FDA keeps people in the dark and achieves its agenda of censoring the truth about foods and supplements while promoting toxic pharmaceuticals that keep the drug companies in business.
Change your decisions and you'll change your life
It's up to you to determine how the rest of your life will be experienced. If you continue to find yourself standing in line at the local pharmacy, or if you look in your medicine cabinet and notice a half-dozen prescriptions, let that be a wake-up call. These drugs will never give you health or happiness. They will never create the life you're truly looking for.
Instead, take a walk to the other side of the street. Walk into a health food store. Ask the friendly staff how to get started with healthy living. These people are incredibly helpful, by the way, so don't be afraid to ask questions.
Spend your money at the health food store instead of the pharmacy and your entire life will improve as a result. As you improve your physical health, your brain health will get better, too, and you'll notice life getting better in many ways: Improved relationships, enhanced career (because having a healthy mind improves your job performance, too!), improved self image, increased stamina and much more.
You'll sleep better, eat better, think better, poop better and feel better. Everything your body is supposed to do naturally will simply work better as you align yourself with the natural laws of health and nutrition. You can embrace those laws by visiting practically any health food store and taking advantage of the remarkable health-enhancing products they carry.
So find your local health food store and give them a visit! I even support Whole Foods, too. I realize there has been some controversy about Whole Foods, but compared to all the other grocery stores, Whole Foods has achieved some astounding accomplishments. I'm glad Whole Foods is successful, because I sure wouldn't want to go back to shopping at some conventional (toxic) grocery store, would you?
Remember, you vote with your dollars -- both in terms of what industries you support as well as what health outcome you will create. If you invest your dollars in natural health products, you will get a healthy result.
So the next time you have a choice between pharmaceuticals versus healing foods, walk over to the health food store and choose healing foods!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
This was shared via email from a special friend and I wanted to pass it on for all you Mom's out there. If only I could be so witty to come up with this sort of title and stay so calm and focused*wink*
JUST A MOM?
A woman, renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk 's office,
was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation.
She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.
"What I mean is, " explained the recorder,
"do you have a job or are you just a ..?"
"Of course I have a job," snapped the woman.
"I'm a Mom."
"We don't list 'Mom' as an occupation,
'housewife' covers it,"
Said the recorder emphatically.
I forgot all about her story until one day I found myself
in the same situation, this time at our own Town Hall.
The Clerk was obviously a career woman, poised,
efficient, and possessed of a high sounding title like,
"Official Interrogator" or "Town Registrar."
"What is your occupation?" she probed.
What made me say it? I do not know.
The words simply popped out.
"I'm a Research Associate in the field of
Child Development and Human Relations."
The clerk paused, ball-point pen frozen in midair and
looked up as though she had not heard right.
I repeated the title slowly emphasizing the most significant words.
Then I stared with wonder as my pronouncement was written,
in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
"Might I ask," said the clerk with new interest,
"just what you do in your field?"
Coolly, without any trace of fluster in my voice,
I heard myself reply,
"I have a continuing program of research,
(what mother doesn't)
In the laboratory and in the field,
(normally I would have said indoors and out).
I'm working for my Masters, (first the Lord and then the whole family)
and already have four credits (all daughters).
Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities,
(any mother care to disagree?)
and I often work 14 hours a day, (24 is more like it).
But the job is more challenging than most run-of-the-mill careers
and the rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money."
There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk's voice as she
completed the form, stood up, and personally ushered me to the door.
As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up by my glamorous new career,
I was greeted by my lab assistants -- ages 13, 7, and 3.
Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model,
(a 6 month old baby) in the child development program,
testing out a new vocal pattern.
I felt I had scored a beat on bureaucracy!
And I had gone on the official records as someone more
distinguished and indispensable to mankind than "just another Mom."
Motherhood!
What a glorious career!
Especially when there's a title on the door.
Does this make grandmothers
"Senior Research associates in the field of Child Development and Human Relations"
And great grandmothers
"Executive Senior Research Associates?"
I think so!!! I also think it makes Aunts "
Associate Research Assistants.
May your troubles be less,
Your blessing be more,
And nothing but happiness come through your door!
JUST A MOM?
A woman, renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk 's office,
was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation.
She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.
"What I mean is, " explained the recorder,
"do you have a job or are you just a ..?"
"Of course I have a job," snapped the woman.
"I'm a Mom."
"We don't list 'Mom' as an occupation,
'housewife' covers it,"
Said the recorder emphatically.
I forgot all about her story until one day I found myself
in the same situation, this time at our own Town Hall.
The Clerk was obviously a career woman, poised,
efficient, and possessed of a high sounding title like,
"Official Interrogator" or "Town Registrar."
"What is your occupation?" she probed.
What made me say it? I do not know.
The words simply popped out.
"I'm a Research Associate in the field of
Child Development and Human Relations."
The clerk paused, ball-point pen frozen in midair and
looked up as though she had not heard right.
I repeated the title slowly emphasizing the most significant words.
Then I stared with wonder as my pronouncement was written,
in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
"Might I ask," said the clerk with new interest,
"just what you do in your field?"
Coolly, without any trace of fluster in my voice,
I heard myself reply,
"I have a continuing program of research,
(what mother doesn't)
In the laboratory and in the field,
(normally I would have said indoors and out).
I'm working for my Masters, (first the Lord and then the whole family)
and already have four credits (all daughters).
Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities,
(any mother care to disagree?)
and I often work 14 hours a day, (24 is more like it).
But the job is more challenging than most run-of-the-mill careers
and the rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money."
There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk's voice as she
completed the form, stood up, and personally ushered me to the door.
As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up by my glamorous new career,
I was greeted by my lab assistants -- ages 13, 7, and 3.
Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model,
(a 6 month old baby) in the child development program,
testing out a new vocal pattern.
I felt I had scored a beat on bureaucracy!
And I had gone on the official records as someone more
distinguished and indispensable to mankind than "just another Mom."
Motherhood!
What a glorious career!
Especially when there's a title on the door.
Does this make grandmothers
"Senior Research associates in the field of Child Development and Human Relations"
And great grandmothers
"Executive Senior Research Associates?"
I think so!!! I also think it makes Aunts "
Associate Research Assistants.
May your troubles be less,
Your blessing be more,
And nothing but happiness come through your door!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Prayers for our community....
It's like a fog and everyone is walking around not knowing how to react to the ambulance call last night. The call was for a possible shooting, multiple victims. We live in a small rural community and word spreads quickly( especially with cell phones, testing and twitter*sigh*) This is being reported as a possible homicide by the news media because there is a full investigation going at this moment.
Sadly the young man killed is a friend, Mike has a very close relationship with him, as he is employed by Mike. The other young man tried to commit suicide and we don't know whether or not he survived, he was flown by helicopter to the city hospital. All of this apparently is the result of jealousy over a young woman. It's mind boggling to think that the use of a gun would come first over words or even fists, so..... so... sad.
I take comfort in the Word this morning, to try and make some sense of what has happened. One thing stood out to me in the Word, there is a purpose for everything, even if we don't understand it. My thoughts and prayers now go out to the family of our friend and the family of the other young man as well. Praying also for our own understanding and being able to deal with all of this sorrow.
What has happened to our society? We NEED to be in daily prayer for our country and it's people. More so now than ever, and as times get more stressful that we don't continue to see these poor choices made. :o(
Such emptiness in this finality of this death and the loss of such a wonderful, bright, full of zest young man. He will be missed by many who loved him.
Sadly the young man killed is a friend, Mike has a very close relationship with him, as he is employed by Mike. The other young man tried to commit suicide and we don't know whether or not he survived, he was flown by helicopter to the city hospital. All of this apparently is the result of jealousy over a young woman. It's mind boggling to think that the use of a gun would come first over words or even fists, so..... so... sad.
I take comfort in the Word this morning, to try and make some sense of what has happened. One thing stood out to me in the Word, there is a purpose for everything, even if we don't understand it. My thoughts and prayers now go out to the family of our friend and the family of the other young man as well. Praying also for our own understanding and being able to deal with all of this sorrow.
What has happened to our society? We NEED to be in daily prayer for our country and it's people. More so now than ever, and as times get more stressful that we don't continue to see these poor choices made. :o(
Such emptiness in this finality of this death and the loss of such a wonderful, bright, full of zest young man. He will be missed by many who loved him.
Monday, May 10, 2010
HR778 Raw Dairy Bill
http://www.naturalnews.com/028757_raw_milk_FDA.html
This is a good article and you can read the bill for yourselves( link in the article) before asking your Senators and House Rep(s). to support this.
It simply boggles my mind that here in MT voters approved Marijuana for medical use, yet Raw Dairy is considered such a threat to the public's safety. Don't be fooled the FDA isn't having such an issue over this because of your health safety, it's about control/ power and $$$$.
This is a good article and you can read the bill for yourselves( link in the article) before asking your Senators and House Rep(s). to support this.
It simply boggles my mind that here in MT voters approved Marijuana for medical use, yet Raw Dairy is considered such a threat to the public's safety. Don't be fooled the FDA isn't having such an issue over this because of your health safety, it's about control/ power and $$$$.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Before and After, Then and Now
Amazing how in just a matter of 12+ hours things change. We ended up with 7-8" of wet snow, but as you'll see in the after photos, taken at 7pm, most of the snow has already soaked in, YEAH!!!! Now if we can get some sunshine, we'll really see things come to life!
An added bonus, tonight when Cortney was out collecting eggs and we were getting the chicks in their coop( they are still learning*sigh*) Cortney noticed Mo, our horse, acting up and looking toward the bottom of our property, so she took a look and....... she saw......... our bear cub from last Fall! She wasn't sure it was exactly the same bear, but she said it was brown and fairly large. It went over the edge of our property and swam across the river. Now we'll be back to locking up the animals before dark and praying the bear moves on to a less populated area.
Moisture..... in the time released form
When we got up at 5:45 am this is what it looked like outside.
This is just a half hour or so later, and it's still snowing!
The hoop house had some build up on it because it is not heated, so Mike graciously went out at 6am and tapped from the inside to get it to slide down.
This at 7am and I'd just come in from tapping again on the inside of the hoop house to get the snow to slide off. It's still snowing, harder than at 6am.
This is at 6am, showing the snow accumulation and it is VERY moisture laden, which we need!
Here's what it looked like an hour later at 7am and again it's still snowing, harder than at 6am.
Poor Addy still hasn't calved and I'm praying she continues to hold off. This snow is only supposed to last today then it's fore casted to begin clearing off tomorrow and back into the mid to high 50'sF.
Well, the house needs cleaning and I have some organizational projects that need to be done, so..... today is a good day to get them done.
In preparation for this moisture, Cortney and I did get our potatoes planted, 138 hills of a mix of Russet and Caribe. We also got a few more flowerbeds cleaned out, baked our weekly bread, finished washing bedding and hanging it out, regular chores( barns cleaned, feeding, exercising the lambs, etc....) and fixed our pork chops and a few shrimp( for Cortney and myself), green bean, macaroni and cheese and leftover apple crisp ala'mode for dessert :o)
May your day be filled with blessings :o)
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Video, a must see... The Torch with No Flame.
This video was share by my friend, Elaine via email; Torch with no flame This video is a wake up call for all who love freedom and call themselves Patriots. Charlton Hesston says it so eloquently and yet with such power that my prayer is that it touches and rekindles the flame once again. Parents it is not the responsibility of the schools or the teachers to instill this in your child it is your God given right!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Our weekend.....
Okay every weekend Mike gets off is special, but this weekend was extra special because the 2nd was Mike's B-day! Our family tradition is that the B-day person gets to pick a special meal and their dessert.
Mike's meal was homemade Lasagna( right down to the noodles, which Cortney made) and garlic bread. His B-day dessert request was apple crisp with vanilla ice cream, the ice cream was store bought*sigh* and not nearly as good as homemade vanilla ice cream.
Cortney and I racked our brains about what to get Mike for a gift, then a friend from Pioneer Living, Renegade posted photos of his hand forged knives and other goods; Renegade Forge and we saw one we were sure Mike would love. So... back several months ago we contacted Renegade to get info on ordering one. This knife is all hand forged and put together by hand, nothing machine done. Isn't it beautiful and Mike absolutely loves it! Since it is entirely handmade it means so much more to us, we appreciate the time, money and energy in creating such a custom gift. The arrowheads pictured with the knife were a blessed bonus from Renegade Forge, he made them as well, such talent! Cortney grabbed onto them and already has ideas of a necklace.*wink*
Here is a close up of the elk horn handle, click the photo to enlarge for better viewing.
Here is a close up of the arrowheads and Renegade also did the copper wire wrapping, each one is different, again such talent.
The skin/ plastic is on the hoop house and let me tell you it was a challenge! We've been waiting for a day with little to no wind, and Sunday morning was calm, so Mike decided it was now or never, LOL! Okay half way through rolling the plastic out on the top of the hoops the wind out of nowhere gusted and about ripped me off the ladder! Now I admit I was only on a 6ft ladder, but I dislike ladders! Once we unrolled it half way, there was no turning back as the wind grabbed the plastic and whipped it out of it's folded state.
Once we got the one end wire tied down and adjusted the plastic a bit from side to side and then got the other end wire ties down, it was only a matter of re- adjusting and tightening it up, which was easily done at each end. Then the drops side arms had to be installed( the long pipe sitting on top of the 2x6), these will have handles on each end for rolling up the sides for ventilation. We didn't install the handles, at this point we were concentrating on getting the plastic tied down and held in place. Next came the wind strapping( the black straps in between the hoops.) This is to help tighten the plastic and keep it from blowing up and down creating places that may rub and eventually tear. This strapping also serves as a guide for the roll up sides. :o)
We still need to fasten the plastic down on the ends, but I need to paint it first.
Rearing to go, and getting the raised beds built inside and transplanting the tomatoes, okra and watermelon. Our peppers are still germinating, so will most likely buy some pepper plants, to get an earlier start for Farmer's market, even though I dislike doing this, our peppers will come on later in the Summer and early Fall.
Some of our tomato plants ready to go into the hoop house, we've been hardening them off, when the wind isn't blowing 50+ mph*sigh* You can see some of them suffered some damage, but are coming along fine and thriving. I can almost taste that first tomato*Ummmmm, Ummmm*
Here are the herbs, more late tomato starts and our slow germinating peppers. We'll be glad for the weather to straighten out enough to get them outdoors for hardening off and planting directly into the garden.
We got our raspberries all transplanted, a couple are looking shock, but I feel they'll pull through. Working on cutting out dead canes and cutting back the last seasons canes. We then have some grass to dig out and do some cleaning up of the original raspberry plot. Next is building a raised bed for strawberries and transplanting what wintered over and survived the bindweed last season. We'll most likely purchase 25 bare root plants from a nursery in the city to add to what we have here.
Then we'll be set to concentrate on the hoop house and getting the remainder of the garden planted when the soil is warm enough. :o) We still have the root cellar to clean off and the front flowerbed we added last season, across the front of our yard, planted with windflowers. Boy is it full of weeds and invading grasses, that's going to take some work to get into shape.
Still waiting for Addy to freshen, when we took her to have her bred, we had the date she was to come into heat, but apparently the change/ move, upset her system. The people who own the bull had seen him breeding her a week later than we'd calculated, so her second due date is May 5-6th. She is bagging up nicely, just no other signs yet. I've been getting up and checking on her when I go to the restroom around 2 am. So far she just gives me the look, like " Oh! go back to bed!" I'm praying she calves in the daytime, but you know how it usually happens*wink* Praying all goes smoothly and the calf is healthy and thriving. We are however pretty well stuck, staying close to home until she calves ad we know all is well. :o)
Blessing to each of you this new week.
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