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frost warning for tonight.

not much left in the gardens that will be
hurt by frost so that is ok.

yet, i'm struggling with acceptance that
the gardening season is almost over when it
comes to what we have planted, what we will
harvest yet and such.

we do not have a lot of cold winter crops
in. nor will we likely ever have (because
most of them Ma won't eat or use). silly to
me, but i just try to work around what i can.

again, acceptance.

the tomatoes, well, most of them were picked
and then buried to feed the worms. we'll likely
have about 35 quarts of chunks put up (a normal
year we put up 100-150 quarts of tomato chunks
and tomato juice). c'est la vie.

onions doing well, fennel mostly picked and
eaten, beets still need to be picked and put up,
a few melons, dunno if they will be ripe or not,
sure that a frost won't be good for them, hope
we actually do not get that cold tonight after
all.

rest of the things to do are mostly picking
the dry bean crop when they get ready enough to
pick. i'm trying to not leave much on the plants
for long because of our cool weather and frequent
rains. if i can get it picked before it rots or
the critters get it then i'm doing well. this
i can certainly accept. finding some new
crosses again and that is fun and interesting.
this won't be a huge crop, but the one i enjoy
the most when it comes to long term satisfaction.
i enjoy sorting (both the tactile and visual
aspects) figuring out the new colors and shapes,
etc. and it can go on throughout the winter when
not much else is going on. i know i get this
trait from my Ma as she loves to pick rocks on
the beach and then sort them into various piles
for her projects. i've been known to resort
some just because...

the soup peas, i thought were a complete loss,
but we had a few sunny days that helped at least
keep the fungi from getting into the peas them-
selves. the pods look bad, but the peas are ok.
will likely give them a rinse and dry off after
shelling them to remove any spores tagging along
(or at least reduce the count a bit).

the challenge this winter is to convince Ma
that we don't need to leave the gardens inside the
fence fallow next year just because we had one
trouble with the buckeye rot on the tomatoes.
leaving the ground bare is not good IMO and i can
plant a root crop like garlic or onions in those
places and it will do just fine. besides our
peppers, onions, fennel, beets, beans, etc. have
done well enough (if you discount the groundhog
feasting).

a few gardens to fiddle with, figuring out
where to plant some garlic, still not too heavy
work for me (the hand still needs time off to
heal), some inspecting of the roof to finish up
any remaining issues before the warrantee runs
out, some caulking before winter, ... picking
some morning glories before they spread, ...
then soon enough winter will be here.

acceptance? i'm just not ready to be cold yet.
by January i might get there...


songbird
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On 9/13/2014 9:49 AM, songbird wrote:
frost warning for tonight.

Yesterday we had 95F temps, woke up this morning to a 10-15 knot north
wind and 69F. Very brisk out as we surveyed our domain. Decided to take
out a big, sprangly cherry tomato in the long bed and then move some
sweet chiles from another bed into that one so we can prep the smaller
bed for winter crops. Probably plant it in spinach and other leaf crops
soon.

not much left in the gardens that will be
hurt by frost so that is ok.

yet, i'm struggling with acceptance that
the gardening season is almost over when it
comes to what we have planted, what we will
harvest yet and such.

Move south bird, we're planting fall tomatoes tomorrow plus putting in
some carrot and beet seed.

we do not have a lot of cold winter crops
in. nor will we likely ever have (because
most of them Ma won't eat or use). silly to
me, but i just try to work around what i can.

again, acceptance.

We had volunteer winter squash coming up all last spring and we
cultivated them. Ended up with about a dozen acorn and other types of
winter squash, ate most of them but have a few in a cold closet for
later use.

the tomatoes, well, most of them were picked
and then buried to feed the worms. we'll likely
have about 35 quarts of chunks put up (a normal
year we put up 100-150 quarts of tomato chunks
and tomato juice). c'est la vie.

Pitiful mater crop here, stink bugs hit us early than another big juice
sucker bug came in. We got rid of most of them but our tomato plants
were and are not producing well. Disappointed in the crop but c'est la
vie, that's gardening.

onions doing well, fennel mostly picked and
eaten, beets still need to be picked and put up,
a few melons, dunno if they will be ripe or not,
sure that a frost won't be good for them, hope
we actually do not get that cold tonight after
all.

I'm not growing anymore bulbing onions, to easy to buy locally grown
Texas 1015Y sweet onions cheaply and it helps the local market garden
farmers.

rest of the things to do are mostly picking
the dry bean crop when they get ready enough to
pick. i'm trying to not leave much on the plants
for long because of our cool weather and frequent
rains. if i can get it picked before it rots or
the critters get it then i'm doing well. this
i can certainly accept. finding some new
crosses again and that is fun and interesting.
this won't be a huge crop, but the one i enjoy
the most when it comes to long term satisfaction.
i enjoy sorting (both the tactile and visual
aspects) figuring out the new colors and shapes,
etc. and it can go on throughout the winter when
not much else is going on. i know i get this
trait from my Ma as she loves to pick rocks on
the beach and then sort them into various piles
for her projects. i've been known to resort
some just because...

the soup peas, i thought were a complete loss,
but we had a few sunny days that helped at least
keep the fungi from getting into the peas them-
selves. the pods look bad, but the peas are ok.
will likely give them a rinse and dry off after
shelling them to remove any spores tagging along
(or at least reduce the count a bit).

the challenge this winter is to convince Ma
that we don't need to leave the gardens inside the
fence fallow next year just because we had one
trouble with the buckeye rot on the tomatoes.
leaving the ground bare is not good IMO and i can
plant a root crop like garlic or onions in those
places and it will do just fine. besides our
peppers, onions, fennel, beets, beans, etc. have
done well enough (if you discount the groundhog
feasting).

Living this far south we never leave ground fallow, there's always
something growing. We just keep adding compost and composted cow poop
and the gardens keep on giving.

a few gardens to fiddle with, figuring out
where to plant some garlic, still not too heavy
work for me (the hand still needs time off to
heal), some inspecting of the roof to finish up
any remaining issues before the warrantee runs
out, some caulking before winter, ... picking
some morning glories before they spread, ...
then soon enough winter will be here.

My problem is partially paralyzed right leg and arm and a bad back from
forty years ago. That's why my daughter gave me an Ames Garden Buddy
cart that I can sit on and scoot along and I really like it and have
used it enough that I may just ask for a new one at Christmas.

acceptance? i'm just not ready to be cold yet.
by January i might get there...


songbird

You'll take it in stride Bird, gardeners always do. Just keep grinning
and ginning.

George, glad to have a cool day in sultry Houston, TX area.
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George Shirley wrote:
songbird wrote:


frost warning for tonight.


Yesterday we had 95F temps, woke up this morning to a 10-15 knot north
wind and 69F. Very brisk out as we surveyed our domain. Decided to take
out a big, sprangly cherry tomato in the long bed and then move some
sweet chiles from another bed into that one so we can prep the smaller
bed for winter crops. Probably plant it in spinach and other leaf crops
soon.


we'll have some sunshine this week for a change
so i hope to be outside more. i'm sure i can find
plenty of small tasks...


not much left in the gardens that will be
hurt by frost so that is ok.

yet, i'm struggling with acceptance that
the gardening season is almost over when it
comes to what we have planted, what we will
harvest yet and such.


Move south bird, we're planting fall tomatoes tomorrow plus putting in
some carrot and beet seed.


i've lived south and ended up spending too
much time on the road travelling north to
visit family. besides, there is water here
though i must admit i do prefer it in
unfrozen form.


we do not have a lot of cold winter crops
in. nor will we likely ever have (because
most of them Ma won't eat or use). silly to
me, but i just try to work around what i can.

again, acceptance.


We had volunteer winter squash coming up all last spring and we
cultivated them. Ended up with about a dozen acorn and other types of
winter squash, ate most of them but have a few in a cold closet for
later use.


the volunteer this year was the few melon
plants i let continue in the lettuce/pea
patch. they've taken over and continue to
flower. i took out all the volunteer squash
plants in that bed because if i didn't they'd
do what their name says, squash everything
else...


the tomatoes, well, most of them were picked
and then buried to feed the worms. we'll likely
have about 35 quarts of chunks put up (a normal
year we put up 100-150 quarts of tomato chunks
and tomato juice). c'est la vie.


Pitiful mater crop here, stink bugs hit us early than another big juice
sucker bug came in. We got rid of most of them but our tomato plants
were and are not producing well. Disappointed in the crop but c'est la
vie, that's gardening.


yep, plant a wide variety of things and then
you won't be so put out when some of them fail.


onions doing well, fennel mostly picked and
eaten, beets still need to be picked and put up,
a few melons, dunno if they will be ripe or not,
sure that a frost won't be good for them, hope
we actually do not get that cold tonight after
all.


I'm not growing anymore bulbing onions, to easy to buy locally grown
Texas 1015Y sweet onions cheaply and it helps the local market garden
farmers.


when i can grow them from seed for free minus
the labor/space then it is worth it as i desire
a self-sustaining no-cash spent type of living as
close as i can get to it (eventually much more
along those lines than i am now).


....
the challenge this winter is to convince Ma
that we don't need to leave the gardens inside the
fence fallow next year just because we had one
trouble with the buckeye rot on the tomatoes.
leaving the ground bare is not good IMO and i can
plant a root crop like garlic or onions in those
places and it will do just fine. besides our
peppers, onions, fennel, beets, beans, etc. have
done well enough (if you discount the groundhog
feasting).


Living this far south we never leave ground fallow, there's always
something growing. We just keep adding compost and composted cow poop
and the gardens keep on giving.


it surely is not by my choice that this is
contemplated. i'm a firm believer in green is
best cover than to leave any thing bare, but Ma
will spray and scrape and dig just because she
likes it looking "tidy", but to me that is just
wrong. no home for beneficial bugs when there's
no cover. already i see more aphids coming on
as more gardens are converted from perennials
and cover plants to bare dirt or mulch and
"crops".


a few gardens to fiddle with, figuring out
where to plant some garlic, still not too heavy
work for me (the hand still needs time off to
heal), some inspecting of the roof to finish up
any remaining issues before the warrantee runs
out, some caulking before winter, ... picking
some morning glories before they spread, ...
then soon enough winter will be here.


My problem is partially paralyzed right leg and arm and a bad back from
forty years ago. That's why my daughter gave me an Ames Garden Buddy
cart that I can sit on and scoot along and I really like it and have
used it enough that I may just ask for a new one at Christmas.


my own bad back and injuries over the years
certainly commiserate with you. some days i
just do what i can and that has to be good
enough. Ma is good that she doesn't complain
or ride me when i say i've had enough. the
hand thing is really annoying because i get
to where i don't notice it and then something
happens to injure it all over again. like
last week when i went to catch a heavy door
as it was opening/closing and used my injured
hand and instantly swore and regretted it and
in the process the door swung and hit the person
who i was trying to keep it open for anyways.
grr... pointless and stupid of me, but it
happens.


acceptance? i'm just not ready to be cold yet.
by January i might get there...


You'll take it in stride Bird, gardeners always do. Just keep grinning
and ginning.


oh yeah, we certainly keep a laugh track
going here from the morning to the end of the
day and in between. even with our minor
conflicts and differences of opinion we still
get along well (or i'd have never been able to
stay, i am not a huge fan of continual large
conflicts or arguing).

the important things are that we can always
talk about this stuff even if we disagree and
usually we can laugh or joke about our flaws
and foibles. we know that in the end it isn't
huge or that important. eventually we'll be
worm food or cremated and then the world can
get on with what comes next.


George, glad to have a cool day in sultry Houston, TX area.




we hope for a bit more sunshine today than
this past week... i see it is a cloudy
morning, i think i'll go back to sleep for
a while.

i was glad to hear the other day about some
younger relatives getting a place going, don't
know the location or details yet.


songbird
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On Saturday, September 13, 2014 10:49:00 AM UTC-4, songbird wrote:
frost warning for tonight.



not much left in the gardens that will be

hurt by frost so that is ok.



yet, i'm struggling with acceptance that

the gardening season is almost over when it

comes to what we have planted, what we will

harvest yet and such.



we do not have a lot of cold winter crops

in. nor will we likely ever have (because

most of them Ma won't eat or use). silly to

me, but i just try to work around what i can.



again, acceptance.



the tomatoes, well, most of them were picked

and then buried to feed the worms. we'll likely

have about 35 quarts of chunks put up (a normal

year we put up 100-150 quarts of tomato chunks

and tomato juice). c'est la vie.



onions doing well, fennel mostly picked and

eaten, beets still need to be picked and put up,

a few melons, dunno if they will be ripe or not,

sure that a frost won't be good for them, hope

we actually do not get that cold tonight after

all.



rest of the things to do are mostly picking

the dry bean crop when they get ready enough to

pick. i'm trying to not leave much on the plants

for long because of our cool weather and frequent

rains. if i can get it picked before it rots or

the critters get it then i'm doing well. this

i can certainly accept. finding some new

crosses again and that is fun and interesting.

this won't be a huge crop, but the one i enjoy

the most when it comes to long term satisfaction.

i enjoy sorting (both the tactile and visual

aspects) figuring out the new colors and shapes,

etc. and it can go on throughout the winter when

not much else is going on. i know i get this

trait from my Ma as she loves to pick rocks on

the beach and then sort them into various piles

for her projects. i've been known to resort

some just because...



the soup peas, i thought were a complete loss,

but we had a few sunny days that helped at least

keep the fungi from getting into the peas them-

selves. the pods look bad, but the peas are ok.

will likely give them a rinse and dry off after

shelling them to remove any spores tagging along

(or at least reduce the count a bit).



the challenge this winter is to convince Ma

that we don't need to leave the gardens inside the

fence fallow next year just because we had one

trouble with the buckeye rot on the tomatoes.

leaving the ground bare is not good IMO and i can

plant a root crop like garlic or onions in those

places and it will do just fine. besides our

peppers, onions, fennel, beets, beans, etc. have

done well enough (if you discount the groundhog

feasting).



a few gardens to fiddle with, figuring out

where to plant some garlic, still not too heavy

work for me (the hand still needs time off to

heal), some inspecting of the roof to finish up

any remaining issues before the warrantee runs

out, some caulking before winter, ... picking

some morning glories before they spread, ...

then soon enough winter will be here.



acceptance? i'm just not ready to be cold yet.

by January i might get there...





songbird


Where are you? It's still warm here in Baltimore so I don't think we have to worry about frost for a few weeks yet.

Paul
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On 9/14/2014 6:05 AM, songbird wrote:
George Shirley wrote:
songbird wrote:


frost warning for tonight.


Yesterday we had 95F temps, woke up this morning to a 10-15 knot north
wind and 69F. Very brisk out as we surveyed our domain. Decided to take
out a big, sprangly cherry tomato in the long bed and then move some
sweet chiles from another bed into that one so we can prep the smaller
bed for winter crops. Probably plant it in spinach and other leaf crops
soon.


we'll have some sunshine this week for a change
so i hope to be outside more. i'm sure i can find
plenty of small tasks...


not much left in the gardens that will be
hurt by frost so that is ok.

yet, i'm struggling with acceptance that
the gardening season is almost over when it
comes to what we have planted, what we will
harvest yet and such.


Move south bird, we're planting fall tomatoes tomorrow plus putting in
some carrot and beet seed.


i've lived south and ended up spending too
much time on the road travelling north to
visit family. besides, there is water here
though i must admit i do prefer it in
unfrozen form.


we do not have a lot of cold winter crops
in. nor will we likely ever have (because
most of them Ma won't eat or use). silly to
me, but i just try to work around what i can.

again, acceptance.


We had volunteer winter squash coming up all last spring and we
cultivated them. Ended up with about a dozen acorn and other types of
winter squash, ate most of them but have a few in a cold closet for
later use.


the volunteer this year was the few melon
plants i let continue in the lettuce/pea
patch. they've taken over and continue to
flower. i took out all the volunteer squash
plants in that bed because if i didn't they'd
do what their name says, squash everything
else...


the tomatoes, well, most of them were picked
and then buried to feed the worms. we'll likely
have about 35 quarts of chunks put up (a normal
year we put up 100-150 quarts of tomato chunks
and tomato juice). c'est la vie.


Pitiful mater crop here, stink bugs hit us early than another big juice
sucker bug came in. We got rid of most of them but our tomato plants
were and are not producing well. Disappointed in the crop but c'est la
vie, that's gardening.


yep, plant a wide variety of things and then
you won't be so put out when some of them fail.


onions doing well, fennel mostly picked and
eaten, beets still need to be picked and put up,
a few melons, dunno if they will be ripe or not,
sure that a frost won't be good for them, hope
we actually do not get that cold tonight after
all.


I'm not growing anymore bulbing onions, to easy to buy locally grown
Texas 1015Y sweet onions cheaply and it helps the local market garden
farmers.


when i can grow them from seed for free minus
the labor/space then it is worth it as i desire
a self-sustaining no-cash spent type of living as
close as i can get to it (eventually much more
along those lines than i am now).


...
the challenge this winter is to convince Ma
that we don't need to leave the gardens inside the
fence fallow next year just because we had one
trouble with the buckeye rot on the tomatoes.
leaving the ground bare is not good IMO and i can
plant a root crop like garlic or onions in those
places and it will do just fine. besides our
peppers, onions, fennel, beets, beans, etc. have
done well enough (if you discount the groundhog
feasting).


Living this far south we never leave ground fallow, there's always
something growing. We just keep adding compost and composted cow poop
and the gardens keep on giving.


it surely is not by my choice that this is
contemplated. i'm a firm believer in green is
best cover than to leave any thing bare, but Ma
will spray and scrape and dig just because she
likes it looking "tidy", but to me that is just
wrong. no home for beneficial bugs when there's
no cover. already i see more aphids coming on
as more gardens are converted from perennials
and cover plants to bare dirt or mulch and
"crops".


a few gardens to fiddle with, figuring out
where to plant some garlic, still not too heavy
work for me (the hand still needs time off to
heal), some inspecting of the roof to finish up
any remaining issues before the warrantee runs
out, some caulking before winter, ... picking
some morning glories before they spread, ...
then soon enough winter will be here.


My problem is partially paralyzed right leg and arm and a bad back from
forty years ago. That's why my daughter gave me an Ames Garden Buddy
cart that I can sit on and scoot along and I really like it and have
used it enough that I may just ask for a new one at Christmas.


my own bad back and injuries over the years
certainly commiserate with you. some days i
just do what i can and that has to be good
enough. Ma is good that she doesn't complain
or ride me when i say i've had enough. the
hand thing is really annoying because i get
to where i don't notice it and then something
happens to injure it all over again. like
last week when i went to catch a heavy door
as it was opening/closing and used my injured
hand and instantly swore and regretted it and
in the process the door swung and hit the person
who i was trying to keep it open for anyways.
grr... pointless and stupid of me, but it
happens.


acceptance? i'm just not ready to be cold yet.
by January i might get there...


You'll take it in stride Bird, gardeners always do. Just keep grinning
and ginning.


oh yeah, we certainly keep a laugh track
going here from the morning to the end of the
day and in between. even with our minor
conflicts and differences of opinion we still
get along well (or i'd have never been able to
stay, i am not a huge fan of continual large
conflicts or arguing).

the important things are that we can always
talk about this stuff even if we disagree and
usually we can laugh or joke about our flaws
and foibles. we know that in the end it isn't
huge or that important. eventually we'll be
worm food or cremated and then the world can
get on with what comes next.


George, glad to have a cool day in sultry Houston, TX area.




we hope for a bit more sunshine today than
this past week... i see it is a cloudy
morning, i think i'll go back to sleep for
a while.

i was glad to hear the other day about some
younger relatives getting a place going, don't
know the location or details yet.


songbird

Today we are being truly blessed, since yesterday afternoon we have
received four inches of beautiful rain. All the plants are perked up,
the retention pond behind our home is getting full again. Maybe able to
nab a few bull frogs when the rain stops if the picky neighbors don't
see me out there with my headlight and frog gig.

Just think, "Free Water," beats a big water bill at this time of year.

George


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Where are you? It's still warm here in Baltimore
so I don't think we have to worry about frost
for a few weeks yet.


i'm in mid-Michigan, in a low spot called
the Saginaw River Valley, very flat and
mostly agricultural with some wooded areas
here or there. we happen to be in a local
depression too where the cold air and fogs
settle (and heavy rains will flood in part).

it's been down into the 30s a few times
already. we didn't actually get a frost
that night. some of the trees are starting
to get some color, other plants are shutting
down (corn, beans, etc.).


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George Shirley wrote:
....
Today we are being truly blessed, since yesterday afternoon we have
received four inches of beautiful rain. All the plants are perked up,
the retention pond behind our home is getting full again. Maybe able to
nab a few bull frogs when the rain stops if the picky neighbors don't
see me out there with my headlight and frog gig.


"tastes like chicken"

haha, do you have water wings in case you
fall in?

we get some rather large frogs that come into
the gardens along the large drainage ditch. these
could probably eat a mouse...


Just think, "Free Water," beats a big water bill at this time of year.


glad to hear you're getting enough rains
down there. also glad to hear about the other
rains in the Southwest from Odile, but i don't
know if those will do much good in terms of
irragation or water supplies for the large
cities. still if it takes some pressure off
ground water pumping from wells that will be a
help.


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On Thursday, September 18, 2014 1:29:34 PM UTC-4, songbird wrote:
Pavel314 wrote:

...

Where are you? It's still warm here in Baltimore


so I don't think we have to worry about frost


for a few weeks yet.




i'm in mid-Michigan, in a low spot called

the Saginaw River Valley, very flat and

mostly agricultural with some wooded areas

here or there. we happen to be in a local

depression too where the cold air and fogs

settle (and heavy rains will flood in part).



it's been down into the 30s a few times

already. we didn't actually get a frost

that night. some of the trees are starting

to get some color, other plants are shutting

down (corn, beans, etc.).





songbird


We're expecting 86 degrees tomorrow here in the Baltimore region. Last day of summer is going all out. It should cool down for the rest of the week.

Paul
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Pavel314 wrote:
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We're expecting 86 degrees tomorrow here
in the Baltimore region. Last day of summer
is going all out. It should cool down for
the rest of the week.


raining here last night and today, warm enough
for the next week, i'm hoping for another few
weeks of non-frost weather to give some melons,
peppers and some other things more time to finish.

winterizing projects are getting lined up.
already knocked off the first and i hope the
toughest of them.


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songbird wrote:
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winterizing projects are getting lined up.
already knocked off the first and i hope the
toughest of them.


so glad i did these, it seems to have made a
difference in how much air is able to push into
the house along the West facing wall which gets
the most wind.

snowing last night and today and it is sticking
with the cold nights we've been having. first
snow that's anything over a few sparkles.

it is a good thing i finished the last of the
garden cleanup that i'd planned on doing for the
fall last week.

today is 2nd day of the normal deer season,
usually we are surrounded by gunshots for the
weekend. i haven't heard a thing yet. there are
a lot of deer around based upon the tracks we
see when we go out for our walks.

i still have beans to sort through. all are
shelled now. tons of interesting crosses. not
sure how many are viable or useful until they
get grown out and i don't have the space for
this many. will keep enjoying the process that
is for sure.

meanwhile, in techie land, must get a new
computer ready because this one is showing signs
of going out again. i hate shopping for techie
stuff.

the new ISP connection is working out great.
150 times faster. so glad to be back to a
reasonable speed for only a few more $ per
month. i was spoiled rather early in that the
university had a good connection to the outside
world (even back in the mid-80s) so that every-
thing since then has seemed rather yucky until
the DSL line i had when i was in a neighboring
small town. then i moved out here to the country
when wireless was still a dream, no cable and
satellite was four times more than what i could
afford.


songbird


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On 11/16/2014 8:23 AM, songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
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winterizing projects are getting lined up.
already knocked off the first and i hope the
toughest of them.


so glad i did these, it seems to have made a
difference in how much air is able to push into
the house along the West facing wall which gets
the most wind.

snowing last night and today and it is sticking
with the cold nights we've been having. first
snow that's anything over a few sparkles.

it is a good thing i finished the last of the
garden cleanup that i'd planned on doing for the
fall last week.

today is 2nd day of the normal deer season,
usually we are surrounded by gunshots for the
weekend. i haven't heard a thing yet. there are
a lot of deer around based upon the tracks we
see when we go out for our walks.

i still have beans to sort through. all are
shelled now. tons of interesting crosses. not
sure how many are viable or useful until they
get grown out and i don't have the space for
this many. will keep enjoying the process that
is for sure.

meanwhile, in techie land, must get a new
computer ready because this one is showing signs
of going out again. i hate shopping for techie
stuff.

the new ISP connection is working out great.
150 times faster. so glad to be back to a
reasonable speed for only a few more $ per
month. i was spoiled rather early in that the
university had a good connection to the outside
world (even back in the mid-80s) so that every-
thing since then has seemed rather yucky until
the DSL line i had when i was in a neighboring
small town. then i moved out here to the country
when wireless was still a dream, no cable and
satellite was four times more than what i could
afford.


songbird

We're looking at a hard freeze here by Tuesday morning. Had a light
frost yesterday morning, sort of pinched the eggplants. Got a counter
full of eggplant, peppers, and green tomatoes at this moment. Suspect we
will pull the spring garden for compost tomorrow ahead of the frost.
Chop it up and into the composter along with dried banana leaves from
neighbor across the street plus a bunch of shredded newsprint. Should
work well, did last time.

George
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