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George Shirley[_3_] George Shirley[_3_] is offline
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On 10/31/2017 12:55 PM, Muggles wrote:
On 10/28/2017 12:36 PM, George Shirley wrote:
On 10/28/2017 11:18 AM, Frank wrote:
On 10/28/2017 10:20 AM, George Shirley wrote:
Weather heads are saying we may have a hard freeze by next week. That
means some of the garden will be pulp soon, particularly the year old
sweet peppers that are still producing quite nicely. Here we go, back
to store bought sweet peppers, mostly grown in water to get large
ones quickly. I really don't mind them as they are right tasty and
last a good while in the refrigerator.

Got up to 44F this morning and, for the first time of winter, I'm
wearing a long sleeve shirt and long pants and the heat is on in the
house. The heating system is much cheaper than electricity as we have
pretty cheap natural gas here in Texas.

At least the grass may slow down it's growth as we have to mow about
three times a month to stay ahead. We have a "tumbler" type composter
that, at the moment, stuffed full. We shred all paper and cardboard
that comes in the house and the composter gets a good bit of that
plus kitchen veggie trims, egg shells, etc. When you live on a pile
of gumbo clay you have to do something to enrich what passes for dirt
here.

Lettuce, cabbage, kale, etc. plus carrots and beets are doing well in
the winter garden. Looks like we will be canning a lot of veggies
before to very long. The only cans we open nowadays are beans we
can't grow here, soups, mushrooms, etc. Heck, I even compost the
labels on those cans but have to recycle the cans themselves.

The dawg is hanging around under her afghan my elder sister made for
my dogs years ago. Plus she wants to get under the blanket now rather
than lay on top. Right now she's snoozing on the couch behind my desk
chair and brought along her afghan.

George

I'm still cutting grass but nice thing, living further north, you
don't have to cut grass for about 5 months.Â* It may snow but you never
need to shovel snow once a week for the whole season.

Due to the weather here we usually have to mow year around. Helps with
keeping the composter full. G In the summer it feels like the hubs of
Hades for four or five months sometime, otherwise it's just hot in the
summer and warm in the winter. Right now it's about 55F, up about 11
degrees from waking this morning. If you don't like the weather in
Harris Cty, TX wait an hour or two. I'm wearing long sweats and a long
sleeved tee shirt, a heavy one too. The dawg is huddled under her
blanket, in the house, kept at 75F this time of year.

George


We have a collie dog, and when the weather gets cold, she just gets more
frisky and wants to play all the time.

Tilly is a ten year old Rat Terrier with short hair and a deposition for
staying very close to one or the other of us. Depends on who ticked her
off at the time. I think she thinks we're her pets instead of vice
versa. At any rate we all love each other.

Turned out to hit 75F today, nice day but black clouds are now gathering
and discussing where the lightning goes and where the rain goes.

When we bought this house, on high ground for this area, had folks come
and ground the whole house, just in case.

George