My dad always had the best compost and beautiful vegetables. He kept a wire bin with a lid on it to keep out rats and other pests from getting into it. Grass clippings, leaves, vegetable waste, dirt are the ingredients. Add some water to keep it moist and wait about 6 months to use it.…Read more »
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Build Healthy Soil
Spring is the time of year in the northwest for cleanup of winter’s weeds and decayed flowers. It’s also the time to prepare your soil for your vegetable or flower garden. Is your soil sandy or clay? Perhaps it’s time to add some minerals to your soil. Sprinkle in about 1/2-1 cup of calcium and…Read more »
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You Know You’ve Reached Your Breaking Point When…
a co-worker, that is a habitual liar, begs to go home because her son was in an accident and you call her son and find out he was not in an accident, then tell him to come pick up his mother and enjoy the panic in her eyes when her son arrives.
Ice Storm
I could imagine how it felt living without electricity in the days without power, as I camped in my living room, snuggled in blankets with my dogs at my feet, listening to the pop, crackle, and sizzle of the fire in the hearth, while the wind raged outside and the trees, laden with ice, cracked…Read more »
You Know You’ve Reached Your Breaking Point When…
You find your mother reading your diary for the 2nd time around and you write a false notation that you lost your virginity while riding naked on a motorcycle just to blow her mind.
Humor in the Kitchen
From same old fashioned cookbook as previous blog, I also found this, To Make A Cake. Anyone with little ones will appreciate this!Light oven. Get out utensils and ingredients. Remove blocks and toy autos from tables. Grease pan. Crack nuts. Measure 2 cups flour. Remove Johnny’s hands from flour; was flour off him. Re-measure flour.…Read more »
Travel toTimber Lake, South Dakota
If you’re looking for some quiet time, away from technology of today’s world, then I recommend Timber Lake, South Dakota.To me, entering Timber Lake felt as though I had gone back in time. As soon as I crossed the Missouri River, I hit a dead zone and lost communication from the outside. One local from…Read more »
Humerous Advice For Married Women
I was going through some old cookbooks and found this advice. It’s called, HOW to Cook Husbands. A good many husbands are entirely spoiled by mismanagement in cooking and so are not tender and good. Some women go about it as if their husbands were bladders and blow them up. Others let them freeze by…Read more »
Prayer for 9/11
As we remember the pain and loss of 9/11, and as we mourn recent deaths in Syria, Libya, and Afghanistan, we struggle not to give in to the logic of violence, hatred, and revenge. We struggle not to let ourselves be overcome by the fear that leads us to withdraw from the problems of the…Read more »