Washingtonians - Page 7928  

Originally Posted by Ogress 

I don't think it is all that difficult to have a vegetable garden if you really want one. When I first moved to Washington I could barely afford the rent on my apartment. Still I had a vegetable garden. I went dumpster diving for old houseplants that people had tossed. I grew Herbs, lettuce and basil on my deck in these. I also would ride my bike to Marymoor park where they had a Peapatch. I made friends with several people who had patches there and offered to care for their gardens in exchange for some space to grow some of my own.

Now I am not poor, but I am frugal at times. Mother Earth had free entrance for kids, and I paid $10 for a weekend pass for myself. Parking was free and I brought in food for my kids and myself. I did give $5 to each kid to spend. I thought it was a fantastic deal compared to the Evergreen Fair we attended last summer. Between pArking, entrance fees, 2 rides for each of my 2 kids, and lunch; we spent over $100 in the 2 hours we were there. I was upset that all the drinking fountains had been disabled, forcing fair goers to pay $2 for a small bottle of water. Between the crowds and the outrageous Prices charged, we left early and everyone was unhappy. I was not willing to pAy $6 so we could have a little water; I had scraped the bottom of my purse for enough coins for lunch.

Originally Posted by Chicken Rustler 

I don't need to mess with a garden. I get my veggies at the midnight produce supply. It's right next to the midnight chicken supply. Yup at the corner of grab it and run!       

Originally Posted by LittleSticks 

Want, want, want!

 

CL, since you saved my life aren't we related or something like that?   

 

(She told me not to train my Sweat Meat squash up the walls and ceilings of my greenhouse. If I hadn't been killed by a huge squash falling directly on my head I'm sure the vines and fruits would have pulled the entire greenhouse down on top of me. DH would have searched for days. . . )

Originally Posted by FlyRobinFly 

For the curious, here is a side by side comparison of two cleaned chickens: one is a four plus month old cockerel from a laying breed, the other an eight week old Cornish cross meat bird. Justbugged raised the meatie and I raised the roo under similar conditions, but you can see the difference in the amount of meat versus the length of time (and amount of feed!) it took to get them to this size.

 

Originally Posted by Chicken Rustler 

Can ya say choose yer ring tones (more) wisely (than me) ! 

Originally Posted by itsren 

 

I've drowned rats before.  Occasionally we catch them on glue traps that we set in our compost bin.

 

The first one I caught and had to drown, I called hubby at work and asked him what to do with it.  He said to drop it into a bucket.  So I did.  Then I started crying and said "It's blowing bubbles and it's looking at me with big eyes!"  He told me "Well, don't look at it then!"  LOL!

Originally Posted by dawng 

 

This is a great idea =)

Originally Posted by justbugged 

Well I got home from visiting with Robin and Gary out in Raymond yesterday. I got home about 7:20pm. I kind of took a slight 50 mile round trip out to Rain Tree Nursery out in Morton. I had to high tail it in order to make it before 5pm. I was hoping and praying that they would be open when I got there. They were and I managed to get a black hydrangea. some bamboo, a couple of Aronia berry plants, and a couple of raspberry starts. My car was super full on the way back home. Now I have to get them all planted.

 

I really enjoyed the visit with CL, and  Gary, and the visit with The rustler and his DH. I wish I was able to do it more often. It wasn't really that long of a drive. It took about 2.5 hours from my house to CL's home. The drive back up highway 6 wasn't as bad as I remember it from the past. The only hassle was not having cell phone service until I got back to I-5. 

 

Now I have to get thing tidied up around here, and set up for class. I am now expecting as many as 6 to 7 WA thread

members to show up about noon on Saturday. It should be a lot of fun getting to know everyone better. Then I think that there is a bonding of friendship, after finding out that you really can produce some of your own food. 

 

Well I am off to bed. I am beyond tired to tonight. 

Originally Posted by ByN8ureHomstead 

 

We also have a ceramic topped stove and we can on it also all of our pans are cast iron and we have no problem with heating or scratches.  

Originally Posted by ByN8ureHomstead 

 

 

I disagree with you FlyRobinFly, granted I don't know the attitude out there but every county has a county fair and every state has a state fair. For the last 2 years Mother Earth News has had a fair in Washington. From what I have researched Washington has more farmers markets then we have here in Kansas. If people wanted to learn to grow a garden they would. A lot of people just want something for nothing even if that person does not need it, my FIL is that way.