It's so nice to have an option for sandwiches.
Ha! It's funny you say that—here in the next couple of weeks our pastor wants to do a "bring your lunch" thing so we can all hang out and enjoy lunch together after service, and of course he mentioned sandwiches. "Who eats sandwiches anymore?" I asked my husband (who sensibly pointed out that burgers are, in fact, sandwiches...I do love a good burger...difficult to bring in to church, though!). (Knife and fork burgers, all the way.) (You can fit more goodies onto the burger that way!)
Was that a dahlia? GORGEOUS!
The entertainment for yesterday was produced by my little golden girls. So Goldie Locks, apparently found a dead (hopefully) baby toad. The three little ladies chased around for at least 15 minutes trying to capture the dead toad from Goldie Locks.
Love it! They are so entertaining. A green leaf fell into the run this afternoon while we were visiting the birds and they chased each other all over the run for the sake of that single leaf! We suspect it's because it is a differently-shaped leaf than the maple leaves that they tend to get in there.
Bit envious of your okra. Love the stuff but have never gotten it to go far. Next year, next year...
I am envious of your litter, so far our cinnamons have only had 6 at a time.
Actual cinnamon rabbits exist? As in...cinnamon buns?
My life is now complete because of this knowledge. Thank you.
(Also, that is very smart to try and get two does pregnant at once...that's something to keep in mind for our future hopes.)
They're incredible really. On Tuesday when the smoke here was the worst and with scary rumors flying, they were cruising throughout the town keeping an eye on things and helping to keep things calm.
That's wonderful. Our volunteer FD is amazing as well, I love those guys. Truly courageous men. Glad you're doing all right—I am praying rain comes to knock out these fires!
Actually, saw this AM that multiple arsonists are being charged—quite a few of these fires are being started intentionally. Somewhere up near you the PD found that someone had been going after the wire poles with first an axe, then a chainsaw—they are really trying to get wires down! Terrible. Evil, actually.
On a happier note...need that zuc soup recipe! And your sunchokes are so *pretty*! I had no idea.
@igorsMistress, are you feeling any better? I hope so. Good luck with your climbing rose, it looks happy thus far! The garden looks fab!
And who does this? Good grief. At least *try* to responsibly rehome them! Argh! We've had people offer us Muscovy ducklings and a SLW roo in the past five or so months...both times we've had to say no, but they were trying, and they were also very happy to hear that rehoming via BYC and other places is an option. Goodness!!!
That said: Pretty birds! The coloring is really neat, with those dashes of pale gold amongst the white!
You are dead on about irresponsible dog owners. They are the wooooooorrrrrst. Also, dangerous.
Good luck getting rid of the jasmine, @oldhen2345. Invasives are...well, just that. :/
How are the kits, @drstratton? They are so cute! You are right, they make quite the tangle in the nest.
Hope your arm is better, @WthrLady. Ouch! Seems to me that sometimes animals all act bizarre for no discernible reason...something in the air, maybe? Our first frost date is now less than 30 days off...*sad sigh* No doubt everyone here gets it so far as your feelings about that!
What green bean varieties did you grow this year, @Acre4Me? Also, making marshmallows is such fun. Plus nearly everyone loves them! A true treat, especially compared to the store stuff in a bag.
Not too much in the garden today. Have been gathering the last smattering of tomatoes. Our nights are also getting cooler, quite a bit cooler in fact, and things have been slowing down. Also picked one pepper! I'll take it! The beets I sowed last week are already popping up! So are some of the greens! Yay! Oh, and this afternoon I found that one of the snow pea seeds I sowed into a container behind some nasturtium and marigold is popping up. The container is in a pretty sheltered spot on our porch...They may make it. We'll see. I sowed the seeds a couple of weeks ago. If nothing else, the blooms are pretty!
Also gathered still more flower seeds. Never will I stop being delighted over the fact that nasturtium seed look like tiny brains.
Look at this—Paul Robeson, just over a pound! ❤ ❤ ❤
Few more Green Zebras. These plants are actually doing really well. Also these are delicious tomatoes!
Lucy, just because...why not.
And Matilda the EE, also because why not. She's not as angry as she looks.
I really do love reading about everyone's canning exploits! A little sad I don't have enough to put up and—well, actually, I'm a little irritated that I cannot go to the farmer's market to get what is necessary to make up the difference. But we have been enjoying all of the sun-fresh produce, and that's a big part of gardening! I was pretty upset about it 'til Hubby reminded me of all of the things we've dealt with this year, from surgeries to wildlife raids...that's life. (Gardening really is a passion for me so to fail so miserably this year—difficult.) At least with winter there will be citrus to turn into marmalade, plus it is almost time for cranberry-jalapeno jelly. (Great on Christmas ham!) Most of those things I cannot grow here anyhow.
Oh! Hubby keeps asking me to decide on a layout for the final BIG veggie garden! (There may or may not be a file folder with a dozen possibilities.) It will be ginormous, built in stages. We'll probably hire my friend's teen sons to help again. Or just bribe them with pizza and homemade pulled pork. It'll be all raised beds. I'm so excited! He also suggested we build raised beds for roses and other ornamental pretties, which makes me happy. Obviously COVID panic put the brakes on a lot but now we can slowly get back to work again.
Happy gardening and putting up, all! I'd actually also love to see your favourite canning recipes. Is it possible to have too many?