Ever feel lonely when you dont have any PM's waiting for you?

[thechickenchick]

Tex I love the tree people!! Great idea!

Robin enjoy your weekend it sounds like a nice time. We may attend a farm auction on saturday and I hope to get some flower beds cleaned up , however it is supposed to snow, get this.... 14 to 16 inches! Not kidding! I don't know if you all remember but last years spring storm was the last week in April, we were snowed in with almost 2 feet of snow, had no power for almost 3 days and I was trying to incubate! Crazy. Hubby talked me out of incubating this year, probably a good thing!

 

[texasgal]

Quote:
I do remember .. it seemed like winter would never end for ya'll ......

 

[thechickenchick]

Quote:
I do remember .. it seemed like winter would never end for ya'll ......

It is feeling like that this year too!

 

[herefordlovinglady]

Tex the Tree People are great. I have had them and i loved coming home and looking at them. Snoopy neighbors

And Tanya --

to that darn snow. I hope it is not bad and I hope your power doesn't go out. the auction sounds fun.

 

[texasgal]

Quote:
Yeah .. after we're certain that the snoopers have seen the tree peeple .. we are going to move them up by the house so we can enjoy them as we sit on the porch..

 

[San]

Hey,

How's everyone doing?

I am a bit worried today is day 20 and no peep sounds, no egg movement just nothing. I am using the brinsea mini advanced, and of course I just saw that I need to fill the water tray but I am bit scared to do that, what if it does damage for the hatching?
Oh bloody .... I am so nervous right now. Glad that BF is at work till midnight. I keep checking the bater almost every 30 min now... putting my ear near it to hear something but nooooooooooooo

I am really looking so forward for these chicks, it's stupid I know but heck my animals are my babies. And of course patience is THE only thing that was not given to me!!

 

[texasgal]

Quote:

 

[Rozzie]

Ewww. I don't like tree people. Never have, LOL. I don't like garden gnomes either, though...

I've been staying busy. With my husband's medical situation needing extra time/trips, plus spring planting season, and work, I've had little time to spare.

I hit an awesome yard sale last weekend - lots of great stuff (yard stuff, garden things, and TOOLS). I brought home a lot for a fair price. Between that and a good day at the thrift shop the day before, I now have four soaker hoses that cost me almost nothing. They'll go in the garden FOR SURE.

I've also been planting fruits. So far, we've planted 3 apple,2 peach, 2 apricot, 2 native plum, 1 regular plum, 5 grapes, and around 8 or 9 more raspberries, plus 3 gooseberry this year. I also dug and planted a new perennial bed and a rosebush. The little spring garden is going and I transplanted tomato seedlings to larger pots the other day. I also bought a small hydroponics setup (used) to test my hand/liking at that method of growing. If I like it, I'll be building a LARGE setup for growing greens (LEGAL greens) indoors year round to reduce costs for us. The investment in a home built hydro system shoudl pay for itself in months, not years. I'm all about investing this way...it's more sure than the stock moarket, let me tell ya!

I've got more fruits ordered and on the way. I'm waiting on one last grape, 2 cherry trees, 6 lowbush blueberries, and 2 currants. Oh, and a lilac bush. I still need to get my asparagus crowns in the garden, too.

This year will be heck keeping everything watered...all those plantings need watered every 3 days or so. I'd like to set up an irrigation system but won't be spending on that this year. Maybe in a year or two...

I think I'll rig up some sort of system to use the water that collects in the swimming pool. I have a sump pump that we use to drain it. I just need to get some longer sump pup hoses (or figure a way out to use our pool vacuum hose, which I already own. POndering all that...definitely would reduce my water bill. Then, all I have to do is pump down the pool often enough to keep it from getting green.

 

[texasgal]

Quote:
AHA! I'm hoping and praying that they give Ms. Snoops-a-lot the creeps also ...

Oh, and we call my FIL the Garden Gnome .. lol. Short, cute, white beard... lol

 

[Rozzie]

ROFL they don't give me the creeps. They just aren't part of my aesthetic taste. I like bunnies and stuff instead...