Washingtonians

[Altonafamily]

22 weeks old

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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.

 

[Chickielady]

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!

 

[Chickielady]

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. . . )

LOL...you want some Blue Copper Marans, eggs or chicks ?

 

[Chickielady]

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.

AND the ab cavity hole where you have to insert your hand to grab the gizzard....and pull the innards out.
If the laying bird is too small, it may impossible to get your hand in there.

 

[Chickielady]

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

That story made me laugh so hard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

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!

Have ya ever given yourself a bunch of tattoos ?
Yes I have, and I have 2 tat guns and lots of ink~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Chickielady]

This is a great idea =)

No one would go to the work shop.
They do not want to work at providing food for them selves.
The immigrants here are doing a good job though~~~ they seem to all have animals & gardens and help each other out at processing, goats, pigs, poultry & fish.
None of them starving.

Last time I took produce to the Food Bank, all I could see was day-old breads, pastries and cakes, pies, doughnuts and sugary breakfast cereals.
Old dented cans of vegies (once commercially canned there is little vitamins left there

)
So every food bank customer got 2 grocery sacks full of processed flour products, cakes, doughnuts, etc.
No protein that I could see............no fresh vegies...it is really sad.

 

[Chickielady]

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.

And we enjoyed you too !
And of course love Teddy and Jet with the perfect black licorice nose !!

 

[Chickielady]

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.

Oh that scares me.
My Mom got a glass topped electric stove and it has the safety heat switch on it.
Mad her mad as she loves to pressure can.
I just shy away from any electric cook tops & stick to gas.
The sheet weight of a full roiling boiling canner on an electric burner is scarey.
I prefer a gas cook top and an electric oven.
Dual fuel.