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[Cowgirlgrace]

And love flashy trout back lettuce, one of my favorites. Need to try it for winter though. Beautiful pictures!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Remember to every story there are 3 sides His side Her side and THE TRUTH which is usually somewhere in between!!!!!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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I totally agree and would add that since you have a life and (it sounds like) they don't they have nothing better to do than try to make you look bad. I have several of those and I just tell them to KMWA.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

CL love yer raised beds and find it kind of funny. I just brought home 5 truck and trailer loads of LARGE heavy duty crates that we plan to use as garden / flower beds. These are all made of nice ship lap or T n G lumber. The cost of wood to build these would be several hundred dollars if not in the thousands.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

I am starting to get a complex !!!! why is it when I get on this time of night everybody leaves and I have to set here and babble to myself to keep us high on the list.

COME ON SOMEBODY help me out here !!!!

 

[Ogress]

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You're right. I realized that I have not signed anything (and the car is in my name, not DH), so I am going to drive down there first thing in the morning, get the thing towed to Greencar, get a proper estimate from them and then deal with the insurance. I just saw the estimate they sent over, and now it has dropped from the $10,000+ they told our insurance to the same price I told them that Greencar would do it for (about $4,500) plus an additional $2,906.99for the part and whatever the labor would be should the car also need a new cylinder head, and a note at the bottom that it may need even more parts. They back-dated the estimate to 12/20, but did not send it out till 5 pm tonight after DH and I called them at least a dozen times in the past 2 days.

4cats; Your DH and BIL are correct - it is hydro-locked, and the estimate makes no mention of the cracked rod, bent cam-shaft, and cracked engine that the insurance adjustor (Farmers) mentioned in his phone call the other day. In fact it says on this that they won't know of other damage until the motor is dissassembled. My DH knows computers, but when it comes to skills I typically associated with male genes, he's lacking. I'm glad I questioned the price because I think he would have accepted some lousy settlement and then spent thousands more to get another TDI he can run on biodiesel. I don't want to spend all that $ for another car, I need $ for a bigger/better chicken coop, and will either have to pay some one to build it or learn how to build it myself.

Feeling a bit better now .... got to catch up on all the posts. Accidentally left my computer on while I went shopping and made dinner this evening. My inbox is flooded!

 

[Ogress]

CR - you need to get your Carhartts at Sierra Trading Post (online). I get everything for my boy there as he is growing like a tree, a really big one. Everything is 35 - 70% off and they usually have some other good offers goin on that reduce the bill even more, like I think an additional 20% off for new customers.

CL - I LOVE your garden pics! I'll see if I can find some from mine (which has many more weeds than good plants).

ByNature - I had some plastic earthboxes that mom gave me as a gift once, but they went missing when I moved here

They worked great! We are on glacial till here ... nuthin but rocks. I have to bring in all our dirt, so I use raised beds, boxes and garbage cans for my potatoes.

 

[Rainwolf]

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You and me both. I have a greenhouse, but it is at least half the size I need and would use. If I was smart I would quadruple the size. I also want heat and a auto-watering system in it. I now need to build some raised beds, but I am still uncertain that I have enough sunlight in my yard for vegetables.

Instead of raised beds you should try home made earthboxes.

What are "earthboxes?

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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Well, I have nothing to TRADE as I don't save seed but might be an option for next year for a few crops. I usually plant 2 consecutive crops in each bed so nothing matures enough to be able to save seed from. Purchased seeds I usually don't have extra of since I use them all. I buy seed that lasts a few years in bulk and use several years in a row till gone and purchase only the allium seeds I need for one season since they tend to lose viability after a year. Maybe can save a few lettuce seeds if the plants are at the ends of the beds out of the way. Possibly some peppers and tomatoes.

Arugula and mustard saves well, as does dill, beans and peas, radish and tomatoes as long as it is not a hybred, squash, pumpkin and small stuff like cress.

pepper seeds also. Just make sure vegetable is ripe. Green peppers are not ripe for seed saving. The way to harvest pepper seeds, put seeds from mature pepper in a glass of water, dispose any seeds that float, the seeds that sink put in a place where they can dry then store.

 

[T Hi]

I was too busy with new baby ducklings this year to do much in the garden, but I always do lots of flowers & water features!! Hoping we have a better summer in 2011 for veggies!