What did you do in the garden today?

[gtaus]

I typically pick up seeds about this time of year when stores put them out for pennies to simply unload them.

That's exactly what I thought I would do. Unfortunately, all the stores have sent back their seeds from this year. Nothing on the racks! Where do you get your seeds for pennies at this time of year? I would like to snatch up some seeds for next year.

 

[Smokerbill]

That's exactly what I thought I would do. Unfortunately, all the stores have sent back their seeds from this year. Nothing on the racks! Where do you get your seeds for pennies at this time of year? I would like to snatch up some seeds for next year.

I have something I need to return to HomeDepot, so I'm going to make a point of looking around to see if there are any discount seeds available. Walmart is next door to HD so I'll go there too.

Also, cull lumber is on my mind...

 

[gtaus]

DD did not have any of that training in her school but I made sure she knew how to cook, bake, basic sewing skills and the importance of basic nutrition and reading food labels when grocery shopping. She also learned basic home repair, plumbing and carpentry skills from me as well. If the schools don’t teach it anymore, parents need to step up and prepare their kids for life as an adult.

I think it's great that young people are exposed to all types of skills we need as adults. No doubt, when I was growing up in small town USA in the 70's, nobody much thought boys needed home economic skills or girls needed shop experience.

Having said that, I married a woman who had the skills I lacked. And I have the skills she lacks. I think either one of us would have had a much harder time in life without the other. Maybe that's why we have stayed together for 36 years? Mutual dependency?

Whatever the reasons, I have seen too many young people with marriages that did not work out and personal life skills that make them unprepared to take care of themselves, or their children if they have them. I feel bad for them. Not all parents step up and prepare their kids for life as an adult. It's good that you did.

 

[gtaus]

I have something I need to return to HomeDepot, so I'm going to make a point of looking around to see if there are any discount seeds available. Walmart is next door to HD so I'll go there too.

Both my local Home Depot and WalMart sent all their seeds back to the seed companies. But I imagine that your local stores might have a different policy than mine. At any rate, I guess I should have looked to buy all those extra seeds at end of year discounts before I went out and bought a seed storage box! I put the cart before the horse.

Live and learn.

 

[Sally PB]

DD did not have any of that training in her school but I made sure she knew how to cook, bake, basic sewing skills and the importance of basic nutrition and reading food labels when grocery shopping. She also learned basic home repair, plumbing and carpentry skills from me as well. If the schools don’t teach it anymore, parents need to step up and prepare their kids for life as an adult.

Thank you for doing this! I had a class in shop (wood working), and now wished I'd had a lot more of the useful, practical stuff. How to change the oil in my car. Basic plumbing, wiring, and carpentry.

And don't get me started on the nutrition information we got back then in school. Thank goodness my mom knew some from her mom, when "eating right" was how you ate.

 

[Smokerbill]

Both my local Home Depot and WalMart sent all their seeds back to the seed companies. But I imagine that your local stores might have a different policy than mine. At any rate, I guess I should have looked to buy all those extra seeds at end of year discounts before I went out and bought a seed storage box! I put the cart before the horse.

Live and learn.

That's what I found. I dropped by a little Ace hardware store, and HomeDepot. Both told me they returned the seeds. There was one rack of seeds at HD, but they were all full price. No thanks!

And I didn't look for any cull lumber. After spending $2700 on my well, I'm trying to spend as little as possible these days.

 

[Smokerbill]

Thank you for doing this! I had a class in shop (wood working), and now wished I'd had a lot more of the useful, practical stuff. How to change the oil in my car. Basic plumbing, wiring, and carpentry.

And don't get me started on the nutrition information we got back then in school. Thank goodness my mom knew some from her mom, when "eating right" was how you ate.

My mom fed us colors. Every meal needed a yellow or orange veggie, and a green one. Plus a starch of some kind, meat, and in season veggies like tomatoes or cucumbers and onions. And dessert most every night too, which is why we were all big people. LOL

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

If you have an Aubuchon Hardware store near you check with them for seeds. They usually keep selling their seeds after the other small hardware stores have returned them.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

We had a break in the rain for a little while. Only 1/2 inch earlier. I just let the chickens out to forage and it just started raining lightly. When they decide they’ve had enough I tuck them back into the run and coops. I’ve been taking it a little easy today but I did manage to make some bread. Not sourdough this time, but Farmhouse White bread.

 

[akroberts1085]

This is for everyone. I learned that you can cut the greens off of carrots and put them in a bowl of water and grow more greens. You can also cut the onion, celery and beets at the end with the root on it and do the same thing. You will only get the greens which is awesome especially considering if it's green it's edible and tasty.