What did you do in the garden today?

[hysop]

Out of my 8 to 12 Pear seedlings only 3 are alive and well. Not sure what went wrong, maybe overcrowding since it looked like the three that made it were strong and green while all others were limp and withering. So maybe those three were taking all the nutrients, who knows. Here’s a pic of one of the pear seedlings.

 

[WthrLady]

25% survival, sounds about right after transplanting.
I wouldn't sweat it.

YES! It's JUST like hurricane prep. But I always did that in May and then fresh food prior. Same with tornado and blizzard season.

I went into the city today to get a new banjo string. I ended up just selling her. I don't play as much as I want to and arthritis makes it no fun any more. Sad but true.

Went into Michaels and got myself a cricut. I figured out how much it was going to cost me to have someone else make my signs and the cost of doing it myself. Ya. Much cheaper to do myself.

Then farm store to pick up feed.

Then the grocery. Picked over but not in the areas I cared about. The quickie, premade, convenience food and junk food was few and far between, but there was plenty of milk, bread, fruit, baking supplies, etc. I guess people don't cook and bake anymore. No surprise. It's all that junk food that's going to kill them. Forget the current bug. Kiddie cereals, poptarts, neon orange mac and cheese, and fake containers of pudding.....junk junk junk

 

[karenerwin]

25% survival, sounds about right after transplanting.
I wouldn't sweat it.

YES! It's JUST like hurricane prep. But I always did that in May and then fresh food prior. Same with tornado and blizzard season.

I went into the city today to get a new banjo string. I ended up just selling her. I don't play as much as I want to and arthritis makes it no fun any more. Sad but true.

Went into Michaels and got myself a cricut. I figured out how much it was going to cost me to have someone else make my signs and the cost of doing it myself. Ya. Much cheaper to do myself.

Then farm store to pick up feed.

Then the grocery. Picked over but not in the areas I cared about. The quickie, premade, convenience food and junk food was few and far between, but there was plenty of milk, bread, fruit, baking supplies, etc. I guess people don't cook and bake anymore. No surprise. It's all that junk food that's going to kill them. Forget the current bug. Kiddie cereals, poptarts, neon orange mac and cheese, and fake containers of pudding.....junk junk junk

Wow here I had to go to 3 stores to find some yeast. Bread, nope! Wasn't any. Flour was scarce, but I found some. Sugar, there was plenty. Rice, nope, not a grain to be found.
Lots of stores were out of eggs as well (not that I was going to buy any!). Fresh meat was pretty well unheard of.
My hubby noticed that in the frozen pizza department the cheap pizzas were gone but the $5 & $6 pizzas were still available. (He will only buy the cheapo ones and I don't really like pizza).
I messaged with my 2 former foreign exchange students ( one in Germany and the other in the Netherlands) they said things are the same over there too. Lena, my German girl said her parents had been on vacation and were in a high risk area. They came back early and are in quarantine for 2 weeks. She was glad they came back early because she said many of the countries are closing there borders!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Wally was out of egg was really surprised really surprised ..We been out most the day did the mad run picked up 3 free tires at the tire shop .. bananas and a few spices from Fullers no TP on the shelves .. Next to wally bought 1/2 + 1/2 and jimmy dean sausage plus 12 bags of 7.5 cubic feet per bag miracle grow 2.50 a bag No TP again
next home depot bought 6 or 8 starts for veggies 3 sheets 3/4 inch plywood 2 2 x 4 x 16 Subway for lunch they will serve you make your sandwich but you take it to go no eat in ... Last
brought it all home drove in the yard start unloading
actually had someone email me from my nextdoor ad to get eggs not sure just what she wants tho

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Since I can’t go out myself being in the high risk group so I’ve been looking at what I can order online. I can likely use Amazon for basic cleaning things. The local grocery store is supposed to have an order and pickup service, but that’s not really working. Then I found a liquor store delivery service. So I can keep on cleaning and get booze but when I run out of yogurt I’m out of luck. Too funny.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We are what they call high risk Son was born with small lungs for his body they never caught up .. Dad and I he is 73, I am 60 with small lungs little breathes also I have had pneumonia
like 5 times

 

[jerryse]

Sunny day here but rain is coming . Spent 6 hours splitting wood . Got that big tree finished . I have tomato seeds sprouting in like 5 days . I was surprised .

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

We are what they call high risk Son was born with small lungs for his body they never caught up .. Dad and I he is 73, I am 60 with small lungs little breathes also I have had pneumonia
like 5 times

I’m closing in on 70, heart disease, asthma, diabetes and had pneumonia that nearly killed me. But I don’t feel sick. I also have fibromyalgia but that doesn’t put me in the high risk group, it’s just a bit of a pain and slows me down from time to time.

 

[dirkandlorie]

Yay! Sunshine today! Got tons of compost dug into the beds, and played with the chickens in the yard. Thank goodness I still have blueberries in the freezer, think my girls like those more than meal worms!
this corona virus stuff is scary. Who would ever imagine shutting down so much of the country for a cold/flu virus. I'm lucky, I don't have to go to town for anything for months at a time. (Except for coffee, omg I'm almost out of coffee!) But how are the people who have to work for a living supposed to survive? There are millions of people who still have mortgages/rent, car payments, have to actually buy from stores for food, etc. How are these folks handling it?

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Yay! Sunshine today! Got tons of compost dug into the beds, and played with the chickens in the yard. Thank goodness I still have blueberries in the freezer, think my girls like those more than meal worms!
this corona virus stuff is scary. Who would ever imagine shutting down so much of the country for a cold/flu virus. I'm lucky, I don't have to go to town for anything for months at a time. (Except for coffee, omg I'm almost out of coffee!) But how are the people who have to work for a living supposed to survive? There are millions of people who still have mortgages/rent, car payments, have to actually buy from stores for food, etc. How are these folks handling it?

In Massachusetts they just made it easier for people to get unemployment if they laid off because of the virus. This is hard on just about everyone. Although I am in the high risk group as many others with worse medical conditions than I, I feel fortunate that my retirement income is still coming in and I can still pay my bills. I hear you when thinking about the folks who normally struggle to make ends meet. There are groups that have started fundraisers to help people who are struggling. Oh, and I don’t use too much coffee, but I stay well stocked on that. You can order that online you know.