Well, today was a great day! I received a call from a home-bound friend, asking if I could bring dinner to her--leftovers would be fine. Meals on...
Good morning! I picked a half dozen tomatoes, three squash, and had Timi the cat helping and supervising. She loves to do figure eights around my...
Nocturnal animals don't always make it across our roads. There would be quite a lot of critter litter if it weren't for our ugly, but hard working...
Today I went into town to grocery shop and to relieve us of the overabundance of squash and cucumbers. I gave a large bag of cucumbers and a...
Gee Netty, we all appreciate you here on the Stew, but don't expect checks in the mail! Your client certainly has a high opinion of your work and...
What a lovely birthday present for a lovely bride! And you took her out to lunch on top of it all. As Cayuga said, Everyone on the Stew can relate...
Logan, I hope you feel better very soon! Rest up--whatever needs doing will wait for you. We had blessed rain last night, and it is cool enough...
Sjoerd, the tomato's core is the whitish central thing that runs from the top where the tomato came off the vine to the bottom. It doesn't cook...
Sojerd, depending on how many we have, I'll be making marinara sauce and freezing it, canning tomatoes, and at the end of the season, coring and...
First tomato, first tomato! :drool: I cleaned out the spent sugar pea vines, tied up more cucumber vines, picked three more cucumbers, and picked...
Netty, your daily list sounds like my weekly list! Today I cleaned the dried garlic that has been hanging in the barn, and brought it into the...
I agree with Cayuga and Mart. Lilies do not like pruning, and if you cut the stalk, you will get no flowers. If you cut the stalk back, you won't...
While I was watering this morning, I saw a cucumber lurking near the bottom of a vine. Judging from its size, I thought I'd best look for more....
Netty, it sounds as if you are enjoying your rain day! This is Friday, so we are having dinner in front of the TV watching PBS News Hour and...
Best intentions of pulling up the spent broccoli plants to put on the compost pile, but they were not spent. We are getting side shoots! I'll...
Today I was asked for some fresh basil (of which I have an overabundance). The lady said it was very helpful for her health. I wasn't going to...
Tonight will be boneless pork chops, steamed baby red potatoes with green beans, and cottage bread. Mart, please don't tell me your tomatoes are...
The zoo's snake house had an accident, and all the snakes were out and all over. The keeper was trying to retrieve them with no luck. He called...
Happy Wednesday, aka "Hump Day"! It's pretty warm today, predicted to get into the high 90's. Our Texas energy commission has asked everyone to...
Netty, no one deserves a Happy Birthday more than you!
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