Well I finally bit the bullet, so to speak, and started a facebook page. Hopefully I will be able to figure it all out and not appear to be a complete idiot.
There are 2 pages that I am interested in - both to do with the girls cali. So hopefully I have done the right things to get on their friend list.
I appear to have sent numerous friend requests going by the number of notifications I am getting. Inbox is getting rather full!!
Monday, November 26, 2012
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Vege Patch Update
Vege patch?? What vege patch??
Honestly all I have managed to get done is put in those 3 tomatoes and the potatoes - and that was a while ago. The hanging tomato is doing well after it's accident (remember it fell to the ground) and the potatoes have grown and are now starting to wilt (could be due to lack of water).
I was going to put corn into boxes out along the back fence, but I have changed my mind. They are now going into one of the unused beds out the front. TODAY!! I will also put in some pumpkin and zucchini seeds and some sunflower seeds. The sunflowers I will put into the proper garden beds amongst what is already there.
And the poor lettuce seedlings need to go into the trough I bought for them.
Last year I was was really keen on growing some of my own veges, but this year I really can't find the inspiration to do it. I don't know if it is a case of too much happening here that takes over my attention or gardening is just not my thing. I get no help from anyone - not even hubby. I am lucky if he actually cuts the grass more than twice a year. I know he hates mowing grass but he is reluctant to rip it all up and put in plants and mulch. That does not make any sense to me.
The whole front yard needs re mulched. I think it has been 5 years since it was last done so you can imagine the state it is in. Weeds grow like wildfire and removing them is difficult.
I've got 5 roses out the back that did not get pruned during winter. They are all supposed to be bush roses, but 2 are now so tall you could call them tree roses. Another one is buried under a daisy type of shrub - that one never did grow very well. It is actually the eldest's rose - I think it suits her to a 'T'. No that she's short or anything, just that she doesn't do much. Just like the rose.....
I found 1 single strawberry down the side 2 days ago and ate it - sour thing it was. Not sure if it the variety or just not getting the attention/food/water it needs to be sweet. The rhubarb is doing ok. Stalks are quite thin and it looks like whatever was eating the leaves has stopped - maybe it died, after all they are poisonous. The fern that is growing out the side of the garden bed is doing quite well.
I think I need to feed everything - maybe this week........
Honestly all I have managed to get done is put in those 3 tomatoes and the potatoes - and that was a while ago. The hanging tomato is doing well after it's accident (remember it fell to the ground) and the potatoes have grown and are now starting to wilt (could be due to lack of water).
I was going to put corn into boxes out along the back fence, but I have changed my mind. They are now going into one of the unused beds out the front. TODAY!! I will also put in some pumpkin and zucchini seeds and some sunflower seeds. The sunflowers I will put into the proper garden beds amongst what is already there.
And the poor lettuce seedlings need to go into the trough I bought for them.
Last year I was was really keen on growing some of my own veges, but this year I really can't find the inspiration to do it. I don't know if it is a case of too much happening here that takes over my attention or gardening is just not my thing. I get no help from anyone - not even hubby. I am lucky if he actually cuts the grass more than twice a year. I know he hates mowing grass but he is reluctant to rip it all up and put in plants and mulch. That does not make any sense to me.
The whole front yard needs re mulched. I think it has been 5 years since it was last done so you can imagine the state it is in. Weeds grow like wildfire and removing them is difficult.
I've got 5 roses out the back that did not get pruned during winter. They are all supposed to be bush roses, but 2 are now so tall you could call them tree roses. Another one is buried under a daisy type of shrub - that one never did grow very well. It is actually the eldest's rose - I think it suits her to a 'T'. No that she's short or anything, just that she doesn't do much. Just like the rose.....
I found 1 single strawberry down the side 2 days ago and ate it - sour thing it was. Not sure if it the variety or just not getting the attention/food/water it needs to be sweet. The rhubarb is doing ok. Stalks are quite thin and it looks like whatever was eating the leaves has stopped - maybe it died, after all they are poisonous. The fern that is growing out the side of the garden bed is doing quite well.
I think I need to feed everything - maybe this week........
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Concert Programs and life after the concert
Busy right now printing Concert Programs for the eldest cali club.
The darn printer keeps jamming on the paper though. And it is starting to annoy me!!
Not the sort of thing I can say - blow it, I'm not doing these anymore. They have to be done today so I can hand them over to the lady who will bind them for us. That is once I collect the colour pages from the printer and collate the whole lot together - then she can bind them.
So it looks like I have to sit and baby sit the printer until all 880 pages are done....
Life after the Concert - looking forward to that.
I have a batch of laundry bags to make for Aussie Hero Quilts as well as some quilts to put together for them. I may have to make up tops only and send them off to their coordinator for her get quilted. There are just too many in my head wanting made up!
Plus there is the vege garden that desperately needs attention. I only have tomatoes in at the moment! So much for putting in zucchini, pumpkins and corn. Plus the seeds I put in really need to be potted on and fertilised so they can grow up big and strong. The poor lettuces have not done much at all.
I think I may put sunflowers in amongst theweeds, um, flowers out the front.
The darn printer keeps jamming on the paper though. And it is starting to annoy me!!
Not the sort of thing I can say - blow it, I'm not doing these anymore. They have to be done today so I can hand them over to the lady who will bind them for us. That is once I collect the colour pages from the printer and collate the whole lot together - then she can bind them.
So it looks like I have to sit and baby sit the printer until all 880 pages are done....
Life after the Concert - looking forward to that.
I have a batch of laundry bags to make for Aussie Hero Quilts as well as some quilts to put together for them. I may have to make up tops only and send them off to their coordinator for her get quilted. There are just too many in my head wanting made up!
Plus there is the vege garden that desperately needs attention. I only have tomatoes in at the moment! So much for putting in zucchini, pumpkins and corn. Plus the seeds I put in really need to be potted on and fertilised so they can grow up big and strong. The poor lettuces have not done much at all.
I think I may put sunflowers in amongst the
Saturday, November 10, 2012
EEWWWW !!!!
Just opened up the dishwasher to get out a clean mug for my mid morning cup of tea.
EEWWWWWWWWW......
The smell!!!!
It was atrocious.
Checked the filter, and yep, full of yucky mucky smelly crap.
And I thought it was the sink that was smelly. I even treated it a few days ago to try to get rid of the smell.
So dishwasher is now going thru it's paces again - dishes and all. Hopefully that will do the trick. If not, then I'll have to put some bicarb thru it too.
EEWWWWWWWWW......
The smell!!!!
It was atrocious.
Checked the filter, and yep, full of yucky mucky smelly crap.
And I thought it was the sink that was smelly. I even treated it a few days ago to try to get rid of the smell.
So dishwasher is now going thru it's paces again - dishes and all. Hopefully that will do the trick. If not, then I'll have to put some bicarb thru it too.
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