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Posted by puddintane on May 30, 2009
Its started to get warm here! been in the 80’s the last couple of days. I was happy with 70’s ugg this is climbing to almost to hot. Well to help SAVE all that water i was dumping on the new garden bed ..i swear it would not stay in the ground! How can seeds sprout if theirs not watteerrr!!! so what do i do 
muhahaha grab some plastic and cover it all! Just like i do with my sprouts inside, make a little greenhouse wannabe thingy and walla, the water stays in
I was tired of trying to water it 3 times a day, with my tiny tiny little watering can ( there is no hose / hook up apparently anymore 
and 8 trips was to many! So as i was checking on my baby stevia plants inside which i have inside a plastic bag to, you know..keep in the water /slaps head with hand… It hit me.
Cover the bed with plastic! As you see that’s just what i did two days later the cucumbers and radishes started to sprout and i figured i couldn’t leave the plastic on them. ( its raised in the middle there with sticks stuck in the ground ) I was happy to see them sprouting and i think this helped get the water absorbed deeper into the ground .. hell i don’t know i am just talking out my ass lol like i know anything about gardening! I am learning tho. Soooooooo, here is the garden plot with the new sprouts and the kids sunflowers growing crazy………………Hmmm never mind , i oveasly didn’t take a full picture of the bed WTH! but i do have a shot of the cucumbers coming up because im to lazy to go back out,get another pic and upload it
So I really really hope that these ones actually live unlike the 6 other plants before them. Those were all started inside, did wonderful, were put outside…and they died ? Ugg i don’t know! I will find out if they thrive this way. Maybe they just do not like to be moved, and not one i can start indoors and move out. Or its just one that i cant keep alive ( like my strawberry /sob ).
All the radishes are sprouting and a few of the beets are sprouting also… no sign of the peppers yet I am sure they will pop there heads up, we dropped enough seeds in there that SOMETHING has to take!
Now to the patio and all the greenness back there!
lettuce
we have been chopping it down and eating it! its super good, BUT as i was watering this morning and looking over all my plants i realized a few things. One, this plant has a hugely long stock with nothing on it tell the top! They are the ones that i had thinned a few of the larger leafs to eat as it was growing.. they didn’t grow back but the stock keep growing LOL so its like a frig-en tree with leaves at the top! I found it funny
Then as i was cleaning the icky wilted dead leaves off the bottom I took a look at the stumps left from the whole bundles of lettuce I had CUT down …there are tiny new leaves growing from it! Will they keep growing and give me new lettuce leaves to eat?Hmmmm i sure hope so!OHHHHH and they had some visitors < O,o >
I pulled 6 caterpillars out of the lettuce trays.. Umm ok i really do like caterpillars, i think they are cute as hell but… hmmm in the lettuce makes me a little worried! I will be looking at my lettuce much closer for sure now! So I picked them out and put then in a pot that was off to the side ( the broken mystery plant ) and threw some of the discarded lettuce leaves in there… I don’t know what to do with them, I cant kill them
And then the radishes, they are all doing so good! We have been eating the first crop and watching the second one grow..and the third in the garden bed but … this one is hugely tall! lol the radish itself is still pretty small but ..WOW.
The peas are FINALLY growing tall! Its about time if you ask me The carrot tops are looking really good to… wish i could see in the soil tho to see how the carrots them self’s are doing.
The beans are continuing to grow! I threw in some new seeds to replace the couple that didnt make it threw the move outside and the first couple rains…. hmm another one i didnt take a pic of.. ugg
the Peppers are still doing good, not really getting any bigger yet tho …and this pic wont download LOL not my day for pictures ppl!
This pot ( YES the pic works!) has a couple of beans ( because they sprouted and i cant kill anything ) a couple of carrots that had to be thinned out of the main container and…. a mystery plant in the left corner… what is that? I do not know but it can stay and grow This is the hoshposh bucket after all. I think i just like the color green let it all grow!
now on to my FAVORIT FAVORIT FAVORIT plants of them all…. my tomaotes!!!!!
the cherry tomato ones are really pumpen them flowers out! Oh its teasing me!
This morning i found the first unopened flowers on the big plants! WOOOT more more more!!!!
They are bushen out nice i did finally put a stick in two of them and tie them up.. the one against the wall is not stacked yet, I am looking for a big enough stick for it.
I have been picking the new growth off that is starting between the main branches and the stock. I love it green and bushy but lets save all that good growing energy for your tomatoes ok?
Well that’s it for now i guess . In the house i have growing my Stevie plants.. 5 are growing but man they are still just little green sprouts, hmm they take FOREVER to grow! I also received my Valerian and chamomile seeds the other day and planted 9 or each, some of the Valerian sprouted over night! … those were the tiniest tiniest seeds ever!!! no wonder they said 200 per pack! i have no idea how many actually got dropped into each starter pot.
Thats it for now, time to surf the web!
god bless!
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Posted by puddintane on May 30, 2009
Well my oldest sons dad had to find a new home for his 2 1/2 yr old black cat. Sasquatch ( he has 7 TOES! on each front paw. wow) and after much talk we decided we would take him in hehe woot finally a cat ! We know hes good with kids because he has lived with Keith! He is short haired so will not be hard to clean up after and LOVES ATTENTION…… Well so we have been told. We got him Thursday and hes been hiding out under one of the beds since then. Poor baby, i fill bad for him hes lost his house and his owner and is just not happy about it. He doesn’t act scared he acts very indifferent. He sits under that bed and looks at you like… ya right, I’m just fine here thank you.
We had some good progress today tho. The kids came in and woke me up ;/ ugg and the cat came out from under the bed and started talking to us LOL and let everyone pet him … or it may have been that it was breakfast time and i have started giving him soft food ( which he has not had before ). He just loves it! so we all got to see kitty wial he ate, he got some loven in… then went back under the bed LOL. Well its better then before so ill take it!
If been looking it up and it can take a couple of weeks for a cat to get ajusted, Just like people. New house, new owners new…kids.. who like to jump around the cat very excitedly .. he does good with it he just watches the girl closely and is in no hurry to run up to her.
Ill post a picture … if i can get him out when i have my camera Hes a good cat, taking all the changes really well, he hasn’t hissed at anyone or batted anyone away. He just hides tell he wants food or petting. hmmm like David…. LOL
god bless!
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Posted by puddintane on May 24, 2009
We took the kids out to the to park yesturday to feed the ducks… lets say the were very well feed after the kids were done with them. What shocked me was the baby fish coming up to eat the bread! lol there would be 5 tiny fish attacking it from underneath untell a big duck would come take it! David said he seen a HUGE catfish poke its wiskers out .. i missed it booo . well heres some pics for you mom.
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Posted by puddintane on May 20, 2009
Napkin
WEll they are easy enough to make but to do it right it was time consuming lol. fold press fold press fold press.. unfold cut fold press! it was good practice tho. very easy and basic. I am trying to teach myself to sew and… trying to start on cloths was not a good idea!
http://sewing.about.com/od/homedecprojects/ss/clothnapkin.htm
Here is the place i used, If your learning this is a good one to start with. It gets me to use proper seam allowance and pressing and single seam! The kids love to use them so its perfect! I probable should have used a different fabric but this is all i had!
I keep looking for new easy “useable” “practable” patterns. most are stuff we would not use so i cant see making them.
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Posted by puddintane on May 20, 2009
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Posted by puddintane on May 20, 2009
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Posted by puddintane on May 15, 2009
LOL ok ok hahaha if i stop laughing at myself here. I stumbled across this site
http://www.threadbanger.com/post/7965/how-to-make-a-beanie-poncho-and-mittens-from-a-sweater
and damn if it could not look easier ! soooo what did i do? pulled out the crap material i had bought to practice sewing on and BAM out comes a … sheet beanie! HAHAHA i only post the pic because i don’t fill its a horrid one lol and its to funny. Now it is easy and could be easily scaled up or down.. i think with the right looking material it would be ok but this is my OMG moment of the day…oh and i threw it on my son and made him join in on my fun… he is 12 today! for his birthday i am attempting to embarrass him on the web! LOL DON’T SEND ME AN EMAIL ON IT MOM! lol its hard enough to get him to let me take a pic anyways
We are having a ps3, pizza, ice-cream over night party for him and his friend oh man lol at least its only one other boy. Even tho he already got his gifts hehe grandma sent a new ds light and made him open it wial she was on yahoo chat with him… but then that meant we had to give him are gift lol a game of course! hes been hooked on it. good choice mom love you! .. ohhh and hes bringing the school hamster home ./sigh.. i hope he brings extra food this time!
well have a good friday all and im going to continue in my sewing misadvantures some day i keep telling myself if i keep trying the stuff will look good!
god bless 
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Posted by puddintane on May 14, 2009
Jenn’s Spot: DIY: Reusable Produce Bags.
Ok so surfing around..as i usually do i ran across this ..(click above link AFTER READING THE BLOG! LOL it will show you how to actually make it )
It is for reusable produce bags. you know those darn plastic bags that you put tomatoes and broccoli in! Well For the last month i have been tring to figure out how to get away from them! A few of my produce i just don’t use bags for like apples and onions. but i fill the need to stuff the broccoli or beets ..anything wet from the spray lol in a bag! And i have been on this sewing kick for about 3 weeks … i will not horrify anyone with my attempts at my own shirt..or the short/shirt i tried to make Emily..sigh.. so I was on the hunt for simpler things.
BAMB! there it was! lol you can not get any easier then this bag. fold the fabric, cut it out ,stitch it up and thread a cord or rip threw the top! ( If i can make one then i bet any of my kids could make one )
so here is what mine came out like. then please go look at the site at the top to see what a good one looks like! Mine look like tiny pillow cases hehe but i used them today and im happy with them. I might try to jazz them up a bit..to take away the pillowcase look let me know what you all think! God bless!
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Posted by puddintane on May 13, 2009
Brownie Points » Getting to know you.
This is one that i will do!
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