May 17, 2012

Radishes are supposedly able to be picked in 28 days.  I have about 18 to go.  I was not going to plant any vegetables this year, because last summer was so cool that not much grew.  This summer is to be warmer than usual across the country, except of course in the Pacific Northwest.  I have my niece to thank for radish planting.  She sent a picture, postcard perfect, of her radishes, which she is eating for breakfast because they are so mild.  My radish planting is making me feel like a farmer.   

May 16, 2012

This is my example of ringing an item with light.

But as you can see my chives are in full bloom, as is the thyme, only more so.  There seems to be no shortage of bees although I do not see any in the picture.  I use chives all the time in everything at this time of year.  This year you could say I am farming chives.  Yesterday they went in scrambled eggs.

Support your local bees and plant chives and thyme.  

May 15, 2012/ If you are vegetarian, don't read this.

This old house is on the Pioneer Highway in Skagit County here in Washington.  This is a Sears House that was ordered by catalogue and assembled here.  I think there are about 100 of these homes  in this northwest area of Washington.  

For those of you who said a little prayer for the CPAP experience, I am thrilled to announce that Mr. Radish wore the mask all night.  

Warm weather comes, (here it is not permanent) and I feel like a farmer.  This has been spawned by several books that I have read: THE DIRTY LIFE, and THE FEAST NEARBY.  I am not suggesting you read these books, I only tell you to explain where I am coming from.  Both of these books made me want to have chickens.  And if you look on the Internet, there are absolutely darling chicken coops.  

I have had chickens in the past.  Frankly they terrified me.  The run was hard to clean and we did not have a box that you merely reached in and got the eggs.  Still I think I am braver now and I could just wear boots to keep them from pecking my legs.   But I suddenly remembered that I would have to kill them. I looked again on the Internet to see the best way of doing this.  Recommended was by holding their legs with them upside down, against your chest, and then pull/jerk the head down away from the body. I really do not think I could do this.  

But the coops are really darling.  

I think my radishes are breaking ground today.  

May 14, 2012

It has been so long since I have written that I do not have an opening sentence.  

Today is a day that I have been waiting maybe 40 years.  It is the day my husband gets his CPAP machine.   Say a little prayer for the two of us.  The day is clear and warm, the drive will be beauiful.  I have a totally clean computer.  I had a WONDERFUL Mother's Day.  This is as good as it can get.  I am grateful.  

May 2, 2012

I DO NOT HAVE A PICTURE TODAY BECAUSE GOOGLE CHROME DOES NOT WANT TO WORK ON MY COMPUTER.  IT HAS DIED.  NO PROBLEM (AU CONTRARE), I GO TO EXPLORER, BUT THEY DO NOT WANT TO WORK BECAUSE I DID NOT CHOOSE THEM AS MY NUMBER ONE BROWSER, SO THEY ARE STICKING THEIR TONGUE OUT AT ME.  THIS IS GOING TO TAKE TWO DAYS TO FIX, IF I AM LUCKY. 

BUT REGARDS TO ALL THAT STOP BY.  I DO LOVE YOU.  I AM GOING TO SEE WHAT I CAN BRIBE MR. RADISH WITH.  HE DOES WANT A CINCO DE MAYO PARTY.