Random Stuff From My Day

I found out today that a local federal prison was a WWII detainment camp for female alien enemies. It must have sucked to be a German or Japanese American during those years. Learning a lot of local history while working at the library.

The tomato seedlings appear to like the storage container greenhouse. They were all standing straight and had grown a lot during the day. I love how fast these little guys shoot up when they like where they live. During the next week or so, it will be getting a little bit too cold at night for them. I will be bringing them inside after dark. It is so easy to move around.

The storms last night did no damage at all around here. We got very lucky. The news was full of stories about families who had their roofs blown off their homes. It was nice to read other local bloggers/friends in posts and comments today and know everyone is okay.

Lost was a little hard to watch tonight. That broken leg was gnarly . I need to go to the Lost unraveled website and try to figure some stuff out.

Instant Greenhouse

My tomato babies are about a week old. I keep them inside on top of the dryer until they germinate, then they need to go outside. Every time I have tried to keep them in a bright window they stretched and did not do well. I have a big greenhouse, but it is a few miles away and I just don't feel like going there everyday to take care of seedlings. What I needed was a little mini greenhouse. I did an Internet search and found mini greenhouses using soda bottles, a lot of little hoop houses, and something made out of plastic and cardboard. Then I looked to might right. There were my plastic containers for my fabric. The light came on. I went to the dollar store and bought an inexpensive opaque container.

 

 

Put the lid down and put the seed trays on it.

 

Put the bottom on as the top and lock in place. I put a rock on top of it just in case we have high winds. On very warm days, I will take the bottom-top off and let them into natural light. If it threatens to freeze, I will bring the whole thing inside. This should keep my tomatoes from getting too leggy and acclimate them to the temperatures outside.

I would love to hear any gardening tricks you have up your sleeve:)

Flag At Sundown

 

I still take horrible pictures, but the light was so pretty on the flag at work late this afternoon, I just had to try again.

Have a Nice Day

 

 

Here are my early blooming daffodils. Their bright happy faces just make me smile.

Have a nice day.

Interesting Introduction

We have had a very busy weekend. Yesterday we spent the afternoon with our good friends out in the country. We grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, visited and listened to the oldest country music the satellite radio would pick up. The kids had a blast fishing, paddling around in a canoe, shooting at tin cans and just getting dirty. Because of the real Bar-B-Que, I was not able to find the time or brain space to to participate in VP's dinner party. I did manage to meet someone very interesting at our Bar-B-Que. As a child, she grew up on the Kaufman County Poor Farm . Her grandfather was the County Commissioner in charge of the farm in the 1940's. She had many memories to share and believes she has a box of old pictures and documents.

Today, I spent the whole afternoon in the garden. It is a lot neater and the collection half of the composting system is almost completely full. The ants are in serious decline:)

Hope you had a great weekend.

A Couple of Awards and a Bunch of Great Bloggers

Ages ago Cinj did this for me.

Isn't she sweet. It took me forever to get to it. Now I have to admit five things I am addicted to.

1. Triscuits.
2. Gardening.
3. Blogging.
4. Reading Blogs.
5. My job.

I decided to use my comments to pick those to pass the award onto. There are so many blogs I love, but the commenting back and forth between us is how we become friends.

Racquel of Perennial Garden Lover
Foxymoron of This Country Life
and VP of Veg Plotting.

Then Tink did it again.



I am supposed to list six things that make me happy.

1. Monkeys.
2. Flowers.
3. Manly Man.
4. Critters.
5. Triscuits.
6. Gardening friends in normal life and bloggy land.

I pass this on to these blogs. Again, they were pulled from the comments.
Cinj, Back atcha girl
Anna Flowergardengirl
Linda of Meadow View Thymes
Brenda, who won't put it up, but it is the thought that counts.
Cindy at Rosehaven Cottage
Two Humans Three Dogs and a Cat
Thanks again to Cinj and Tink

Love all of your blogs and plenty more. Thanks for the comments and conversations. Please don't play if you don't want to. It is all for fun after all.

Aunt Debbi is a Homicidal Maniac

I just discovered a great way to vent my frustrations without going to jail - murdering fire ants. Nobody cares if you kill fire ants and like it. The ant colony in the compost pile was much larger than I expected. It spread all the way through the pile and into a few large containers of soil waiting for spring and new plants. A quick trip to the feed store and I have the stuff to annihilate the ants. Don't worry, I am staying organic. There will be no harmful chemicals. Nope, I bought diatomaceous earth (DE). I went outside and disturbed the pile. When the ants came out ready to kick my sorry butt, I spread DE all over them and watched them die. BWAHAHAHA. I feel so much better.