productive

Been fighting back the weeds in the garden.  I made the mistake of not bedding it down in mulch and hay.  I think this will be my last garden here anyway.  When we get some land I will make sure there is a good thick layer of mulch.  Been selling stuff on ebay, trying to declutter the house for selling.  Plus it is less to move.  Donating books to the library, and need to put together some more boxes for goodwill that won't sell on ebay, not junk - just stuff like planters, stuffed animals, some clothes and jewelry boxes.  Junk gets put in the trash, and may I never add more junk to my life (or the landfill) again!

Dogs are resting behind me.  I think they will love it when we move.  They have part of the backyard now (minus garden) but I know when I take them to the lake they really enjoy running around the islands when we stop to swim.  I know there will be ticks and flees but that is what heart wormer and flee repellent is for.

Been trying to think how this will work out - we sell the house and then buy the land and if we are lucky there is already some sort of livable structure on it (I would settle for an old mobile home).  Then I can start mapping out where I want things and where the best location will be for the house that I want to build.  I want solar and water catchment, reuse grey water and will probably have sort of septic.  Oh and a wind turbine for dark days.  It won't be cheap up front but once it is all put together I think we will really like that we did it.  I still can't decide on rammed tires or straw bales, maybe a combination.

I just hope we find some land with a gentle south facing slope.

Zucchinis!!

Tadda!!  And more on the vines.  The heat is making my lettuce bolt and the rabbits are stealing the ration I have left.  I may pull that out and put in some sweet potatoes.  The corn is trucking along and the beans are sprouting under them for the three sisters.  I am trying watermelon instead of squash so we will see how that goes for the third sister.  Onions are looking awesome - one even has a flower bud so maybe I can save some seeds from it.

Blargh

You know those sounds ... or type written "sounds" you make to express frustration or disappointed?  Aren't they interesting?  From blargh, to argh to ugh to oy.  Its as though I don't have the energy or clarity of thought to explain what the problem is or how I am reacting - leaving it to the person I am communicating with to interpret the sound or type written "sound".

Basically just tired, stayed up late watching a debate from youtube at Harvard about raw milk.  It was interesting that they got both sides of it.  I was also packing up some of my fragile stuff in the living room while I listened.

A little at a time and eventually it will all be in boxes.

I think I still have a box from when I moved out of my parent's house.  I think it was one of the last ones I packed and on the side it says, "Life processed, 1998."

Yard work

So doing a little yard work while Rob is on vacation this week.  Removing rotting wood and cleaning up piles of limbs.  I want to try and have this house ready to sell in a few months.  It would have been better to have it ready at the beginning of summer since people usually don't like uprooting their kids in the middle of the school year but... meh - whadya gonna do?

One of the potato plants is flowering.  Don't now if it is a yellow or red.  Heh - just some I bought from Aldi's and managed to make sprout.  I'll try to keep some from this harvest to replant next year.  Will have to see how they grow.
The zucchini is growing well too.

I think I am avoiding the house work for now - scared to actually get a realtor in here and try and sell the house for what I think it is worth and not the current foreclosure-happy market.

One step at a time I suppose.

Picture Day!

Just some pictures of the rose bush I planted out front this spring and the garden.  Rather proud about how they are turning out.

Fail

Failed at posting every week.

It happens.

Will get some pictures of the garden up sometime