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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Birthday gifts and a small house invasion



Well even though my birthday is on the 21st of this month LOOKIE what I got from Silver:






Can we say... "Rivenfae went shopping?" And thats not the only thing either...












PLANTS!!!!!

We have "Heritage" raspberries (3), "Legacy" blueberry's (1), Elderberries (2), Black Currants (2), a rosemary, and a lavender. I wanted trees but they will have to wait for now.











This is another yard sale find! WE got the pair for $5 needs one glass replaces and wicks, and they hang on the wall.







Now for the "invasion" part:





They are taking over my home! These are not even half of them.








This next picture is a request I got today from Silver's son... this is the best picture I have right now:







It is hard to get a picture of them through the mesh... and with all our cats I'm not leaving it open long enough to get the "best" picture. That striped one is one of the turkeys.






OK, enough on the pics for now.. I will put up more pics another day...

Here is my seed list (i.e. my current seed inventory):


Tomatoes:


Bonny Best


Amish Paste


Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge


Big Month


A Grappoli D' Inverno


I also got a “mystery type” when I bought them so we will see what it is later


Sweet Peppers:


Jupiter


Golden Marconi


Hot Peppers:


Yellow Scotch Bonnet


Tabasco


Chocolate Habanero


Chinese Five Color


Beans:


White Rice


Missouri Wonder


Old Homestead


Long Beans:


Chinese Red Noodle


Taiwan Black Seeded



Carrots:


Cosmic Purple


Jaune Obtuse Du Doubs


Cucumber:


Dragon's Egg


Hmong Red


Bitter Melon:


Delica Thorn


American Melon:


Jake's


Green Nutmeg


Green Honeymoon


Bidwell Casaba


Oran's Melon


Swan Lake


Healy's Pride


Asian Melon:


Riddle


Tigger


European Melon:


Hero of Lockinge


Greens:


Extra Dwarf Pak Choy


Summer Squash:


Lemon


Costata Romanesco


Bennings Green Tint Scallop


Winter Squash:


Lady Godiva (for seeds)


Vegetable Spaghetti


Australian Butter


Black Futsu


Watermelon:


Moon & Stars Yellow Fleshed


Herbs (cooking and medicinal):


Chervil


Common Chives


Grandview Catmint


Caraway


Borage


Genovese Basil


Yarrow


White Horehound


Common Thyme


Russian Tarragon


Sheep's Sorrel


Broad Leaf Sage


Rue


Oregano Vulgare


Mugwort


Lovage


Lemongrass


German Chamomile


Feverfew


Fenugreek


Echinacea Purpurea


Dill – Bouquet


Cumin


Slo Bolt Cilantro


I picked all these up at the Baker Creek seed store along with my Elderberry plants, raspberry plants, and blueberry plant. I picked up the black currents at the local discount food seller who was selling them for $1.99 per little plant, I could not pass that up. I was a tad annoyed though about the sweet peppers, they were out of the ones I wanted so the two I bought were something I don't even know anything about.


The reason for all the melons is we love melons and I am going to try to broaden our tastes in them and the ones we like the most on the “multi” types we will keep. I have started as of today my tomatoes and peppers, they have now “invaded my kitchen as you can tell from the picture. That isn't even all of them either it's less than half of the starter pots.


We planted all the fruit plants we bought today as well and, I even managed to plant some flower roots, bulbs and plants as well as my rhubarb. I hope they all do well, I covered them all in straw for mosture retention. The temps today topped off at about 85, when the weather people said we'd barely make it to 70.


I am hoping in a couple of days to get some of my herbs started in post as well, but tomorrow is going to be a bad day for the dogs. They are all going to the vet... no thanks to my neighbor, who thought my dog with the allergy was badly ill and reported me to the police. So They are have to go to the vet tomorrow so I can prove she has an allergy. This should be tons of fun for me, four dogs in our station wagon... yuck.


The chicks we bought now a little over a week old are getting bigger, the turkeys seem to have doubled in size; at least they seem to me. I have ordered my Jersey Giants and they will not be available till the 3rd of May however. Which means then they current batch in the brooder will go outside and they newbies will go in my brooder. All we need to do first is build their yard and at least half their house.


Be Well all and Blessed Be...

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