I apologize for my very depressed and depressing entry the other day. I am feeling some better now that I've been off the latest blood pressure medicine for a few days. Man, this one was the worst one yet. At least the nurse practitioner had the sense to add it and the other awful one to the list of meds to NOT prescribe for me ( Read more... )

Its been a very long time since I wrote here. Not much to say. I'm so tired, and so very tired of being tired. Tired of being lonely. Tired of feeling bad, and sad, and useless and weapy and unpleasant to be around ( Read more... )

The tomatoes have not done very well again this year. Better Boy has produced some. Boxcar Willie and Hillbilly, each only one or two. Boxcar Willie fruits are poorly shaped and have a hard core ( Read more... )

11 pints of sliced sweet pickles. And 2 pints of just the extra juice - it seemed a shame to just dump it, especially when I keep hearing and reading that pickle juice is better for curing/preventing dehydration than Gatorade is ( Read more... )

I'm making LOTS of pickles this weekend. I have four days off - the company I work for is closed both Monday and Tuesday. They always put one of our "floating" holidays with July 4th and the other at Christmas time - adjusting the date each year depending on where in the week the actual holiday falls ( Read more... )

Six! I picked six cucumbers from Summer Top Hybrid. And one from Sweet Slice. I took a picture, but my "upgraded" Ejay app won't let me attach it. Bah.

I got two of the varieties of cucumbers switched when I listed which tubs they are in - Sweet Slice is is the second red tub next to the Peach tomatoes, and Summer Top Hybrid is in the third red tub. So the cukes I picked the other day were Sweet Slice. There is one more ready to pick on it and several on Summer Top Hybrid.

Wednesday evening I picked two cucumbers from the variety Top Summer Hybrid. They were sort of medium sized. All the other varieties have blooms and I saw several little cucumbers. After the rain last night and today, maybe some of them will be ready to pick soon. I need to go through my cookbooks and decide what pickle recipes I want to try this ( Read more... )

I finally got the last two varieties of cucumbers planted today ( Read more... )

So I finally got a few more plants planted today. To help me keep track of the varieties, these are the veggies I've planted so far ( Read more... )