bunch of posts.

[ranunculus]

Apparently LJ has lost any posts I made since June 22. I swear I did at least one link since then! Anyway there are a number of posts up on DW that didn't make it here.
http://ranunculus.dreamwidth.org/

I have been reading my LJ friends list regularly.

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[kabuldur]

I wondered where you had gotten to!

You have gotten a lot of stuff done despite your knee! So,what is the verdict on it?

What a pity your new canoe wasn't an improvement on the old one. Your lake does sound pretty windy. I guess now it's September, it's worse.

And what a cute little toilet! (The slang for them over here is 'dunny' :) )

[ranunculus]

I don't know about the knee, another month at least.

This particular dunny is extremely poorly built, despite it's cuteness. The challenge has been to figure out a way to fix its problems without simply tearing it down and starting over. I think I have some good ideas, we'll see.

[ravenfeather]

It was good to catch up with what is going on in your world. I have enjoyed putting up tomato products this year. Since I don't buy tomatoes, it is the only way I get "fresh" ones outside of summer.

[ranunculus]

I'm not supposed to eat commercially canned tomatoes so home canning is the way to go!
Sounds like you will have PLENTY of tomato products for the winter.

I'm going to plant more food in the garden this year. We have replaced so much soil out there that any lead contamination should be gone. Right now is the time to plant kale and other cole family plants.

[ravenfeather]

When I worked as a lead assessor I learned that the only plants that can have a negative lead impact on us are those we eat the leaves of. I don't know if leaves are the only part of the plant that takes up lead, or if it just concentrates there. I always wondered about things like cauliflower, because I eat the leaves and cores of those, unlike most.

I made BBQ sauce for the first time this year, when I had enough of the other tomato items in the freezer to get me through the winter.

I have a bed where I planted broccoli, brussels sprouts, turnips and swiss chard early in the season. They have been eaten down by cabbage worms four times now, but they keep coming back out. I can get a small harvest of chard each time, as the worms leave those for last, but the rest have not produced. I am hoping I can get better information on when I can grow the cole plants here.

[pondhopper]

Been missing you...LJ is home for me so if I don't see a link to DW posts or a crosspost, my memory isn't that great though I know you're missing if that makes sense.