tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90348162401644202592024-03-14T04:11:19.023-05:00Hunny Bunny HavenLiving the simple life of homesteading in Mississippi. Making do, using up and reusing the resources that are given to us.
Living the simple life by simply living!Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.comBlogger234125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-171883715890239442015-04-17T20:30:00.002-05:002015-04-17T20:30:40.918-05:00If Rain Drops Were Dollars I'd Be A Billionaire!<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">We've had rain most every day for more than a week. We have not planted anything else since we planted the green beans, yellow squash, zucchini and cucumbers last week. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">We have some tomatoes we bought to put out. Also, four varieties of peppers. We can't do it until the ground is a little less soggy.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">I planted three varieties of tomatoes a few weeks ago. Today I transplanted them to Styrofoam cups to grow a little more. These will be our later tomatoes. I hope. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">I plan to plant some Jelly Bean tomato seeds and some Marianna's Conflict tomorrow if at all possible. They will be our even later tomatoes. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">We put out tomato plants several times during the spring and summer.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></strong>Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-32856957457685210122015-04-12T15:16:00.002-05:002015-04-12T15:16:24.925-05:00Spring Has Come Again!!!!!<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The world is green again!!!! The trees have leafed out, the grass is green, flowers are blooming and we're planting vegetables.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">This year we have two of our raised beds filled with cardboard and leaves. These two beds will lay out this summer so the leaves and cardboard can compost. Maybe, they will be ready for fall/winter planting. If not then by next spring. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">We have planted three varieties of green beans. We planted them on the fence in the edge of our yard. There are some Rattlesnake beans, TN Greasy beans and Yard Long beans planted so they'll run on the fence. They're also planted in the front yard in the flower bed. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">We also planted yellow squash and two varieties of zucchini. They're in the flower bed too. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">There's a raised bed waiting to be planted with Louisiana Purple beans. I know it sounds like we will be overrun with green beans but we are completely out. None, Nada, Nil. So I'm planting green beans in most every corner I can find.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">William has a row about ready on the west side of the yard to plant butterbeans (aka lima beans). We haven't planted butterbeans in a long time. I hope we have a good couple of rows and I can freeze some for the winter.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">It would be nice if we had an area to plant field peas. We have either bought or our oldest daughter has given us any peas that we've had in the last several years. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Buying vegetables gets expensive and I don't like to take what the daughter and son-in-law have worked hard to raise. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">I'm looking forward to the fresh veggies. There's just nothing any better than sitting down to a meal with fresh vegetables from my garden and meat we have raised.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">I am looking forward to posting pictures so as to share what we are growing. Thank you for coming by and please come again. </span></strong><br />
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Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-22082975693519569142015-01-07T09:38:00.001-06:002015-01-07T09:38:35.057-06:00 Wintertime Dreaming.<strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">I got a new heirloom seed catalog and two new poultry catalogs in the last week. Now is the time to start planning and dreaming about springtime. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">I have some Speckled Sussex, Americanas and Cuckoo Morans picked out to raise for eggs. Then we will order twenty-five for the freezer as well. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">Once we get the twenty-five fed out and in the freezer I want to order 25 more to grow out and get in the freezer before next fall. That should give us enough chicken for a while. I will cut the chickens in half and we will have more than enough for a meal.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">I may put some of the chickens in the freezer and learn to can the others. That's been on my bucket list for a while. Since I'm not getting any younger it's time to tick this one off the bucket list. LOL</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">I've joined a homesteading group that is located here in Mississippi. I'm learning a lot from them. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">I've been gardening for years but I have learned some new tricks of the trade from the Mississippi people. Maybe, it's because we are in the same area and we've learned how to do things here that won't work in another area.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">I hope to save seed this year so we will have our own heirloom seed for planting. We will have to plant the seeds I plan to save away from the regular garden and protect them from cross pollinations. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">At this time, I'm doing research on how to keep the seeds pure. I'm looking forward to doing this and learning more about gardening.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">The seed catalog I got this week is one for heirloom seeds. Those seed aren't cheap so I will have to save our seeds because it would get expensive to order from this company every year.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">It's pretty cold out there today. Thirty-two degrees and it's ten o'clock. According to the weather guy today will feel like a heat wave compared to in the morning when it's supposed to be nine degrees.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">Oh well, gives me more time to plan and dream. Nothing like it other than the actual doing!!!</span></strong><br />
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Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-87886980993147192014-12-31T17:34:00.001-06:002014-12-31T17:34:22.270-06:00Winter Time Quiet.<strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">It's winter time here at Hunny Bunny Haven. We still have our greens in the raised beds. They are doing pretty good being covered with the row cover....At least so far. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">We are having fresh greens every so often. Much better than store bought greens. We know what is on them and that makes us feel more secure in eating them.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">We still don't have any animals other than the three cats and two dogs. We planned to get started back with the chickens this year but we haven't been able to do that. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">William is going to have a complete knee replacement soon and he has promised after his rehab from that we will start adding to our homestead. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">First I want to get some laying hens and some baby chicks. Then rabbits....a buck and two does.....after that a calf and a pig. We need to refill our freezer with safer meats. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">I also want a few goats. Two or three would make me happy. I'm looking for a Nubian doe and a Pygmy buck so I can breed them for Kinders. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">I wouldn't mind having a trio of Boars for selling to help pay for the other goats. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">I'd also like to have some ducks and guineas. Maybe, some turkeys too. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">I have missed our birds. I love the sounds of happy hens and crowing roosters, quacking ducks, honking geese, gobbling turkeys and potracking guineas. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">I don't care to have as many birds as we had at one time but enough for eggs for us and family members and for meat. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">I'd like to learn to can meats. Heck, I'd just like to learn to can. I have to get rid of my fear of the pressure canner first. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">Winter time is pretty quiet around here. I enjoy the quiet time but I'm really looking forward to being a homesteader again. Homesteading is the life I love.</span></strong>Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-5952830023041643052014-09-21T14:57:00.000-05:002014-09-21T15:01:39.706-05:00They're Up!!!!!!!<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I went outside to make some pictures of a chest of drawers William had refinished so I could list it on a local buy, sell or trade site. While I was outside I checked on the garden.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">The kale and Swiss chard was planted on Wednesday of last week (9-16) and I'm happy to say it seems every seed planted has popped out of the ground. When the plants are little larger I will need to thin them so they'll have space to grow.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">The turnip greens were planted on 9-18 and they are up thicker than hairs on a dog's back! If we can just keep the henbit and chickweed from overtaking them we'll be alright.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">The collard greens are beginning to grow and that's a good thing. I hope they get a good growing spurt before the weather gets cold. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Just had to report on the progress of the garden. Thankful the seeds have come up and pray they will continue to grow and produce plenty of fresh food for us this fall and some good frozen food for us this winter. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Nothing like garden grown veggies. Don't you agree?</span></strong>Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-50613932014927853792014-09-19T16:21:00.001-05:002014-09-19T16:21:47.707-05:00Happy To Say:<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have the collard greens transplanted. William picked up a dozen plants at our local county co-op on Tuesday. He also bought some turnip green seeds (2 varieties) and mustard seed (2 varieties). </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">We got the collard greens in the ground on Wednesday and planted the turnip greens and mustard greens yesterday afternoon (Thursday). Right after we tamped the soiled down over the seeds a good rain came.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">The kale and chard are coming up already. Good! </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">I received the row covers one day this week. Now we need to make a frame for it over the beds. We'll use PVC pipe to do this.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">William also bought a pack of long red radishes. These I am going to put in two large pots we bought roses in. Then if there's a frost in the forecast I can set them inside and put them back out the next morning. I could keep a pot of radishes going for most of the winter unless we have a winter such as we had last year and then everything will probably freeze including the kale and collards.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Nothing much is going on around here. Just wounding down the summer and waiting for fall like temps to come visit us. Thankful we finally have our fall garden planted and hope to harvest plenty of greens for winter from them.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">Thanks for dropping in and please come back again.</span></strong><br />
Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-10810201139510480222014-09-16T11:54:00.001-05:002014-09-16T11:54:43.760-05:00Finally!!!!!<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">We finally put the kale and Swiss chard in the ground. We should have gotten this done a couple of weeks ago. Now, we will wait and hope that these greens will have time to grow some before a cold snap comes along.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">We have to cover the beds with chicken wire to keep the cats from using the bathroom in them. Also, to keep the cats from scratching the dirt and getting all the seeds mixed together. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">I did order some row cover for both this bed and the bed we will put collard greens in. According to the advertisement for the row cover it is supposed to protect crops from frost and keep the temps up a few more degrees than the outside temp. Maybe, just maybe we will pull this off. The kale will be o.k. because it survives our winter but the Swiss chard won't survive the cold.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">The row cover will keep the cabbage moths from laying eggs on the greens or any other kind of bug from dining on the greens while they're growing.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">I think I will put out a dozen collard plants and then in front of them plant a row of turnip greens and mustard greens mixed. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">With the kale, collards, chard, turnip greens and mustard greens we should be fixed up for greens this fall and winter. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">I am thinking of canning or freezing as many greens are possible because William and I both like greens and the fresh ones are expensive in the grocery stores. If we can get them out of our garden that is money in our pockets. And that my friends makes me HAPPY!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I have noticed more hummingbirds coming to the feeder so they must be either on their way south or getting ready to move southward. I am trying to keep fresh food in the feeder for them. I so enjoy watching the birds every spring and summer. If the feeder isn't up there's one hummingbird that buzzes the window to let us know "I'm BACCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK!". </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">Time to get up and get something accomplished. Thanks for coming by and I hope to see where you have dropped by again very soon.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;"></span></strong>Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-90829980803150242112014-09-08T13:44:00.001-05:002014-09-08T13:44:49.205-05:00Sometimes Life Gets In The Way!<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">Yesterday we had a death in our community. The woman who died was one of our neighbors when I was growing up. I remember helping her get cows back into the pasture when they'd escape and helping her pick pears (later on after I was grown she gave me pears to preserve off those same trees). I loved to visit with her and we could talk for hours even though I was about ten or eleven years old. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">When I was grown and had a family of my own she lived across the road from me. I remember her coming to my house when I was making hamburger patties. She ate lunch with me and gave me the nicest compliment. She was an excellent cook herself but she told me that hamburger was the best she'd ever eaten. I don't know what I did differently to the burger but she enjoyed it. Maybe it was that she didn't have to cook it herself.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">Over the years I moved around to different areas of the state and we drifted apart. I had not seen her in quite a while. I kept saying I was going to see her but I waited too long. So, if you have someone who means or has meant a lot to you, don't put off going to see them or at least give them a call. Tomorrow may be too late!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">We have been planning to get the collard greens bed ready for two weeks. It's finally ready as well as the Kale/Swiss Chard bed. Now, I hope we can still find some collard green plants. I have seeds but we need to put in plants since it's getting later in the summer time.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">Every time we thought we'd get to work on the bed it either rained or something came up and we had to go somewhere. Or we had company (which is the nicest kind of hindrance). </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">I made a lemon pound cake to carry to the children of my friend. I have made this cake time and again without any hint of problems until today. For some reason the cake stuck to the pan around the tube, the pan and on the bottom of the pan. It tore all to pieces when I tried to get it out of the pan. Sooooo.....Hubby has a lemon pound cake all his own. Disheartening is the only word I can think of to describe the experience. </span></strong><br />
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Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-51445483897403989772014-09-05T14:28:00.000-05:002014-09-05T14:28:20.681-05:00More Canning And More To Do<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I've canned more watermelon preserves and pickled some peppers since my last post. I hope to make one more batch of the preserves before the watermelons are too ripe and there's plenty more peppers that will be ready for pickling in a few days.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">The pickled peppers that I canned one day last week. The slice jalapenos are for a friend and the rest are for us. The chopped chilies will be used with our greens this winter. I'm looking forward to that.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">I have another picture I want to share just because I think it's unique and pretty. We had a hard rain one day last week and I made this picture of the rain running off our roof.</span></strong></td></tr>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">That's about all the news from here at Hunny Bunny Haven for now. We do have a wedding coming up on September 13th. Our grandson, Jonathan and his fiancé, Alexandria will be getting married in Fayette, Alabama that afternoon. Jonathan is our first grandchild to get married. We are looking forward to being there to see the beautiful ceremony and to wish Jonathan and Alex a lifetime of love and happiness. </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">It's time to start dinner for my Hunny Bunny so I'll say "So long." for now and I hope to see you all soon.</span></strong></div>
Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-79503000470534066842014-08-25T19:39:00.000-05:002014-09-19T16:37:07.120-05:00Some Of This And A Little Of That!<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Well, the dog days of summer are in full swing here in Mississippi. We have had temps up to a hundred with heat indexes from a hundred and five up close to a hundred and ten. I can't believe I'm saying this after the winter we had last year but I'm ready for MUCH cooler weather. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">So far, I have canned five pints of watermelon preserves and four pints of watermelon jelly. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">I have the rind of one more melon in the refrigerator to peel and cook out this week. I may have a boiler full of watermelon when it's sliced but it cooks down to a small amount when it's finished. I hope to can at least a dozen jars of the preserves but it will take at least another three melons and maybe more.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">The garden has plenty of peppers and a few ripe tomatoes in it. There's also some herbs that are still producing. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">We have several tomato plants that are still growing but not producing as of yet. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"> We did have a tomato plant come up volunteer and is loaded with tomatoes. I have no idea what type of tomato this is but the tomatoes are about the size of a fifty cent piece. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">The plant is a good size plant and is healthy. We're looking forward to our "free" tomatoes. :)</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Now is the time for us to get started on our fall garden. This is the week we plan to clean out the beds and get them ready for collard greens, cabbage, kale, turnip greens, mustard and Swiss chard. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Here in our area the collard greens and kale will survive the winter. The other greens will be gone after the first freeze. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">I want to have a nice size area for the greens so I can freeze some of them for later in the winter.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Also, I want to plant a pot of lettuces and keep it in the kitchen window so we can have fresh lettuce for salad this winter. I've never tried this before but am hoping that it's successful since lettuce prices are going up every day here in our area.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">That's about all of the goings on here at Hunny Bunny Haven. I hope you will come back again. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">When we get the beds of greens going I will post more pictures. Fingers crossed there will be greens to photograph.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">Our daughter, Sandi gave us two watermelons from their garden. After we ate what we wanted, I peeled and sliced one of them. It's setting overnight in the refrigerator. After letting it set overnight with sugar on it, I will make watermelon preserves out of it tomorrow. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">Tomorrow I will peel and slice (I may try cubing the next one) the other one to make more preserves from.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">My sister told me I could get some pears from the trees they have to make pear preserves and pear jelly, also.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">I have some figs in the freezer and four bags (gallon size) of blueberries in the freezer to make fig preserves and blueberry jelly out of as soon as I get the other fruits canned.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">It's been several years since I've had any fruits available to me. I'm excited to be canning and preserving some for my family this year. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">William likes to have jellies, jams or preserves with his breakfast every morning. He should be a happy camper with what we are being given or have been able to harvest from our blueberry bushes this summer.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">That's all that's going on at Hunny Bunny Haven. I'm a little tired but it's a happy kind of tired. One that makes me feel as if I've accomplished something.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by and do come back again.</span></strong>Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-12115224929742890482014-06-11T10:38:00.001-05:002014-06-11T10:38:15.349-05:00Garden Pictures<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tomatoes<br />
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Cucumbers<br />
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Basil and Sage in used tires.<br />
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Peppers: Jalapeno & Cayenne<br />
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Blueberry bushes loaded with berries!<br />
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Our garden is looking good. We have had a few days of rain so everything is all perked up and doing great. <br />
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William gathered some yellow squash, a few zucchinis and cucumbers yesterday. We will have stewed squash and cucumbers for dinner tonight to go with our frozen green beans and turkey cutlets.<br />
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Today is the day to choose a breed of chicken to raise for eggs. We will order them and twenty-five Cornish to go in the freezer. <br />
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I hope you all enjoy looking at our garden pictures and will stop by to visit us again soon. God bless you all.</span><br /></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></strong><br />
Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-14434371653546634282014-06-01T16:26:00.000-05:002014-06-01T16:26:55.274-05:00Spring Has Sprung And Summer Is Knocking On My Door!!!!<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Here it is June 1st and I haven't posted in over two months....Almost three months. A lot has been going on here. We do have our beds planted. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">This year we planted yellow summer squash, zucchini, tomatoes (twelve plants with six set two weeks after the first six were set out), Jalapeno, Cayenne, and Sweet Bell peppers, cucumbers, lettuces, radishes, and Swiss Chard. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">We have gathered a few of the yellow squash. I'm looking forward to adding several bags of squash to the freezer for the winter.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">The lettuces and radishes have already been harvested. The heat doesn't take long to do tender plants in and it's been in the nineties here several days. The lettuce and radishes just can't take those temps.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">We have some Thai Basil and Sweet Basil to put out along with Common Sage and Pineapple Sage. I was hoping to get them in the ground this afternoon but the rain came again. I'm looking forward to a fresh ripe tomato sandwich loaded with Sweet Basil. Yummy to the tummy!!!!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">We had some unusually cold weather this last winter. I think it has helped the flowers as our roses, azaleas, snowball tree, and other perennials have been beautiful this spring. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">We plan to plant some more tomatoes into the ground for late fall eating. I have some cherry tomatoes that I want to plant. I think we have room for six or eight more plants. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">We still don't have any chickens or rabbits. William and I are going on a trip with all four of children and their spouses in a few days. When we get back home I plan to order some chickens to go to "Freezer Camp" a little later on and about a dozen pullets for eggers. I hope we can get a couple of does and a buck to be able to raise young rabbits for the freezer also. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">Our son-in-law harvested a good size buck last deer season. We have it in our freezer so I'm thinking maybe fifty chickens and ten or twelve rabbits and we'll be pretty much set for the winter. I would love to have a wild hog but my hubby doesn't hunt so I'm figuring there won't be any pork in the freezer. That is unless I can get a friend to get me one. That will be later on in the season though.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">I plan to post some pictures in a few days. I hope you all will enjoy them. Thank you for coming by and please come again.</span></strong>Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-51343254649562292812014-03-06T14:10:00.001-06:002014-03-06T14:10:35.471-06:00Spring Is Coming! Isn't It?<h2>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Spring will be here on March 20th or that is the day it's supposed to be here. The days are wild around here right now. For two or three days we'll have freezing temps at night and in the forties during the days. Then the sun shines and we have temps in the seventies up near eighty. </span></h2>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>I should be used to the fluctuation in the temps here in Mississippi but for some reason it's getting harder to deal with. Maybe, it's age. :)</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I wanted to plant some English peas this year but so far we don't have them in the ground because of the rain we have been getting and the soil being so wet. If the peas aren't in the ground soon it will be too late because the temps will be in the eighties.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I'm looking forward to gardening this year. I am feeling healthier and more like working outside. Also, I'm looking forward to the fresh vegetables we will be able to grow in that garden. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">We will be planting more tomatoes, peppers, squash, zucchini, cucumbers and green beans this year. I also want to add to the herb bed. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">William and I are talking about purchasing some baby chicks to raise for the freezer. We'll start with twenty-five and get them to the age for processing. Then we will do the same with another twenty-five. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">We are planning to purchase some chicks for layers. We haven't come up with the number yet. We're thinking six or twelve and a rooster just in case we want to raise some here. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">We won't use twelve eggs every day but we have children who love the "homegrown" eggs. They've mentioned several times that the eggs from our chickens were so much more tasty than the store bought ones. I'm inclined to agree. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I have missed hearing the hens singing and the roosters crowing. It will be nice to have that again.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">It seems William and I have a lot to look forward to this spring. Makes me smile.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Thank you for dropping by and please come again. I'm going to try to be more diligent in keeping the blog updated and to post some pictures of what is going on here at Hunny Bunny Haven!</span></strong>Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-5047899099854454262013-08-24T14:41:00.000-05:002013-08-24T14:41:52.458-05:00Seeds Planted For Second Summer Garden<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This week we planted bush green beans in three of our raised beds and two hills of cucumbers and four hills of yellow squash in another bed. Now we are hoping for a late winter or at least a late killing frost. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">We still have tomatoes and peppers in the garden. I have a plastic dishpan full of Jalapeno peppers to make sliced pickled peppers. This is what I will be doing this afternoon. The peppers don't have much heat but they will still be good sprinkled over peas or nachos this winter. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I was told we have had too much rain this summer and that is why the peppers aren't hot. I don't know about this but we have had more rain than usual so therefore it has been a lot of cloudy days and the ground has been wetter than it normally is here in Mississippi during the summertime. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">There are still a lot of blooms on the pepper plants so it may be that we will be able to harvest some of the peppers that will "set our fields on fire" after all. It's plenty hot here today and has been the last few days and the sun has been shining down on the pepper plants. It won't hurt to hope.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Someone called this week to offer us some Bantam roos. We could have taken them and put them in the freezer but those little rascals are only big enough to "stink up the water". </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">When we start our flocks again, I want some Coronation Sussex and Morans to raise some of the endangered breeds. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We will be researching the birds we're interested in before buying again. William doesn't care too much for the breeds but I do. I research the breeds on the endangered list and those are the ones I try to buy. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I can hardly wait to get started raising birds again. It's most enjoyable sitting outside listening to all the noises each bird makes. Hearing a hen sing takes me back to the days I was a very young child visiting my grandmother and when my parents had chickens. It's such a pleasant memory and the singing hen is a happy sound. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Turkeys gobbling and guineas going wild because there's something strange in their area are two more sounds that I love. Then there's the honking and hissing of the geese and the happy quacking of the ducks. These sounds all make me happy.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">We need to buy a few rabbits for meat. And I would love to have some goats for milking but that's going to be a tough sell to William. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I know we're not getting any younger and neither of us is in the best of health but we may as well enjoy our lives until the end. I enjoy animals. Maybe more than William but we are in this together. He likes yard sales and flea markets and I like raising animals. Share and share alike, I say. :)</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Thanks for coming by to see us and forgive me for the personal rambling but that is what is on my mind.....From mind to blog, I say. Thanks and come again.</span></strong><br />
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Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-54752868013386603192013-08-20T13:57:00.002-05:002013-08-20T13:58:54.225-05:00A Day Late And A Dollar Short Or It's Been A While.<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Here I am again after several months of nothing posted. We have some of the raised beds ready to plant bush green beans, a few hills of yellow squash and two or three hills of cucumbers for some late summer vegetables. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">It's still hot and humid here during the day but the nights are pleasant. We still have a couple of months of summer temperatures so we're expecting great things of the new vegetables we're planting.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">We will have to fight bugs and worms but that's nothing new for us. A small container with warm water, dish detergent and a few drops of vegetable oil will take care of bugs and the worms. It will also keep the insecticides off the veggies too.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">We still have tomatoes, jalapenos and bell peppers in the garden at this time. The jalapenos aren't hot this year. Every once in a while we find one with a little heat to it. I'm hoping they get hotter before the summer is over. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">A friend said the peppers aren't hot because we've had so much rain this summer. That's a good thing because we've only had to water our garden two times the whole summer.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">I'm missing the birds. I would like to start another flock around the first of the year. Once again we'll have roosters crowing, hens singing, guineas warning us of upcoming boogies, turkeys gobbling and clucking, geese honking and working with the guineas to be a live warning system and the ducks quacking as they waddle in line to the kiddie pool for another bath. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">I'd like to get some rabbits. We could use two does and a buck. There may come a time that's all we'd have to eat. We never know what is going to happen next in this old life. Rabbit stew is good for empty tummies.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">I have a new computer so maybe I can keep my blog more updated. Also, post pictures to go along with the posts.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">There we have a quick catch up on what is going on here at Hunny Bunny Haven. Thank you for coming by and I hope you come back soon. </span></strong>Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-39133999063494823592013-07-12T18:29:00.002-05:002013-07-12T18:29:55.973-05:00It's Summer Time In The South<strong><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Our garden finally decided to grow and produce. We are getting to eat green beans, yellow squash, zucchini, cucumbers, bell pepper and jalapeno pepper. So far we've only had two ripe tomatoes but there are quite a few green tomatoes on the vines and we are anticipating more ripe tomatoes soon.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">William bought Big Bertha Bell peppers, Jalapeno, and Cayenne peppers. Someone had mislabeled the Cayenne pepper plants so we have eight Jalapeno pepper plants and they are full of peppers. I should be able to can a lot of sliced Jalapenos this summer. They're good with peas and greens in the winter time and they're good on nachos.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The yellow squash have about "done their due" so we will be pulling up those plants and putting out more tomatoes in the next week or so. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">We have had enough veggies that we could share with some of the neighbors and that's a good thing. The last few years our garden hasn't done as well as we hoped. We did have enough to share a little but this year it's been much more abundant and for that I am thankful. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">We don't expect to feed the community on a few raised beds but it is good to have enough vegetables to share. One of our neighbors is disabled as is her husband. It brought a lot of joy to take her a sack of various vegetables one day this week. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">There you have the happenings around here. Nothing like watching vegetables grow and eating them fresh from your backyard. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Thank you for dropping by. I will try to get some pictures to post in the next few days. Time to dine. </span></strong>Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-84321594772854994012013-06-09T18:29:00.000-05:002013-06-09T18:29:13.748-05:00A Sad Time In Our Lives And Slow Start With The Gardening This Spring<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">I haven't posted to my blog in quite a while. My Mom passed away on March 24th so it's not been a good spring for us. She loved to garden and even when she was bound to wheelchair she still had large pots with tomatoes, cucumbers and squash planted in them. She could work the vegetables by rolling her chair up to the planters to weed and water.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">It's a hard time in my life. I miss her very much. People keep telling me that Mom had a long, good life (she was 88 years old) but I don't think we are ever ready to let a loved one go home. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">When I look outside at our garden I always think of Mom and her love of gardening. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Our weather has slowed the garden down this spring. We had cool weather through the middle of May. We got the seeds in the soil but some of them didn't come up and had to be replanted. Those that did come up didn't want to grow. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">Now that the weather has warmed up a lot everything is growing but it's still behind what we usually have this time of the year. No tomatoes yet, no squash yet and no cucumbers. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">The tomatoes are blooming, the squash has baby squash on them but the cucumbers......Well, I've about lost hope for them. They are still about four inches tall and not growing much at all.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">My biggest worry with the squash and cucumbers now are squash borers. Since the temps have gotten warmer the borers will be out in full force. I'm afraid all the work we've done and all the waiting we've done will be in vain. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">The green beans are running up the stakes but there's no blooms on them yet. We usually visit my Louisiana Aunts and Uncles about this time of the year and we always take them fresh veggies. Not so this year!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">We sold all of our birds. The only animals we have now is our little Shih Tzu, Sakura and the two cats, Tomomi and Fanchi. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">William is still having a lot of problems with his knee. It was hard for him to do any work with the animals. I'm hoping to get some more chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and guineas a little later on; then again we may never get animals again because we lost so many to predators. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">That's the update from Honey Bunny Haven. I hope everyone is having a good spring growing season and will be able to harvest a lot of vegetables.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">See you next time. Bye for now!</span></strong><br />
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Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-88885696527791594552013-03-03T21:45:00.001-06:002013-03-03T21:45:49.734-06:00Is Spring Just Around The Corner Or?<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Are we just beginning to have winter here in our area. We've had colder weather the last few days than we've had all winter along with some snow flurries that came and went yesterday.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">My fingers are all itchy to dig in the dirt but with below freezing temps that's not feasible. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">There's only 17 days until the first calendar day of spring. I hope that in the next 17 days we will begin to have days that are warmer and nights that are above freezing. I'm craving a fresh fried green tomato, bacon and lettuce sandwich. I don't think that's going to happen any time soon what with this cold weather lingering around here.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Some of the flowers and blooming shrubs are covered with blossoms. The forsythia, purple leafed plum and daffodils are blooming. These bring some brightness into the dreary days of winter and gives me hope of warmer days.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">About the only thing going on around Hunny Bunny Haven at this time is waiting out winter and hoping for spring. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">I know we get spring before a lot of the country but it still seems like a long time since fresh tomatoes, cucumbers and squash were abundant. Here's hoping the time is coming again soon.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">That's all folks. Only my plea for springtime to arrive and arrive soon. Please come again. </span></strong><br />
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Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-48829445206724082552013-02-10T20:05:00.000-06:002013-02-10T20:05:04.462-06:00Men Can Be So Stubborn<strong><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">William had surgery on his right knee last Wednesday (February 6th). The surgery went very well and he has been up and going strong. He has not had a lot of pain and has been up moving around a good bit. Yesterday, we went to the flea market in Union because he thought he could do it. We didn't get to stay long before he was ready to come home. There was no place for him to sit with his knee elevated therefore he started having pain. I'm happy that he's doing so well.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">In the last post I told about being down to a duck and six geese. A dog broke through a tin barrier to get to the birds. He killed the duck and one of the geese. The duck died in the attack and the goose died the next night. We thought the goose was injured but she started moving around good and eating. She wouldn't let William check her out so we didn't know the extent of her injuries. We found out the next morning when we found her dead.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">This made me angrier than I've been in a long time. We keep our animals up including our dog and cats. Other people let their animals run loose to destroy property that belongs to the community. I don't get it!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">There's been stormy weather here in Mississippi today. A tornado touched down in Hattiesburg around the campus of USM. Some injuries have been reported along with heavy damage. Thankfully, no fatalities have been reported. More of the stormy weather is expected through tomorrow night.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">There's not much going on here at Hunny Bunny Haven other than me playing nurse for my sweet hubby. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Thanks for coming by. Please come back.</span></strong>Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-2661628062919928682013-01-22T20:00:00.003-06:002013-01-22T20:00:54.958-06:00More Changes Here On The Homestead!<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">A lot is happening here on our homestead. William is having a lot of trouble with his right knee. He has an appointment with an orthopedic doctor on January 31st to find out what has to be done to fix his knee. He has a tear in the meniscus, a cyst in his knee and bone damage in the knee. We think he is looking at surgery. It will be wonderful if we're wrong. However, we don't think we will be wrong. If we are mistaken,</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> it will be a big surprise!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">We've sold all our animals except for our six geese and one duck. Trinity will be taking the duck. We will keep the geese. I can take care of them. William doesn't want me in the pasture taking care of all the animals. The ground gets so slippery when it's wet and here lately we've had a lot of rain.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">It would be hard for me to care for the animals and both the flea market booths. So far, the flea market booths are more profitable for us than the animals.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">If William does have surgery we plan to purchase more animals after he recovers. He also has arthritis in his knees so recovery could be slow. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">I know I sound pessimistic but I'm just trying to be prepared. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">I miss hearing the roosters crow, the guineas carrying on and the turkeys gobbling but change is part of life. I still have the "honkers" to listen to!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">We are still planning to have our garden. Although, it will be much smaller than what we usually plant. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">I still call myself a homesteader. There's a homesteader's heart beating inside my chest.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">We can still call the place Hunny Bunny Haven because one of our young rabbits escaped and it (he/she) is still hopping around here. It has survived over two months roaming around the yard and pasture. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">Maybe we can capture it before some varmint makes the bunny dinner!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">There's some of the changes that have taken place here at Hunny Bunny Haven. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">Thank you all for stopping in for a visit. I hope you all will come back soon. :)</span></strong><br />
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Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-35756331381183510682013-01-12T23:42:00.000-06:002013-01-12T23:42:12.009-06:00A Little Of This And A Lot Of That<span lang="EN">
You all can see I’m not very diligent. Time seems to get away from me these days. Christmas scooted right on in and William has been having a lot of trouble with his knee. He’s been going to see the doctor and having tests done to find out what is causing so much pain in his right knee. We are hoping to hear the results of the MRI on Monday. We are praying for a good report.<br />
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<span lang="EN">We’ve had a lot of rain in the last few weeks. Along with the rain came some rather cold weather. Because of the weather we haven’t been able to do much painting. William does have the storage building organized so we can get in there and repair, sand and paint the flea market items. <br />
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We’re going to try some homemade chalk paint. I hope it turns out to be all I’ve heard about it. What I’ve read about using chalk paint no priming is necessary. That will save time and money.<br />
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We have several items to paint. One is a jewelry box almost three feet tall. I think it will be beautiful when we get it refinished. <br />
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William found some chairs (along with the jewelry box) on the side of the road. The people were throwing all this away. We are going to refinish the chairs to go with a table we recently bought. The seats in the chairs are in very good condition. All that is needed is painting the chairs and putting them with the table to make a set. <br />
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<span lang="EN">We are planning to redo our garden area. We have eight raised beds. We haven’t had a successful harvest in the last few years. We are planning to take apart the beds and make two double rows using the Lasagna method of gardening. We’ve made two beds using this method and both times we had a great harvest. </span><br />
I think this year we will plant some tomatoes, peppers, squash and cucumbers along with the herb garden. We’ve tried to grow green beans, peas and several other vegetables which have failed. <br />
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I’m watching our farm market bulletin for some Coronation Sussex and some silkies for sale. I’d like to have silkies old enough to go broody this spring. They are wonderful little incubators. <br />
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The Sussex may not be old enough to lay this year but we still have our Easter Eggers that we can put their eggs under the silkies and sell some of them. <br />
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These are some of the plans we have for our homestead. I’m hoping the plans work out for us.<br />
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We will be busy. We’re opening another flea market booth in a town about fourteen miles south of us. One of us will be working every Saturday to run this booth. <br />
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<span lang="EN">There you have another long rambling post. There’s so much I want to say when I do get around to blogging. Thank you for dropping by. Please do come again.</span><br />
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<br /></span></span>Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-43133688288068346212012-12-10T13:26:00.000-06:002013-08-24T14:48:35.811-05:00<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">It's been three months since I last posted to this blog. A lot has happened in that time. The most important being our grandson returned home from Afghanistan safely. We're so very thankful for that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Another that has to do with our homestead is we sold a lot of our animals. We had an over abundance of both rabbits and roosters. We sold fourteen rabbits and sixteen roosters. This should make the feeding costs a lot less. We still have plenty of rabbits (7) and unknown number of hens with two roosters left. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">The hens are laying good now. I'm hoping we don't have to buy anymore eggs for a while. There, for a while we were not getting any eggs. That doesn't set good when we were feeding all those fowl for nothing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">William and I are staying very busy. We clean a couple of houses, he's doing substitute teaching several days a month and we have a flea market booth in Meridian that really keeps us busy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">We spend at least one day a week "junking" for items to redo or repair or just shine up to place in the booth. Then another day is spent pricing the items and getting them set up in the booth. We're not getting rich but it's fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">In the last post I mentioned William had caught a skunk in a trap. Since I last posted he's caught a couple of more skunks along with some possums</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Even with catching the scoundrels, we've still lost two of our Khaki Campbell ducks. I'm really not too sure if they were lost to four legged varmints or two legged thieves. Either way, they're gone. We only have one duck left. :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">This is a quick catch up post. I'm going to try to be more diligent in posting from now on. At least once a week. I now need to get back to addressing and writing Christmas Cards. So on that note, I wish you all a very blessed Christmas Season!</span>Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-20601605568464089972012-09-09T21:03:00.001-05:002012-09-09T21:19:24.498-05:00A Little Of This And A Little Of That.........<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">William caught another skunk in the trap. He's trapped four skunks in the last three weeks. I don't know why they've chosen us to visit. We're not the only ones with chickens and other birds. Also, it looks like the word would get around in the skunk community that this is a dangerous place to come to visit. They come but they don't leave. William has said instead of "Boot Hill" he has "Skunk Hill" behind the storage building. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I realize the varmints are only doing what varmints do to get ready for winter but we don't intend to fatten them up for hibernation. We are like Marie Laveaux....Instead of man it's "Another skunk done gone." :)</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">We have had a beautiful day today. The temperature was fifty-four degrees at seven o'clock this morning and the skies have been so blue they were breathtaking. The next few days are predicted to be much cooler during the day and sunny with nighttime temps in the mid fifties. Sounds like autumn is in the air, doesn't it? All three days of autumn that we have as my sister, Carolyn likes to say. Three days of autumn and then it's winter.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I hope Carolyn's wrong about this. The cucumbers and squash are beginning to produce and we have tomatoes that are starting to bloom. Winter would be early and our garden would be gone! </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I hope to be able to get the kale and swiss chard planted this week. We have to remove some old tomato plants and some green bean plants. Then get the soil ready for planting. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">We were looking for some ideas for using wooden pallets today. I found one that was used for gardening. Some good soil had been leveled and a pallet laid on top of the soil. The seeds were sewn in the spaces between the planks of the pallet. We are thinking of trying this for the collard greens and maybe some mustard, turnip greens and radishes while we're planting the other greens. I really like the look of the bed.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN">There you have the news from our little homestead. About the most exciting happenings around here at this time is watching the veggies bloom and hoping we'll get a harvest before frost. O.K....and trying to keep from surprising a skunk while we're outside is a little nerve wracking but we're still enjoying the outside....Thank you for coming by. Please drop in anytime.</span></span></strong>Homesteading in MShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194855348263133847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034816240164420259.post-41274758682171156632012-08-30T23:29:00.002-05:002012-08-30T23:29:34.892-05:00Issac's A Come Calling<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We've had rain brought in to us by Isaac the barely a hurricane that has wreaked destruction over the southern part of Mississippi and is doing a job on central Mississippi now.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I woke up to rain this morning and tornado warnings for our county and the counties below us. I don't think there's been a full five minutes that rain wasn't falling today.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">About ten o'clock we were under another tornado warning and this time the weather guys were spotting the rotation about two miles from our home. We were spared yet another time. But, we're under a watch until five in the morning. It will be a restless night for me.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Our garden looked alright as darkness fell but we did get some heavy rain and some wind out of the last system pushing through here. I'm a afraid to see what the garden looks like in the morning. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I hope our birds will have sense enough to get in their houses and stay there while all this rain is falling. They'll be drowned if they don't.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">That's the update on Isaac for east central Mississippi. I hope and pray that everyone in his path will be safe. </span></strong><br />
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