Archive for the ‘Gardening’ Category
How to build a greenhouse for under $250.00
Today I start the plan. I don’t really know what the finally cost will be, but I want a nice little greenhouse and I am cheap Bohemic, and will build my greenhouse for as little money as possible. The greenhouse, hoophouse, tall tunnel, will be about 7 to 8 feet wide and 12.5 feet long. [...]
Bayview Christmas Parade 2009
Thanks to Ralph of Ralph’s Coffee House for the video!
Funny and a little bit sad too
This is found all over the internet but is has a sad truth to it. 50 Years of teaching math: 1. Teaching Math In 1950s A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit ? 2. Teaching Math In 1960s A logger [...]
This was an item posted on Huckleberries: My reply post was deleted for some reason. I will post it here instead: Tumblewords: I know several people with kidney transplants who are doing very well and have been for several years. Donor box is marked on my license and has been for ages – I know [...]
Be careful what you wish for.
I have been waiting patiently impatiently for Spring to arrive for six months. Now that it is here, I have to wonder what in the heck I was thinking. I actually have to DO all that work that I only had to dream about during the winter; while sitting in the recliner watching football and [...]
Grandpa was a gardener
My Grandpa, back in the early 60’s before he died, always had a very big garden. Kind of an organic farmer before anyone even knew what the heck that was. He took very good care of it and produced tons of food. Anyway, I was told the story that one day, a neighbor lady came [...]
Spring?
My calendar is apparently broken. It says March 25th, but is has snowed three days in a row. Not much snow, but enough to make driving to work hazardous. There doesn’t seem to be much warm weather any time soon either, as forecasts call for lows in the mid twenty’s for the next week. I [...]
It’s the Dead of Winter in North Idaho
Snow fields, mini-glaciers, bitter cold, gray skies, wolves, ice, darkness, death. What does one do in February, in Bayview, to keep their sanity? They think of spring of course! You know, that time of year, when trucks and cars start sticking their little noses out of the snow banks. The hell with crocus signalling the [...]