Will It REALLY Thunder? | DearDiary.Net

We are supposed to have thunderstorms here today. It's windy and cool. I keep turning up the heat in the house. About the only good thing I can say about our Spring around here this year is that the weather has been so cold, that the roses have had a chance to grow and bud, unmolested by the usual swarms of aphids.

But oh the poor peach tree. It is trying hard to bloom, but no bees are really out yet and if the cold doesn't get the blossoms, the rain might. We may have a scarce peach harvest this summer.

Pumpkin cookies are on today's roster. I suppose baking is the thing to do, since the back yard is a rather hostile environment right now. Though I have not given up on gardening entirely. I may toodle out sometime today and get myself some potting soil and start tomato seeds this week. I think I have five heirloom varieties this year. Plus my "thing to grow that I have never tried before" will be eggplant. This one: Who knows if it will grow for me?

But I won't know until I get some seeds going.

And I can't get some seeds going until I get some potting soil.

I can't get potting soil until I get in the car and go to Home Depot.

That's the tricky part right there. Getting up the WILL to get into the car.

AGAIN.

Hmmmmm..... Maybe I could just sterilize some of my own soil from the raised beds.... Now THERE is a plan!

I gotta go now.

14 Comments

From:
Allimom (Legacy)
On:
Tue Mar 28 2006
I've never had eggplant, but am curious to try it sometime. Even if I like it, I probably won't grow it. Hubby and the kids are suspicious of any new veggies I try to serve them.
Alli
From:
Supertrooper (Legacy)
On:
Tue Mar 28 2006
I adore eggplant ...just think your own home mde Baba Ganoush ..eggplant parmiagana ...ratatouilli...can you tell I havent had lunch yet ..lol .

Hope the Thunder is spectacular !!
From:
Pragmatist (Legacy)
On:
Tue Mar 28 2006
I am heartily sick of the rain. Why can't some of it go to Arizona where they desperately need some wet.

If you end up with an oversupply of eggplant, I'll be glad to take one off your hands.

Shalom
From:
Sezrah (Legacy)
On:
Tue Mar 28 2006
well, i hope it doesn't thunderstorm today so's you get to garden

sez

p.s. now that i've skydived, i'm curious as to your hubman and what exactly he does in the skies. i'm gathering he's now a regular jumper/freefaller himself, is that correct?
From:
Mamallama (Legacy)
On:
Tue Mar 28 2006
Gardens are hostile all over this year. Mine is just too soggy to put anything into the ground yet. I had to put my bulbs in pots! I say steal some soil from outside and replace when the weather is better. :o)
From:
Allimom (Legacy)
On:
Tue Mar 28 2006
I wonder how that sandwich would be were the innards put into a food processor to create a spread for the bread? It could also be used as a dip for dried toast I would imagine.
Alli
From:
Razzenne (Legacy)
On:
Tue Mar 28 2006
little red hen it was nice having tea with you yesterday
personally I charge the accused beautiful yetzirah with cuteness and for that she will receive a cup of divine bliss which goes to show little red that there should be courts of law to congratulate people also
and little red dont feel bad about flipping out over chocolate and raisin cookies they contain the potent drug of pleasure
see you in bogwillow YEAH

nice having tea with you little red and the judges it is almost as if your master has had a recent courtroom experience
From:
Welshamethyst (Legacy)
On:
Tue Mar 28 2006
Pumpkin cookies????? *whimpers*

Could you send me the recipe, please?
From:
Dananarama (Legacy)
On:
Tue Mar 28 2006
Pumpkin cookies? I've never had pumpkin in a 'sweet' context before and only ever heard of pumpkin pie as a sweet dish....you have me curious.

Mmmmmm, eggplant is sooooo creamy and smooth, and so subtle it goes with everthing....and supertrooper is right, baba ganoush is delightfully tasty! THAT is what got me hooked on the stuff....oooh, that and organic eggplant I had once at a fancy pants restaurant....yummy!

Good luck with the growing! :o)
From:
Welshamethyst (Legacy)
On:
Wed Mar 29 2006
cute, real cute. It went to the shipping place today for packaging and mailing, thankyouvery much and forget the cookie recipe as I'm a terrible baker anyway ;)
From:
Welshamethyst (Legacy)
On:
Wed Mar 29 2006
It is sticking in my head that the Icelandic ponies and the Shetlands of Northern Scotland are related but I could be wrong on this score. Somewhere in my pea brain I think that I remember reading that the Vikings took Shetland ponies and bred them with their war horses to produce the Icelandic ponies.

The reason I asked was because the legs of the horses in your picture appeared very short yet quite powerful.
From:
Welshamethyst (Legacy)
On:
Wed Mar 29 2006
RYC: I bet the cookies ARE good but I would probably just make a muck of them as I do every baking project. Just eat one for me please as I absolutely adore pumpkin ;)
From:
Welshamethyst (Legacy)
On:
Wed Mar 29 2006
Yes, you might think that I could combine all three comments into one but I seem too scattered today to do that.

I've visited the Inner Hebrides and I have to say it's a totally different world, one that I could find myself enjoying immensely on a daily basis. The BEST water I've ever had came from an artesian well on Arran. It was soooo crisp and clean and seemed untainted, if you know what I mean.
From:
ImNotLisa (Legacy)
On:
Wed Mar 29 2006
When I grew African violets (lots and lots of them) I knew folks that would sterilize their potting soil in the microwave before using it for the violets. Then they'd complain that the house stunk. Umm.. hello?! LOL

D'vorahDavida
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