Blueberry harvest

     Does 34 blueberries from my own bush make a harvest? This year I have decided that anytime I need new landscaping plants I am going to get ones that can feed us! Why have I not thought of this before? I easily spend $20 perfectly good dollars on some bush or plant that just sits there and looks pretty. Why not get one that can do something for me? As many of you know we live in a little neighborhood with lots of little cape cod houses. We have a nice yard but it does not lend itself to a large garden. There is a gorgeous old oak that shades much of the rear and I cannot quite warm up to the idea of a big plot in the front yard. I have taken a small section against the house on the side to plant basil, cilantro, oregano, dill, tomatoes, peppers and pumpkins. For many this would be enough but I have deep longings to have a big garden that are just not satisfied with this sorry little patch of earth. So as a compromise I purchased a blackberry and a blueberry bush to fill in where some old dead bushes were pulled out. They seem to be doing well but seeing as this is the first year our harvest is a bit meager to say the least. The girls still think it is too cool that we have our own berry bushes. We used our 34 blueberries to make smoothies on Saturday. That was it. All gone. Dang they were good smoothies though. With our extensive blueberry harvesting season over we launched into planting watermelons all over the place. I planted a few seeds on each side of the house in the flower beds. They are starting to germinate and I am really curious to see how they grow.  We have a neighbor that inspired us to try out this random planting method. After Halloween 2 years ago they just threw their rotting pumpkins behind the bushes and low and behold the following summer they had gorgeous pumpkin vines curling in and out of their flowers and bushes. They even harvested about 8 pumpkins that year.
     Our blackberry bush is starting to ripen so we will have to see how many we get from it this year. I look forward to being able to make jams at some point in the future.
     
   

Can't stop listening to this band!!!!!

All I can say is WOW!!

YouTube - Mumford & Sons - The Cave

The "Menaissance" is long overdue

I was watching the news last night when a little clip about something called the "menaissance" caught my attention. Basically, it is men reclaiming their masculinity from the past. No longer wanting to be metrosexuals but retrosexuals. I like that. Men who are looking toward great icons like Churchill and John Wayne for inspiration. Refusing to be the "dumb dad" that today's TV shows portray.I thought this was intriguing so I found this clip YouTube - "The Menaissance" by Brett McKay - Ignite Tulsa . I sure hope this catches on. No more mansy pansy men but more Rhett Butlers and James Cagneys and Clint Eastwoods from the 40's and 50's. I say Amen to that. There is nothing better than a man that knows who he is and isn't afraid to use it! Woo Hoo! Lest any of you fainting feminists get angry, the movement has nothing to do with subjection of women but really the return of men to their God ordained headship of their families. Take a second to watch the clip. I think you will enjoy it as much as I did. Then do the men in your life a favor and email it to them. Give them permission to be MEN!!! By doing this we have to commit to being WOMEN. Not man substitues. Ladies give your man the best gift by allowing him to step up and lead.

Here is the link to the website: http://artofmanliness.com/

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I am back

Well after a perusal of all of the available computer time killers this is my favorite. I am on facebook but I never get on there. ( If you post on my wall I may never know it!) I thought I would just email people but it doesn't have that same conversational tone as a blog. Plus I don't do it so that doesn't work well. :) And forget Twitter. I hate it! I miss conversing with all of my blogging buddies. So this is my official announcement. I'M BACK.