Ky- Bluegrass state or white?

[sbemt456]

Hello fellow Kentuckians. It is way too cold and nasty to be outside, so ya need to be inside and warm and toasty and catchin up on the happenins online.
Our weather here stinks, rained cats and dogs yesterday and last night, minor flooding in some areas, now it is freezing and we have a light snow. I am in the eastern area, applachia, where we have our own set of laws.lol ;D And seems this year to have our own weather pattern.

Have a great day!

stella

[gwhilikerz]

Hey sbemt456. I'm on the other end of the state. It was snowing 2 days ago, near 60 yesterday, and raining and cold today. Gotta love KY weather or you won't make it here LOL

[sbemt456]

For a bit there I was beginning to think I was all by my lonesome. Are you by any chance near Ky Lake area? I have an aunt on the western side of the lake that I visit about every other month. Nice out there, just like the mountains in the east better.

stella

[gwhilikerz]

I am about 30 miles east of the lakes area. I call the Pennyrile area home.

[sbemt456]

Dang it, it be cold here in the mountains. We got a light dusting of snow now at about midnight. Nice and warm here in front of the fireplace though.

Stay safe and warm!


stella

[sbemt456]

Did you all catch that on the news? A statewide smoking ban? What the heck, I cant smoke in my own darn house now.


stella

[gwhilikerz]

I think they mean for public places. They will tax you more to smoke at home. Although i don't smoke (haven't since the 70's) I do think the owner of a business should decide whether he allows smoking. It would then be up to the customer whether he goes there.
Stay warm the next couple of days. They are predicting 4 tonight and 0 for Friday morning. Coldest spell in 4 years.

[sbemt456]

Staying warm here in the mountains.
I think the smoking ban is more about money than peoples health. The person who proposed the ban (David Williams) was told by his coherts that "we dont gain revenue from a ban but would a tax". Just my opinion. We are in a very small town and you could really tell when we got the city ban, the restuarants were all but empty. We only have 2 left and one is a Dairy Queen.
Ah well, me and my house will do as we please at our house.

Have a great day.

stella

[Junie]

Another Kentuckian chiming in (and freezing my butt off). I'm in the eastern part of the state, too - about 50 miles east of Lexington (but formerly of Pike county)

The one thing I really like about KY is that we can still smoke just about everywhere, even in some grocery stores. (I even felt that way when I quit smoking for a couple of months) I'd rather pay more than lose more freedoms. OR I might just grow my own.

[bookwormom]

you all know tobacco grows good here in Ky. If I were a smoker I would grow my own. My husband's aunt Rachel always smoked a pipe. I guess it used to be common.
yeah, it sure is chilly. But that is the nice thing about Ky, we have four seasons, but winter does not drag on and on. I guess we can stand it for a few weeks.

what do you really like about KY?

[sbemt456]

Hi bookwormom, was wandering where ya had got off to. Well I dont have to be out in the world till next wednesday, dentist appointment in Lexington, till then I'm stayin in the house.
Junie we cant be far apart as I am about 80 mile east of Lexington. I did paramedic ride time in Johnson county and was in Pikeville 1 time in the 4 months I was riding. Nice place.
Did you ever try smoking that home grown tobacco? We raised tobacco when I was young and as kid will, I had to try it. Still dont like that shade of green. I remember being too sick to die. Unfortunately I do still smoke and am soon going to make a real effort to quit. Enough taxes already.

Have agreat day and stay warm!

stella

[Junie]

Stella, did you cure the tobacco before you smoked it? Ya gotta cure it. I guess I could quit smoking, but I'm too stubborn to. I like smoking!

As for Pikeville, my mother always told me, if you can't say something nice, don't say anything. I like where I'm living now, though.

[bookwormom]

thanks stella, I had to go home, stayed for a few weeks, dad is not connected to Internet. it looked like my mom was on her deathbed.

I would like to grow a few tobacco plants to make a spraying tonic for the garden, it kills aphids, wonder what it would do for cabbage loopers?

My heart is in the East. I loved it there immediately I set foot on the creek as a new bride and still do. You guys familiar with Breathitt county?

[sbemt456]

Bookwormom hope your family is better. Breathittt is a lot like Lee county, lots of remote areas and the older folks seem a little set in their ways. ;) They dont like these new fangled gadgets. Made many many ambulance runs to KRMC in my EMS career. Just good mountain folks.

Junie I had my trial with backey when we were stripping so it was cured. Still I turned green.

I have a book that I bought last summer, Old Time Gardening Wisdom by Jerry Baker and he talks of his Grandma Put making a tonic with tobacco and in context of the book I got the impression she was using like Red man in the pouch. As for the cabbage worms we had last year, I used wood ashes. Worked like a charm till I ran out of ashes. I will have more ashes this year. And I am a firm believer in the results of manure tea.
It is still cold here at 11AM at 4 degrees and I need to get more firewood from the porch.

Stay warm.

stella

[gwhilikerz]

Just to chime in; Yes we do have four seasons in KY. Today is winter. Tomorrow will be Spring. The next day? Who knows?

[bookwormom]

okay, I'll start saving my woodashes.

you are so right Gwhilikerz.

I have been to Beattyville, husband's Dad's wife was in the old folks home there. The area around slade is just so wonderful. we thought we would have time to go to Red river gorge to go hiking, at least for a week in fall, but when you have animals you are tied down worse than with little kids. I wish we had a bunch of like minded folks around close and we could take turns babysitting each other's places so we could get away on occasion.
MIL actually lives equal distances from Jackson and Hazard, six miles up a creek, talk about out in the sticks.
I love the old mountain people, did from the first. I am sure you know old women who have a quilting frame hanging from the ceiling and you pull a rope and it moves up and out of the way. Last time I stopped by an old neighbor she showed me her cedar chest full of quilts she made and we talked about gardens.

[sbemt456]

My dad was in the nursing home here before he passed on in 2004. He was well cared for, I worked EMS at the time and they knew me so that was a plus. My life has never been the same, guess he was the anchor.

As for the Gorge, even the private lands here are the same as far as terrain and beauty. The only difference is private land owners dont allow foreigners to hike around on their property.lol Hubby and I were talking about the people in Eastern Ky last night with the extreme cold. Hubby was a part time deputy here for a while and he said he had been in houses where the folks were obviously very poor, but would offer you something to drink or eat when you went to their house on a patrol call, very warm and hospitable folks. And I am certain there are ones that have a hard time keeping food on the table and heat right now. What irks me is ones that do have money think they are so much better than the poor people and wont give you the time of day much less offer you something to drink. Every one expects some government entity to take care of the needy, the churches do nothing, just build more nicer empty pews. Such a waste.
I went in the ambulance when I was working to pick up a little lady that had fallen. I commented on the big weaving loom that was sitting on her porch, and she said " when I get well you come on out here and we will weave and you can learn how". But she passed on and I never got the chance. She lived in a neighboring county and was my high school best friends grandmother. Later found out that the loom was thrown in the junk. So sad.

Ok I'm done now!
Stay safe and warm.

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Well howdy from s.e. pikecounty ky. This morning ice, and plenty of it. On that 11 above day i was at the campsite. Big fire, cooked a killer meal, hot coffee took a nice pic or two. Mite as well enjoy everyday. Springs on its way, well thats what i herd anyway. :)

[bookwormom]

girls, all take a look, we got us a guy on this thread. :D :DI hope you are not the only one Mr. Greenjeans, welcome to the place.

[sbemt456]

And be darned he is farther east than I am. Welcome Mr. Greenjeans. What the heck ya doin campin a time like this? Ya know y'll ketch ya death out there!

Not too bad cold here today, in the 30's. Went out long enough to take the ashes out of the fireplace and put them in my can for puttin on cabbage this summer. ;)

We made homemade pizza for supper tonight, homemade crust, homemade pepperoni, homemade sauce, I also put sausage and bacon on mine with bell peppers and onions from the freezer. Cheese is the only thing store bought, so not bad. Even the herbs home grown. It was pretty darn good.

BTW does any body still like Hee Haw? I remember as a little girl listening to grand ole opry on the radio on saturday nights. As to go back there again.

Have a great day!

stella

[gwhilikerz]

What am I, chopped liver? Just because i didn't post my thingy out there for all to see.
I just watched HeeHaw on tv. We try to catch it every time it is on, and RFD-tv carries it twice a week.
Ok, I'll go to my profile to fly my flag now.

[sbemt456]

Naw ya aint chopped liver. ;) If you are inclined please tell us where you are in the bluegrass state.
Wonder if it would be safe to have a county map of Kentucky so each of us could put a dot where we are? It would be cool.

Gwhilikerz we catch Hee Haw on RFDTV also. Actually that is what I was watching when I posted. To me TV is for entertainment and if I have to think hard to follow the plot to a movie, to heck with it. Just stuff to make me laugh is all I want to watch.. Hubby calls it mindless stuff.

BTW are you all gettin snowed on? Earlier we were getting freezing rain, now just snow.

Stay warm and safe!

stella

[Kyhome]

Howdy all I am in the metro Lou area lucky me huh NOT lol. anyway setting here listening to the scanner the roads are all iced up and are they having a busy night, cars spinning into the ditches everywhere, lots of roads not passable. Stay warm Rick in Ky

[sbemt456]

Kyhome it is getting ugly here in the east as well, we got the freezing rain and now the snow.
Went through Louisville one time on an ambulance run to a little town in Indiana to a nursing home, I think Clarksville maybe. Thats been about 3 yrs ago.

Stay safe and have a great day!

stella

[gwhilikerz]

Here in Hopkins Co there is a trace of snow on the ground, the temp is about 23 with a 15 mph wind. And that is the best it is going to be for a couple of days. We are warm and toasty inside and that is where we are staying. This is actually the one time i'm glad there are no outside animals to worry about.

[bookwormom]

ground was white this morning. One of our cows is coughing, I don't know if she is getting sick or what is the matter. It has been really unpleasant outside. well, I guess I'll ask the girls over in the cow department.
your pizza sounds great stella. we had goat meat sausage, rice, greenbean and onion salad, we did not grow the rice.
well, better stoke the fire.
uh, I don't get it gwilli, chopped liver? what does it mean if you are chopped liver. never heard that before.

our son brought us a few DVDs with old Hee Haws on it. I love it, gloom despair, and agony is me,.... so I searched the world over and I thought I found true love, just good, corny fun. my husband loves the part where they all lie around with a huge ole hound.

[gwhilikerz]

bookwormom, "Chopped liver" is an old saying around here. It can be used when comparing just about anything.
"My car is fast. Well, mine ain't exactly chopped liver" means his car is fast too.

[tufhelp]

Can be used another way too: "YUCK! What the heck was that?" "Chopped liver..."

[sbemt456]

Tufhelp, send me your addy and I will send you a box of snow. lol No yellow. We got 2 inches of snow last night. Hubby called after he got to work this morning and said even the main roads were slick. I wouldnt know, havent been off the farm in 2 weeks. Lucky me. If spring dont get here soon I am going to jump off the porch! Stir crazy!
Got our garden seed order sent out today, darn I'm ready to play in the dirt.

Bookwormom I went ahead and ordered me some peanut seed to plant. Hubby dont want to grow them, guess he thinks he will have to dig them. And he is mostly right. ;) He ordered 2 lb of sweet corn, dont know what he was thinking. I think he is gonna try workin me to death!

Hows come we got all the snow this year? Somebody aint livin right. Dunno.

Have a great day all!

stella

[bookwormom]

I personally like chopped liver, with marjoram in it.

[sbemt456]

Darn it, we got snowed on again this evening. Not more than a 1/2 inch but the other stuff hasnt melted yet. Side roads are still very slick, the county dont scrape the side roads, guess we arent important. Guess I could take some pics and post, only I am computer illerate and I could see the mods being real mad at me. :-/

We had really good chicken and dumplings for supper tonight with the chicken I had raised and canned this year. So good. NO LIVER! yuck.

Have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

just hand the liver to me.

[bookwormom]

I may have miscounted, but there are only six people here from Kentucky? that can't be, were are you all hiding? I feel like I am all alone in the center of the state.

[sbemt456]

Bookwormom I think some of them may not check in as often as some of us and havent noticed the new state/country talk section.
I have always told my boys that they could only go as far as I could drive in 2 hours in and emergency. ;) Dont fret, I could get to ya in 2 hours in an emergency. As long as I didnt get arrested for speeding.

Most of our snow melted today , so I got to go out on the deck. Supposed to be warm again tomorrow so maybe I can get out in the yard and walk around without falling again. Still got bruises from the last one.
We were in Lexington yesterday and went to Sam's club. We passed the meat counter and could not believe how much the price of meat has dropped. Last summer hubby paid around 7.00 a pound for whole ribeye steak, yesterday they were 4.94 a pound. And other meat has dropped also. I was kinda shocked. We dont need meat at this time because we have chicken and venison in the freezer. The one thing I did notice was the price of cooking oil, oucheeee! It has doubled since back in the summer when I bought it last. I only by olive oil and corn oil, no canola or wesson for me(made from GM grain), no crisco, it wont melt at body temp and that concerns me in the mornings. >:( Just wondered if any one else in Ky had noticed any major price changes.

Have a great day!

stella

[MooseToo]

I may have miscounted, but *there are only six people here from Kentucky? that can't be, were are you all hiding? *I feel like I am all alone in the center of the state.
you can always start a campaign urging people to include their location on their i.d. info block -

like i JUST did - under the flag -

[phrr]

I really don't like the snow, but as any farmer in the know will tell you some snow is good for the soil as it helps to add some nitrogen, and with that info and enough money you can get a cup a coffee. As for where I am in ky I am in the western end of Hardin county, wishing I was farther east in the state as that is where I am originally from. (Jackstown)

[bookwormom]

howdy phrr, we are practically neighbors, we are in the middle of Hart county, just a bit off 31 W.

I noticed the price of juice at the salvage store has gone up a lot too. I have not looked at meat prices in a long time. Brown rice at the Amish store went up from 1.49 a bag to 2.69.
We are supposed to get five inches of snow and I hope we do and it stays a few days. I know it is selfish, but I have invited folks from church already to come over and bring kids, sleds, innertubes, what have you. We have the perfect hill and we'll have a bon fire, then drink hot chocolate. Kentucky kids don't get to play much in the snow.

I am so impressed Moose too, I just don't know how to do stuff like that.
May I ask where in south Central KY?

[sbemt456]

Bookwormom do ya think they are going to be able to use sleds or will they need ice skates? The snow I can tolerate but dang I dont like the ice. Although we need the water in the ground, we are still hauling water here, usually by now we have plenty.

I noticed on the news the other day that California areas some farmers were not able to plant some crops due to water restrictions. And the banks wont loan them operating funds till they can guarantee that they have a water source. It may be another dry year with another increase in some foods.
I suppose that if we get nasty weather I will be grounded to the house again. :-/ Dont need to fall down and go boom again.

Stay safe all and have a great day!

stella

[MooseToo]

I am so impressed Moose too, I just don't know how to do stuff like that. *
May I ask where in south Central KY? *


cumberland county - ten years out of florida -

put the location in by keying on your own name - that'll take you back to where you first signed in when joining - work your way all the way to the end of that set-up and you'll find a place for putting comments on your i.d. -

[sbemt456]

Is anyone iced in? We had ice here this morning and lost electricity about 10 AM. Then I went to all the trouble of making venison stew out on the porch using my propane burners that I used for canning, hubby got home and we were getting ready to eat and the power came back on. Yipee! We have heat even without power but it is kinda inconvient to cook. I think our area is going to get mostly rain, so we will get the flooding.

Have a safe evening!

stella

[sbemt456]

OK this aint funny no more, where did ya all go? Hope all is well with every one. I think Ky got slammed. We have had electricity since it came back on yesterday evening, but most of our county dont have it yet. Hubby came home early from work in the oilfields, he said they werent making any progress clearing roads, trees were falling right behind them. And his company is the one that usually clears most of the roads in the north east end of the county. We have no phones or cell service here but we are all warm,dry and fed.

Stay warm and safe!

stella

[bookwormom]

husband got the generator hooked up to the house this afternoon. No power since monday night. Practicing what we are preaching, warm and fed, sort of isolated. Our place is a mess, trees down, fences down, not a trail open, citywater is having some problem, contamination, pumps out, I don't know, but the whole county is out of water. We have water stored and are doing fine. a cow had a calf and lost it, then she failed to clean herself. true friends cut their way in with a chainsaw and gave her a shot. it will be a while until we get power, we are the last ones on the last, b ack in the woods on the wrong side of the railroad tracks.
Hope everyone else is fine. good to see you are okay stella.

[sbemt456]

I am jumpin up and down, so happy to hear you are ok. Sorry about your cow, that is a bad lick to lose a calf. My family over in Callaway co. are still running on gererators. Only communications with them is text message. You all got hit a hard too. Our county is starting to get cleaned up and power on. Wouldnt like it but we at our house could hold out for a long time. Really would like to know about the rest of our cyber friends here in the state.

Stay safe and have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

husband just turned on the generator, to pump water and then to run the freezer,so this is a fringe benefit.
all around, folks have got power back. I have to call in the morning, they may have forgotten about us. A friend told us he had the police and national guard stop by three times asking if they needed water or assistance of any kind,after the power was back on. Looks like the crews were sent first to the board members and a neighbor wrote a letter and told them she was going to let the governor know how they took care of things. It is the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Our daughter is coming for a visit tuesday. Husband got me a lady's size chainsaw yesterday, I need it too. It only weighs 6 pounds. He used it today to cut up all the branches in the yard. I guess I have to get out the galvanized tub so we can take a bath in front of the kitchen stove.
Hope everyone is safe and sound.

[sbemt456]

Just when we thought we were in good shape, here come the snow. We had 65 degrees here on Sunday and now tonight it is 12 degrees and 2 inches of snow with more coming down and wind. :-/ Guess spring will be here soon enough. I have cabin fever bad. But we are supposed to have 50 plus temps this weekend. I'll take it.

Hope everyone is well.

Stay safe and warm and have a great day!

stella

[Kyhome]

Goofy Ky weather hot, cold, rain, snow all in a matter of days. Don't like it today just wait it will totally change soon.

[snake]

Just an inquiry.....How you guys doing up there in Kentucky. Ur equivilent to a Florida hurricane doesn't look too nice. Be safe.

[bookwormom]

well, the hills around our place look just awful. there is not a single tree that is not damaged greatly. it sounded like war while it lasted, the break of limbs and trees sounds a bit like gunshots, then the sound of the crashing. It went on all night and all day. Our peripheral fence seems to have a big limb on it every ten feet. all the trails we made need to b e cleared again. It is such a mess, at least here out in the woods. I don't know how it is in town, have not been off the place. I am taking pictures of all the piled up branches we have down in the lower pasture. we hired the boys of our Amish friend to come with chainsaws as we are physically not able to cut the big stuff. so much work it is discouraging. what we need is the power company to come by with their big chipper/shredder, that would be a real help.
My neighbor Judy lost all her mature appletrees, and the big walnut tree in her yard. two drought summers, now an icestorm like nobody remembers. things need to ease up a bit. thanks for the concern snake.
Otherwise we are doing okay. I understand there are still lots of households without power and last night it got down to zero. for us it was a blessing in disguise as our pond was criss crossed with downed trees and the ice held, would have been impossible to clear with the water open.

[sbemt456]

Gosh Bookwormom sounds like ya all got bit bad. Prayers for ya hunny. We did ok here, just lost one day of power and we are fine. Lots of trees down but that comes with havin a lot of trees. Wish I was able to come help ya but physically wouldnt do ya much good. I havent been off the farm either so dont know first hand what the rest of the county looks like but hubby says it bad. Hope everyone else is ok.

Have a great Day!

stella

[phrr]

Bookwormom glad to here that you made it through the ice warm and safe. over here in my part of hardin county we got electricty back last night. Almost scared me getting light by just flippen a switch,and no match or kerosene involved. Just what will they think of next, maybe an indoor outhouse LOL. Be safe be warm, and most of all enjoy life. PHRR

[sbemt456]

Well you can sure tell we are in Ky, if you dont like the weather just wait a few it will change. Nice enough sunday to do a little in the garden, nice enough at 72 degrees to dry laundry out side in a hurry. Sheets smell ssooo good dried outside. Lookin forward to trying them out.
But the mud, the freeze and thaw made the roads and everything a mess. The ground is really soft. Maybe a good rain will settle the mud some, usually does.
Glad every one made it through the ice storm well, with no one hurt.

Have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

last night I talked to a lady who got power back on yesterday. two weeks almost on the dot. I am wondering if everybody here is back on and how they fared.

[Junie]

We got our power back a couple of days ago, after being out 11 days. I've been trying to catch up on things around the house, like laundry and grocery shopping. I'll try and post more about our little odyssey tomorrow (we fared well - much better than most of our neighbors who gave up and left)

[sbemt456]

Junie glad to see ya back, thought abut you several times and wondered how things were. Knowing how close we are geographically I guessed you got hit hard too. A country girl can survive! ;) Glad to see we made it. There are still a few that havent checked in yet, one was in Pike county I think, and dang cant remember the user name.
As of today we need to drop anchor so we dont get blown away. And say a prayer for the folks in Oklahoma that got the brunt on the tornados and wind.
With the weather so nice at 65 degrees today it makes me want to get outside and dig in the dirt. But that would be wasted effort, we still got some winter to go yet.

Have a great day.

stella

[Kyhome]

Glad follks are getting their power back, has made for some interesting conversation with the tv and lights and heat off. kind of nice in its own way i think. your should have seen the kids and wife last night when we got home agian with no electric. hopeing the are beginning to see a few things in a different light so to speak. hope everyone is well and dry. take care Rick

[Junie]

I would have posted more last night, but we lost our power AGAIN! This time it was a substation that broke down. They got it fixed just as I was going to bed, so all is well today.

Pike county may not have fared so well, though. My BIL called last night and said that 6 out of 8 substations were down there. I haven't heard from him yet today.

The storms yesterday blew down more trees and caused some flooding, washing out part of our road.

Let's see, in the past 2 weeks, we've had an ice storm, a snow storm, high winds, and flooding. I reckon an earthquake will be next. ::)

[bookwormom]

we had an earthquake last year. we had tornado warnings all day yesterday. then the power went off again, but came back around bedtime. this has been some winter. Our daughter has been here a week and experienced ice, snow and zero cold, then 72 degrees and like spring, then torrential rain and storms. Today is a really lovely day,cool and sunny, the world looks clean washed. but last night we heard the crash of a couple more trees coming down.
I hope everyone has come through unscathed. we learned a few things to be sure.

[gwhilikerz]

The power is back on ( tho I find myself flipping the light switch from time to time just to make sure). My daughter just came home from Ecuador. The weather has moderated and i feel much better. I even found time to laugh at myself as I chased three 55 gal. barrels of aluminum cans across the back yard in the wind storm. MY back is sore from bending over picking up cans. ROFL

[Kyhome]

Just a wondering how much more snow we might get this winter, it sure has been a different one. My vote is maybe another two inches total with three more snows ? what youall think. Rick

[sbemt456]

Well just when we thought it was spring, here comes winter again. Ice storm one week, spring like temps one week, and now we are to get snow this week.
Has anyone else noticed trees starting to bud out? Flowers and herbs starting to come back? I have herbs and flowers coming through the mulch and while cutting some trees over the weekend I noticed the trees had little leaf buds on them.Guess it is the extreme swings in temperature that triggered this process.

Hope all is well with everyone, and if we wait around the good old Kentucky weather will change again.

Have a great day.

stella

[bookwormom]

there is a Kentucky Arts and Crafts show in Louisville the 21stand 22d. I guess everything is made in KY. I really would like to go check it out. There was an article in the paper, it is sponsored by the state, but no address. I hope that can be found. Anyone else going?

[Kyhome]

Bookwormom address listed on web site this year is as follows
KEC South Wing B
21 4th street
louisville, Ky.
Adults $8.00 children 15 and under free.
They are listing over 300 Exhibitors.

I have gone many times in the past and it is always a nice showing of the arts and crafts. I tryed finding my flyer they sent me but no luck. Anyway if you make it let us know how you liked it. I never have gone where they have it addressed as being on the web this year. All the times I went in the past it was at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds but I haven't been in the last 5,6 years or so. Rick

[sbemt456]

Well is it ever gonna be spring here in the Bluegrass state? It is March and the weather varies more than normal from day to day. I would like a few days of warm weather so my peas can sprout and maybe come up. It is almost time to start seeds for planting a little later. When its cold out doors I just cant get motivated to do much in the yard and garden. Does any one else feel like this? Or have I been in hibernation too long.

Have a great day!

stella

[sbemt456]

Well now am thinking spring is upon us. Have heard a few spring peepers for the past several days. And its finally dry enough to plow to big garden area. Had some really nice weather the past few days and startin to get a lot of stuff done around the place.
Is everyone else starting the garden plans here?

Have a great day!

stella

[Kyhome]

Yes it was really nice to get out in the warmer weather for certain. Got all the limbs cut up from ice storm played in the garage a few hours and went up to the campsite in Indiana to check on the place. racked a bunch of leaves and cut up limbs for the fire pit. Just wonder when the next snow will fall. got the raised bed ready for planting. come on spring.

Rick

[MrGreenJeans]

Howdy, Already have 3lbs sugarsnap,s out. 8 50ft. row,s. 4 50ft row,s of pea,s my granddad use to plant every year. They have to be stuck. One flat of cabbage ( stonehead ). Early onion,s and lettuce. Carrot,s in the ground. YEP! it,s been nice. On the down side have to overhaul the farmall f-cub But on the up side have a farmall lowboy fixed and ready to go. Can,t wait to bust the ground. The tiller feel,s good but not the same. I love them old tractor,s. The frost will be back once anyway. I,ll be ready for it. Hope so anyway after all it is kentucky.
(note to self pray no more 3ft april snow,s)











;D ;)

[sbemt456]

You are so right, it is Kentucky weather. So nice the past few days and now posed to go to the upper 40's end of week. and more rain. Mrgreen, we got peas planted too, they havent come up yet, but probably will when the ground warms a little more. Am thinkin you are far enough in the mountains that you wont get too many more frost.
And just hope Kyhome is wrong on the snow. Good luck on the old tractors, keep em fixed up and they will still last longer than the new ones.

Have a great day!

stella

[Kyhome]

78 and very nice yesterday mid 40's today forcasting sleet and maybe snow the next two days. Yep if you don't like the weather today stick around it seems to change daily this time of the year. Rick

[MrGreenJeans]

Howdy yall, Less than 3 hour,s ago started ta snow. 2 inches and still a flat pouring down. My cabbage got little coat,s on. ;D

[sbemt456]

(Throwin snow balls at KYHome) Dang it jus when I thought it was spring, it snows on my world. And KYHome please no more snow. Lie to me and tell me its over.Earlier today was lookin at my herb bed and they were up so pretty. Well now they got lil white fluffy caps on. But the temps are not that bad so maybe all will end well. We have probably 2 inches of snow here already and have had some sleet. This is Kentucky weather.

Have a great day!

stella

[Gilberts_Wifey]

I can not believe this snow. I have been at Ft Campbell a few years and live on post. I finally have a yard I can plant things in so I am starting a garden. *I have a fence to keep deer out but we have lots of racoons. Any advice to keep them away? I would love to chat with someone here to get a local nursery or somewhere to get good soil for my raised beds. I called one and they want 59.00 for one cubic yard of ammended soil, I need two so I am looking at 118.00 plus tax plus hauling it to my house, will take 2-3 trips. I am only here until September. So that is a large investment for one summer garden. I have a small scale salsa garden planned along with pickling cucumbers, watermelon and pumpkins. Anything I should know about the area bugs or critters that will help me? *Anyhow, soil is what I need, where can I get good soil at a reasonable price in the area?

[DM]

I can not believe this snow. I have been at Ft Campbell a few years and live on post. I finally have a yard I can plant things in so I am starting a garden. *I have a fence to keep deer out but we have lots of racoons. Any advice to keep them away? I would love to chat with someone here to get a local nursery or somewhere to get good soil for my raised beds. I called one and they want 59.00 for one cubic yard of ammended soil, I need two so I am looking at 118.00 plus tax plus hauling it to my house, will take 2-3 trips. I am only here until September. So that is a large investment for one summer garden. I have a small scale salsa garden planned along with pickling cucumbers, watermelon and pumpkins. Anything I should know about the area bugs or critters that will help me? *Anyhow, soil is what I need, where can I get good soil at a reasonable price in the area?

I wouldn't waste money on ammended soil just to leave it behind... I'd buy a couple bags of composted cow manure and put a little under each plant, then use "miracle grow" to feed the "plants" not the weeds... That means watering the plants not the whole garden. For a garden spot your going to leave behind, i believe that would be the best option.

Best thing for coons, is a live trap and a 22...

DM

[Gilberts_Wifey]

*I wouldn't waste money on ammended soil just to leave it behind... *I'd buy a couple bags of composted cow manure and put a little under each plant, then use "miracle grow" to feed the "plants" not the weeds... *That means watering the plants not the whole garden. * *For a garden spot your going to leave behind, i believe that would be the best option.

*Best thing for coons, is a live trap and a 22...

*DM


I need 2 cubic fee to fill the bed, it is 24.00 for a cubic foot. I could go with 1.5 cubic feet topsoil and put some manure as you said under the areas where I am planting? That would save me about half I can live with 50-60 dollars. Thank you

[MooseToo]

you can buy bagged potting soil at walmart for a whole lot less - and plant right in the bag -

[MrGreenJeans]

Howdy! soggy kentuck have ta tie milkjug,s under the armpit,s ta get the mail. ;D Naw not quite that bad. Was gona plant tater,s but i,d have to tie rock,s to them ta keep them in the ground. ;D They would float off. Can,t gripe we need the early rain. Were just out of a moderate drought. It could come back purdy easy.

[sbemt456]

Just when ya think it is spring enough to get out side, it snows, then rain and flooding. So it is going to be a while before any plantin is done in our area. The fields are mud. We have a flood watch for our area.
MrGreenJeans ya can put down a tater then a rock on top of it to keep it there. LOL Know what ya mean.

Have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

LOL, Why i,d have tater pancake,s ready ta roll. ;D

[Kyhome]

Tater cakes ready to roll and hit the skillet, now that would be a good thing MrgreenJeans. OK Stella I am thinking no more snow to mount ta anything but maybe another cold snap or two be4 its back to sweating weather. Hope everyones gardens due wonderfull this year. Rick

[bookwormom]

sounds like you all are done with the cleaning up chores from the ice storm. I took a picture of four inches of snow on my blooming daffodils. at least it does not last long this time of year. I guess we have to take what comes and make the best of it. I am planting my peas on fools day. MIL says they will catch up with yourn. wanna have a pea race?
We have the craziest chickens. Husband made them a little chickengate at the back fence so they can get out to the pasture and the woods. Not one has gone out yet,and it has been there two weeks. . I put the food and water right there. I put some manure there so they will scratch around and find the hole. nope. they have not even touched the manure. all they have on their little brains is to get out and into my garden. I guess I have to get up really early tomorrow morning, carry each one over and push her through. Maybe they will catch on.
well, we are still cutting up big branches and piling up burnpiles. When you are surrounded by woods in an icestorm the whole periphery of every piece of cleared land needs to be cleaned up. I am afraid we stillhave weeks of work from this. just hauling in all the piles of firewood here and there and everywhere. The cabbages are up, (cone shaped, round, and purple) so is broccoli, the peppers are stirring. I got lettuce and green onions growing in two big mortar tubs. That ought to fool the moles. I might pull a few onions in a day or two.

[MrGreenJeans]

Luck ta all the gardener,s this season. Peach tree,s and red bud will be out by the end of the week. They got hit last year. Expect it will happen agian.

[MrGreenJeans]

Helllllooooo! Every one. ECHOOOOOOO! ;D

[sbemt456]

Hello all, we are all well here, just wet and cold. Dang I thought spring was here already. Got a feelin we are in for a wet spring. But it will make for a good garden season again. Am hearing on the news that somewhere in Ky we had tornados last night, hope its not true, although we did get some wind last night. And a bunch of rain. Guess we have the spring storm season to go yet. So everyone dig in, and hang on it will all be over soon.

Have a great day!

stella

[gwhilikerz]

Saturday we had several funnel clouds here in western KY. Corydon was hit pretty hard. Lots of wind and thunderstorms, complete with hail. Then the temps dropped yesterday and we had a few snow flurries. Today the sun is shinning and 60 degrees. Another storm system moves in tonight so who knows what we will get.

[MrGreenJeans]

Howdy all, Wet and cool, dry and warm, warm wet dry and cool, ky. weather. It,s spring. Still looking for that first shroom.

[sbemt456]

And let there be rain. We got a good deal of rain here in the east and some flooding in small streams, nothing to write home about. Is this our redbud winter or is it too early? I think our fruit trees survived the cold and snow last week. In our town we got some 2 inches of wet snow that melted by evening. Hope all our fellow Kentuckians have survived the severe weather today.

Happy Easter and have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Hey yall, Had some of that white stuff the other day to. Just to wet for planting. It will go in the ground when dry enough. The pea,s and cabbage seem to love it. Found 11 dryland fish yesterday. ;D It has began.

[bookwormom]

it is soggy and cold. I got a fire going and tomorrow is supposed to be a good day for planting corn and beans, according to the sign, but not according to the weather.
Mr.green jeans, I would like to learn to find morels,but have never found one in my life. what kind of place do they like to grow in? Of course if it is woods I might as well forget it. Our woods look so bad a cat could lose her kittens.

[Kyhome]

Howdy folks hope everyone’s a doing ok. Another cold and dreary day here, but they keep saying more sunshine is a coming I am ready. Never have hunted them Morels either but I have been lucky enough to have eaten a bunch fried in a little butter they sure are tasty.

[MrGreenJeans]

Howdy yall, I don,t have enough tec sense to put up a thread on them. Just got a cell phone about 6 month,s ago. ::) Yep i was draged into the 20th century a kicking and a screaming. I look around water and popular, apple, cherry, tree,s also later in the season on oak ridge,s. Look on The Great Morel Home Page. Great info there and a selection of state forum,s to look on. Read every thing you can on them if you can get someone to show you one or two. There is a false morel out there. If you find a few easy to know the real ones. Just be very careful when gathering mushroom,s. The wrong one can put a hurting on ya. I hope you can get started on them but it is addictive once ya start. I,ve found many in the worst whiterose patche,s ya ever saw. Looked like i tried to put a wildcat in a onion sack at the end of the day. Edge,s of stream,s and river bank,s a really good spot,s. Scymore tree,s do well for me. Enjoy and be safe a hunting. well worth the effort to me anyway. :)

[bookwormom]

well, I was at the Amish country store today and the guy who hauled our bull for us was there and had three morels in a poke. so i got a good look.
Well, I think I know where I should look, but heck, nobody has cleaned up over there.
so have you all started putting your gardens out? I planted cabbage and broccoli yesterday.
this kind of weather should be just perfect.
Feathertoes (hen's name) hatched out 12 doodles. It does not take much to make us happy.

[MrGreenJeans]

Yesterday evening about dark came on 5 within 40 ft. of the 4wheeler. I,d been looking for an hour in that area. Just did not think ta look close by where i parked at. Tall stalk ones with small cap,s on um. Got some polk ta get tomorrow, been watching it for a wk. about 6 inches tall now. Going ta plow a lot in the morning 80x80. 100 lb,s tater,s hopefully in the ground bout mid day. Pea,s are11 inches tall, onion,s and lettuce are doing well. 9 early cabbage looking good, if them dang rabbit,s will leave it alone. A friend had his eat off twice this year already. It,s a trying ta dry up, a little. If they don,t go in tomorrow it,s gona rain sunday nite. Least that,s what cousin jim say,s.

[sbemt456]

Well we have rain again here. Just wondering if the rain will visit us enough this summer to produce good gardens and such. In our area it is time to have corn and beans in the ground, but its to wet to plow and I cant dance. So guess we will wait for another dry spell. But after this rain everything is so green and beautiful here. Yet another one of Gods many miracles.

Have a great day!

stella

[Kyhome]

Last two days it has poured buckets. today is a looking good even seeing a little sunshine this morning. have fun everyone and best wishes with the planting. Rick

[Kyhome]

Dangit that didn't last long cloudy and raining like mad. oh well. Rick

[MrGreenJeans]

Turned out to be cool, windy, but very nice today. A little trip to the top of the hollar netted 18 morel,s. Only 9 not dried up. Cut the dry one,s in half and layed them under leaf,s in the edge of the bottom. I have had them to come up like that. Weather hold,s out. We will get tater,s out.

[gwhilikerz]

Is it going to stop raining any time soon? Or do we get the animals lined up 2 by 2?

[MrGreenJeans]

I have my boat tied up in the drive way just in case. ;) Naw not that bad yet but i would like to see a little break. We are getting one now but won,t last long. Giving more soon to come. Right about the time it,ll start to dry up. Here it,ll come back. I did get some tender treat corn and white cornfield bean,s in, two kind,s carrot and beet,s out. Another onion and lettuce bed. We have two and a half inch,s so far. Not as bad as some place,s with 3 to 5 that,s a bit much i reckon.

[sbemt456]

(Tossin out floaties) Well we had corn and beans and some other stuff planted, maybe its still there some where. Guess we will just harvest where ever it grows. We got some hard rain but in the river bottoms it drains pretty good so maybe......We are very blessed to have a river farm that get moisture and drains well even in rainy seasons like we have had.
We have bunches of plants that need transplanted to the big garden soon as it dries a little. All the other berries and plants that were planted around in other areas of the farm are doing well. Now if I could just figure out how to keep the moles or something from eatin my onions I would be doing really well.

Have a great day and stay dry!

stella

[Kyhome]

Stella not sure the floaties will be enough, dang it its raining again today and forecast call rain and thunder storms next two. I am wanting to go camping and fishing this weekend without the rain. oh well I be a going anyway just sure would be nicer if it was dry. Rick

[sbemt456]

Well Im thinkin we either gonna drown or freeze to death here. It is down right cold for the middle of May. Only 45 degrees and a frost advisory for tonight. I can tell ya if it frosts I am givin up the garden this year. It has survived the rains, but frost I jus dont know. The grass sure is pretty for what thats worth.

Have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

37 here this morning, heavy dew, a lot of fog, but no frost. Covered the mater,s. One more to get through tonight. Hope it,s the last, 37 on the 18th may just ain,t right. I did pick a two peck bucket full of sugar ann,s yesterday. Peas and new tater,s cornbread. I ate to much i did. Well weed eating mite burn some of it off today, some of it anyway. :)

[bookwormom]

we are in a frost pocket and there was light frost on the cars.

[bookwormom]

how is everyone in Kentucky? Got enough rain and how is your garden? Are the chickens still laying and the strawberries ripe?

[Kyhome]

Doing pretty good here. the maters and peppers are coming up good it seems. the weather man yesterday said we are still short three inches of rain fall. who would have figured. It sure is getting harder to find time getting in here with all the projects going. Hope everyone is well and doing great. take care Rick

[sbemt456]

Well hope no one got the severe weather that was forecast for this evening. We have had enough rain to make the gardens grow good and the weeds. Its constant weeding, hoeing and plowing between wet spells here. But cant complain, we have so far been successful with the garden not getting washed away. Good time to get the herbs cut and dried so they will be done before everything else is ready.

Have a great day!

stella

BTW Rick was that you over there <<<<< on your post?

[bookwormom]

About the same here. But I am having conniptions, or whatever it is. I would like to propose we have a poll on what is the worst weed. My money is on saw briar. I cleaned out a bed of poison ivy today and it is like stealing candy from a baby by comparison. Is there nothing that gets rid of sawbriar. ( gritting my teeth and pulling my hair) My asparagus bed is being overrun with it. If those tubers they make were at least edible. If you do not have sawbriars give thanks to the Lord and rejoice.

[sbemt456]

Bookwormom I have sympathy for ya. Those things are a pain in the ankles too. If I am not mistaken the roots were originally used in "root beer". Along with red sassafras, jus dont remember what else and how much went into it.
Well the worst we have here in the garden is morning glories. Some of the garden is in a new area that was sod last year and the things have taken over and may work me to death this summer. *The second on the list is what we always called swamp grass, a tough pale colored grass that ya just cant get rid of.
Even with all the rain here this year the herbs are ready to be cut and dried. And gosh lemon balm has a zillion uses. Got the tarragon dried already and the oregano is in the dehydrator. Next will be sage and basil.

Have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Howdy all, thing,s are looking up in the garden. We are starting to dry up a little now. Replanting tater,s they did get to wet. Corn, bean,s maters, beet,s cuke,s melons, carrot,s cabbage doing good. The peas have done past it for sure. Gallon,s of sugar snap,s and the old fashion peas will have more than enough, trade, sell and giving away peas this year. Cool and wet seams to suit them. Still have more corn and beans ta put out.

[bookwormom]

something ate my two rows of peas, i counted and there are eleven plants left. too hot to replant probably. I planted another patch, about seven tiller rows, in buckwheat. most of my beets got washed out, my second planting of corn looks good so far, hope nothing eats it. we ate the first broccoli two days ago. should have planted more.
Stella, at least morning glory makes pretty flowers and does not cut up your ankles and your hands. how often have I reached into a clump of weeds and it was in there and cut me up.
I managed to clean out a bed of poison ivy without getting any. with short sleeves. I put a heavy layer of olive oil on my arms, on every bit of skin. put on gloves of course. After i was done I washed the oil off with dish soap.I read that the poison ivy poison is an oil so I figured the dishsoap should get it off. Looks like it did.

[MooseToo]

now here's something that should be of interest to all of us here in ky - especially us gun-toting, bible-believeing, constitution- reading radicals -

http://www.randpaul2010.com/

[Kyhome]

Just stopping in to say howdy to all the hillbillies hope everyone is a doing well. Rick

[MrGreenJeans]

Howdy yall, been looking at the rand paul thing for a while now thinking about it. I dropped by to give a hollar. The pea picking thang is a killing me. :) To much of a good thang almost 6 bushel so far (crap). I like eating them and growing them but that middle thang can get rough. Keep waiting for them to jump off the vine in to the bucket it just ain,t happening. ;)

[sbemt456]

Its hard to believe we had 2 days in a row with no rain. Gosh now its time to mow and work the garden. Had a few days of oppressive heat and humidity. Today was rather nice to be out and get a few things done. Looks like will be lots of wild berries this year again.

Have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Dang hot i reckon, frist day to work the garden in a while. Was weed free i think i planted something in there somewhere. A little tillering and i found it. Smelled a copperhead this evening, it,s in there somewhere i,ll find it soon i hope. That sweet sour cumber was strong. Smell it once you won,t forget it. Looking forward to the berries this year. Kentucky, born here, raised here, and if i,m lucky i,ll be planted here. It will be an honor. Hi ya all.

[gwhilikerz]

It was 96 here yesterday, with heat index of 106. I have to admit I did my 3 mile walk and then sat under the ac most of the rest of the day.
I know that "sour sweet cumber" smell very well. When you smell it you better be looking around.

[sbemt456]

I stumbled across this today when doing a search for something else and thought I would share with fellow Kentuckians. Some of you may already know about it but has some good info. http://kentucky-preppers-network.blogspot.com/

Have a great day!
stella

[bookwormom]

Didn't know there was such a thing. thanks stella

this morning was the most beautiful morning of the whole year so far. The air was like champagne, temperature just right, everything looked lovely and fresh washed, birds singing, Brownie acting normal again ( did you ever have a cow with PMS?), milking a content cow under a tree is a peaceful activity, Feathertoe's boys practicing crowing while sitting on the wheelbarrow Brownie is eating out of, too funny, this is what we dream for the homestead life to be, then reality kicks in. got a canner of beans canned and 8 jars of dill pickles. then had to tackle my tiling job and remember , what can go wrong will, and what you don't know will hurt you and books do not tell you everything, especially the special challenge you have is not covered. Well, you know, if you don't have an education you've got to use your head. Here I go, using my head, a horse does not pull all the time and lunch sounds good right now. second ripe tomato, cucumbers, cabbage, onions, should make a great salad, bread from the freezer warming up for a sandwich.

[MrGreenJeans]

Dang, heres to ya. Sounds like a great day. On a scale of one to ten. A two or three in kentucky is better than anywhere else.Have a lot of green maters but no pickers yet. Cukes just setting on, corn tasseling out and beans a bloming. And it was a beautiful day in ky. Taking a break in the mist of everyday goings on, ain,t no crime. Sometimes its required of us, standing back and looking at something after its boogerd up can sometimes present a soulition for it. I says get a bigger hammer. ;D If your canning already i,am jealous.

[MrGreenJeans]

Hows the blackberries in your part of kentuck. Mixed in the east where i,am at. Every now and then you can find a patch with some nice ones. Were having what i,ve heard called a three seeder year. A lot of smaller fruit. Gona take a lot of sugar in them this year i think. Have a good one.

[sbemt456]

Hello all! Hope everyone that needed it got a lil shower of rain today. We had some, enough to make the garden say "thanks". I have been picking cukes and making pickles, had many squash to process, lots of peppers, a few beans and NO corn. Dang it! And thas what I needed in the freezer most. The blackberries are starting to ripen good and I have already picked a few gallon and froze them. Will decide later on what exactly I want to make with them. Good thing I did lots of canning last year. Really dont think I am going to have too many tomatoes this year either. Am thinkin we have blight in them from all the wet weather.

Have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

My heart goes out to you. we never had corn on this place, but this year we are getting good little ears. we got a good rain three days ago and I am thankful. the weeds are loving it. I am mowing in between the rows, impossible to keep the weeds weeded.
Our thornless blackberries are having a ripe one here and there. the wild patch is not ready. I hope to get a couple of pickings.

[Kyhome]

Howdy everyone, first post I think in this new format. Will be interecting to see if it works I guess. Been enjoying these crazy cool days. Getting some of the hottest banana peppers ever from the raised bed no maters yet but getting closer. Hope everyone is doing well. Rick

[bookwormom]

I wish this would become standard summer weather for Kentucky.
I planted three early girl tomatos from Lowes so we would have some early ones and heaven knows what they are. One looks like an Oxheart. We have been getting tomatoes since the first of July, not many, here and there one, but enough to spruce up a salad or a sandwhich.
My lovely cornpatch is a disaster area, (sob) coons have been having a great time and those beautiful big ears my main planting was making are all half eaten. I picked one up and ate the other half. such delicious corn. (sob)
Hope everyone is doing good.

[MrGreenJeans]

Was up till 2 am got up at 4:30 am this morning. Rough but the only way to keep my corn. It will come off any day yet. By friday at the latest i hope anyway. Picked 3 bushell beans yesterday few more matters. Have to pull the matters off before they ripen just starting to change color. If i don,t they rot, i put them in a weak bleach water about 1/2 cap for half a sink of water. Rinse and dry good. Put in a half box an they ripen nicely. A lot of extra stuff but i have to, to have any. Tough year for the gardener in ky. this year. I think its like that almost every where. Hope you all are faring better. Getting ready to pull all the half runner vines and put in fall beans, kinda late but none in the ground none on the table. Luck y,all. Sorry about the corn its a hard thing to find it like that one morning, i know.

[bookwormom]

Uh, you mean you sat in the corn patch? What if the coons had come at 3.15? I am just mad at my husband. I would have tied up the dogs by the garden, he put out a hava hart trap.
I guess with out sandy soil the weather has just been dandy. I just tilled two spots yesterday and want to plant more cukes and beans. I finally got summer squash. I think the chicks have something to do with it. they have been underneath the big leaves and so far not one of the plants has died. but they also eat the buds.

[MrGreenJeans]

Not in it . But i can sit on the porch and watch one end of it. I do walk about and check on other things to. I,ve seen coon,fox,yotes. Shot at the yote and missed, have a light taped to the forearm of a 12ga loaded with turkey no.5. Did not have the light before now. Looks like a real redneck thunder stick. It,ll come off the stalk in the morning. I,ll get a few pics and try to post them.

[Kyhome]

Thunder stick, I like the sound of that. Hope it works good enough to get your harvest in. This weather has been kinda nice.

Question anyone planning on running any of the 127 yardsale coming up in the nest few weeks? Rick

[MrGreenJeans]

O, you betchya, i,am the original bargian huntin bubba. Maybe i find me a new thunder stick. I will be looking for deals on hand and garden tools. Odds and ends, hardware and any other goodies i can find. Happy hunting.

[MrGreenJeans]

I,m back with a corny report, 28 dozen tender treat sweet corn off the stalk, cry little coons, find something else to snack on mr. fox. Dang it,s fair looking corn. Pics in the morning i,am one beat pup or smacked down old dog i reckon. I,am tickled 3 rows 50 ft. long. thats a fair harvest from such a patch, mind you there is still allmost that much on the stalk not filled out. They might get a taste of the left overs but the creams done in the shed. Gota say thats the one bright spot in a gloomy looking harvest.

[sbemt456]

Well I'm back from vacation and it has rained every day since. The garden is mud but I still have to get in there and harvest whats there. My corn was a flop by normal standards this year. Stalks were too small to make big ears, but I will take what I can get and wait on the late crop. But we are having enough to can and replace what we used last year. Good thing I canned about 600 jars of stuff last year. But the rain could slow for a bit if it would, we need to finish the root cellar and my canning kitchen. Not been too hot though, humidity is a little high for me but who can complain. It Kentucky, just hang out the weather will change in a bit.

Have a great day!

stella

[Kyhome]

I am planning on setting up in Liberty Ky at a friends store if anyones going to be going through the area. The stores name is the Second Time Around. Take care hope to meet a few fellow hill billies
Rick

[Kyhome]

Anybody have issues with all the rain we got this morning. The weather man said some areas in Louisville got from 3 - 6 inches in one hour. Most rain every recorded they said since 1897. Whole lot of flooded streets and a lot of folks basements filled with the wet stuff. Our place faired well only had issues getting thru water covered roads. Still checking on some family and friends. Take care all Rick

[sbemt456]

Wonder if it will rain? I think we have had our fair share and then some this summer. Hope it holds off for the big yard sale this weekend.
Rick, how far are you going to be from Frankfort? PM me if ya would, maybe we can stop by and say hello. I am planning on goin with my son and his girlfriend on Saturday. Not sure which direction or how far we will go, but who knows. I have never been to this thing so it will be a new experience.


Have a great day!
stella

[Kyhome]

Well as they say life happens. Not going to be going this year which is a big bummer. It is usually a lot of fun and good bargins to be found. Stella hope you are your group have a good and safe trip. Rick

[bookwormom]

well guys, I guess I am a day late and dollar short. have no idea what you are talking about. Saturday I had to take DD to the airport and now Ihave to do the milking by myself again. did you find any bargains Stella? Well, I went to the fleamarket in Leitchfield yesterday. bananas at 40 cents are a bargain, too.

[sbemt456]

Hey yall. Bookwormom we are talking about the "127 yard sale" that runs from Ohio to Alabama, It happens this weekend, August 7,8 and 9. Should be a lot of fun to say the least. I have never been so, add this to my list of new things tried or done. Think I will be on the prowl for some used kitchen cabinets to put in my summer kitchen, if it gets done this summer. Sure could use that thing if I had it.
The gardens here are about to wind down. Dang this has been a tough year for me to garden. Way too much rain in this area. Its cools off at night and forces the plants to mature too soon and they dont produce much.
Rosie do ya have a good recipe for passion fruit jelly? I found a bunch of plants in our field growing wild. Now to keep the bushhog out of em will be the trick.

Have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

I guess this yardsale did not get close to us. I never heard of it. hope you found what you are looking for.
my garden did a lot better than last year. that drought was just awful. The coons got the corn, and the taters are not worth crowing about, what a lot of work for so little. hardly worth to dig them up. Now I am curious how the ones in the barrels are doing.
well, I found out that cows like sweet potato vines.
first time I grew yellow crookneck squash, it looks pretty, I think I let it grow hard and use it for fall decorations.

[MrGreenJeans]

To much h2o this year. Fair to middling harvest, this has been a tough one. Wet, blight glad to get some stuff in this year. Watermelon,s look good but sunny dry weather is what they need to ripen, just haven,t had enough yet.

[bookwormom]

you all live in Ky right? well, l I have to roll out the gardenhose and irrigate the raspberries. watered the peppers and new cucumbers this morning. I am hoping we get a good rain. I must be in the driest spot in Ky. Even last year, places around got rain, I saw dark clouds all around but they never got here.

[MrGreenJeans]

I live in the southeast corner of old ky. The rain bump's them mt,s and seem's to hang around. We have had a crap load of it all year. Have you all had a lot of coon's around this year. In my area everbody is seeing them. Down low. Pesky little critter's.

[sbemt456]

We have really had more than our share of rain this year and it sure has made gardening hard. We started diggin potates this evening and they are not worth the effort. The kennebecs are small and few of them, the red pontiacs are some better. The rain kept the garden so wet and soft we couldnt get in to spray for the bugs and they destroyed the vines and without vines you have no taters. I think we decided to dig the red ones and leave the others in the ground, too much work for the turn out. But last year was a good year for gardens so we sure wont go hungry.:wink: Still got lots canned from last season and am so thankful I did.

Have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Like you all if i had not canned a large amount last year we would not have much this one. Think what a year or two like this one would do if backup store's run low. Not having a good harvest every time could put thing's in a diffrendt light. I think we are headed down that road. Quicker than any of us thought.

[sbemt456]

My dad alas said, "make hay while the sun shines". Can it up and preserve all ya can when there is a good harvest because there may not be one for a few years. So far the sweet taters are very promising, good size and lots of em, and they still have almost 2 months to grow.

Have a great day!
stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Your dad grew up like mine i'd say. If they did not put it up thing's got purdy slim in the winter. Dad said he's had cornbread and milk for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And was glad to have it. Time's were not always that tough for every one. Pappaw and mamaw liked each other a lot. Because they had 13 children. That's a passel of them. I come from a long line of farmer's and coal miner's. The idea of putting up stuff was always there. People just did it, no public dole to fall back on. It was prep, not for the end of the world but to make it till the next harvest. That has been lost around here for the most part. Folk's still do it but not near as many. Fast food and the microwave have gutted this culture.

[sbemt456]

Mr Greenjeans I totally agree with you. In our area there is too much of an "I deserve or Gimme" attitude. They have developed an attitude that the government will always take care of them. And all the old ways have been tossed aside and forgotten. I was raised a farmers daughter and dang proud of it. I am so thankful for the knowledge that my dad passed on to me. He lived through the Great Depression and did fine. The family raised most all of what they ate.They canned and preserved and did their own butchering and never went hungry. They lived the simple life, no debt, nothing fancy. But they were sheltered, fed and clothed. Dad would find public jobs in the winter when the farming was done for the year, and never had a problem doing so. I firmly believe that your reputation precedes you in life. That generation believed in hard work. If only we could instill that in the younger generation.

Have a great day!
stella

[bookwormom]

good luck, unfortunately good workethic does not come in a pill. my mom would say, first comes work and then comes play. It is the other way around now. we tried to hire a teenager, was difficult to get him to come, as he had to arrange his work time around his social life.
lovely day here today. I can't help it, this has been the nicest summer in a long time. my terrace gardens had no problem with the rain, I guess in a flat river bottom it is different. still, my taters are nothing to write home about either. and I picked all the bugs off by hand. it is bad when it takes three hills to get a mess for two people.
well, I just finished picking raspberries, I guess I am going to start up a quart of raspberry vinegar for a dear friend.

[sbemt456]

Dang I needed that shower! Well yeh I kinda do too, but the lil shower of rain we got today will help my late greens and lettuce and beets get goin before the cooler days of fall set in. And that is going to be very soon here I think. Our corn we use for cornmeal is almost hard enough to shell, so I think I will pick some off that has been damaged by the crows and feed to the chickens to fatten up a bit before butchering time.
Maybe jus sit on the porch with my cup o coffee and jus wait for the beauty of the changing trees of fall.

Have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

The garden is done for the most part. Still got taters toget out when the moons right. A few sweet taters to. Got five watermelons left in the patch. Sending three good ones already off to a local church, let them youngans dig in. Average weight 22 lbs. Not as good as last year. Smallest had 7, 8 pounders, give them to diffrent folks youngans, my grandbaby had a few personal eatin melons. Kids seem to like thier own little one sometimes. Four best a 44, 41, 36, 33, not realy that good since i grew 9 last year that averaged 44, a 53 pounder and a 50. I don't sell them , give them to friend's. Crimmson sweet seem to do good and taste killer. I know they grow prudy good here. Was kinda down on the harvest this year. Been tough thats for sure. All in all it's been a fair year for the rain we had. I count myself lucky to get in what i did. Can't wait for fall my time of the year. A1 on the coffee and kicking back at least for today.

[bookwormom]

no watermelons. the banana muskmelons are nothing to crow about. Who knows, you alls gardens probably did better than mine, but mine was so awful the last two years that it seems better this year. I did not get a single watermelon, checked today, they are blooming. I am pretty disappointed. aren't they supposed to like it in sandy soil? have not checked the sweet taters. I just burnt three brush piles and feel filthy. the turnips are coming up, have not noticed lettuce and radishes showing up. the collards are not showing yet either. Mice ate most of my seeds. do not keep seeds in a drawer in the toolshed. If the weather holds and we do not get early frost I might still get some tomatos. they are so high now the chickens can not get to them. Nice ones, too. big and not so rumpled as big tomatoes often are. the cucumbers in the new beds by the kitchen are loaded, beans coming along good, planning on fixing a mess tomorrow. I just opened a jar of pickled peppers this evening. Just right. I did not have a recipe and had to play it by ear. well, it is a lovely evening, half a beer on the porch sounds just right.

[MrGreenJeans]

Kicked back with a cold one this evening, what a fantastic evening. Cut a few locust tree's today, gona make some post's. Clearing a little more bottom. Made a little green on a trade today and in the process removed three old riding mower's. Hey, he gota deal i reckon. Looked at my unfinshed cabin today and D**** i,m gona finish it before the end of the year i reckon. Well gota take dad in the morning to get his eyeball cut. Hopefully he can see a little better anyway. Dad's what's left on my side i'll take care of him till i can't anymore. At 75 if not for his eye's he could kick my a** in the garden. He's taught me how to grow those 50 lb plus melon's. Hope he hang's around a while. Still gota lot to learn. Give someone a hug tomorrow, if they ask where that come from tellem MrGreenJeans put it on the list.

[bookwormom]

okay, will do Green jeans.
I'll say a prayer for your dad, and tell us what he told you about how to grow melons. mine did lousy.

[MrGreenJeans]

Thank's, Dr report today was very good so far it show's a 40% inprovement in vision. New glasses in 4 wks. Then the full effect should be known. Right now we are both happy camper's. OK melon's, i start out with a hole about 6 inches deep x 6 wide. Where the center of the hill is to be located, one hand full of 5-10-10 in bottom mix with dirt then3 tabelspoon's lime and 1/4 cup of powdered milk, and 3 large hand full's of cow patty, the real thing. I collect them while out 4 wheeling. Mix up purdy good and put about an inch or two of fresh dirt over it this is the center of the hill. I make half a hill then put a light covering of the cow patty, and finish the hill up. My hill's are about 16 to 20 inches tall and at least 2 1/2 across. These get 4 plant's most of the time i lose one any way. 4 max 2 min per hill. Next plastic my patch most time's it's 20x20. 6 hill's in it. When ready to put plant's in cut x's in top of hill's and plant.

[bookwormom]

powdered milk...who would have thunk it. I looked at my melon patch this morning and it is pityful. fist size watermelons that are supposed to be good sized. I planted a variety called black diamonds.
well, the amaranth I planted is starting to fall over. I have never planted it before and have to aks Martin how you know when it is ready for harvest. It sure grew tall, compared to the Watermelons it is doing splendid. well, we had a little thunderstorm this morning, rained a little but we sure could stand more. I am thinking of cutting down a couple of the bent over by the icestorm poplar trees so the goats can eat the leaves. I have to cut them down anyway, might as well now.
glad to hear your Dad's eye sight is improving.

[MrGreenJeans]

Thank's Those crazy melon's are taking a second growth and blooming. They should all be on the long side of down. Never had them do that this late. Weird stuff this year all around. I think mr. frost is gona sneak up early this fall.

[bookwormom]

I hope you are wrong Mr. Green Jeans. I have high hopes for a bunch of stuff still in the garden. lettuce is up nicely, so are radishes and turnips and collards.

well, I better get the cushaws in tomorrow. they always seem to do pretty good. still got a few scraggling butternuts. time to dig the maincrop of taters, too.
got to take my cow to the vet hopefully tomorrow. dear hubby is not milking her and he did not take my complaining serious enough, so I did some very serious complaining. she just has a couple of teat canals that are too narrow and need to be enlarged. I hope it works well without any complications.

[sbemt456]

Well ya can be sure those thunder boomers moved west to east. We got some in the early afternoon today. Just when the guys were getting ready to start work on putting the finish coat of cement on the root cellar. They decided to jus seal the holes on the interior walls where the forms were held together and let it be. The wall will be smooth enough to paint when they dry for a few days. Next we have to do the outside, then waterproof, lay drain lines around the base and back fill to cover it up. Hopefully will be done soon.
Our melons did ok, just that they are rotting where they are on the ground. It has been a strange growing season to say the least.
Bookwormom keep us posted on how ya girl does after her vet trip. I KNOW how long it took ya to milk, dang you are a patient person. Hope she does great and I know it will make your life easier.

Have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

this morning was just too lovely for words. I think Ky is prettiest on September mornings.

I am sure your cellar will turn out dandy, send us a picture if you can.
everyone have a great day

[MrGreenJeans]

I know it is weird but i love even the foggy rainy day's here. Guess i think the next sunny day will be even better. Started out crappy as heck thismorning fog then rain, well then sunshine and got to mow some. Starting to dark up a bit might rain agian, well that's kentucky and i like it. I bleed wildcat blue. O had a big stroke of luck yesterday my negihbor got a septic put in and i asked the fella how much he would charge to take a swipe or two. On the ground house start, charged me zero gave me one heck of a start on it. What he done in 15 min. would have taken me a week at least. Had to make him take $25. I think that was the least i could do. That's folk's around here most anywhere else they would have made a quick $50 or $75 to do that. I'll rember that boy he saved my a$$ on this one. That's ky. people.

[sbemt456]

Hello, hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful early fall weather. It has been just great here, not too hot and not too cool. The leaves are starting to fall, especially from the poplar and oak trees. The cooler temps have encouraged the grass to make seed heads even though it is short. In fall seems everything just moves at a little slower pace, even the animals.
Almost time to start mulching stuff in for winter and getting last minute things in the cellar and canned or frozen.

Have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

we got in firewood that we cut last winter after the icestorm, I burnt a few more brushpiles that had been overgrown a bit and somehow I got the biggest infestion of turkey mites I ever had. Company showed up so I forgot to take a bath right away. darn, it is no fun. Lanacain does help the itching.
I am glad we got a lot of wood in, nice and dry after weeks of dry weather. There is still a lot of damage out there. Husband has been cutting bent over young poplars that will never amount to anything, every day a couple, and the goats pig out on the leaves. sure can tell it in the milk production, too. Pastures have gotten awful dry.
we got a little over 3" of rain yesterday. what is the saying? when it rains it pours. would have been nice if it had been spread out a bit but we have to take what comes.
Garden is done for, husband is just a bit too careless with his critters. I am madder than a wet hen. He lets the cows into the yard to "eat the nice grass there" and then does not watch them enough, bingo, they are in the gardens, eat off the sweet tater vines, trumple over the cucumbers, did you know that ducks will eat off the bean blossoms, strip them all off. so do turkeys. I have nice we bean plant stalks out there. Most of my tomatoes this year, and they were nice, got ruined by chickens. If you hear that a mad women beat her husband to death with a tomatoe vine,well that was me.

[MrGreenJeans]

He! He! death by mater vine. That would be a rough lick. Still got a few carrot's, beet's and sweet tater's be out by middle of next week if the rain don't start agian. Instead of working on footer for cellar i,am fixing daughter's jeep. You would think a 03 would not have heating issues should be fixed by sunday evening. Then i can start on can house. To much to do and not enough time and every day is getting shorter.

[sbemt456]

Hello all, hope everyone is having a bountiful harvest to store for the season. We finally have our root cellar done and everything is in there. Now we need more shelves. This week I got mustard and turnip greens canned and blackberry jam made. Also made some cushaw butter las weekend. Fall is in the air. The trees are losing their leaves and it is a lil cooler. We had a good bit of rain today, so that should help the greens come back out and extend the harvest. I need to pick some pears to ripen for pear preserves. Fall is my favorite season in Kentucky with the trees changing and the cooler weather. Hope you all can take some time to enjoy the wonder of the season.

Have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

the dog chewed up our rain gage but a bucket I had outside is almost full. we got a lot over the last few days.
Stella, how do you make cushaw butter? I have a bunch of cushaws. got company this week, next week I might can some sweet sour like my mom does.
It just is too wet to tackle the sweet taters. Congrats on your root cellar Stella. I have two bushes of jalapenos, I guess I'll hang them up in the attic. the cows ate the tobacco. I figure they know what they are doing, probably self worming medicine.
the chickens have been getting up on the hoop and pecking the big tomatoes. some of feathertoes last brood, they are so spry and still little enough to get through goat fencing. Chickens that have been raised by a hen are half wild, no doubt. well , you all have a wonderful fall.

[sbemt456]

Hi everyone, hope all is well with the homesteads. Gosh I wish I had 2 bushels of jalapenos. Never had dried ones Rosie, but they are best pickled. I did have enough to make abut 4 pints of pickled ones this year. And if ya checked out my blog, the directions for cushaw or pumpkin butter is on there. And yes I canned mine, against USDA suggestions and alas have.:yes4:

We have been getting rain for the past few evenings. Warm and humid during the day and rain in the evening. But it does cool down nicely after the shower.

Have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

two bushes, not bushels. I gave half to hubby's brother and pickled the rest. a friend claimed they are good in scrambled eggs, so we tried that. this morning I saw a big blue heron catching sweet hubby's fish. I pulled the sheers back from the window and it flew. T
hat fellow must have good ears, eyes or both.

we had company and the lady really does not care for critters much and said a few things that I guess the cows did not like. you won't believe it, but it is true, Buttercup, our sweet, gentle Buttercup walked over to her and kicked her in the shin.
I still have half a dozen cushaws. Canned 30 pints of sweet sour pickled, one with ginger, one without.
I guess I'll make a batch of cushaw butter. Your recipe looks like my kind Stella. Nights are suddenly chilly, nice to sleep under an extra quilt. .

[sbemt456]

Hello all. Dang its fall already here. The trees are getting into their beautiful fall colors and the air is cooler. Seems as if all living things are making final preparations for a long winter. We have had rain showers for the past few days, nothing major, just gentle showers. Hopefully it settled in the dirt over the root cellar good and maybe the grass seed that was sown today by Jason1911 will come up before it gets too cold. Next dry spell we hope to get the sweet potatoes out of the ground and stored for winter. Then the corn will be picked for cornmeal and hominy. Maybe by then it will be time to snuggle in for winter.

Have a great day!

stella

[sbemt456]

Hope all our neighbors are safe tonight after most of the state being under a tornado watch most of the evening. The news had stated that there was a confirmed tornado in one county in the central part of the state. This is the first storm our area has had all year. We had rain this year but no storms. No I am not complaining. Am guessing its not too long till frost.

Have a great day!

stella

[PaulNKS]

Stella, I know I'm not in Kentucky but I read your posting. We had our first frost about a week ago. Last night it was 30, with a high today of 39 and freezing drizzle forecasted with possible snow showers tonight and tomorrow.

What would bet that it's coming your way? LOL

Paul

[MrGreenJeans]

Howdy all, gona have a frost by this weekend. Opening blackpowder sat. forcast of 35 in the morning the high only in the mid to low 50s. Can't wait. I can smell the tenderloin and cathead's now gravy on the side.

[sbemt456]

We have had a couple frost, although lite ones a few weeks ago, then some really nice weather. Just hope that wasnt our Indian summer. Should would like to have had a few more days of that. It has rained most all day. The ground is soggy and we still have 3 rows of sweet taters to dig. And the bread corn to pick. I had some projects I wanted to complete this week but that wont happen. The beautiful fall colors are fading fast and turning into brown on the ground. Hope everyone is all set for a long winter.

Have a great day!

stella

[whtdragn]

yeah we have had some frost already but nothing to hard. Love the cold weather.

[sbemt456]

Ya can sure tell its close to winter now. The clouds today looked like they could dump some ugly weather and finally did start to sleet. Only lasted a few minutes and then turned back to a light rain but none the less it did sleet. High temp today was 60 which made the sun feel really nice. Not good weather for any outdoor projects, but good soup weather. If only I could peel taters with one hand, tater soup sounds really good.

Have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Howdy all, we have had a hard frost for the last 3 day's. 30 this morning 27 yesterday. A little cool in the morning's here. We did not see anything but a few shower's yesterday. 14th is opening gun for deer and i,am low on venison. A friend of mine burnt his hand bad a few years ago and he took a 12" long section of 2x6 (non treated) and drove a large nail in the center. Impaled the tater on it, cut the top and sides then done the bottom. Use that as seen on tv thang to dice them and cooked them up. Might work for you. This is tater soup weather hope ya get some made.

[bookwormom]

guys, hasn't this been the most beautiful. Blue skies and the most gorgeous fall foliage. I was so glad I could see it from my window when I was laid up. Air like a crisp apple. DH put a chair out for me so I could sit for a while and watch the critters enjoying the pasture.
Well, if you can't use your foot you have to use your head. This morning I got breakfast fixed and dishes washed. My little bench is coming in handy. I can kneel with one leg and stand with the other and scoot the little bench where I need it. doing something makes you feel a lot better. This time of year I just have a hankering for apple brown betty. Would not want any when the strawberries are ripe.
Neighbors have been bringing us supper this past week and I have half a chicken left.
I guess some rice and vegetables and 'fricken chicassee" for tonight.

did you get your tater soup made Stella? I think you are worse off than I. (Wouldn't we be great on Hee Haw or something).
you all have a great day

[sbemt456]

Its cold an I aint ready! We had a good frost last night with a temp of 31 here at our house, the coldest one so far. Finally got all the sweet taters dug, 4 more bushels of white ones. Guess we can eat sweet taters if things get really tough. lol Tomorrow we are going to pick the corn for cornmeal and get it stored to dry. I still dont have my mulching done. Not a lot can be done with one wing.
Yeh Rosie I think we make a fine pair. Sure hope you are recovering well. BTW I found that they used crazy glue on my incision. I think it is called something else, but seemed like crazy glue to me. It finally peeled off today. Am doing OK, just limited movement and very sore, still good deal of pain. But Im thinkin it will grow back.
Well our wonderful governor in all his glory decided to rename the Christmas tree in the capital a Holiday tree to pander to the left. He got more calls and flack from constituents than he could handle so he figured it was in his best interest and that of other elected ones to back up and continue calling it a Christmas tree. Guess we have to stand for something or we really will fall for anything.

Have a great day!

stella

[sbemt456]

Dang the weather has been nice for the past few days here. Sunny and warm for a mid-November. Tomorrow is opening day of modern gun season for deer hunters. Am sure hoping they all have good luck but I think its a little too warm for the deer to be moving much. Sure wish I could be among those but not so sure I will ever be able to hunt again. We hunt for the meat not the trophy anyway. I did see about 19 wild turkeys in our garden this afternoon tho. Am thinkin those would be good for thanksgiving dinner. Hmm, maybe a booby trap.

Have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

alll summer I saw wild turkeys galore in the lower pasture, scratching the cow patties, but the moment turkey season starts they seem to dissappear from the face of the earth. Our neighbor just shot a seven ender with bow and arrow. We have to have our two year bull butchered and I would not mind trading a little deer meat for beef. the weather has indeed been just so wonderful. I sat on the wall of my latest little terrace garden yesterday, resting my leg and watching the ducks on the pond. Most of the leaves are down though, I can see to the bottom of the woods on the hillside.
turnips, radishes and some lettuce is about the only stuff we get out of the garden. cabbage worms ate the kale. I am a bit mad at hubby's chickens , first they scratch up my plantings and then they don't eat the cabbage worms.

[MrGreenJeans]

Howdy all, hope every one is doing better and looking forward to turkey day. Just giving a big HAPPY THANKSGIVING to everybody in old kentucky and the boards to i reckon. Try a big ol deep fried bird this year and ya will not go back. Ok they still fix one in the oven and i deep fry a breast or small bird but they eat mine first and then start on the other. Off to try and invite bambi to dinner, y'all be good or at least be good at it.

[sbemt456]

I think we have gotten a lil closer to winter here in Kentucky this week. It has been colder, the heat is running more today than usual. I have noticed the squirrels making more dashes from the ground to the trees totin more provisions for winter. The wild turkeys are out more grazing in the fields. And the cold weather should make the deer easier to find and harvest. Hubby got 2 the first weekend of season. Those will be skinned and cut for the freezer this coming week. The boys will likely be out this weekend also. As for me, I'm stayin right here where its warm.

Have a great day!

stella

[sbemt456]

Alright somebody been messin with the thermostat around here. Dang it got cold quick. Got out this morning and it almost felt like a spring morning with the wind blowing and about 60 degrees here, then it got cold again after the sun set. For some silly reason I ignored the forecast for high wind today and didnt make sure things were tied down around here. So I lost a post that was holding up a temporary fence to keep the chickens out of my onion bed and now the fence is down. Cant let the pullets out in he evening cause ya jus know that is the only place they will scratch. We had rubber roofing over the area in front of the cellar over the compost and manure we put there, needless to say all that got scattered about. Just enough stuff blown over to annoy but no major damage around our place like there was in other areas of the county.
But I think this cold snap will make for better deer hunting this weekend when muzzleloader season opens. We shall see if the great white hunter comes home with anything this trip.:yes4:

Have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

well, we keep the fire going, it looks lovely outside, but if you go out it freezes your face off. It proofs the saying, Looks are deceiving.
Hope all you Ky neighbors are keeping warm and snug.
I just got some real good cider, you all come over and I heat some on the stove.

[MrGreenJeans]

15 here this morning, kinda chilly to say the least. Should have the same in the morning. Looking forward hunting in the morning. Good luck to all the bambi busters tomorrow.

[sbemt456]

Hello neighbors. Sure hope everyone has their firewood in the dry and got plenty of food in the pantry as they are predicting snow for the weekend. And danggummit we are gonna need to be out in the mess if it snows as our youngest son is graduating for Eastern Kentucky University. He is the first in hubbys family to graduate from college and we are very proud of him.
At least Jason will be home for the holidays and not on the road trucking. Its nice to have the cubs in the den for a lil while. Makes me feel good to spend time with those fine young men.
I went this evening to pick Jason up in Winchester at the truck stop and it was 9 degrees warmer there than it was here at our house. But its winter so we can expect that I guess.

Have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Howdy all Kentucky, were ready for it 8-12 inches of the white stuff a comming our way. Can't wait, ready to hunt the final two day's of blackpowder season. If we get it enjoy and be safe.

[sbemt456]

Howdy ya'll! The rest of the snow we get this year will be boxed and shipped to someone who wants it. I am done with snow for this year. We got about 4 inches or so here, the wet heavy kinda that is treacherous to drive in at best. It brought down power line in our county with like 7000 people without power for a couple days, an that was the population of the whole county. lol We lost power at our house in the wee hours on saturday and it finally came back on this morning about 8 am. We can survive without power but dang it sure is nice to be able to heat the WHOLE house and have lights. lol
Now what are we havin fer lunch...................
Hope all is well with the rest of our neighbors in the state. From the news east of us they are still digging out.

Have a great day!

stella

[Grizzy]

(set'n Stelly down inna chair.. Put'n bearpaw slippers on her an mittens on her paws, an dig'n out her frilly wooly warms, wrap'n a fuzzy scarf aroun her naik, pull'n a furry hat down obber her haid, wrap'n a warm blankey aroun da shoulders and hand'n her a cuppa hot tea anna warm baloooberry muffin.. pat'n her onna haid... hand'n the boyz snaoooshovuls...)

poOf!

[sbemt456]

Ah how sweet of muh grizzy fren! *point'n, the whip is hangin there on the wall. Make em work hard. lol

Have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

O Well no deer hunting for me, our power has been off for the last 3 day's. It's on now they done a good job. They were up to 15,000 with out best i can tell so far. We were warm, dry, had light's and hot food every meal and helped the neghibors get by. I,ve had very little sleep the past few day's. Lord i hope the shtf don't ever happen, i don't think i could take it. No one and i mean no one was ready for any thing except what i had done and it made a huge diffrence, i think it has opened a lot of eye's and this spell was a good thing. It has a lot of folk's thinking now. Basic food,water,heat and light's doing without these a day or two i think has been good for my neghibor's. They have asked about generator's long term fuel storage and food. I really think this made a diffrence it will help me out in the future when it does get rough. The better prepared they are the better it will be on me. Have a merrychristmass in case we loose it agian for a day or two.

[sbemt456]

Mrgreenjeans its good to see you have gotten dug outa the snow. That was a nasty one, treacherous drivin if ya had too. We were without power for the better part of 2 days. Prolly a good thing it wasnt too cold. We have decided that we will have a different heat system before next winter. Am thinkin an outside woodfired furnace like we used to have at the old log house.But we survived it as well. This time.

Have a great day!

stella

[sbemt456]

Well it has been raining here with some big ole snow flakes in there once in a while. We are supposed to have some bitter cold and nasty weather this week and weekend so we are at least better prepared than we were this past weekend. We did purchase another generator today and are better set for this round, at least I hope we are anyway. This weather makes me want to make a big kettle of soup and jus sit by the fire and reflect on the past year and think about what I can get into come spring. Hope all is safe and warm this holiday season.

Have a blessed Christmas and Happy New Year!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Howdy y'all just got the cabel back 30 min. ago. I lost it less than a half hour after my last post. Hope everyone had a great christmass and have a happy newyear. Not sure how long it will stay up this time.

[sbemt456]

Heres wishing all my fellow Kentuckians a wonderful Happy New Year. I think January is going to come in like a lion, so that means it will go out like a lamb. Well thas the old saying anyway. We are supposed to get some really cold weather this weekend, actually starting tonight. Hope ya have plenty of firewood and food in for the cold spell. I think we will be ok for a good bit now.
So till next year, stay safe, healthy and happy. Hope 2010 is better for all of us.

Have a great year!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Howdy y'all are ya ready, it's coming back. They are giving up to 10'' of the white stuff. I look for around 6-8 maybe. We got the grub,water,heat bring it on. We can't stop it anyway. We had around an inch or two last few day's not much but it's been cold, don't mind the temp. but hate that wind chill's my old bone's. Hope y'all stay warm.

[sbemt456]

Yes I think it is time to hibernate again. I hadnt been off the place for over a week til today. Wouldnt have went out today except I had a doctor and dentist appointment. We got heat, food, water and a means to get more, so let it snow. I dont mind it as long as I dont have to leave the farm.

Have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

Chickens standing on the manure pile, fluffing out their feathers and warming their feet. It has been down to 5F . I always get such an urge to cook a big dinner when it is cold and snowy. got chicken roasting and making German potato salad. the nice thing about Kentucky, we get the four seasons and when it does snow I really enjoy it, but it is a good feeling to know it is not going to last until May and come middle of March we will be planting taters. DH just went up to the barn. I was going to take pictures of the lambs yesterday, now we know that Gertrud did have triplets. As I was snapping, DH said, hey, there is one extra. Emma just had twins, had twin goat babies on the eighth and water frozen to the bottom. Husband is working hard to carry warm water to the critters and I can not help carrying buckets. Well, throw another log on the fire. Keep warm and snug

[sbemt456]

Hey neighbors, hope you all are staying warm. Dang we had some snow cover for a while then most of it melted here yesterday. Now we are back to mud. We do have a good brisk breeze blowing today tho that makes it feel colder than it really is. The thermometer says its 34 but I think it lies as bad as the weather man. lol
Rosie glad ya had more lil babies. Just hope Sam can keep em all warm in this cold. Am thinkin of lambnappin on my next pass thru there. They are so precious. lol

Have a great day!

stella

[sbemt456]

Is it spring yet? The temps sure indicate spring is around the corner. So nice and warm but the mud is awful around the farm. I let the chickens out early today. They seem to enjoy the sunshine. And so did I while I was out there. With the wet ground I am thinkin it might be a good time to sow some grass seed in the yard in the bare spots. But patiently we wait for spring and garden season.

Have a great day!

stella

[SamS]

Hey from a new KY boy here. I'm east of Owensboro about 12 miles. Anyone nearby? Don't know about y'all but I'm ready for warmer weather.

[bookwormom]

well hi Sam and welcome here. You may be the first one from yor neck of the woods,

I am looking forward to planting, but in the meantime, I am so far behind with my winter work plans that I am feeling panicky. Back to painting.

[SamS]

Thanks bookwormom. I hear ya on the winter work being behind. Haven't had time to do much of mine at all. At least the sun's up a little more everyday. That's what I tell myself on those really cold days at work. Looking forward to being a part of the community here.

[sbemt456]

Well fellow Kentuckians, do ya think we are gonna get some rain? :shout: We have had enough here to settle some of the mud, but gosh it is so sloppy out there. I think I can deal with the rain better than the snow and ice. The temps havent been too bad. But when its warm I want to play in the dirt. I think I have been inside long enough now. I got my garden seed order in an am so ready to see things grow.But with mud and cold weather coming this weekend I guess all that will wait a while longer.
Welcome Sam and hope ya learn lots here like we all have.

Have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Howdy, it was so warm today had to start the lawnmowers and tillers, even the weedeaters. Bet everyone around thought i was off the deep end. Nothing new i reckon. 56 here today lord it was like summer to me today. Then around 4 it started to rain like pouring IT outa a boot. ;D Starting winter back in a day or two i reckon. It was nice while it lasted, mothernature is just a dang tease.

[sbemt456]

MrGreenJeans count ya blessings if it just started raining around 4. It has rained here since about 3 am this morning and it has been heavy rain too. The creeks are all up a good deal and the river is rising pretty fast. Our thermometer said 63 today on the back deck with it raining. Very much like spring outside but too wet to get out and do anything today. And they are saying winter is gonna make another pass this week.
If the bad weather holds till the first of February then the end of February should be nice. The old saying is "If February comes in like a lion it will go out like a lamb". If we can make it till march. :wink: Then we arent far from spring.

Have a great day!

stella

[raktrakr]

Looks like we might be in for some big snow if the patterns dont shift

[MrGreenJeans]

Ol jimmie boy on wymt said one model said maybe 2 ft. of the white stuff. I,am glad the weather man's alway's wrong. I think it will be a wet sloppy quick coating. Not over an inch or two, maybe.

[sbemt456]

LOL Funny how the only liars we really like are weather men. We had a coating of snow on the deck earlier and now it is all melted off. I am ready to be done with this stuff for this year.

Have a great day!


stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Batten down the hatches and get the sleds out. Ol jimmy boy was only half way right. Any where from 6-10 inches, not to bad as it could be but it ain't here yet. I kinda had the feeling winter was a long way from done with us. Were in the south east end of KY. but on the north end of the predicted 6-10" we most times get a little more anyway. It's y,all in middle Tenn. that's the main target zone. If the power stays on this time, i,am kinda looking forward to this one. The grandbaby loves snow and she ain't been sledding yet. Gona get her a pink one today. Snowman time. Y,all be safe, warm and snuggle up.

[bookwormom]

May your dreams come true greenjeans. hope you have a great time with your grand daughter.
I do hope we get some snow, ( I know Stella, I know). My plan is, to fill up plastic grocery sacks and put them in the freezer. any empty space. will my grandson be surprised this summer when we have a snowball fight.

[sbemt456]

Well the snow has arrived. Its started here about 7 pm this evening, just a light snow so far. But dang it is cold outside. Just 25 degrees on the back deck. Rosie thas a good idea to freeze the snow for the summer. Am pretty sure we all will want it then. And the grandson will sure get a kick out of that.
Everyone stay safe an warm.

Have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Brrrrr! 8 this morning, that's kinda cool even for a Kentucky winter, ended up with 8 1/2" of the white stuff. The secondary roads are still white, they plowed and salted the road around 4 this morning, might help later but at these temp,s salts no good. Hope everybody's warm.

[bookwormom]

well, it was exactly zero at seven o'clock this morning. Seven inches is all we got. I got a good workout, shoveling paths over to the garden to get to the pigs. out to the henhouse, up to the goat shed, the hay barn and then I was finished. so since the weather was suitable I rearranged the freezer in the garage this morning, put all the stuff that belongs together in winebottle boxes (got the boxes minus the wine) and put 5 bags of snow in the empty spots.
got a big pot of soup on for tomorrow, beef and turkey gizzards, cooked some squash to make pumpkin pies tomorrow, so we are all set.
I have no idea how the roads are since we can't get out anyway. I have enjoyed being snowed in. we are four thenth of a mile from the mailbox, and I am sure our out of the way gravel road is not on the priority list. all the critters have been mighty surprised.
well, we are holding our breath, our momma goat just can't last much longer. One of our goats that really did not look so big yet, had a couple of babies over in the woods and we never noticed it and locked her up for the night. That is what we get for watching the wrong goat. We think our Great Pyrs stayed with the little ones in the cold of the night. Can't prove it but we like to think so.
well, keep snug and warm

[sbemt456]

The snow came in a hurry an is leaving just as quick. We only had temps in the low 20's with the storm and got 7 inches of light fluffy snow. Today it was well above freezing and most of the snow has melted, you can see the mud in more places than snow. Although there are a few hills on our road that are shaded that will be really slick for several more days. Rodger shoveled the back deck an front porch off yesterday and Luna loved playing in the snow and having him toss shovels of snow on her. The cats, not so much. They prefer the non-snowed places.

Have a great day!

stella

[sbemt456]

Well looks like its back to the shed to get the shovel out and put it by the door. Just in case this new band of weather swings a lil more south. I think we have ducked the bigger storms in our area this year but we still got more snow than I had ordered. With just a few days of no snow I noticed the onion grass is growing in the yard. The chickens sure do like it. I would much rather sweat in summer, I much prefer that to snow and ice, at least right now. This summer I will say the opposite. :dirol:


Stay warm and safe, Have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

snowing again here. I wish what we had would have stayed on the ground. I hate this sew sawing, snow, melt, mud, rain, start over. Come over Stella, I'll challenge you to a snowball fight.

Haven't done a thing yet today, except the essentilas. this snow makes me lazy. Just went and took pictures of it. I am comfy, I can get warm easier than I can get cool.

[sbemt456]

Rosie no fair throwing snowballs at a one armed bandit. lol I am pretty sure I would lose that battle. We had snow las night, sleet this morning, and rain today, now we are back to snow and some light wind. We are supposed to get some pretty harsh wind tonight I think. I am perfectly happy to just stay in the house till spring if need be. I dont even bother letting the chickens out in this kinda weather, they just run right back in the building anyway. I am not looking forward to the sub-zero windchill and snow this time. Ya can have my part of it.

Stay warm, safe and have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Watching it snow and waiting for my daughter to get home from class, they turned out early it's laying down pike way. Stay warm ya,all

[sbemt456]

Am sittin here waitin patiently on spring to arrive. And summer so I can complain about the heat again. :dirol: Its alas something, we humans are never happy. We have had a good deal of snow this winter but it melts fairly quick. The roads are pretty clear for the most part here with only a few slick spots on the back roads. We are having some light snow flurries today but it melts soon as it hits the ground, an for that I am thankful. As usual I now see many years later what my dad meant when he would say, we will always have a good gardening and farming season following a bad winter. I do believe this as he was wise in his age and all he taught me has been true to word.

Have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Lord i hope for a good garden this year last year started out great and then the blight tore mine up bad. With this winter we all should do a lot better, less pest's to contend with. One more good season if i can at least get that in. It would help, still have a bit of beans, beets, peaches, apples, and assorted other home canned but i would like to add a lot to it this year if i could. Got flurries falling this evening and more snow coming this week. I,am like every one else looking for spring.

[sbemt456]

Just to think yesterday afternoon I was outside in short sleeves barefoot on the porch sweeping the dirt off. Walked to my herb bed in the yard barefoot and this morning we have at least 3 or 4 inches of snow. And are supposed to get more. This weather will sure put ya on a mental roller coaster with the nice days and then snowy winter like days. I was thinkin spring and planting yesterday, now its more like hibernation.

Have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Let,s all get toghter and submitt an email to mother nature and beg for clemency, mercy or something. I love the snow but come on, enough allready. I got it bad, had my mason jar of pea seed out the other day and looked out at the white out and dang near had a tear in my eye. :D Guess i,ll have to suffer this out LOL! Ya,all stay warm.

[MooseToo]

i cannot recall the snow ever being so consistent - not a whole lot, but nearly every day -

isn't that how glaciers develop ?

[sbemt456]

Its the global warming thing that keeps melting all the glaciers around here. And Im so glad too. Seems we get snow daily and it melts the next day.
Went to Richmond to have dinner with the inlaws last night, got home late and the closer we got to home the more it was flurring. While we were gone we got another half inch of snow. Just proves it dont pay to leave home, untelling what will happen while you are gone. :yes4:

Have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

aint that the truth. we have been freezing our buns off. I put the big geese nesting boxes in with the goats and the little ones hop right in. keeps them a bit warmer.
the way the pigs are going we need to butcher one soon. they have plowed two gardens and I have to move them again soo. They dug up the lower garden, snow and all. when Sam calls them he goes oink oink, he is the foreign language specialist. I just call "here piggy wiggy".

[MrGreenJeans]

Any one get a tan this weekend. Frist two purdy day's and i spent it under dad's house redoing the seal's. It needed to be done. Did get a short ride yesterday evening on the ATV, it felt great. Can't wait till spring's has sprung. Hope everyone had a fine weekend everyone deserved it that's for sure. Get ready for a little more nasty stuff but after the short break think i can handel it better, now i know what i,am looking forward to, almost forgot what sunshine looked like. :D

[sbemt456]

We had a few really nice days here too. Today was in the 60's and even with some sprinkles it was still nice. Nice enough this past weekend that I got a few things done in the yard, still got a long way to go before spring tho. Hopefully now we will have several nice days along. Just wish the ground would dry enough so I could plant my peas, they sure didnt get done on valentines day, too much snow and frozen ground.

Have a great day!

stella

[sbemt456]

Ok who ordered this snow? Rosie are you the one? :secret: We had light flurries all day yesterday and no snow sticking on the ground, then last evening it started and this morning we had probably 2 inches or so. And now at 2 in the afternoon it is all but gone. Now this kinda snow I can do. But gosh it leaves a mess of mud every where. I got some seedling started, celery, leeks and stuff that can go out fairly early and dang I dont have anywhere to put them and set up my light. So now Im taxing my brain today. I sure hope it dries up soon, cause it will be tater planting time in a few weeks.

Have a great day!

stella

[bookwormom]

nope , i did not order it. that isn ot the kind of snow I like. I like a foot of it, and stay on the ground for a month so all the kids can have fun and I too. and I basically like my snow from Dec. 3d until middle of February. we had a few nice days and it is easy to get used to it. when it turned cold again I froze just awful. have not started anything. I think I will put cabbages in the coldframe. I burnt three big brushpiles this afternoon . want to move the pigs to dig up some cleared area that needs working over, so we can sow some pasture grasses.

[MrGreenJeans]

70 here today, got to spend most of the day with papaw's girl. We planted peas, onions, lettuce and some preme cabbage, comes in around 45 day's. 2 ta 2.5 lb,s small and perfect for her. At 5 she's telling me how to plant them. She done a good job today, dug the hole put them in watered them and setum in. Already after me on the mater's. Told her it's a tad early yet. Now today was priceless, hope everyone had a good day. I think everyone needed this one.

[sbemt456]

We had beautiful weather here today as well, 68 this evening and so nice to be out. Got some of the wood chips raked back in my flower beds and a lot of cleaning done on the old farm house that has been a rental. We are supposed to get rain tomorrow so that will keep me inside doin stuff here. Hope everyone got to enjoy the sunshine today.

Have a great day!

stella

[sbemt456]

We have had some really nice weather all week here. Got a lot done around the place too. I think we have one more day of sunshine then it is supposed to rain for a couple days. I dont mind the rain as long as its not too cool. Really wish I had my potatoes planted but the ones I ordered havent come in yet so they will have to wait. Hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather and getting things done.

Have a great day!

stella

[MrGreenJeans]

Well our local Shelby valley boy's high school basketball team seam's ta have taken the state title home. Now if UK can wipe the sweet 16. We will be good to go back here in the stick's. Extra nice weather we have had lately. Looking good for the garden this year so far. Those with sandy well drained soil put their taters in the ground yesterday. Were not ready yet or the ground's not, soon real soon.