Mid February Update

     Time passes faster the older I get. Here it is already the last week of February, 2019. There are quite a few hings that have happened since I was last on here. So, here we go!

     It has been raining a LOT! My yard is so soggy that I sink nigh up to my ankles just taking stuff out to the compost bin. Speaking of the compost bin, the other day I was taking out a load and found an onion end I had previously tossed has become the starts to 3 onion plants! Hey, free vittles!
     Biscuit, the cat who adopted me is turning into one of the best cats ever. I should have known he would, him having Siamese bloodlines and all.Perhaps Vlad, my Jack Russell Terrier heard all the praise I gave Biscuit for bringing in a field mouse to share with me that he decided to help with the groceries as well. he went to the compost bin and found an old radish (greens and all) that I'd thrown in the bin, ate a bit of it and wanted to bring the rest back inside. Now, this radish was as hard and woody as a pine knot! I did insist the boy leave his radish outside

     Meanwhile, I received my order of 100+ ginseng seeds. I figured their best chance of survival would be starting them in a 10 gallon aquarium/ terrarium in potting soil. Should any sprout, I'll keep them indoors and under semi greenhouse conditions (at least temperature/light and moisture controlled) for as long as possible as Mississippi is a bit South of ideal growing zone for 'sang. Then I'll transplant the babies into a raised bed in the shady corner of my back yard. If I get no or piss poor germination I'll call it quits. I think W.C. Fields once said, "If you don't succeed, try try again. Then quit. No need being a damned fool about it!"

     I can't believe I am saying this but I would love to get out and mow my yard. The weeds are getting thick and once chopped up with the mower would make an excellent addition to the compost bin.

     I am sure I've told you before that my Mom and I say, the difference between weeds and wildflowers is "Do you like them or not?" Yes is wildflowers and no is weeds.  Well, my wildflowers are growing , dare I say, like weeds. Last week during a warm and semi dry spell I saw a couple of honeybees buzzing about... in February.

     Well, there's more I could tell you about but I gotta a lotta things to get done today.

     God's peace and  love to you all!