Lol – Did you know that there are male bell peppers & female bell peppers? The things I’ve learned growing a garden blow my mind, lol. If you check the bottoms of your bell peppers they either have 3 bumps or 4 bumps. Here is the difference:
3 Bumps = Male Bell Pepper: Less seeds and better to cook with.
4 Bumps = Female Bell Pepper: Best for eating raw, they’re sweeter & have more seeds.
Well, there you go! Check them out next time you’re at the grocery store. 😉
Yahoo – my deck is stained, at least with one coat. I still need to do the face boards and I’ll second coat it in the fall. It’s been so hot here, forever, and in the evenings it always seems to hint of storms but then they don’t happen. I’ve been wanting to get a least one coat of stain on my deck before I move my stuff on top of it. My friend Maurene mentioned I should just come in a little late and paint it in the morning – duh! So I up this morning and got ur’ done! Good idea Maurene!! 🙂
I love this color it’s “Valise” Semi-Transparent Stain by Behr, here is a link: http://tinyurl.com/j7kafpj
I’m so happy this rock is done! It’s hard for me to do anything outside when it’s 95 degrees! There is a landscape place about a mile from my house, it’s called Storjohann Trucking & Landscape Materials – http://storjohanntrucking.com . Their prices are really good, you just pull your truck in and they’ll load it up for you. This is the same rock I’m going to use for my fire pit area. It’s 3/4″ granite and I bought about 3 tons for $28 per ton. I probably have 1/2 ton left over to start the fire pit area. I covered the ground in the garden for about $70 – it’s approx. 384 sq. ft of space and 2-3 inches deep. I am in total heaven because it is soooo nice to be watering the garden, dragging the hose around on rock instead of dirt!! Thank you Paul & Nancy for your help. 😉
My seed bed is coming alive! I’m so excited . . . the beets aren’t doing so well yet but everything else is looking good. On the right side – 3 rows of lettuce, then going toward the left – one row of radishes, then one row of carrots, then the beets.
I was told a long time ago to cover your paintbrushes with foil or saran wrap if you need to use them again, but are done for the day. They don’t dry out if you’re just needing to continue painting in the next couple of days. If it’s going to be more than a couple of days, you can stick them wrapped – in your FREEZER. I was looking for some frozen chicken last week and found this paint brush in my freezer, lol. The color of the paint is “Acapulco Sunrise” by Behr and it’s the color I put on my back door. I painted that door LAST YEAR! I was laughing my head off and thought to myself, “well, I wonder if this will still work”? I unwrapped it and started running some warm water over it. I cleaned it the best I could and then let it sit in soapy water overnight. I was soooo surprised how clean that brush came out, it was perfect! Excellent idea when you have some touch up to do but aren’t ready to paint just yet. 😉
Yahooooo! I’ve finally found a little baby pumpkin growing! I honestly have been a little panicky thinking I wasn’t going to get any pumpkins. My plants are growing like weeds and I’ve seen many blossoms but no pumpkins. I went on a “pinterest” search regarding pumpkin growing – DID YOU KNOW that pumpkin plants have both male and female blossoms?? I didn’t! I knew the bees needed to come around to pollinate them but seriously – what exactly does THAT mean? So, the male blossoms shoot off the plant on a long stem and they are huge. It’s the female blossom that produces the pumpkins. The female blossoms stay closer to the vines (not on a stem) and the “bees” buzz around collecting pollen from the male blossoms and then they buzz over to the female blossoms and ta-dahhhh – I have baby pumpkins! Who knew?
Finally!!! My very first home grown tomato! I was so excited when I picked this baby off the vine yesterday and let me just say . . . there is NOTHING like the taste of a fresh, home grown tomato! It made a most wonderful tomato sandwich – YUM!
My mom recently turned in her “flip-phone” for an iPhone. She wants to be able to take great pictures and FaceTime me, her grandkids and her great-grandkids. This is her first texting experience – she’s texting my brother, Randy. Check out that concentration, lol.
Happy Friday!!
Yahoo! My deck is done, 10’x19′. The guys built the whole thing on Sunday and it’s perfectly level with the concrete! I picked out a stain color yesterday and planning on staining it this weekend. Love it!
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