Monthly Archives: June 2009

June Garden Harvest

gardening
This weekend I had a great harvest from the garden. 12 pounds of produce! My poor harvesting basket was creaking and swaying for the weight. I didn't dare carry it by the handle, I had to hold it right up close to my chest. Starting at the top left: 4 Ambassador Zucchini Squash – the biggest one was 12 inches in length!  I don't normally let my squash grow this long, but they were still tender even at that maturity… Read the rest

My June Garden Report

gardening
Just a couple of photos, but I'm pretty happy so far with what I've been able to harvest. Last weekend I gathered the vegetables shown in the photo below: 1 summer dance cucumber, national picking cucumbers, lavender touch eggplant, raveena eggplant, yellow crookneck squash, bennings tint scalloped squash, ambassador zucchini squash, and a few sprigs of basil. I couldn't stand the typos I made so I had to go back and cross them out. 🙂 This next photo shows the… Read the rest

$100 at the Dentist

spending money
I finally got to the dentist last Thursday. I had already cancelled three times, and I couldn't cancel again, so I forced myself to go. My boss told me the story of why she got all her teeth pulled when she was 24 years old. She says her bottom teeth were beautiful, all straight, white and perfect. It was the top molars that kept getting “rotting from the inside out”.  I think she also said her front teeth had a… Read the rest