A timely purchase arrived this morning. This cordless screwdriver I recently ordered from Amazon during one of their deal of the day sales. $14.99.


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Most of my seedlings are still waiting to be transplanted. Here are just some progress photos...

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Michael was supposed to leave for business last Wednesday, but it got postponed to Monday. Then as of Friday, it changed to Sunday. We scheduled a haircut for Michael and Jana for Saturday, but at the last minute, Jana backed out. Then there's the chance Michael's trip gets unexpectedly extended. Last trip was only supposed to be for 4 days and he ( Read more... )

Ooh, my legs and lower back ache and Jana's still asleep, but I feel pretty good. I'm also wearing my new Earth shooes all morning to help. We were going to go out yesterday morning to Princeton and hang out with Michael while he works and visit family, but Michael caught a bug from someone at the site and well, I'm tired of getting sick. So we ( Read more... )

Today, Michael and I have been feeling under the weather so we stayed in except for lunch. Kind of feels like we're fighting something. Although it's still darn cold, 16F this morning, the sun came out so it put me in the mood for some seed starting ( Read more... )

...I already received a tracking number for my AeroGarden order. It just shipped out of...

Pomona, CA

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I checked on my berry canes Saturday morning hoping they were still viable for planting (especially since 3 more canes arrived). They were already growing! So much for trying to keep them dormant! I started clearing out the area targetted for them. Pulling out dead wild grape vines, cutting away new growth from an old mulberry tree that was cut ( Read more... )

I did make an errand stop at Home Depot Friday. Picked up some tools and supplies like Jiffy Pellets. Even though I have seed-starting mix, sometimes I just feel like using Jiffy Pellets ( Read more... )

I received a surprise yesterday, my raspberry and blackberry cane order arrived! Much earlier than I expected and I don't even have their planting space ready. I unpacked the box for a brief inspection (looked great except that one of my blackberries is backordered) then packed it back up rushed it down to the coldest part of my basement. I'll have ( Read more... )

It's currently 10F at 6:43am with a predicted high of 33F. Starting tomorrow, predicted highs will be in the high 40s and perhaps low- mid- 50s. So if I winter sow starting tomorrow, I'm actually on-schedule ( Read more... )