I've been trying to impliment some changes around here. If I let things go too long, they pile up too large. Laundry piles turn into mountains on my chaise. Dishes can get stacked up to the window if I'm not careful. So I am making myself fold and put away every load out of the dryer - I wont' let myself keep piles anymore. And I want to have a clean sink every night. Two new changes, shouldn't be too hard, right? My biggest challenge has been the laundry, but I've kept true to the laundry goal. Haven't had a pile of laundry all week :-)
I blogged about veggie gardens year round today on my homesteading blog and in doing so, I learned some new things. Peas, green beans and tomatos are self pollinating, which means they dont' need insects or other intervention for pollination (which brings forth the veggies). This is so cool! I have a bunch of peas and green beans that are flowering right now in my greenhouse in the living room which might mean that before I even start my garden outside, I'll be harvesting vegetables inside. I have a bunch of other things - basil is about ready to start using (I started my garden very early this year - it was either Jan or Feb). So, once I get room inside the greenhouse again, I'll remove a shelf or two and maybe mid-summer sometime start a few tomato plants, and keep green beans and peas as long as I can. I am very excited about this!
Friday, March 28, 2008
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I hope this will be of interest to some of your homeschoolers.
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