Oh, and your onions look good, Kim. I forgot your varieties. A few of mine are bent over I'm assuming from the wind and will need to be used first, I think. They're a decent size. Not as big as we've had before....but good.

The ones that are chewed on from a bunny (?) are behind because most of the greens were eaten, although they're growing again.

Our wind seems to have a hard time making up its mind on which direction it wants to blow. I can look out the window at one moment and the trees are leaning to the south, next moment they are leaning to the north, and at times lt looks as there is no wind. My plants are whipped around also. I need to drive in more stakes to tie the plants to. A few of my plants are missing, I expect that some kind of critter pulled them up. Many of my sunflowers are just a 2 or 3 inch stump, but I have deer, rabbits, ground hogs and squirrels running around in the garden, any of those would be happy to eat my plants.

We still have company. I enjoy the company, but this sorts cramps my style. I have work that I want to do, but feel like I need to be a better host.

I up potted over a flat of flowers this morning while my company was asleep.

We are getting some much needed rain, and coming down very slowly. I have not had a chance to do much in the garden. I did make a place for 13 more sweet potato plants, just trying to fill in a spot. When I get the spots for sweet potatoes, that will bting my total sweet potato plants up to just over 100 plants. I need to work on places now for the over flow plants that I have left.

Kim, I admire anyone that can plan things out. I have always been the "plan nothing" type of guy, that may be why I am always behind on everything..

Larry I always was too. Planted with my heart. Chaos. But working for these people I want every space producing. It takes alot more forethought than I imagined

I’m currently in Northampton, Massachussetts on a combination girls trip/family history trip with my mom, sister, aunt, and cousin, and my other cousin and her wife who live here. They just happened to randomly move here and buy a house a few hundred yards from the cemetery where some of our colonizer ancestors rest, and where a memorial to them lives. Life does the strangest things sometimes.

Anyway, it was 97 here today, for my afternoon of stomping around graveyards. Was 58 at home. I did not get as sunburnt as i expected. And it’ll cool down the day we leave. They tell me it doesn’t get this warm here even in July or August, except maybe a day ir two in a really hot year. And I checked out the plants when we stopped at the co-op for snacks, they can plant their brassicas much more closely to the time they plant tomatoes than we can. Onions too. It’s a different world. But a cool one.

Tomorrow its the original settlement where our ancestors lived and died, and fought off Indians. Closer to 90 degrees tomorrow.

I went out to check on my gardens this morning, after a good rain, things look pretty good, but I need to do a lot of work.

I have a row of Heavy Hitter okra coming up, and I have a lot of stuff that needs to be transplanted, but I am not sure I can get to it today because of the mud, and more rain on the way.

This is my pasture garden, most of this stuff is volunteer, and, then transplanted in a row.

This in my volunteer pumpkin. It is the 20th of May, and the way this thing is growing it will be out in the hwy by fall,

and this pumpkin will be as big as a washtub.

Larry everything looks so good.

That's weird that it's so hot there, Rebecca! Super strange! It's great that you're seeing places where your ancestors lived.

Did you get rain, Kim?

Larry, that's quite a volunteer pumpkin. My okra isn't up yet unless it popped up today. Haven't been out to check it yet.

I did kill a couple of SVB moths. There were butternut squash in the Vego beds and they hatched from that area. I sorta felt bad. One had just came out and had a terrifying minute of life...and then it was killed. But...it's a SVB.

I worked at an auto repair garage today--not exactly an estate sale, but we did the man's house a couple of months ago. It was dirty work and I smell like it even with changing clothes and scrubbing my hands. The smell is in my hair.

My cat, Finbar, has been missing since early Saturday morning. I don't feel good about it. He's never been gone like that. I posted on our neighborhood's FB group, but no one has seen him. I had just ordered him a new tower and puzzle thing.

It's chilly and wet, but I'll probably go out to look at the garden soon and maybe tuck in the nasturtium and butterfly pea seed.

The only remaining plants that need to go in are the mullein, the chives (waiting to get another bag of potting soil because they're going in a mineral tub), and a patchouli.

And the propagated Big Beef tomatoes--not know what I'm going to do with those.

Oh, and two lantanas for a couple of flower pots.

Other than the nasturtium and butterfly pea seed, the only seed remaining to be planted is the Jade beans. Not sure I'll get to it tonight because the bed needs to be weeded.

That's about it for me.

Thanks, Kim, and Jennifer, the plant do look better than they should. I have so many things going on I cant do justice to anything.

This is a picture in the wildlife garden. The first two rows are peppers and tomatoes, I expect that there are 50+ plants there. All of the plants are transplants, and have been watered. The other green strips are where I planted old seeds, and got poor germination. I have also planted a 600-800 foot strip on two sides of the thicket, but I don't think anything has come up yet. If something does not come up soon, I will disc, and replant. I still have over 10 gallon of sunflower seeds, and a gallon or two of pea and bean seeds looking for a home. All of the wildlife are murder on anything that I plant in this area. I bought the sunflower seed to plant for the wildlife, and for the biomass. I hope to build this area up for a nice building site for one of the grand kids. There are 8.2 acres here and it should be a pretty place to build a house.

What a blessing that is for sure. Speaking of blessings my son and daughter-in-law just had me number 12 baby granddaughter. I am so excited except for the fact that they are in Lubbock and I’m not I am thrilled.

Congratulations, Kim. Blessing for sure.

If Ethan ever has children, it will be so hard with him being in Oregon. Even Edmond is not my perference....and it's only an hour away.

Larry, that is such a lovely property!

None of the seeds that were sown on the 15th have come up yet. It was old seed. If necessary, I can grab a packet of Clemson Spineless and some cantaloupe from Lowes. Not sure about Armerenian or for sure not Kajari. But....I can skip growing those this year. Maybe they'll still come up, tho.

I cleaned out from under another trellis, and dug 10 holes to plant more tomatoes. I planted 17 more sweet potatoes yesterday in the garden, bringing our total to 102 plants in the garden, and 18 in the flower bed. Ten of the plants flowerbed are ornamental.

If I am not mistaken, by the time I finish with the 10 tomato plants, that will bring our total tomato count up to 30. I still have a lot left to plant, but most areas are too wet to do anything.

I tire too quickly to get anything done, and Madge keeps asking me to stay in and to cut back, but I just don't feel right not doing something.

I have to work on my hands and knees, and got into an ant nest this morning and got ants all over me,I hate those little critters.

Sorry about the ants, Larry! Yikes.

For you, it seems to be better for you to not cut back just because you enjoy working outside so much. You'll know when you should do it.

I feel like we maybe have figured out our garden. But, we'll see how everything produces first. IF everything is somewhat productive, then what we've done will be just right. That's always subject to change slightly if I decide to preserve more of any individual food during a year.

We eat a lot of potatoes and I wish we could figure that out, but even when Rick and I grew enough potatoes for the year, they wouldn't last for the year due to rotting and sprouting and all. The last thing we canned together was potatoes (I know I've said that before) and there's only one quart jar left in the pantry. But...canned potatoes aren't always what I want to eat. I like a good baked potato. Large baking potatoes will be something we'll just buy. I do like roasting the Yukon Golds too. And that's what we've got this year.

The butterfly pea and nasturtium seed got planted. The nasturtium in the large Greenstalk and the butterfly pea in a large pot with a trellis that had the passion vine for the past two year. It didn't come back. And along the arched hoop in the back garden where onions are planted. The Armenian are on the other side but I haven't seen any signs of germination.

However, I did seed that one of the Kajari sprouted and a couple of okra.

I'm home today. Feels weird because I'm usually in Edmond at this time of day on Fridays, fixing breakfast for the baby.

Other than just some light housework, the freeze-dried mint and Tulsi need to be put into jars so the neighbors jars can be given back to her. Also, I have a few other air dried herbs that need to by jarred--chamomile, borage, lavender and wild violets.

Those freeze-dried herbs are pretty cool. Kim, you need to get one for your employer! And you can use it too!

Air dried works too, tho. Works just fine.

It's wet out, but we're not supposed to get rain during the day so I might go out and replant the Jade beans after weeding.

And, I'm trying to decide what to put where the roselle was supposed to reseed. Maybe I'll try a few zucchini. And just deal with the squash bugs.

Tom and I are going out tonight to eat at a favorite restaurant in downtown OKC...and maybe walk around the parks down there.

What's everyone doing today/this weekend?

I will be working in the garden if weather permits.

This is where I left off. My neighbor came over about 5:30 yesterday, and stayed till dark. He wore me out. I was sitting on the disc, Madge called me and ask if I was ok. When I did go back into the house, Madge ask why he stayed so long, I told her that he was getting married Sat. night, and thought that this was his last chance at getting a free evening to shoot the bull, and could not think of a better place to go.

I did go out this morning and planted the 10 tomatoes in the row by the tractor tire. Madge came out, still in her house coat this morning, it was starting to rain, and she ask me what I was going to do do today, I told her that I was going to take the sweetest woman I know out to eat. We went to Ft. Smith and had a great lunch. Afterwards Madge shopped for a while I stayed in the car because I had already used up all of my steps, and wanted to rest a while.

I am trying to redo my trellises. I want to raise the bottom rail up to where I can run the push mower, and maybe ever the tiller under them. I think that it will make the garden easier to clean.

Another neighbor came over, and told me about a tying tool that he and another neighbor bought, and suggested that I get one also, which I may do because my fingers are getting so numb that it is hard to tie the binder twine that I use.

I really am going to have to cut back, but any tool that I can get that will help me keep going I plan to get if I can afford it.

I have done all that I plan on doing today. I got all cleaned, and prettied up today to take Madge out. I plan on giving Madge a night to remember, which means that I will go to bed at 8:00 and sleep all night, then get up in the morning and go to the garden and wallow in the mud till I am to weak to do anything else, Madge will have to hose me off before I can come back into the house...........that is all the B.S. that I know for now, so I will sign off, have a good night.

Jennifer Larry y’all inspire me to get out there and get it done. But ……………… I am moving. Yep, me my house shed garden all of it. It is going to take an army of helpers. I found a nice big lot to rent, full sun on most of it. It’s fenced and has a nice carport. Trying to figure out how to do this in stages. The garden will have to be moved in a uhaul. It is an hour closer to work. I wish I could find a house but nothing has a yard for my plants. I would hate to give up pecan trees and grapes and blueberries asparagus elderberries that I have worked so hard to get to this point not to mention all of my herbs. So we will move to this property and keep looking for land. This is basically a month by month rental lot so I am not locked in to a lease.

This is what I am harvesting at work.

Wow, Kim. That's a great harvest!

And, how exciting for you! Sounds like a really nice property for you to move your house. When will this be taking place?

My garden is no where close to producing anything like that. There are probably some very small potatoes that could be dug. There's onions that are ready--they've flopped over so, from my understanding, those are ready??? Anyone know? Pretty sure the storms knocked them over. Not all of them.

And there might be a few carrots that are harvestable along with very few turnips. And of course the asparagus.

Weeding that 40 ft bed took longer than I thought....and actually I only did half of it, which worked because the Contender beans are on the other half.... and they germinated better and and are growing well. The Jade beans are in now, and I sure hope we have better sprouting with this 'round. This seed is from BI and the last from Baker's Creek.

I'm laughing at myself because I way over planted Kajari seed. It's seed saved from two years ago and I wasn't sure about germination. Well, it looks like it's all germinated. You know me, I'll let them all grow.

Has anyone dealt with scab on cucumbers? Thinking that's a situation here. Need to do a bit more research on it. Pretty sure it was here last year too and was what I thought was insect damage.

Nothing from the cantaloupe seed so I might pick up a pack of seed today. It's old seed from Rick's stash. I'm remembering maybe 4 or 5 years ago when we planted a ton of melon seed where the native garden is now. We had so many melons especially cantaloupe. I was eating one a day myself and then realized that Rick didn't really like cantaloupe. Tom would eat it if I cut it up for him. Ethan wasn't a fan then. Many of it went to the chickens...after I offered it to friends/family/neighbors.

Tom went to breakfast with some guys he used to work with at the US Marshals. He's been going almost every Saturday and I'm glad he has that as he's a very social person.

I haven't seen Finbar in a week now...and don't know how to feel. When they just disappear, it's different from a death. I don't know if he died or is lost or someone picked him up. He's the cat that I actually wanted and sought out. He was this little alien looking kitten that stole my heart. I'll see if I can find the picture the adoption foundation had of him. He and his siblings had eye infections. Anyway...

Here's after he was adopted. (Our cat, Charlotte, had just died. She was a very intuitive cat....very unique and I grieved her deeply. I wouldn't even say she was my favorite pet....but she was special. She sat with our dog, Percy, as he died. I could tell a lot of stories like that, but....)His name was actually Harrison when we adopted him. But I liked the name Finbar. It is an Irish name that means fair-headed one. Finbar is also the patron saint of Cork, Ireland. 23 and Me says some of my DNA matches that region of the world. Didn't know that when I adopted him, tho.

Anyway...I know most folks don't appreciate cats so much....

Have a good day, Friends.

That’s a very pretty cat. I do love cats just not near me lol. Sometimes I feel like I can see a picture of a cat and start sneezing. I actually paid the lot rent starting yesterday so I will be going tomorrow after work to sign the lease and then figure out how to start moving everything. Most places do not accept tiny homes and so I was really excited when this one did and everything just came together so easily. I’m really excited about the big lot for Sophie to run around in safely.

I hope Finbar comes back soon

Jennifer, I like about all critters, some don't really fit in my close life, ( ants, and some snakes, just to name a couple), but everything has its special place and purpose. I am sorry your cat is missing

I wont be doing much today, it look like it may rain all day.

Madge is on the way to town, she likes to get out and just look. and often buy. I don't like to go the places that she likes, so I an happy to stay home. And all that walking just kills my hips, back, and feet, even with a rolling walker.

I would like to hook up the trailer and go buy more steel. I bought $152.00 worth Wed., and it is still on the truck. I want to build a trellis in the pasture garden, and in the wildlife garden. I know that is just time and money thrown away, but it is something that I like to do.

Jennifer, I still have a lot of seeds that need to be planted also. I still have melon, pea, and sunflower seed that I hope to get in the ground soon, but it would help if the rain would stop, and the weather would stay cool for a while. We wont even talk about all the mowing, and fence line spraying that needs to be done.

I learned today that I get tomorrow off work! I'm going to do gardeny things all day!

Weeding will be a big project.

What are y'all doing tomorrow on the holiday?

I hope to do some gardeny tbings also. I got started off really well this morning, but I run out of gas to soon. I just cant go at it all day long, I use to do.. I worked in the garden and mowed about 2.5 acres. I was getting too low on gas to finish the mowing, so I had lunch when I came home from the wildlife garden. I sit down after lunch , and just could not make myself do anything else for therest of the day.

What a great surprise Jennifer. I am working today. And then I will come home and plant the rest of my plants.

Kim, people who have cat allergies do have a hard time liking cats. I totally get that. My SIL can get really sick from cats. I hope you had a productive day at work and at home! What are you planting at home?

Larry, did you get your seed planted today?

Well, I pivoted today. Instead of weeding the KG, I worked on the native garden. There were 9 5-gallon buckets back there at the east end. They were sat along handy panels for trellises. These were for a few of Rick's leftover tomatoes. The worst looking ones that I couldn't give away. Super Fantastic, maybe? Anyway, we never got them cleaned up last year and it looked like trash back there. Along with cardboard I had placed down at that end. It was being held down by cinder blocks and pavers waiting for woodchips. However, that task never got done last fall and the cardboard was breaking down. We went to pick up pine nuggets this morning a couple of t-posts (for a tomato trellis in the KG). SO...while Tom changed the oil in his car, I put down more cardboard and the pine nuggets. Moved the 5-gallon buckets out. It looks so much better especially with the gaillardia in bloom at the edge (not where I want it, but okay). That part of the native garden shows (at a distance) when people drive by, so, it's nice to have it looking better. This is the season where it looks nice. The coneflowers are blooming now too. And there's lots of butterflies and bees. The handy panels were left because I would like to get another passion vine. See if I can get a few flowers and fruit before the caterpillars get it.

So...this evening, I'll make the tomato trellis for the TBB and do some weeding. I think all the seed is in now....and everything is planted other than a couple of flowers that are in the hoop house. Oh...and those tomatoes that were propagated. No idea where to put those. Maybe if the Armenian cukes don't come up, they can go there along that trellis.

So...that's my garden news for the day.

Jennifer, I did not plant anything today. I hate it that I get so weak and tired. I felt that Madge was working too hard, and suggested that we go out for lunch. I did use the tractor, and disk between the trellises in the south garden, and used the bucket on the tractor to dig out the rest of the Johnson grass in the south garden. I will never get caught up.

I hope to build a trellis in the pasture garden tomorrow, that will be a tough job for me to do alone, but I don't want Madge trying to help me on those 16' panels. I want to try to grow the butternut on trellises, I tried that one year and it seemed to work fine. The trellises I hope to build in the wildlife garden, I hope to use T post and 1/2" rebar.

What is this plant? I have Virginia creeper everywhere, but I had not expected it to be out in the open.

This is what I gave my family for Memorial Day dinner. Potatoes, green beans, sweet yellow onions, fresh parsley and chives, and salad greens.

My little farm was busy while I was away. Lots of Contender green beans ready. I started harvesting the onions with broken necks. I’ll leave the rest to size up more. I planted a lot of them too deep, so I need to fix that next year. Those arent sizing up at all. Pulled all the potatoes, got a couple 5 gallon buckets full. Replanted those areas with more beans (Maxibel and Jade), a couple flowers, one husky cherry tomato plant, a couple Jambalaya okra, a few sweet potato slips. And getting pine bark mulch on everything. I should also probably fertilize this coming weekend after the rain.

Tomatoes and cucumbers flowering away too. They definitely prefer rain to city water.

Some of the farmers market vendors who have high tunnels have tomatoes already. I’m going to check those out Saturday.

I have not been as productive as I should have been. I stayed in bed too long, but I did get out and weed the butternut row. As I started out after lunch it started raining, so I started sharpening lawn mower blades instead. I have blades ready to install on the mower now, but I need to put the forks on the tractor to hold up the cattle panels while I attach them to the t post. I don't think that Madge or I am steady enough to try that task without falling.

Rebecca, you have a very nice harvest. I do have a few tomatoes on some of my plants, but they are very small, and I only have one pumpkin that has set, it is growing well, but the others aborted. While I was out cleaning the butternut row I killed several cucumber beetles, and saw flea beetles, but they are always too fast for me. I have a lot of insect problems every year.

Larry, I don't recognize the plant in your picture.

Rebecca, great harvest and a great gift too!

I only had about 20 minutes outside this evening until dark. In good news, some of everything I've sown is showing up. There's some negatives too. The noodle beans are again coated with aphids. I'll leave them for a couple of weeks to see if the ladybugs can get it taken care of....but, normally, with noodle beans and peas, ladybugs can't keep up. I'll give them a chance, tho.

So...I have an entire arched trellis for the noodle beans--2 raised beds. IF the aphids kill them, what do I plant there? I don't want to waste an entire 2 beds. Stupid aphids.

Rebecca, I harvested my first Contender too! It's a small harvest--enough for one--but we'll have more tomorrow and Thursday.

Still no Finbar. :(

I have a strong feeling that our neighbors' dogs got him. I wish they would just tell me. But, they've been mysterious...and their dog has stayed indoors since he's been missing. I would rather know. And, dogs kill cats sometimes. I wouldn't blame them or even their dog. I just want to know so I can grieve properly.

Jennifer, losing a pet is hard.

I am just pushing myself too hard, and worrying Madge too much, she really has not said a lot, but I can tell what is on her mind. I like spending time in the garden, but I like spending time with Madge much more. We plan on going to my class luncheon tomorrow, then something else tomorrow afternoon. Hot weather has not even hit yet, and I need more watering time. I may just take the plants that are left, and just plant them in the wildlife garden and let them die, I still have old seed to toss over there also. There is no need in wasting time and money water and diesel when I can be doing something that Madge and I both enjoy doing.

Seems like everyone is busy right now. I'm grateful to have a day at home. Actually slept until 7 this morning...and don't feel great so am especially happy to be home. But, after I get the laundry going, I'll go outside and possibly work on the little bed on the west side of the house. Have to do that while it's still in the shade. It is one of the first areas I dug up and planted when we moved here 12 years ago. Back then it just had basil. I've told the store before how our first frost was Halloween that year and I came home from a party and harvested all of it around midnight in a black cloak....and could see the neighbors watching me. BUT...I didn't have much in the garden that first year so those plants were important to me.

Hmmm....I'm hearing thunder right now. Some light rain now. Well, okay. Maybe it will pass and I'll be able to go out.

The other day I posted about how some of each plant has sprouted, but that's incorrect. The zucchini and winter squash have not come up yet.

The Jade beans are really popping up. Much better than the last round of them.

A FB memory today shows that 3 years ago, many things were quite a bit ahead of where they are this year.

Things I'm harvesting and eating from the garden right now: asparagus, green beans, a few strawberries, kale, swiss chard, and onions. And herbs.

We have had quite a bit of rain, and my gardens are muddy, but that is not uncommon for me. I did go out and drive in 4 more t post this morning. Maybe with the sun shinning like it is, the ground will dry a little today, and I can hang the cattle panels.

My neighbor ask me to come up and check out his garden, his wife got the gardening bug a year or two ago, she started out with mineral tubs, but soon decided that was not going to be enough. Mrs neighbor got their 90 horse power tractor, and a box blade, and went down to where their barn and feed lot was and made a big beautiful garden. I gave him the best advice that I could, and took him 4 flats of plants.

Neighbor's wife pick out a beautiful spot for a garden, but she is going to have to get some equipment, or a bus load of slaves to care for a garden that large, and stuff is planted so close that they will get lost in the jungle when the plants start maturing. Anyway, I was amazed at what a fantastic job she did at making a garden. I bet that by the end of summer they both will be saying "Start Small". I wish I had done as good of job when I started gardening.

Jennifer, we are busy. I am getting ready to do a market tomorrow so all my spare time has been in the house getting herbs put together. At work, we are eating beets, carrots, corn, tomatoes, peppers, green beans, yellow squash, zucchini, kale, spinach, and potatoes. At home blueberries beets, Swiss chard, broccoli, and strawberries. At work I’m fighting grass in the inground bed and the flower bed and I’m ready to throw in the towel on that. I don’t really have time to be pulling grass and my supervisor mentions it almost every time he comes out here. I’m like yeah it’s low on the priority list. The flower beds are new this year, but the inground bed has been there for several years and they tilled it. I do not have a teller. At the end of the season, I might see if I can get a tarp.

Larry, it will be fun to watch your neighbor's garden progress!

Kim, that's some good food you're harvesting.

You're right...with the Bermuda grass. It's probably time to do a reset there. Tarp is a good idea.

Do y'all watch Seasonal Homestead. They grow most of their own food and have very productive gardens. They use rolls of some type of paper, make holes in it and then plant the seeds/plants. And cover the paper with mulch. Looks like a pretty efficient way to keep the weeds down.

Has anyone used it? I'm consider getting some for next year.

We ended up with more than light rain. So, I took the opportunity to care for the house plants. Much overdue. Everything looks happier and healthier now. Still have a few succulents left, but need to get some cactus potting mix first.

The winter squash is popping up now. But not the zucchini. I'm wondering if the seed isn't good. Late last summer, I tucked in about 18 seeds here and there, but only a couple of sprouted. Maybe I'll grab a packet this weekend and try again.

It's hot and muggy now. We have dinner plans with friends so won't be going outside to work.

I think I do watch the seasonal Homestead. I have so many that I watch on YouTube that I can’t keep track of all their names. I did an event today and although it was not physically exhausting, mostly just standing for five hours I came home and came straight to bed. I feel so old when I can’t push through like I want to. I did get out in the garden and picked a jelly jar full of berries last night. The blueberries are so good. I’m going outside in a little bit and hopefully do some weed eating and check on everything. I also picked 10 Porter tomatoes off of my plant. I have never picked 10 ripe tomatoes on one plant. It is obviously very happy with all this rain. My son is coming up from Lubbock with his family and a barely new baby. We are doing a photography session with a friend of mine. It’ll be the first professional picture I’ve had with the kids since my oldest was 12 years years old. He will be 40 this year so it’s has been a minute. In light of recent news, I thought a family picture would be nice to have. I have to tell you something funny, every morning when I get ready to leave, my dog goes to the shed because that is where I keep her food. She waits patiently for me to feed her. A while back there were some mornings she never even got up off her bed to see me let alone go to the shed. I couldn’t figure out what in the world. Why isn’t she hungry. Come to find out she’s sneaking in my neighbors house eating their dog food. I told them to please run her off. She does not need to be eating the neighbors dog food. It took forever, but I did finally get my shelf fairly alphabetized. I only have about 90 to 100 jars so I still have room to tuck in some more herbs. I definitely need to harvest and dehydrate everything I have on this property right now. There’s probably close to 20 herbs that need processed after today. I don’t have any upcoming events besides my children coming

Lol, Kim. Your sneaky little dog.

There's so much volunteer Tulsi out there where I don't want it to be. I need to grab it and dry it too. How are you on Tulsi, Kim? What herbs do you have that need to be processed?

Seasonal Homestead is in Arkansas. Becky is the wife/mother. About 40, very slim, and has kids toddler to high school. I do enjoy their videos (her voice is a bit whiny or something?) but we won't ever grow the way they do. They literally grow all of their own produce--veg and fruit. And their own meat.

That's exciting about the photo session!

I'll start a new thread.

Yes I do watch them. They are very straight forward. No gimmicks. I could use all the tulsi. I can’t find mine at work. I planted it there to use while I am working. Sage, oregano, basil, thyme, rue, wormwood, mint x5, chives, onions