Planting fall crop in Ga

Its late summer and I started planing my fall crop today! Seeds in the garden today are acorn squash, cabbage, collards, broccoli, 3 kinds of spinich and iceberg lettuce. Last week I planted some boxes with leaf lettuce, mesclun and arugula. This is my favorite time! My favorite garden veggies all grow in cool wheather. Next month I will do another row of all of the above so that I can have a continuous crop. Henk and Hilda have been out ridding the lawn of bugs and doing a very good job I might add! They were both rescued from a chicken house after clean up and I say they are a couple of very lucky chickens. We have a friend that has some real small chickens, dont know what they are called but im going to try and get a couple. They are too cute and I love the way they sound as they run around in the yard peeping so daintily. Looking cloudy today so I dont need to water the garden in as we have had an abundance of rain as of late.

I have been collecting aluminum cans for years now and the bins are getting full. I can only get .65 cents a lb right now so I will wait till Jan when the rate should go up. I would really like to get .70 to .85 cents a lb if at all possible! I found a place in jefferson to take plastic so Ive started saving that also. Anything I can keep out of the landfill I will!

One important lesson I learned this growing season is not to plant veggie seeds that someone gives you and you dont know what it is. I had some squash and beans take over the garden and had to pull them out. That left me with a lot of space and too hot out to start anything else! The squash I will try again next year but in a place where there is plenty of room for it to grow.

Oil Gush and eco friendly autos

58 days the oil has been gushing, this is not a spill people it is much worse. Oil is gushing millions of gallon a day! Millions!
It wasnt long ago I remember talking to my brother and him with the idea that the first trains we had ran on steam and it burned coal to heat the water. He said why hasnt someone come up with a car the runs on steam? We have microwaves now days that could heat the water to propel the auto. Not long after that Moby from Moby in the morning a country radio station here in Ga, said someone had the plans to build an engine that ran on water. It worked well, so well that the patton was bought by some big wig and stuck away in a safe somewhere so that the plans could never go into effect, keeping us dependent on oil and gasoline.
All I can think is that all the problems of the world when it really comes down to it hinge on greed. If only we could irradicate greed people could work together to REALLY solve the problems that plague this earth.

Work shift disorder?

Their joking right? That's what many of us should be thinking. Yes I hear the commercial everyday on my way home for work. Do you work all night and have problems sleeping during the day? You may have work shift disorder. What I really hear is hurry up call your doctor and we can find a drug to match what ever stupid little problems you may have. Too fat? don't exercise, take a pill. Too skinny? take a pill. Your kids cant concentrate in school? To hell with bed time we have a pill for that too. Kids too hyper? Oh go ahead and let them have the mountain dew, then give them a pill to bring them down. Do you worry that you didn't blow out that candle before you left the house? You might be OCD we have a pill for that too! Seriously people! Where have the brains of America gone?
We are trying so hard to keep our kids from doing drugs but it seems that every other commercial is advertising a new pill, like pills arent a drug! From what I understand withdrawel from pills is not any easier that withdrawel for other types of drugs.
Every single day I hear some of the stupidest things come out of the mouths of people that are suppose to be looking out for us. Governor Sonny Perdue takes forever to sign a bill about texting while driving, he hems and haws and then finally passes that it against the law to text and drive..........Why in the hell would it take so long? What is there to think about? This is a no brainier people.

When I learned to drive there were not as many people on the road as there are now. Ive been driving for 35 years and I get on the highway and it scares the shit out of me all the time. You cant look away for a minute cause there are just too many people that got their drivers license from a cracker jack box, they are on the phone, eating, putting on their makeup! If that's not bad enough do we really want to add kids (and adults) taking their attention away from the road going 70 miles an hour in a 2 ton auto mobile?
This is what I think!
You work the night shift then get use to it or get another job!

Too fat? Then get up off the sofa, turn the damn TV off and put on some music and dance, dance it a universal language, most people complain about exercise but no one complains about dancing.....it's fun! Next go in a make yourself a salad or two. You cant keep weight off unless you back it up with the lost art of actually moving your body.
Your kids cant concentrate in school? Stop letting them stay up all hours of the night, be a friggin parent, stop feeding them hot dogs bologna and soda pops and get them on some good food. You will only get out of your body what you put into it. Hey here's an idea dance with your kids, that way they don't end up couch potatoes too!
Are you worried that you didn't blow out that candle or turn off the iron then by all means go home and check it doesn't mean you have OCD it means you might be forgetful but if you go home to be sure then that could mean that your responsible!
Make marijuana legal and out law alcohol! There are more people getting in auto accidents and killing people from drinking too much than from smoking pot. For that matter the pot smokers are still on the sofa stuffing their face with potato chips and if they are on the road then they are probably sitting at a stop sign waiting for it to turn green!
There are just some things that chap my ass! I just cant for the life of me figure out how the people in America got so stupid!
We have to learn to stop treating the symptoms and start treating the cause of our problems! You can cover up pain with pain pills but for how long are you willing to do so! Pain is a sign that something is wrong but you go to a pain clinic and I will guarantee you will walk out with some pills and I am also willing to bet that they wont even mention exercise or streches.
OK I'm done! I'm sorry, sometimes I just get overwhelmed with the stupidity I listen to everyday.............Hummmm wonder if there is a pill for that?

Oil spill needs help

We all know that we have a huge problem with the oil spill but there is a way you can help!
Please let every hair dresser and dog groomer that you know that the hair they collect is badly needed. Please click on the title and visit matters of trust and see what you can do to clean up the spill!
A sea creature somewhere will thank you!

Homemade laundry soap

In a quest for paying the least I can for the things I need, I have made my own laundry soap. At $6-12 bucks for a box of powders I knew I could do better. So I went from site to site and compared recipes. They all use the same ingredients just in different measurements and as a result some will gel more than others.
This is the one I used.
2 cups Mule Team Borax
2 cups Washing soda (not baking soda) Arm and Hammer makes a washing soda
2 cups shredded Fels Naptha soap.
This will make 2 gallons.
Put 1/2 to 1 gallon of water in a pot on the stove add the Fels Naptha and cook it on low till it all melts down ...stir frequently. I have a big plastic jug that my kitty litter came in and it holds 2 gallons easy, a bucket will do to mix in also. 2 one gallon jugs will be useful to split it up as for ease of handling and you will also need a funnel.
Once you have the shredded Fels Naptha melted down then you can slowly add the rest of the ingredients.
Pour mixture in whatever your using that will hold 2 gallons and then add the rest of your water. It will be very hot so you may want to let it cool down a little. After it cools shake it well then transfer to your gallon jugs. There is a gel that settles on the top which is the Fels Naptha so you do want to shake it each time before you use it. I use 1/4 cup per load and it works very well for me. If your laundry is really dirty you may want to adjust how much you use per load. The Fels has a real nice fresh scent but your cloths come out smelling really like nothing. This is a good thing as there is no scent to conflict with what ever scent you may be wearing.
The best place I found to get the Fels Naptha is at http://soapsgonebuy.com very inexpensive. You may be able to find it in the laundry isle at your grocery but I had to order mine. Everything else you need should be on your laundry isle.
Give it a try, you cant beat the savings and best of luck!

New Good Stuff

At 48 I along with many other people have looked for a way to upgrade my life and my health. I would like to include you in some of my findings as I feel they could very well be useful to others. I am all about natural everything. I feel that for every ailment our creator stuck us with, he also put something on this earth to counteract these ailments, however it is up to us to learn what works and what doesn't. I mean look, the pharmaceutical companies are not going to tell us that if you go to your garden and make a tea out of D-G-and H it will cure you! Hell no! If they did that they would be out of business right? But the fact is that they can't make medication for us out of something that was not already on this earth!
I watch The Doctors when I'm not working (great show) and Dr Oz is not only informative he is funny.....actually he is one smart cookie and I will drop what I am doing to watch him. You can find him on Oprah. In this quest for better heath and Good Stuff I have found http://earthclinic.com/ There I have learned about Apple cider vinegar which cures many things like acid reflux, helps you loose weight, good for sinusitis and too many other things to mention. Olive oil which is a detox for your liver and just plain good for you all around. Watch how much of it you consume though, cause what goes in must come out ;) Its great to cook with or make a garlic mixture for dinner bread. It is also great on salad. Turmeric is the new herb I have added but the only way I have been able to find it is in pill form, which is ok but I would like to cook with it also so I will keep looking for it in the spice section. Turmeric is used as an anti inflammatory and to ward off cancer among other things, it is listed as an immune booster.
Dr Oz was telling us one day how people in parts of the world that eat spicy foods have virtually no alzheimers present in their culture, so I have added some of those spices to my rack. Ginger, cumin, turmeric, garlic and olive oil have all become staples in my pantry.
I recommend that you research anything you put in your body that you hear me talk about the same way I researched! There is no way I can cover all the benefits that an herb or a product has so I will turn the learning stick over to you!
I will leave you with my recent special! Fruit prices are soooo low right now and the price you pay for store bought fruit smoothies is just way too high, not to mention all the JUNK they pack into them and then there is that plastic bottle. Pull out your blender cut up your fruit add some yougart and some honey some fruit juice and some ice and make some fruit smoothies. When you make them you know whats in them (NO JUNK) and I found that I actually had more fruit in one cup than I had had in 6 months.
Time to get healthy people!......Good luck to you!

My invisible Car

I have a few pet peeves and I will tell you about one as I am sure this happens to others as well as myself. There seem to be days when my car is invisible, I don't understand how this happens or why. Have you ever been going down the road and someone either pulls out in front of you or makes a turn in front of you forcing you to hit your brakes? Then to your surprise you look in the rear view mirror and there is not a soul behind and this person would have had plenty of time to turn after you pass, but they just had to do it in front of you! Its kind of funny that these days sometimes coincide with days where I myself am invisible. Humm maybe I have for moments in these days found myself in a different realm of space and time.