Hello to all my fellow Hedgewives!

Since today was Tuesday and according to the old standard, Iron on Tuesday, that's what I did.
I had washed some dinning linens yesterday so today, I grabbed up the ironing board and ironed the dinner napkins. Not because they had to be, but because I wanted to.

Nope, I don't use paper napkins, or paper towels. I guess my line of thinking is ..'why would I buy something to simply throw it in the trash?", that's how I feel when it comes to paper towels and napkins. It doesn't take much extra for me to toss cloth dinner napkins in with the towels or the kitchen laundry.

Seriously, let's think about this. Most people use paper towels to do one of two things. Either wipe up a spill or dry their hands. So, picture it. You wash your hands or get your hands wet at the kitchen sink, grab at the paper towel roll, snatch one off, wipe your hands a few times and 'toss'.. into the trash it goes. WHY? Wouldn't it be just as easy to grab a regular kitchen towel that you probably have hanging on the front of your stove very near the sink and dry your hands on that, and rehang the towel? Or when you have a spill, grab the kitchen dishcloth and wipe up the spill? Ok, it may take a few times to get it all, but then you have the dishcloth handy to rewet and rewipe the area to get any 'sticky residue' left over. I just don't see the use of paper towels. But I can tell you this, the manufacturers LOVE the idea that people think they can't live without them.
My grandmother never used a paper towel, nor did the many women who came before her. We still got here, she still survived a day in the kitchen without one. I guess I can to!

So let me hear it from all the Hedgewives out there, paper or no?

It's weed day

GARDEN LORE: They say if you weed on the new moon phase (which means from the day or two after the moon goes full till it goes 'black') you'll have less weeds!

Today is a weed day.
On my garden days I go out and randomly pick one or two boxes to 'weed out'. That way nothing gets too bad, rotation naturally occurs and I get to enjoy a good dirt manicure!
Today was the "Pepper" box day. Banana Peppers.

I prefer to weed after a good day or two of rain (we've had a week of it, so I guess I'm safe). The ground is softer then, and the weeds will pull out much easier. I take my garden fork, and that's what I call it, it's the small mini rake. I loosen all the dirt around the seedlings as close as I can get, disturbing the weeds as I go. Then, I sift the dirt so to speak catching the weeds in my fingers and tossing them out. I spread the dirt back out nice and level and any weeds that I missed, I yank em right on outta there!
How do you weed??
While I was in the garden, and since well I had the time, I went ahead and weeded the squash. And as I passed by even plucked a few out of the tomatoes..:)


I'll be doing some more planting in a few days. It'll soon be time to add more beans, the bell peppers, some more mustard and the okra.
Till next time, Happy Gardening and See you at the Garden Gate!

G'mornin! It's Tuesday

I think it's Tuesday! Went to the vet yesterday as planned. Cami has somehow really messed up her knee. She's got medicine to take for the next few days and a week to make it all better on her own, if not, it's xray and possible surgery time. ((sigh)) Let's hope she can heal it on her own. She was fine with it till I had to give her the medicine last night. She bout had a fit..what do I mean..'bout had a fit'..she DID have a fit ..and I do believe, hurt it further in the process. She's not walking again today and when she does, she holds it up and hops along three legged.

Since today is Tuesday, it's gardening day for me, so I'm off to play in the garden, meet me at the Garden Gate!