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Well, I spent 10-11 years smoking pot. I always had a job, paid my bills, kept my home and yard clean. I can't lie, I enjoyed it immensely. I quit for 2 reasons; one, to be an example to our children, and two, to keep my job. I have not smoked for 4 years now(except for a Superbowl party 2...

Hey SS'ers, hows it going? Things are good here. Just trying to keep on track. We didn't get to go on our ghost hunting trip. It was a choice of going and being flat broke for days, or not going and scraping by till payday. So we chose(correctly in my opinion) to be frugal and not go. We...

Right now I am re-reading Gone With the Wind, and the new Urban Farmer magazine. As far as favorites, Colleen McCulloughs First Man in Rome series, a series about ancient Rome during the Republic. I just finished the Dan Brown books Angels and Demons and the Da Vinci Code, and I highly...

Yeah, I went out about midnight last night, picking up the pieces that would transplant. Thats a good idea about getting John to help. BTW, today was better. I talked the company owner into letting me sell my vacation time, so that will go a ways towards paying some debts. My brother in...

Post script on the rant Today when I got home, John my youngest broke my house plants to smithereens. I had them outside, on top of the chicken house, just to keep them out of harms way. He was building a clubhouse, and just busted them all to crap. A huge aloe vera my momma gave me 12 or...

Warning...not an upbeat SS type of post I used to be a pot smoking street punk who really didn't give a crap about anything or anybody except having a good time. Then I met my wife, and she really showed me how important having a good heart is. For six years, I have been on a daily path...

One idea is to save some along with jars that have chips or whatever and are no longer useful for canning, and use them for storage. When I was a kid , I used to collect bugs and snakes and stuff, and my favorite jars to use were canning jars and lids(much to my grandparents displeasure lol)...

Thanks! I'm putting a lot of planning for this next garden. I want it to be eyepleasing as well as productive. My chickens free range the backyard in the evenings, so I gotta look out for them as well. Thanks again.

OK another question...do chickens eat marigolds? Any harmful effects? Also, same question with zinnias?

Looks like a baby corn snake, possibly baby milk snake. Definitly not poisonous. Its a bebeficial mouser, one you want around.

Since my garden was a bust this year, I am planning next years triumphant(knock on wood)return. I have been reading about flowers in the garden as bad insect repellers and attractors for pollinators. I am planning on a marigold border around the garden(15x18). I was wondering if ya'll had any...

Hey folks, hope eveyone is doing OK. I haven't posted in a while, been pretty busy getting the kids into thier new school. We have taken them out of the city school system(thug central), and they now attend a small country school that hopefully will help them learn more and grow into good...

Yeah we used to do that on Royal Ranger campouts. Hamburger, potatoes, and whatever else you like on tinfoil. Fold into pouch, and make sure edges are sealed. We used to throw the pouches directly on the coals, cook for 20 min, flip then another 20. Oh yeah, holes for steam. Trust me, its...

Man, thats nice! I'm gonna have to do something like like that for my garden as well. Thanks for sharing.

An update on the pickled peppers: I took them to work and passed out jars to the pepper lovers. Man, the guys were turning red, sweating, almost in tears with the habeneros. Everyone bragged on them though, said they tasted wonderful. They want more next time I can them. I was really proud...

I grew up in the country across the road from my papaw. He was a serious gardener and SS person(my mom also). So I kinda grew up with it. When I turned 18, I started hanging out with the so called cool crowd. I spent a lot of years running from who I really was, trying to play the "elite"...

Well, folks...not really a whole lot going here lately. Mostly just trying to make a paycheck without getting heat sick lol. One of the guys at work the other day had a money situation happen and he was left high and dry with no food. I was sure proud to have home grown veggies, fresh eggs...

Thank you all for the warm thoughts. I hate to admit it but I cried off and on for 3 days. I saw a guy in a jeep today with his bloodhound in the passenger seat...looked like Shredder with legs. But I didn't cry(wanted to though). But it will be OK....just gonna get through this. Man...

I posted this on another topic, but this is my grandma's recipe, very simple and to the point. Sterilize jars, wash cukes, and pack into jars. Bring just to boil 2 cups vinegar, 2 cups water, 2 tablespoons salt, then poor into jars to 1/4 inch from top. Put lids on, place in boiling water...

On Friday I lost my best friend of 12 years, my dog Shredder. He was 12 years old. He never lied to me. He was never angry with me. He loved me without reservation. He was always there for me, my smiling "fat puppy with giant feet". My world is a poorer place without him.