Wannabefree...guess what I got in the mail today!?!?!?!?

[Wannabefree]

We got the torrential rain yesterday, but thankfully, no hail. It came down while we were set up at the Farmers' Market - my shoes were full of water before we could get everything loaded back up. Our tent folded in half - the wrong way - and the back of the van was full of water - yikes.

Anyway, I had a bushel of squash that didn't get a chance to sell - how do you dry them and how do you use them after they're dried?

Dh took 8 of the little round ones and scooped out the inside, chopped up some summer sausage with some onion, bread crumbs, and parm. cheese and stuffed those babies. He grilled them until tender. I cut a cabbage into 8ths, wrapped it into 4 foil packages with salt, pepper, and butter and popped that on the grill also. Very good supper. Drats I meant to get pictures.... Oh well, too late now.

I'm a blue gill lover too, btw....best pan fish around.

I am just drying mine in the dehydrator to use for thickening soups, adding to no veggie sauces for higher vitamin content, etc. I think I will grind the dry ones to powder. Bet they'd be good added to mashed potatoes even Anyway, I am experimenting so join in if ya want

No fish today I want a big mess of catfish!! I like the blue gill too, but DH is strictly partial to catfish :/

We may go back tomorrow. DD drove me nuts today though. She was very whiney and grumpy and wasn't paying attention to her pole/bobber and kept getting nibbles but when ya aint even watching/feeling for it.....ya get NOTHIN! It costs to gas up the vehicle to go, if she is not going to take it half way seriously...I think I may just leave her butt home next time :/ 14 and could find nothing better to do than draw in the sand with a stick while the fish ate her bait off the hook!
I barely even got a bite :/ VERY annoyed

 

[rebecca100]

Last year my dd was determined not to go fishing on the boat with us, refused to watch her pole, whined, and then somehow managed to catch more than all of us together who were beside her. Then she suddenly thought she was a pro and needed to tell the rest of us how it is done. . Of course she was only 7 at the time, but I still wanted to strangle her!

 

[Wannabefree]

Last year my dd was determined not to go fishing on the boat with us, refused to watch her pole, whined, and then somehow managed to catch more than all of us together who were beside her. Then she suddenly thought she was a pro and needed to tell the rest of us how it is done. . Of course she was only 7 at the time, but I still wanted to strangle her!

I'd about expect that from a 7 year old...but DD is 14, and should not feel the need to whine so much. I told her, you know, if the sun was bothering you, you caould have ASKED to go elsewhere instead of whining and playing in the water. Yes, she did that. PLAYING in the dang water not 10 feet from me and my pole. I wanted to throw her out there in the river

 

[JRmom]

Hey, I feel for ya. Hubby always feels the need to TALK VERY LOUDLY AND BANG AROUND IN THE BOAT AND PLAY THE RADIO AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE while we are bass fishing early in the morning. Then wonders why we don't catch anything.

 

[Wannabefree]

Hey, I feel for ya. Hubby always feels the need to TALK VERY LOUDLY AND BANG AROUND IN THE BOAT AND PLAY THE RADIO AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE while we are bass fishing early in the morning. Then wonders why we don't catch anything.

Apparently some folks just can NOT fish. DD said "well YOU didn't catch anything either" well DUUUUUUUUHHHHHHH MAYBE it was because of all the noise coming from her Sheesh! Hopefully she will settle down and do better on the next trip, if not...I am totally selling her to the highest bidder and getting another dog to train it to catch fish

Ah what a day! I did a trade earlier at the farmer's market. I swapped some squash for onions. Squash I didn't need, onions I do Maybe next time I'll trade for some fresh apples I am sure going to have enough squash to last an eternity!!

I walked out with hubs to look at the garden a few minutes ago. The corn is looking decent, saw a few more silks emerging. The peppers are going good but they aren't hot at all :/ The tomatoes and beans are looking great! I have bush beans growing and the pole beans are blooming Wish my tomatoes were bigger, but without rain...they are looking pretty small this year so far. at least I have some though...I am NOT in any way complaining!! I like the smaller ones for salads anyway The pumpkins up on the hill are blooming, and the taters are begging to be dug up soon. I am itching to turn those tires over and get some NOW, but the plants haven't completely died back yet. I think I could have gotten a lot more out of them if the weather hadn't turned SO hot SO fast, but next year I'll try it again.

MY TURKEY HEN has RETURNED!!!!! I saw her come waltzing up out the back door while we were eating supper. Everybody jumped up from the table and rushed out to welcome her home! We are so weird sometimes, it makes me laugh

That's about it for my day. I am craving fish

 

[FarmerJamie]

You're just teasing us with the fishing stories....

 

[Wannabefree]

You're just teasing us with the fishing stories....

Jamie you are so mean. I'm disappointed about getting no fishes, and here you come to rub it in MEANIE

 

[FarmerJamie]

You're just teasing us with the fishing stories....

Jamie you are so mean. I'm disappointed about getting no fishes, and here you come to rub it in MEANIE

Blaming your poor, neglected DD on fishing failures. tsk tsk tsk.

 

[Wannabefree]

Neglected? Yeah right The OLD DD is slowly making her way back :/

 

[FarmerJamie]

We're have a nice good soaking right now with gentle thunderstorm.

Chased a crow out of the garden this morning....