Monthly Archives: July 2012

The World Goes On Continued ….. Minnetonka Garden With Frank

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Tom

I still cannot drive for a few days, so since Frank planned on going over to the Minnetonka garden (which neither of us had been at for a couple weeks) anyway, he came and picked me up. Frank weeded, I … Continue reading →

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The World Does Not Stop

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Tom

Just because we are sore, our nights are messed up with dreams that don’t let us sleep more than a few hours in a row, and we don’t have our primary vehicle, does not mean that the fruits of our … Continue reading →

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BANG

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Tom

What happens when  confused elderly person drives the wrong way on a 70 mph freeway? Our Honda Odyssey is the vehicle shown above. This is the car driven by the person who thought the southbound lanes were the northbound lanes. … Continue reading →

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All Work & No Play …

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Tom

Ok, so I get to play a little bit anyway. And we ate them, so counts as food gathering <smile>.

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Backyard Squash

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Tom

  Most of the bushing butternuts (C. Mochata) from the seed saved from the one large butternut last year given on the grow out of seeds saved from the prior year from long necked bushing squashes are expressing the longer … Continue reading →

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As Good As It Gets

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Tom

The Ness farm is as well maintained as it is going to get for now.  I have other obligations for the next two weekends, and I really wanted to get into it and make sure that what is there will … Continue reading →

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Pulling Garlic & Weeding

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Tom

I started pulling the garlic here at my home last night after dinner.  Original plans of mine had involved planting a following crop in the garlic bed, but I must have had multiple original plans, since I planted vining squash … Continue reading →

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Just What Is Happening In The Home Garden

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Tom

This is the Punta Banda tomato plants grown from seeds given my by my friend Phil who owns Good Mind Seeds (http://goodmindseeds.org/) .  The plants are happy, flowering, and setting a lot of fruits.  I am really looking forward to … Continue reading →

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A Beautiful Weekend To Be Outside

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Tom

We got a lot of time in outside this weekend.  In fact, we spent pretty much all of it out in the sun somewhere.  Nell and I started early in the morning out at the Ness farm working on weed … Continue reading →

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July 4th, And Too Damn Hot

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Tom

I woke up at 4 am this morning, fretting about things, and then was unable to get back to sleep.  A mid-week holiday, and temperatures expected to be too hot to even function outside.  At 430 am I gave up … Continue reading →

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