I know I keep promising to talk about my garden, but truth be told, as many of you have witnessed, I am really into preparing the dirt. Then I sort of fall off with all the fucking watering. So The rain has just begun here and mother nature is going to take care of it herself. I went out to look at the plants before starting this thread and weird things are happening. First of all, I usually only buy one “cheat plant.” The fifteen or twenty dollar ones that often already have fruit. They are hybrids and I like to be an heirloom gardener.
But here is the thing, even my heirloom plants seem to be flowering much too early. It’s like they know we need produce and are hurrying up or something. It’s weird. The plants are barely growing but they are flowering. God provides I guess.
But I need to thank you all for making me walk outside to check on the plants. Because I have beautiful yellow irises and purple irises and of course purple “money plant” So I have a beautiful arrangement in my house right now. And I would have never know it was happening because I couldn’t even get the trash our to the street today. So thank you. It’s a bit of a rough day for me. And thank you all for still hanging with me. I really need you all right now so much.
I’m probably going to call it a night early tonight. I had nightmares last night and anxiety all day. I am doing the best I can, just like all of you. So hang with me if you can. You guys just showing up helps a lot. I appreciate you all. Thanks for being nice to the old crazy lady with a short trigger.
Now tell me about your gardens! Let’s keep it light in this one. I promise to give you another open forum soon. And all the venting threads are still just below this one. xo ~tt
As I mentioned last weekend, I now have one of those “in-home hydroponic gardens” in my kitchen. For the first time in a long time, I’m tending to plants and watching them grow. Even one of my tomato pods is finally sprouting!
I know my new little garden won’t cancel my need for grocery store deliveries any time soon, but at least it’s nice to think that maybe these plants will provide my own food some time in the future.
Keep us up to date, I’d welcome some honest reviews and suggestions!
So I went to open air farmers co-op today in hopes of buying some plants/ shrubs/ flowers. Gloves and mask on….BIG sign posted to keep 6’ distance from others…. total fail…this woman invaded my 6’ space not 1, not 2, but 3 times before I turned around and said “ back the fuck off! Do you not know what 6’ means? “. She lite well kept creeping within 2 feet of me. Her response? “ oh sorry I was just interested in the same flowers and plants”. I was so pissed off, I just left. What a douchebag. I had been in my house following all the rules for 3 straight weeks, and this dumbass has set my self quarantine date back to zero because she is a dumbass. People. Need. To. Get. A. clue. Thought it was safe to go to an open air market….was so wrong. I am stupid for have venturing out believing that even in a open air, non-confined space that people would get it! So, that said…no mater plants yet!
I admit I didn’t know how to do it while shopping either. We are all learning.
I found three N95 masks leftover from one of my painting projects, stumbled on them by accident. So I went to Honeybaked Ham and the grocery store.
Here’s how Honeybaked went… the manager and one cashier are the only others in the store. They’ve got gloves but no masks. I’m not worried, they aren’t letting you see the ham before you buy so I guess it’s alright. I’m just gonna assume they wear them in the back when they are blowtorching and wrapping the hams for the fridge cases. They are having a sale so I’m deciding if I go for 1 or two hams. Manager asks how many people, I say two. She says why just two? Dumbfounded I said the virus? She giggled and said we could have 8 more people with no problem. I thought she was kidding. She said she was having nine, her two sisters were each having nine and they were going to rotate. I almost fell over. This thinking scares the crap out of me.
Fast forward to the daily briefing from the WH, I tune out Trump but I listen to Fauci and Birx and Pence. The numbers in African American communities are trending higher, due in part to pre-existing conditions. The govt is tracking but can’t predict the future, can only get info out there. Got it. Scanning CNNs headlines tonight there is an article by Van Jones about the AA community and what their beliefs are regarding the whole virus situation. Interesting read, highly recommend. It also may explain the manager at Honeybaked and her nonchalance about groups.
The grocery store was fine as far as meat, veg, bread, dairy, but no tp and no flour. About half the people had masks and/or gloves on. That’s people of all races as I recall, so yes I am aware it’s not every person in any given category) Everyone tried to abide by the tape lines on the floor but It’s so counter-intuitive, but we all tried.
Let me tell you, those N95 masks are beyond uncomfortable, I think that’s why I had leftovers. I’m glad people have come up with some ingenious ways for the medical folks to save their ears. God bless them all.
Sorry for posting here, it was my first time out in over a week and the first time anything shocked me.
I know how terrible it is having to go and wear the mask for the first time. I it so hot and hard to breathe. I get it. I had a major meltdown and all sorts of weird issues. I am grateful for you sharing.
I felt so bad for you when I first read about your problems wearing that mask. I don’t know how anyone found it amusing or whatever they found it. Being claustrophobic myself and having to wear a mask for work sometimes is very anxiety producing. Only the second time commenting. Guess I am afraid I’ll inadvertently break a rule. Hope I don’t. Keep up the good work. You are appreciated more than you know.
I love gardening too – it’s my true passion. Today I divided echinacea, hosta, and daylilies and replanted them in new spots. Of course I can’t go to the garden center to buy anything as we are still on “stay at home” orders in NY, so just planting anything was nice. And it was the most gorgeous day with beautiful blue skies.
How nice that you have Iris in bloom already – they are such pretty plants. The only things in bloom here are forsythia and daffodils. Our tulips haven’t even bloomed yet. The night time temps are still dropping into the 30’s.
Just wanted to pop in here to say l’m here for you Tamara. I live in a condo building, so l don’t have a garden…no tomatoes and no lilies. They’re saying that the curve won’t flatten in California until early June, so I’ll be sheltering for another 2 months. Wishing everyone well!
you too my love.
Deb, if you have a deck or a sunny window, you can grow in pots without any special equipment. If no sunny window, hydroponic stuff and lights are more readily available than ever, thanks to Calif. having legal pot grow. The shops that sell stuff for pot have equipment and KNOWLEDGEABLE workers who can educate you. I grow everything EXCEPT pot and they help me.
I have no plants and have been avoiding fresh produce because of germs so I am looking forward to the day I can have a salad again.
In other news I have had stabbing jaw pain for two days now. I was complaining about it tonight and my mom told me to gargle with vodka. Holy fuck was that the worst thing in the world. I had it in my mouth for a second before I nearly threw up. Vodka all over the sink, my shirt, in my hair, down my throat, up my nose. At least now I’m a little tipsy and the pain has subsided lol
Are you grinding your teeth at night? That’s a side effect I get from grinding. Usually due to stress. I take 2 or 3 muscle relaxers before bed depending on the night before. Just a thought.
Yes. I’ve been grinding my teeth since I was a child. That’s probably my problem now because of the extra stress so I’m going to have to find a new way to deal with it
Gardening in the Springtime is the only thing that keeps me from going bonkers. Every year after a hard winter where I don’t keave the house, my go to place us is my garden. I was out today doing unpleasant hard labor and it FELT GREAT. My sanity is tied to growing and planting.
I need someone to buy my cigarettes….
Try a cab company. Ours here will deliver anything for $10.00 because business is so slow.
Can you still order cheap online from Europe? Not a short term solution but might be good for the long-term? Have any friends in Virginia or NC that could send to you?
I could buy you tax free ciggies in Gibraltar cost around £30 for 200, I would have to post them to you.
email me
TT I am in SE VA and can get cigs pretty cheap. What do you smoke and what are you paying? I make a trip once a month to buy them. I’ll be going in about two weeks. I know that doesn’t help now, but that may be faster than Gibraltar. I will email you.
TT I sent you an email. I never knew they had a website and you can order from there yourself. Their sin tax rate is much lower than anywhere else in the Commonwealth.
Heirloom tomatoes? I need them in my mouth! (can’t remember where that quote is from). Thank you for the report TT! Fresh-cut yellow flowers are my money plant. I am having an affair with my landscaper does that count as gardening?
Wait what? This sounds like an episode of Desparate Housewives…. tell us more. Does he make housecalls?
Of course he makes housecalls. Every nine days during lawn-season. My grass is really green! I cannot plant heirlooms for wild-rabbits to eat, and we have a lot of them here. The only way to get them is in restaurants, if at all. If I can find a plant it would be worth container-gardening some.
UPDATE–okay maybe my romance will distract some of us? So I HEAR LAWNMOWERS. I am fighting the urge to make him a sandwich. I also brushed my teeth and washed my face but I’m hiding in my home-office. I am way too old for this courtship nonsense!
It counts, I think. Ask Lady Chatterly.
after the great zinnia and bulb fennel seedling upset (tray on the porch flipped over in the wind), found some more zinnia and fennel seed in the seed basket and they are all germinating. the shishito peppers now have real leaves and could use a bit of food. the pansies are so sad. think i ought to just buy ’em and plant in the fall in the porch pots (lately the winters here are a lot milder than before so it’s worth a shot to try to winter the pansies over and get a great start in the spring.) i have given up planting tomatoes here because the freaking squirrels just view the fruits as one bite snacks.
I am in the bold north Minnesota and the grass is just starting to turn green, but the maples are blooming!
Our iris start blooming around Memorial Day so excited!
Our garden centers are only able to provide curbside pick up at the moment. It’s pansy season here!
Thank you for the gardening update!
This has nothing to do with vegetables or flowers, but I am so happy that I went to local Walmart today. I was able to get stuff for my boy’s Easter baskets (and then sneak it inside sucessfully) and I got a ham to cook for Easter. With a brown sugar glaze, yum!! I waited outside for the senior shopping time to end (10am) and there was barely anyone inside. I was shocked.
There are only a few confirmed cases in the county that I live in, and it made me feel so good in my soul that most people in the store tried really hard to avoid each other. Maybe just all the smart people were out early in the morning probably.
My roses are starting to bloom. My rose bushes look really healthy this year and it looks like they are going to bloom a lot of roses. I had read that milk and egg shells are good for the soil. I have been feeding the bushes with both and now the rose blooms last longer and no bugs. The only negative is that the roses either have a faint smell or they smell bad.
I’m interrupting to let y’all know… my cat has the hiccups and it’s so freaking CUTE???
These are the type of interruptions I need in my world. Thanks.
I bought some heirloom tomato seedlings. I need to transplant into pots to keep on a table until the Great Roof Rat Exterminatiin of 2020. Too bad coronavirus won’t get them. They ate EVERYTHING last year. The year before, they MOWED DOWN my vines. Didn’t eat, just severed them all in a straight line. Little mofos.
My two 7 ft. tall blue juniper potted trees are actually thriving here in South Florida! They are a hardy tree so they have that advantage. I have fed them for the year and I am trying to adjust how I water them because they don’t normally need a lot of water but it’s so freaking hot here!
I have a blooming shamrock plant that’s just showing off right now. It’s in a beauty pageant with all my succulent plants and I just can’t pick a winner right now!
Our peace lily is muddling along in the shade of the front awning but the heat is really getting to her so it’s that time of the year to move her to the back patio with a ceiling fan over her to keep her cooler through the summer.
I am also watering and taking care of the neighbor’s outdoor plants since it’s their vacation home and they won’t be back for the foreseeable future.
Happy blooming and let there be an abundance of tomatoes for all of us! <3
I woke up and wrote a Pump Rules recap but am not up to doing all the thiings to get it up.Thank you all for this post.
I forgot to watch the last couple of weeks so it is good. Maybe tomorrow afternoon will catch up.
I don’t want to go into the store to get plant starts. So I’m thinking of buying a knitting kit from Lion Brand. I don’t know where my needles are, even if I was at home. If I don’t buy a kit, I am thinking of making myself a big ol Harry Potter scarf (see the movies… I’ve got a pattern for both Movies 1 & 2, and the ones that were Film 3 and after. I don’t have the Fantastic Beasts version pattern, and wish I could find it and yarn suggestions.
Oh.. I’ve been drinking tequila.
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If you have a husband, please be kind to him. God’s plan for my life is apparently to do this alone. It’s terrifying. And if you have a man in the house, please give him a hug from me and stop being such a bitch. 🙂
Oh… read Reddit. There are women in quarantine with some real abusive assholes. You won’t feel as bad. At least it helps me when I start to feel bad that I don’t have a partner to deal with this shit, or vent to, especially after today. (Today was HARD at work. Why I am still awake at 12:30) Hugs sweetie.
We must be on the same plan… can we upgrade???
I’m in NJ and for some reason, ok I know the reason I still listen to my Dad even though he went to Heaven in 1998, I won’t plant anything till Mother’s Day. So I’m looking and considering what to plant and where. Pretty sure I’m doing a container garden as I have 6 huge containers left over from who knows what and it’s easier for me to sit in a chair then get on the ground these days. I get the praise and respect for those in the health care fields, I get the praise and respect for the teachers doing this virtual thing…but sorry folks…with schools closed and teachers and admins doing things they have never done they call people like me. I run a student database that tracks everything to do with students and staff at tons of schools across this country and into 2 others. I’m gonna vent a minute. While people are worried about their area, rightfully so, I and 2 co workers are watching 26 different states and 3 other countries to see what schools are doing, what’s the government saying. What rules are being put into place that will affect those students and teachers. How do we get the technology ready to handle all those situations and then communicate that effectively to school staff while they are completely overwhelmed? I’m completely overwhelmed and I wasn’t working 12 plus hours a day I’d be day drinking.
Do I need to wait for Mother’s Day to plant? Pulling weeds is therapy for me.
In South Jersey the “Mother’s Day” rule of gardening only applies to geraniums. If they have something in stock, it is probably okay for your area.
I actually spend way more time, and money, getting my dirt ready. This year I started super early turning the ground and added all manner or expensive weirdness. I have to do things in stages because I tire very easily since I am so sedentary. Except for those glorious few weeks when I wasn’t. It was also raining a lot and it was fairly easy to turn the garden and I was able to get out some huge old roots this year. I guess what I am saying is you don’t really even need plants to garden. Then when the quarantine shit started I dash out and bought plants. The planting part was so much easier when the ground was perfectly ready
I love heirloom/heritage tomatoes.
I drank a small childs worth of wine and laughes at an email my BIG Sis sent.
I am so glad to know that it is just not thr Irish that are lunatics
HOW DO COURT RECORDERS KEEP STRAIGHT FACES????
These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while the exchanges were taking place.
ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, ‘Where am I, Cathy?’
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!
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ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
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ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
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ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?
WITNESS: July 18th.
ATTORNEY: What year?
WITNESS: Every year.
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ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?
WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can’t remember which.
ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?
WITNESS: Forty-five years.
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ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget..
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
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ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
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ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: He’s 20, much like your IQ.
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ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Are you shitting me?
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ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Getting laid
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ATTORNEY: She had three children , right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
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ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death..
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS: Take a guess.
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ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I’m going with male.
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ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
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ATTORNEY: Doctor , how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight.
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ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral…
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ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished.
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ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question?
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And last:
ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No..
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.
These are from a book called “Disorder in the Courts”! Hilarious!
LOL!
You’re as golden as the pot at the end of a rainbow. Thank you. It feels so good to laugh. You shamRock!
Thank you!!!
I needed this!
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I loved reading those. Thank you so much!
Omglmfao! <3 @tuatha12!!!
I’m finally high off of my edibles right now ;).