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Oh that sounds good Junie. I think I'll make a cucumber/onion/tomato salad tomorrow. Always plant cucumbers Junie. Always.

You can grow cucumbers in a pot...just add a trellis of some sort, they grow upwards on it.

Ok I will do that next year. Help me remember, please.

I used my pears and made preserves today. Delicious. Junie I've grown cucumbers on a trellis for years. They're planted in the ground but trained to grow up a gigantic trellis to keep them off the ground and out of the mud.

Thanks for the information, Sheri. You will be glad for the preserves this winter. Yay !!

You can also plant them in a hanging basket and leave them trail down.

That is an interesting concept, Sunny. Will there be enough soil ??? If I can find those tiny cucumbers I think that would work well.

Good morning everyone.

I've done strawberries in vessels where they hung down - like window boxes - but have never grown cucumbers in hanging baskets. Interesting. I have a metal arbor I bet they'd grow on. I grew beans on a fence line one year and the plants were beautiful and produced well. Junie, I'll bet if you just look around you probably already have something that will work.

Rain is a gift from God. My dead squash produced 4 more fruit that was picked yesterday and there are more blooms on the vines. Got okra too. I'm telling you, that before this rain happened it looked as if the plants were dead from the root. Surprise!!! And remember the dead rosemary I threw in the compost pile 2 years ago thinking it was dead because it had all turned brown, the needles had fallen off and I could break off the branches and they'd crack like dried wood, well it's 5 feet tall now. Guess that's some good compost and I'm leaving it right where it is. Thought about moving it closer to the house but why mess with it when it's obviously so happy.

Very true !! Like "they" say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. And yes, I agree about rain.
And finally, I do have a few trellis. They are not big, but that might work to my favor. Thanks you guys.

And oh ! Good morning.

Good morning !!

We are into a dry spell here as well Bestofour, that with the extreme heat is a death to everything. My yard looks awful.

Junie, check for trellis at the dollar store, they had nice ones that fit into a pot.

Thanks Sunny, I will.

Extra hot (over 100 heat index) here. The rain has missed us the last few times, so it has been dry as well.

I think it is hot everywhere, it is sickening after awhile.

It's hot here too but I think it's supposed to rain again tomorrow. We're not in a drought but we do need rain a few times a week due to the heat.

The hummingbirds are swarming. Hope they're not getting ready to leave already. I love watching them.

I'm still not totally over this breathing issue and bronchitis I've had. Today has been my best day in over a week so hopefully I'm on the mend.

I changed the bedspread and put on new pillow shams in Colt's bedroom. Amazing what a difference a few changes make. In one of the upstairs bedrooms I kept the same spread, because it's an oversized bed and spreads cost so much, but got new shams with curtains to match and a throw to put across the foot of the bed that matches the other new stuff. I'm going to paint when I feel like it. A few minor changes that have made a difference that I like.

It feels good to spruce up a room, doesn't it Bestofour? GG is next on the list here, she wants her aqua room painted grey this time. My mother already bought her the grey comforter set as part of her birthday gift. I need to repaint her wooden dressers as well, she chose a smoky purple as an accent color. Just can't muster up the 'get to it' in this heat.

We keep losing internet/cable...it is going to be a long day with heavy thunderstorms.

That is one thing Rod a me d I agree on, ladies. We neither one like to paint so painting gets done here when there is no other choice.

However I do agree..
Getting new bedspreads, Shams, pillows, etc. does make a difference. Good for you, Sheri !

I don't mind the painting, it's the taping off and getting the room ready. Johnny absolutely would NOT paint. He said every painter he'd ever known was an alcoholic and there was a reason why Ginger will paint a room in a second and then repaint it the next day. She doesn't take after me.

We are expecting lots of rain from the hurricane in Florida. My garden is already back to life and producing more than I can eat so I hope this deluge won't ruin it.

While I haven't been feeling so good I've been sitting and watching Martha Stewart on the Roku channel, so I bought myself a popover pan, invited 2 friends over yesterday, and we made popovers. They came out so pretty, but I didn't care for the eggy taste. We made the basic recipe that is eaten with butter and jelly (my pear preserves ) so maybe I'd like them if I made some with cheese but I don't think so. I love eggs so it's surprising that it bothered me.

Popovers...hummm could you add some sugar and fruit to the batter ?? Then perhaps you should just go with fruit scones.

Although I bet the preserves helped the flavor a lot !!
I think I need to try to find some pears. Your preserves sound so yummy.

I hope you are feeling better. Golly this sickness of yours has sure hung on.

About the painting. When the people were getting this house ready to sell, they painted this house in various beige colors. Rod & I prefer off white. But guess who will be living with all of this brown. Send Ginger over please.

I love beige and brown tones, my walls are all covered in those...well, except for GG. Her room is aqua but it will be grey by next month.

I'm going with a shade of white - Greek Villa - or something like that.

Bestofour, I grew up in a house where everything had to be white. I always use to tell myself that I'd never paint anything white. it was so funny, when we moved into our house...everything was 'builders white'. Within three days I had every color of the rainbow on the walls. I have since toned it down.....and learned my lesson on how hard it is to cover dark colors.

It is a preserving day today. I picked a laundry basket full of cukes and another full of bush beans, my garden seems to have ripened all at once.

Have fun preserving...but don't work too hard, Sunny.

As I have said, I prefer the white tones. To me it is cheaper to change up the contents of a room than paint the room itself first. And I have always disliked the beige tones, but my ceilings are so high, I will be living with the beige tones.

Good morning ! It is wonderfully cool here today

Over the years I've had colored walls, foil wall paper, grass cloth, stripped the doors once and left them natural for a while, now I'm going with a shade of white for a change except I just painted a bathroom blue

Oh, wall paper....pretty as can be but a pain to put up and a headache to remove.

I got quite a bit of preserving done yesterday, my kitchen was a disaster area. I'll take another day next week and finish it all up. It is calling for a 5 day stretch of rain starting tomorrow morning.

Ah rain, I so wish we would get one good rain here. It would accomplish one of my tasks and I am running low on misting water for my houseplants. I guess I can use drinking water, huh ?

Good for you Sunny. You will appreciate all your hard work next winter when the snow is flying.
All I have done so far this year was make jelly (4 batches) and freeze loose blackberries. The plan was to also put up fresh peaches and sweet corn but I did not get any of either.

I'd tell you to hit the Farmer's market but if their prices are like the ones here....one can't afford to buy anything to preserve.

Yea, that was my plan ..for corn anyway, but it did not work out. I will have to plan better next year.

Junie we got 5 inches of rain from hurricane Debby and everything is having a second or third bloom - even the snapdragons.

Wow, yay for the plants !! "They" say we will be getting some rain Wednesday and Thursday. Gee I sure hope so. It rained so much in the spring, that I get out of the habit of watering. So some help with that now would be awesome.

5 inches !!! Wow that is a lot of rain !!

3 rd rounds of blooms, wow !! I am impressed, Sheri !!

Good morning !!!

Happy Sunday morning. We have another beautiful day here. THIS is how summer should be !!

We lost power with the storm, got it back but had no internet/cable until today.

We had a little bit of rain today. Enough so I didn't have to water today which is soooo nice. I'm going to say I'm getting ready for a bit cooler weather. It's going to be between 95° and 100° every day next week and I'm ready for a break.

Great that you got the rain, Sheri. So happy for you !!! Rain water is the best !

We had a nice break this week as well. The high temps like you are mentioning are forecast to begin returning here tomorrow as well. I guess the nice weather could not last forever. I love fall weather but I do not look forward to what comes after it.

Sorry for the power/phone,internet, etc. Sunny. Glad everything is back to normal.

Tuesday. It is still nice outside with a slight cool breeze. This is MY idea of August !!

It is fairly nice this early afternoon as well, storms for the later afternoon though.

I have finished all my cucumber pickle preserves....now we get to eat all the rest, fresh from the garden.

There is an outbreak of some kind here in some cucumbers, so I have not bought many this year. That is why I am interested in growing my own next year. I miss cucumber/onion/tomato salads.

So anyway, enjoy your cucumbers !!! YUM !!

It's been hot here and I think it's going to stay hot for a while. No rain in sight for the next 10 days. Hot and dry.

I grew my own cucumbers and they were delicious. Sorry for you Junie because I know you like them.

I am up further north from where I live now. I am Visiting my sister she lives in the area I used to, so it is fun indeed to be here. It is very comfortable weather here as well. I was out talking over my BIL's Blackberry plants with him this afternoon and it was SO comfortable outside indeed. I could take this weather year round.

Tomorrow is a sibling/cousin shopping lunching day !! I am loving my "vacation".

There is a recall for cucumbers because of salmonella, you should be able to still find local at the farmers markets though Junie.

Bestofour, it has been hot and sticky here...we get a sprinkle of rain but not enough to water anything. Everything is scorched...we have had the hottest Summer ever.

Today I am writing up the Fall to do list....never even finished the Summer one though.