So...whats for dinner?
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Oh dear Nance, I am so sorry that our interloping voracious drug addict groundhog hopped a train to the midwest! I felt my blood boiling just reading your post! I feel even worse for you with all of your hard work on your abundant garden.
Yesterday we had a man here who is going to install one of those wall heating/cooling units and he happened to tell us, when the conversation somehow got on to gardens, that he totally shot and killed a groundhog that was in his garden. We can't actually do that in our town....even if we could even muster up the anti-groundhog courage to take the shot, which is too bad since I have great aim!
RELATED GROSS STORY ALERT!! A man in our NH neighborhood caught a groundhog in his have a heart trap then heartlessly drowned it....then put the carcass back on his property for the neighborhood foxes, since he feels they are on his team. Yikes! Hope you don't have to go to such extremes for your garden. Good luck! And you can always out him back on the train east since there is nothing left here for him!!
Bedo, I also hope things are improving today for DD. There is nothing so awful as having our kids in any sort of crisis.
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Nancy - don't know where groundhogs live but DH caught the gopher digging up the front yard in a trap from Cabela's. Like a giant rat trap 1/2 buried in his burrow. Took a couple of tries b4 he got it set right. I don't think we have groundhogs but plenty of other stuff.
I found some mint that has self seeded. I do not have a pristine yard so I don't care if it goes wild and takes over. Green is green out here. Gave DH strict instructions not to weed-eat it.
I think we will have the chicken and Italian rice comfort dish tonight if I get my hind end up and get some chicken thawed out.
Bedo - continuing to pray for your DD. Glad you were where you can help her.
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I know where this one lives, in a large brush/leaf pile where I'm sure he has made a tunnel. I can see the entry clearly. We have a havaheart trap and can use it, but it's a pain. Missouri trapping laws allow you to catch and kill the critters, but you can't catch them and release them elsewhere. We don't like critter killing so much ( except for mice, voles and moles), although I'm not opposed to a well placed pumped up bb or two lol! DH has even been known to catch and release live mice into the woods. I'm not that soft ;-) We would have to break the law (gasp!) and transport him to a local wildlife refuge under cover of darkness. I don't mind being an outlaw as much as I mind getting up at 4 am and driving 20 miles to the refuge.
Thankfully, the beans are fenced off from the rabbits and DH has a bunch to pick. Yay!! Haricots verts!
But tonight is gong bao chicken with brown rice and a spring roll or two.
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I haven't grown vegetables since this BC mess started in 2011. I have plumarias and roses along the fences and potted plants on the patio. The squirrels love to dig them up so here's a good tip. Putting large broken pot pieces between the green shoots didn't deter them. I've had filled plastic water bottles sitting inside the pots covering the dirt. A neighbor told me to get plastic picnic forks & stick them in the dirt - tines up. Seems so work very well if you have small pests bothering small plantings.
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Lol! Groundhogs eating jalapenos! One got into my son's fire station - this photo is hilarious of DS with the groundhog in hand:
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funny! Jalapeño. Is that his new name? LOL. That is such a happy picture!
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Very cute! Your DS that is, the groundhog, not so much . . . .
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Thanks! I told DS I had never seen him look that happy - he answered that he never had been, lol! I know we are not sympathetic to groundhogs, but he looks pretty scared - he ran into the fire station and hid in the back, they had a heck of a time catching him, but DS was the victor! I think we should name him Jalapeno!
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Cute pic, Special! Tho the varmint looks more like a koala than the groundhog who lives (lived?) under our shed.
We have the same laws about not relocating such pests! But were prepared to with the help of a friend. It is annoying to have to be so stealthy. DH used to relocate squirrels that we trapped in the house eaves in our prior house. However, inevitably two more would move on in (their social media obviously very effective for communicating available housing opportunities!) until we got the place all sealed up. I can still see DH driving to the local town forest at night with the cage on the roof under a blanket LOL! We lived pretty close to a future presidential candidate who had his dog on top of the same kind of car. I guess squirrels weren't so bad.....and they never got sick during the ride!
It is possibly the most gorgeous day imaginable here today! Sorry for those of you who are suffering with so much bad weather....sure we will get it at some point. But today is glorious.....I even insisted after our lunch out that DH go golfing, which he promptly did.
by the way, he had a greek salad roll up....I had a cup of chicken lemon rice soup.....needed more lemon!Tomorrow we go to the wedding of the daughter of close friends of ours in the next town. She is a great young woman (went through school with DS2) who now heads up an agency in Baltimore that supports the inner city kids to get through school successfully and lead productive lives. Her good work seems to have been rewarded as she hit the jackpot for weather for her at home garden wedding. So happy for her!!
Luv, you are right about visitors, but the deal is that DS2 and his friends are going to be visiting our house at the lake, not us! They are all going to a separate wedding (than us...a different classmate from HS) tomorrow at Lake Winnipesaukee (not far from our lake), so are hotelling at our place. I have to laugh at DS2 who says...."we'll hardly be there....you won't even notice anyone stayed there, since we will be at the wedding events a lot". So my frame of reference is girls getting ready for the wedding, the beach, the rehearsal dinner, etc......I do think their will be some house use! The good thing is that whenever he has friends there he makes a concerted effort to clean really well, so it is no effort for us post visit.
So, while we will not see any guests this weekend, we are heading into Seaport to meet DS2 and "Chicago girlfriend" for dinner on Monday evening. She is staying in town for most of the week? So this is our first official meet and greet other than their quick stopover here a couple of weeks ago...YAY!
Heading out to plant a few petunias that were leftovers from my planting efforts at the lake. I have absolutely no color in my back property so far.....except for the waning purple chive fleurs! Pathetic!
Oh, Luv, I was intrepid enough to plant some mint a few years ago, and it did not really take over every area, so I am quite happy to have it. Then we found a larger leaf variety growing adjacent to our yard fence, (it is probably a spread effort from my next door neighbor who cooks middle eastern food). DH, while weeding, dug some up so that is now in pots thriving. I have no trouble with having mint!
wish it would take over our lakehouse property where we go totally rustic. -
Bedo: hugs and positive vibes to you and DD
Special: that picture is priceless - he really looks like you too
Debbie: You are amazing the way you can respond to all as you do - I am impressed and like others I have difficulty remembering what I just read
I am looking forward to 4 days off - Canada Day on Tuesday July 1 so I took Monday off. Dinner will likely be toast tonight as DH is playing golf.
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Joyce - lovely tribute to Michelle. So glad you've remained close to Rick.
Bedo - you're still in our thoughts & prayers. Check in when you can.
Special - what did they do with the groundhog after they caught him?
Lacey - hope the "chicago girl" dinner goes well.
I agree - I'm in awe of Debbie. I can't remember one page back let alone 10.
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Oh fine, just discovered the ground hog has a friend! They had supper in the garden and dined on every leaf on the squash plants! Their little bungalow is about to be dismantled! To top it off, we just had a mama raccoon with 3 babies on the deck. Aargh! I'm a nature lover but enough's enough!
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OO Nancy you got the gourmet on for the rodents. I forgot how big they are until I saw Special's pic. No way would the gopher trap work. Might have told my Havaheart story. We lived in older part of FW - rented house in early marriage. Noises in attic. I swore it was squirrel. DH wired up sides of trap and filed off trip mechanism to just a hair trigger. I made him promise to relocate it if it was a squirrel. It was a very large rat. He used his trusty BB gun too and killed it.
Is it the rain bringing them out? News story about how many snakes are out and about. Friend from church bit by copperhead and she's not a yard/gardener person - bad COPD. Must have just stepped in the wrong place.
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Okay, Nance, time to bring in the Welcome sign! Somehow I thought I remembered that you had your gardens elevated or well cordoned off from the buggers. Could you employ a grey fox to help with the extermination process?
Joyce, so happy for Rick that the house sold....tho bittersweet for sure. So glad that you guys will stay closely connected to him.....for all of you! If how often I think of Michelle is any indicator of her spirit being nearby, she is definitely present!
Yikes, Luv, water bringing snakes out.....kind of scary, and I'm not even afraid of snakes! Tho copperheads lurking in the grass would keep me inside! Look down!!
Tazzy, enjoy your mini vacay!
Tonight DH grilled some steaks that he picked up on his way home from golf. I made a big garden salad and we actually finished off some ratatouille that I found in the fridge. Obviously it does not spoil, since I made it well over a week ago and it has even travelled to the lake and back (220 mi) with us last weekend. Who knows.....we could wake up in the middle of night sick!! ;/
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Lacey, hope you slept through the night. DH suffered through some food poisoning that started in the night several years ago. No fun! I cleaned out the new fridge last night and threw out a few disgusting things containers and all. Apparently they'd been in there a little more than a week lol!
We've had red foxes from time to time. Where are they when I need them! I do have raised beds but only the beans are fenced. We may have to rethink the whole thing our giveup gardening. Too frustrating.
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tazzy - it is a funny picture - and yes, my genetic material wins - both of my kids look like me, all of their cousins on my husband's side look like each other - my kids are the fair-skinned, blue-eyed ones.
I believe that DS relocated the groundhog away from the fire station and just let go. That area has a lot of them.
Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend!
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It has been eons since I checked in, was thinking of everyone today. Glad to "see" so many of you. Not much to report on the cooking front. Just got home from a vacation visiting some ballparks (Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Toronto) on a mission to get to all the mlb parks, but in no particular time. Had a lot of ballpark food. I guess I am prejudiced, but so far the food in the Phillies park is so much better! Also saw Niagara Falls on the trip which is really impressive. Rounding out the vacation with one last game at home tonight in Philly. We splurged on the good seats, but it is really the outcome of the game that is the most important to me. Sending my best wishes to all, oldies and newbies. Couldn't catch up on everything, but what I did catch up on sounds delish! Take care all. Kay
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Kay, this is really weird. I was just thinking of you yesterday and wondering how you are. What a treat to see your post. Thanks for satisfying my curiosity!
Glad you are well and enjoying the mlb ballpark trips. Philly has good food in general, so I wouldn't be surprised if their ballpark food was good. I tend not to eat much ballpark food anymore, but we recently attended an event at Fenway that had the most delicious food...I've never seen such selections during a regular game. So good to have you check in!Nance, we are both fine after the ratatouille. Amazing! I have surrendered with gardening since it is just too frustrating to have the furry guys foil me! Guees I'll just rely on the farmer's market.
About to head over to the wedding.....could not ask for a better day weather-wise!
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My daughter is home. Thank you for your prayers
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Good news Bedo!
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Vegetable beds
Zucchini remains
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Hi to everyone! I've been managing to read posts since we left home on June 18th but cannot post on my cell phone. We've had safe travel, first to Decatur, IL, where we spent four days parked at dh's sister's house. She and her dh celebrated their 50th with a re-enactment and catered dinner. There was also a cookout at their house for friends and family who were in town for the festivities.
Next we travelled to Fairmont, MN, to visit a couple we met in Park Rapids, MN, at Pine Hollow Resort, where we stayed the past two summers. We ate with them at two of Fairmont's favorite eateries. The Channel Inn, which features outdoor seating overlooking one of Fairmont's 5 lakes. It's a burger place and dh and I had the blue burger with blue cheese. It was very good and very oversized. The other eatery is Jake's Pizza which has been in business for 40 years and has a secret recipe for the crust (thin and crispy). DH and I enjoyed a round of golf with the husband.
Now we're in Ortonville, MN, in an rv park situated on Great Stone Lake. I can raise my head and look out the rear window of the 5th wheel and see a lovely view of the lake. The rv park has Wi-Fi so I'm writing on my laptop. Today we travelled over an hour to Eden, SD, which is celebrating its centennial. We have friends in Eden who lived in Louisiana for 30 yrs. The parade was really entertaining. John Deere tractors were well represented! The population of Eden is around 100 but there were lots of people in town today.
On the way back to Ortonville, we stopped at Roslyn to buy balsamic vinegar at the International Vinegar Museum. I kid you not! You can google their web site.
For dinner tonight we went to a supper club near Ortonville and had their walleye special. The fish was delicious.
We'll stay here another day and then travel to Pine Hollow Resort on Monday. With any luck we'll be there through July and August and I should resume doing some cooking once we're settled.
I managed to buy two cookbooks today! The Centennial Cookbook sold in Eden and Recipes With a Natural Touch at the Vinegar Museum.
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Hey Carol! Good to hear from you, we've missed you!
Tonight was grilled pork steak, fresh green beans with garlic butter and baked corn. Tomorrow is a friend's birthday. He is quite the pie fanatic, so for his birthday I baked him 3 of his favorite minipies -- pecan, coconut cream and cherry. I had coconut cream left over so of course we have a mini pie too! Not one of dh's faves but I'm betting he won't turn it down lol!
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I made a giant ham macaroni salad so we have eats for a couple of days. DH got home about 3:30 (he left home at 5 am) and slept on the couch for about 2 hours. Now watching NASCAR racing.
Carole - hope you have good weather for your traveling and safe travel. The food sounds delicious.
Nancy - your poor forlorn squash plants. Groundhog doesn't eat squash blossoms? Yum coconut cream pie. I did splurge on a new Blue Bell flavor - Magic Cookie Bar like the old recipe. I think a small bowl is calling my name, my reward for finishing the dishes in a bit.
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Bedo--Worried- I am sending my Guardian Angel to your daughter---still praying
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Bedo-just saw your post that DD is home safe. Still in my thoughts.Hectic day---Church Rummage sale at 7:30, then picked 2 gallons of black raspberries at my Dads--the briars and the bugs were awful-windy and humid from rain. Then worked in the Garden until noon, then showered and went to the Grocery Store---Dinner was chicken salad sandwich and a piece of raspberry pie that I made a day ago from the first picking of berries....should have been grilled salmon and a baked potatoe, but I was too frazzled to cook.
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Bedo - I missed that your DD is home. Hope all is well or mending at least. Keeping both of you in my prayers.
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Bedo - thank heavens. Still holding you close.
Quiet weekend. Water aerobics this morning. Lunch was fresh tomatoes & cottage cheese. Dinner was raw carrots, cauliflower & radishes w/ranch dip - accompanied by "mexican mini" tomatoes. These are just a little bigger than the end of a pencil eraser and VERY sweet. I paired those offerings with a glass of pinot noir and had 2 Meyer Lemon mini Miracle Tarts made by Hail Merry for dessert. All organic/raw oils/paleo friendly/non gmo/gluten free/kosher/etc. and WONDERFUL. I got them from Costo & really worth checking out as an "emergency" dessert to keep in the fridge. Only 100 calories so YES of course I covered them with whipped cream.
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Bedo, hope your daughter is doing well, you are both still in my prayers.
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Bedo, it's good to hear that your DD is home.
Eric
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