June '07
The garden is a struggle this year, a few more bugs, worms than usual, late cold weather, floods, rabbits and groundhogs and who knows what else. Some stuff will grow, some won’t, I’ll be happy either way. So far about 80 to 90 of LVJ’s cabbage plants look very good, the rest fell along the way. I’m not going to do another big garden until I have a rabbit and deer repellent fence and a flock of chickens to clear out the weed seed and bugs over the winter, plus probably a garden dog to discourage attempts to breech the perimeter.
I have managed to keep ahead of the mowing around the tick grounds, but not much else done. I’ve got to do some re-plumbing and stuff , probably get a start on that next week. Lot’s of work related travel lately. In the last month I’ve been to Hot Springs, Amarillo, Iowa City, Chicago, and Oklahoma City, still got another Chicago trip and one to Aberdeen SD in the next two weeks. Hard to find time to pick a tune or hoe the corn. I’m gonna quit this crap in a couple of years and start looting out the Social Security trust fund before you 40 and 50 something folks get there and want your share.
Looking forward big time to a week off for Tickfest. Otherwise, I got nothing to say, so will spare any readers and not say it.
I have managed to keep ahead of the mowing around the tick grounds, but not much else done. I’ve got to do some re-plumbing and stuff , probably get a start on that next week. Lot’s of work related travel lately. In the last month I’ve been to Hot Springs, Amarillo, Iowa City, Chicago, and Oklahoma City, still got another Chicago trip and one to Aberdeen SD in the next two weeks. Hard to find time to pick a tune or hoe the corn. I’m gonna quit this crap in a couple of years and start looting out the Social Security trust fund before you 40 and 50 something folks get there and want your share.
Looking forward big time to a week off for Tickfest. Otherwise, I got nothing to say, so will spare any readers and not say it.
posted by tickmeister at 6:36 PM
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Hey, 80 to 90 head of cabbage will work just fine. I'm hoping I can get one day off for the fest. 50 some hours last week. Plenty to do on the horizon.
I cut cabbage out on the tick ranch about 6:30 A.M., I hauled it down to my sisters and we started the assembly line about 11:00 and were done at 1:30. The Tick Cabbage is in crock fermenting, and in about 3 weeks, canning begins, and it should yield about40 quarts. We had about a dozen softball size heads left over. I am, and we all are looking forward to the remarks of the remarkable Mr. Tick about the recent festivities.
I'll write up a bit of a summary about tickfest in the next few days.
My sister said the kraut is "cooking" hard, much more so than previous years. It must be the Missouri soil and weather.
Is "cooking hard" a good or a bad thing? Are we still going to have some of your kraut at La La Land?
Still awaiting news of tickfest...
Ann, or may I call you Peggy? I don't know if it is good or bad. A few years ago we made 2 crocks and one cooked hard and one didn't and they tasted different. Both were good. I had a real good time at the Tickfest. Didn't get much sleep. I will say more after Tickmiester posts.
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