I have my weather report set to show me the weather for Nunnelly, TN (91 degrees), Altamonte Springs, FL (90), Atlanta, GA (92) and Tucson, AZ (96). Now those are some very high temperatures! Keep drinking lots of water and stay inside whenever possible. Jeez, what happened to the 70's? lol They have emergency stations set up here, around town, where people can go and get water and cool off in the air conditioning.
Still it doesn't seem to have the same effect on everyone. I can't stay out very long without tons of sunscreen, gallons of water, sunglasses and even a hat if I must. I don't care for hats but I'll wear one if it's that hot. Then again, I imagine I'll wear one when it's THAT cold too... lol
Wally can go with some sunscreen and a hat and that's about it. He gets hot but not like I do. We definitely have our a/c on during the day now. We can still turn it off at night but daytime - no way.
Since we haven't had any rain, the garden has been getting watered by me with the good old garden hose. It goes from the middle of the backside of the cabin, all the way around to the front and then out to where the vegetable garden is. Since that doesn't really tell you how long of a hose it is, suffice it to say that it's a long, long ways around and out to the veggie garden... lol Well, some of you know how it is.
Southwest has round-trip flights from Orlando to Nashville for $79.00 each way plus the service fees. You can't fly on Fridays or Sundays but the special runs from 9/8/10 - 11/17/10. I just thought you might be interested since you can't even drive for that cheap with gas prices being what they are. It's typically a 2 hour flight. No excuses for not coming to visit :)
My tomatoes are about a foot tall, maybe a couple of them are a foot and a half. The squash and cucumbers have their second round of flowers and are beginning to spread out more. They are becoming more defined but I still don't know which is which. The flowers are different and the leaf size is different too. We shall see!
My basket was so pretty this week! We took a picture of it with Wally's phone and as soon as I get it, I'll post it. We got another head of Napa cabbage, more kale, another head of broccoli, a bunch of cilantro (woo hoo!!!), some scallions, a head of lettuce and 5 big white turnips. Oh me, oh my, was I ever excited! I steamed the broccoli the first night and ate it right up. I already ate the lettuce today for lunch - I couldn't resist. It was just a small head. According to the farmer, the lettuce has begun to bolt. I'm not sure what that means other than that I won't get anymore of that particular type. I think it's just too hot now.
The rest will be cooked before I leave to come down there or I'll bring what I can with me. Some of it will keep until I get back. It doesn't seem to go bad as soon as store bought but that could just be all in my mind being so excited about getting it.
The blog is short today because time got away from me and it's time for me to pack up and leave. I'll try to get on tomorrow and fill you in on my plans for the rest of the food and my trip down to FL. It's Wednesday so we're going to Pee Wee's Place.
Enjoy your evening, morning, daytime... whatever time it is that you find to read this :)
"Now that it's all over, what did you really do yesterday that's worth mentioning?" ~Coleman Cox
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Did you cook the turnips? They don't eat them much down here but that was the part that we ate in PA (instead of the greens). They're really good. Mom cooked them with potatoes so I guess that's the way they are cooked. You can add carrots too and maybe some celery. Let me know.
ReplyDeletebasket was good this time !!! i love Turnips :)
ReplyDeletelove the baby photos of you on FB....sooooo cute, wish my mom had taken photos of us when we were growing up. your mom is so cool :)
have a good trip here, call if ya get a chance, maybe we can do lunch xoxo