tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post2341609518979769986..comments2024-01-23T20:43:07.541-04:00Comments on ~Framboise Manor~: oh man - not even 5pm and i neeeed my bed!!!kymberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-26356082668439141442013-08-21T03:43:54.926-03:002013-08-21T03:43:54.926-03:00Now that Mom got in and cleared the weeds I can se...Now that Mom got in and cleared the weeds I can see my plants again. Lots of flowers on the bush squash and I do have lovely little patty pan White squash I'll save for seeds once she goes ripe for harvest. My aunt is like the garden godess and even her tomatoes were a bust this year. My Mom's little garden and potted herbs and plants are doing well overall. <br />My raised beds were a bust this year. Though the little lemon Heirloom cukes did well. I love fresh cukes but I'm not a pickle person. I will save the any squash seeds from my little bushes. The heat has been wicked this year and Mom is looking to go back to more heat tolerant plants next year. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-28839467760293463422013-08-19T13:56:36.930-03:002013-08-19T13:56:36.930-03:00Sue - that was a pretty sad harvest eh? but someth...Sue - that was a pretty sad harvest eh? but something is better than nothing!!! oh crap - sorry about the potatoe fail? i think i know what bins you mean and ya - it might have something to do with the plastic. tell that RenoMan to get you some tires girl!!! bahahahahah! i mean it! email coming!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-86417270160599627482013-08-19T13:55:19.871-03:002013-08-19T13:55:19.871-03:00lisa - i was riding on the high of hanging out wit...lisa - i was riding on the high of hanging out with some of my best woman friends!!! we slept in the next day - but a quick trip to the river and a dip in freezing cold water woke us up for sure! you have got to send me some pics of your bounty and i will try not to be too jealous - bahahahah! i am so glad that your garden is doing so well for you! and yes - you can offset winter food costs like you wouldn't believe if you freeze, can and dehydrate that bounty! now send me some pics of that beautiful garden so that i can sigh and drool - bahahah!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-50736845051828915852013-08-19T13:52:56.859-03:002013-08-19T13:52:56.859-03:00Harry - we really aren't all that social. we p...Harry - we really aren't all that social. we participate in our 2 communities events but they have bingo in fourchu every second sunday - we went a few times but oh man - those people are crazy for their bingo. then they have regular card games every week - plus darts!!! we don't go to any of that - it's just too much for us and we are fairly low-key, private and love being alone up here on our little hill. people here are all "do-drop-inners" - people drop in on each other all of the time. when we visit our best friends c and b - you can easily count 40 people dropping in on a 4hr visit - it near does my head in - bahahah! we have been here almost 3 yrs and we don't like people dropping in. and everyone here has been very respectful of that. some of them think it's weird but they respect our privacy. we couldn't ask for better people, neighbours and community!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-79415894995971710972013-08-19T13:49:07.225-03:002013-08-19T13:49:07.225-03:00jamie - your cucumber sounds wicked-awesome - are ...jamie - your cucumber sounds wicked-awesome - are you gonna save some seeds from it? if so, i will gladly trade for some! oh that is awesome that you can get 2 harvests - we get a summer and then a fall harvest here - but you can't grow the same things!<br /><br />i saw a new post from you on our blogroll and i will go check it out! that is awesome about the stove and the hearth pad and thanks for the tip! congrats to you - you busy, busy girl! (i don't know where you get all of your energy - you are like the energizer bunny! bahahahah!)kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-35797694319587363822013-08-19T13:07:36.784-03:002013-08-19T13:07:36.784-03:00Love your harvest picture, Kymber! :-) My potatoes...Love your harvest picture, Kymber! :-) My potatoes in a barrel...potato fail. They are full of ants; flying ants and other ones. I mean FULL. No wonder nothing grew. I used big plastic bins from Walmart, the kind with the rope handles. Andrew drilled drainage holes on the bottom before we planted. Do you think it was the plastic?Sue Frelickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13150735651127251014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-24832947998065696922013-08-19T11:21:10.241-03:002013-08-19T11:21:10.241-03:00good for you for being able to stay up till 3 am a...good for you for being able to stay up till 3 am and not be crushed the next day! That is the difference ten or so years make I guess!!! Boy, I have to send a picture of my bounty from yesterday. this year has been the most amazing garden year for me, and its good, as this is the year I decided to get serious about helping offset food costs for my family, as well as exercising skills I may need to rely on down the road.<br />Happy Days! Llongtime wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943663153016717921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-70708874516658301942013-08-18T21:18:00.052-03:002013-08-18T21:18:00.052-03:00I am glad you had a good time. Hugs to you both.I am glad you had a good time. Hugs to you both.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-28281107349209534122013-08-18T20:25:37.916-03:002013-08-18T20:25:37.916-03:00I'm always amazed at how social you two are. T...I'm always amazed at how social you two are. That must be a pretty nice bunch of people up there because you are always doing get togethers of some kind.Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-78112975912216611572013-08-18T20:16:39.646-03:002013-08-18T20:16:39.646-03:00kymber: About the only I have growing in a new cuc...kymber: About the only I have growing in a new cucumber call a lemon cucumber. I love fresh cukes but it's kind of limited on what you can do with it. <br />SW Idaho is moving back to it's old weather cycle of hot, dry summers and cold dry winters. But some good news, I learned you can get 2 harvests with that cycle. Mom came over and weeded my beds and my little squash bushes are starting to produce! <br /><br />So excited my stove will be installed at the end of this month or the first week of Sept. The guys doing the work will give me a miss measured hearth pad that would cost about $400.00 because the cheap fake brick looking pad was discontinued. You and jam might ask around at wood stove shops if they have any hearth pads that were leftover or the wrong size, might save you some money. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-7677221530180234632013-08-18T14:46:50.360-03:002013-08-18T14:46:50.360-03:00bahahahahahahahah! oh bahahahahahahah! ya, i guess...bahahahahahahahah! oh bahahahahahahah! ya, i guess they are kymber-sized! thanks buddy!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-12415649556931867122013-08-18T14:46:22.593-03:002013-08-18T14:46:22.593-03:00hey Gurlie - you would fit right in with the women...hey Gurlie - you would fit right in with the women here - oh man, when we are in the right mood, we just let it rip!!! it was such a good night last night - we finally climbed up the driveway at about 3am and then face-planted in bed. slept right through til 9:30am if you can believe it. what a great sleep!<br /><br />sorry you lost your connection - i hate it when i type up a big-*ssed long comment and lose it - arghghghgh!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-81177955188169616712013-08-18T14:44:27.202-03:002013-08-18T14:44:27.202-03:00oh Wendy - you are in a sad state of affairs if yo...oh Wendy - you are in a sad state of affairs if you can match my poor-*ssed carrots - bahahahahahah! that's about 6 tomatoes that have coloured so far - all of my other plants have tomatoes but none are colouring yet - still a ways off yet.<br /><br />i've never seen this bug before and we need to look it up to find out what it is for sure. i sure do hope it's not the retched thing you mentioned!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-45376354053788677302013-08-18T14:42:38.154-03:002013-08-18T14:42:38.154-03:00sweet Jane - the dance wasn't rescheduled but ...sweet Jane - the dance wasn't rescheduled but just as good was our friends throwing an impromptu patio party because i was so disappointed - that was sweet. and we had such a good time - we played music and chatted. us 4 women were huddled in the middle of the patio laughing and screeching together and no one could get by us. the men had to walk all the way around the house to get in to the house. we were huddled like that for about 3 or 4 hours just yakking and laughing. no one noticed that the men were trying to get by us, and none of us realized how long we had been huddled there blocking off access. oh it was such fun! went straight to bed when we got home at 3am!!!! bahahahahahah!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-69405219662423413142013-08-18T14:38:59.536-03:002013-08-18T14:38:59.536-03:00Joey - we have a great community full of really go...Joey - we have a great community full of really good people - and they treat us like gold. we've never experienced anything like this - such good friendships. as for sleeping, i find as i get older i need much, much more of it - bahahahahah!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-54828125810111749752013-08-18T14:38:02.211-03:002013-08-18T14:38:02.211-03:00buddy, i was hoping for a nice e-pat and you came ...buddy, i was hoping for a nice e-pat and you came through! thanks buddy! when we are only harvesting a few things each day - we just eat it raw. so we ate those little tomatoes and carrots down at the river - it was a mighty fine snack. ya, the trout here are so healthy and relatively left alone - jam's the only one ever out on our river so they are pretty easy to catch. you gotta come visit one day so he can take you out!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-66096603666286744122013-08-18T14:35:43.987-03:002013-08-18T14:35:43.987-03:00sweet Sandy - i can't wait to hear about 2 of ...sweet Sandy - i can't wait to hear about 2 of my favourite gals meeting up - can't wait! as for jambo gump - ya he was a little distracted by the sweets table - bahahahah! oh Sandy - it was so worth going out to our friends' house last night - we had such a good time. you probably heard all of the screeching way down in OK. we were bad. i'll leave it at that - bahahhaahhah!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-15912918708491912262013-08-18T14:33:55.138-03:002013-08-18T14:33:55.138-03:00mm - all i could think of when i wanted to show my...mm - all i could think of when i wanted to show my harvest was how loud you would be laughing when you saw it - bahahahahah! thanks buddy!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-48956467329444624902013-08-18T14:33:20.652-03:002013-08-18T14:33:20.652-03:00Mr. Smythe - oh dang nabbit! we have rabbits and h...Mr. Smythe - oh dang nabbit! we have rabbits and hares here, mostly snowshoe hares that come and eat the clover in our yard. we have chicken wire up around all of our beds so we never have hare/rabbit damage to our gardens. and they seem to prefer the clover anyway.kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-3729548657974273272013-08-18T14:31:58.514-03:002013-08-18T14:31:58.514-03:00Brigid - he uses a rice maker and we stock 3 kinds...Brigid - he uses a rice maker and we stock 3 kinds of rice - jasmine, calrose and basmati. he doesn't add the oil to the calrose (sticky rice), but he does add about half a tablespoon of almond oil in 2 cups of basmati or jasmine. he adds it right when he puts the rice in the maker and then stirs it twice while it is cooking. it really adds a smooth, nutty flavour to the rice.<br /><br />it was an awesome day - a long day - but a really awesome day! we were a little hurting when we got up this morning, but have just been down to the river for a few dips and nothing jolts a hangover like freezing cold water - bahahahah!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-75237391284460181222013-08-18T14:28:32.560-03:002013-08-18T14:28:32.560-03:00git yer butt up here and i'll make ya some!git yer butt up here and i'll make ya some!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-26541121935344772332013-08-18T14:28:15.955-03:002013-08-18T14:28:15.955-03:00oh DFW - you and me both. i hung on tho, and we en...oh DFW - you and me both. i hung on tho, and we ended up having a fabulous time. we didn't get home until 3am. and it was straight to bed - bahahahah!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-31533260121518429322013-08-18T14:27:31.656-03:002013-08-18T14:27:31.656-03:001st Man - either that bug is reaaaaallllly huge or...1st Man - either that bug is reaaaaallllly huge or those chairs are realllllly tiny - bahahahahah! i sorta' tried to nap, didn't much work and then we went to our friends' house and had an awesome, fun-filled time! there was much screeching and laughing that you probably heard down in texas, there was much solidifying friendships and i think we scared our friend's boys and one of their girlfriends! but a great time was had by all!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-49098683078067038802013-08-18T14:25:26.268-03:002013-08-18T14:25:26.268-03:00SBF - i finally broke down and admitted that i nee...SBF - i finally broke down and admitted that i needed a nap. so went and lay down for 15 mins, but then i was afraid we would sleep the whole night, so we set the clock...but after about another 15 mins i just decided to get up - bahahahaha! i think you might be right about the bug!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136150101440535605.post-90620873275458925712013-08-18T14:24:02.461-03:002013-08-18T14:24:02.461-03:00Rob - i've had that happen to me before where ...Rob - i've had that happen to me before where i click on someone's post - there's only pics - and then go back in a few and the whole post shows up. maybe i accidentally hit publish before i really meant to or something? i don't know. pretty crazy eh? bahahhaah!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.com