Ole Deb and I are planning to go to sunrise service, swing back by the house to change clothes, then headin up to my Mom and Dad’s for dinner, no not supper dinner, lunch dinner! My Mama loves to cook, and dern if her first born son…don’t love to eat!

Anway, we spend most Easter’s up there with them, and most all the family attends. You know Mama’s, if they have their kids around, especially when they’re getting to cook for them too, then they’re right in the middle of their environment! Ya gotta love them Mama’s! I know I love mine!

Well, we’ve bout finished up in the greenhouse. We have a little room left, but that will soon be taken by three more rows of tomatoes, some celery, and a few bell pepper plants. After that, it’s waitin on it to come in.

The grow area is complete, all but the row and a half we’re savin for the black tomatoes. All our squash, peppers, onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants, watermelons and cantaloupes are in the ground.

Good night a livin though, that dern topsoil we brought in is sproutin weeds, ALMOST as fast as Deb can talk. For those who don’t know Deb, she can bump them gums well. Actually, very, very well! LOL! So that ought to give ya a good idea as to how fast those little weeds are growin off.

That’s okay though…I got something for em! My hands, and my “hula hoe!” That’s a dirt bustin, aeratin, weed gettin, sucker. I’ll ATTEMPT to get Deb back behind that scoundrel again, but that hasn’t been workin out real well.

I take the derrn thing outta the shed, try and put it in her hands, and she takes a 9 mm. out of her back pocket…everytime! I ask her if she’d REALLY shoot me over the hula hoe, and she just grins and says, “Yeah, I’d shoot you, but not over the hula hoe.” Wonder what that means??

After that, let’s take a joke break…this from our buddy Wayne, in Alma, Georgia.

Pinocchio, Snow White, and Superman are out for a stroll in town one Day.

As they walk, they come across a sign:

“Beauty contest for the most beautiful woman in the world.”

“I am entering” said Snow White.

After half an hour she comes out and they ask her, “Well, how’d ya do?

“First Place,” said Snow White.

They continue walking and they see a sign:

“Contest for the strongest man in the world.”

“I’m entering,” says Superman.

After half an hour he returns and they ask him, “How did you make out?”

“First Place,” answers Superman. “Did you ever doubt?”

They continue walking when they see a sign:

“Contest! Who is the greatest liar in the world?”

Pinocchio enters.

After half an hour he returns with tears in his eyes.

“What happened?” they asked.

“Who the he.. is Barack Obama?” asked Pinocchio.

Okay, let’s share a few greenhouse pictures of how things are doin.

This, from left to right, are eggplants, crookneck squash, and watermelons. Look at the weeds coming up, but again, this Monday those will be…history. The new dirt must have been full of them, but, we’ll work through this and have em under control. We’d been so busy getting everything set out, these had to wait.

From left to right, sweet peppers, lemon and straight-neck squash, onions, and cucumbers…and weeds!

Our tomatoes. The left will be our black tomatoes when they’re ready to set out. In the pic, there’s 121 already out.

These are some tomatoes in the greenhouse.

Japanese cucumbers in the stands, with peas for our juice behind them, then some lettuces on the far end.

There’s our volunteer tomatoes on the left. In the middle bed are some vegetables Deb has put into 6” pots to sell. We first have to set them outside on the benches you see in the 3rd. picture from the top. This is to harden them, or get them used to the sun after being raised in the greenhouse. It takes about a week.
If you remember, I killed about 50 plants by not doing this.

Well, we once more would like to wish you all a Happy Easter. Take care, and God Bless! Deb’s hollerin for me to tell ya’ll to keep a smile on your face, and one in your heart!

Dub and Deb

We’ve gotten about three quarters of the grow area planted. Well, two thirds anyway. I believe I counted 101 tomato plants today, in the ground. There are seven different varieties in the ground, and two more hardening off to be planted.

We then have three different black tomatoes up, that are still in seed trays. Those are the Southern Nights, the Carbons, and the Sarah Black. Deb and I have never eaten a black tomato before, so we’re really looking forward to tryin those babies out!

By the time with finish settin out tomato plants, we’ll have in the neighborhood of around 170 in the grow area. Plus probably 35-40 will be in the greenhouse.

Deb’s convinced she’ll be able to sell the heck out of em, so…we’ll see, huh? I do know she’s having a good time with this so far, AND I haven’t killed anymore plants! There is something to that hardening your plants off after all!

We planted bout a half a row of onions, just yellow and Texas Red I believe, that we brought in from our other garden. We planted 14 lemon squash, 14 straight neck, and 17 crook necks. These are all in the grow areas beside the greenhouse.

We’ll be planting 4 types of sweet peppers, and two types of hot. We have some bell peppers in a seed tray. Watermelons and cantaloupes are in the ground, and just beginning to run a little.

Inside the greenhouse…good night a livin! It’s now about 2/3 full as well. Still some little plants yet, and we just planted 4 more types of lettuce to go along with our Romaine, Iceberg, and Black-Seeded Simpson. Honestly, even as hot as it is, they’re doing pretty dern good. These fresh salads are niceeee!

We just set out our second batch of radishes, and have 3 more beet types, and 3 types of carrots that are ready to go in the ground in the greenhouse too.

The end result will be lettuces, beets, carrots, radishes, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, onions, beans, peas, eggplants, broccoli, cabbage, spinach, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, mustard, collards, and arugula greens. All inside.

There’s not a lot of room for some of these things, but, it’ll supply us with juice supplies daily. Some of this, some of that, toss this in, and don’t forget that. It works for us.

Combine this with the cost savings, the freshness factor, the taste factor, the nutritional factor, AND the Deb’ll be doin most of the work factor, and shoot, I’m in hog heaven! LOL!

Thios is beginning to work out very well, and we’re trying to learn or pick up on something every day. We aren’t even scratching the surface good of just knowing a little about this type of gardening, but, it looks as if it can be very productive. We’ll keep you up to date.

You guys wanna see a few pictures? You don’t?? Well, ya are anyway! LOL!

This is the tomatoes we have planted so far. From right to left…a row of Beefsteak, a row of Green Pineapple, a half a row of Homestead, with a half of Rutgers. Then a half a row of Mini-Orange, with a half of Fox Cherry. Then a half a row of Isis Candy.

You see our hardening bench on the right? It’s obvious, YOU CAN teach an old dog new tricks!

Tomatoes on the inside.

A few more.

Some of our lettuces. Onions behind them against the wall.

Our “volunteer tomatoes” that came up in our compost pile from our juicing remnants of each day. The first stake on the left is 6’. That’s radishes ready on the right front, and new radishes to the left that we just planted.

Our watermelons, and crook neck squash on the left. We planted it today.

Well guys, that’s about all that’s goin on, besides finishing up the micro-jet irrigation. That is REALLY working out too!

Let’s start headin out today with a little food for thought.

Diane sent this to us, and I thought it very well said. We better wake up my friends…evil people are taking away our freedoms and liberties. We have to start standing up for what’s right, instead of sitting on the sidelines.

“Fathom the hypocrisy of a government

must prove they are a citizen.”

Ben Stein

Thank you all for stopping back by to visit with us today. God Bless each and every one of you. God Bless America, Merry Christmas, Happy Easter, and…In God We Trust!

Deb says to keep a smile on your face, and one in your heart!

Dub and Deb