Well, the goal of getting everything in the greenhouse and grow areas ready for replantin is finally beginning to pay off for us. Good night a livin…I sure had a mess.

Time had been in short supply and I was “learnin the ropes” in how to be…a housewife! If I ever state that I’ve started “paintin up my toenails” some, please call 911 for me. I’d be in DESPERATE need of serious professional help! LOL!

You take into consideration my normal duties and chores, put into the equation the added chores of housecleanin, washin clothes and dishes, not to mention “secretarian” as well, and dad-gum, my dern plate got full in a hurry.

I already knew it before, but now I fully understand…that dern Deb was a workin Trojan!

As I’ve said prior, I was havin a hard time regulatin my time. I was busy as a “13 petered weasel” (sorry, I couldn’t resist the expression), but for the life of me I just wasn’t getting anything accomplished. I had 40-11 projects in progress yet couldn’t seem to finish even one.

Once more, thanks to two of our grandsons…I’m ahead of the game now. For how long remains to be seen? LOL!

The greenhouse is ready for plantin. Matter of fact I believe I have about 140 beets or so in the ground, some radishes, only 4 pepper plants (they’ll cover me up for my own use), and a few herbs. These are stevia, lemon basil, basil, oregano, and cilantro.

Gave up on my “white horehound.” Yep, it really is a herb, and that really is its name. When I purchased the seeds Deb thought I was crazy. Actually the only reason I bought them was it is supposed to be good for coughs.

Okay, okay, I’m lyin. I REALLY bought the seeds to just aggravate Deb. Still though, they are supposed to be good for coughs.

Deb used to tell me… “Dub, if they took your brain and put it on the sharp edge of a razor blade, it’d look like a BB rollin down a four-lane highway.” As you can see, she was always so full of compliments in my regard! LOL!

My tomato plants should be ready to set out the first of next week. I might even jump the gun and set the ones I’m putting in the greenhouse this weekend. We’ll see.

We’ve got squash, eggplants, and peppers, all getting close to being able to set them out. I’ll also set out okra and peas as well, but most, if not all of these two veggies will go into our garden out in front of the house…IF I get that dern thing cleaned up??

I think I will, but we’ll just have to see about that. I will definitely plant some more Japanese cucumbers for sure. Those things were actually very good and the size they grow to was amazing the first time around. Even when very large they stayed tender and had very few seeds.

Anyway, tomorrow we’ll take up our irrigation lines and till the grow area up pretty well. I’ve herbicided the weeds and grass on 3 different occasions so I’ve gotten a good kill on it prior to tillin. I”ve sprayed it so much on account of these areas being thrown away for so long while tending to my Deb. I wouldn’t have done it any other way.

Our irrigation is unhooked and moved around very quickly so this won’t be any type of problem. As quick as we till the soil then lay out the beds we’ll chunk the irrigation back down and set everything back out.

Red and Corey will be here to help out and I’m lookin forward to their help. I’ve learned through the years that if you really need their help, just have them here on a Friday. The reasoning is very simple…they want their paycheck! Works out good for all of us! LOL!

In all honesty I’m lookin forward to getting everything back in the ground and startin up again. To me it is almost like therapy. It is very rewarding to watch all those little fellers grow off and the flavor of your own homegrown vegetables is second to none. Store-bought just cannot compare.

It’s something I really enjoy doin and I’m half good at doing it so, why not?

Ole Deb loved it too. My only regret is her not bein here to help out this go round, but, in regards to bein here with me, versus where she is now, I have to concede…that’s a no-brainer.

She’s missed by all that knew her, but I take consolation in the fact we’ll be together again one day…in the presence of God…

Man, I’ve pulled a couple things since her departure she would have been all over me about. The last of these was comin up to check my e-mails while heatin up a pot of coffee water. Now you have to understand, I drink instant, always have and probably always will.

Anyway, I had my water heatin and was gonna be upstairs for just a few seconds, at least that was my intent. With this bein the case, I was heatin up the water…ON HIGH! Got sidetracked, forgot I even had the water boilin…until I smelled a peculiar odor.

I lit off downstairs, ran to the stove and here sat the pot…on high, with not a drop of water in it. Looked like it had been that way…for AWHILE!

I snatched that scoundrel off the stove, ran it under some water in the sink…and blew the bottom off the pot! I swear…the bottom blew off the dern thing. I guess it was SO hot that once the cold water hit it…something had to give! LOL!

Well, I now boil coffee water while I’m down stairs with it…at least for now, anyway. LOL!

I’ll throw up a little video for you guys to take a look at if you’d like. There ain’t much too it besides just a little update, and maybe me jerkin your chain a time or two. Check it out if you’d like, if not, ta heck with ya. LOL!

You guys have a great day and God bless you and yours. As always, please keep a smile on your face, and one in your heart!

Dub and Deb

Well, as you’ve seen, I’ve been kind of on a tirade in regards to the fraud in the government programs, and the IRS. I’m sorry, but in today’s economy I find such wastefulness and complete unconcern by our elected leaders appalling! This statement being true in good times, or bad. Why…because it’s OUR money!

Here we are, the taxpayers or the funders of our Country’s economic system, faced with tremendous challenges of keeping our own family’s fed, a roof over our heads, and all the other costs we incur in our daily lives.

Yet, our elected officials have decided that what we do…is still not enough. Take, take, take from the producers to give to the non-producers, and even ILLEGALS, and further burden us with such total incompetency to even be accountable for the money’s we give them?? What have we come to at this point in our Country?

But, let’s change gears again and get back more on topic of what our site is about…gardening, canning, sharing a recipe or two, and just kinda having a good time. Jerking each other’s chains, and hopefully, many times you guys leaving with a smile on your face! I know through your e-mails you sure put one on our faces! Thanks!

I’ve got a meeting first thing this morning, so I’ll be short winded. Yeah, yeah, I know that’s hard to believe, BUT, I am capable of that…in a pinch! LOL! We’ll see though, won’t we?

Our first video is of the greenhouse again, and ole Deb pickin a few cucumbers. They’re Japanese cucumbers, which we’d never grown before, shoot, I might as well own up that I’d never even heard of them before!

But, we both love the taste, and even when they become very large they still are tender. Most times though we make pickles out of the larger ones. Same with our squash. If you’ve never eaten them, squash pickles are very, very good, and I personally prefer them over cucumber pickles anymore.

Here’s the video…

Ole Deb’s looking pretty good, huh? Honestly though, she’s doing good! The Good Lord smiles on my Deb, doesn’t he? Good night, we are so blessed!

The other video is of our juicing. We’d done a video of this before, but we felt it appropriate to show once more. This, juicing, is one thing we think ALL you guys need to at least consider.

Again, although Deb was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer 13 months ago, every blood test we do comes back perfect. She’s aced every one of them! We do another next week.

Anyway, several of our friends and family are now juicing, even some of our fellow YouTubers, and every bit of feedback we get all praise the benefits they’re seein from the juicing!

All speak of the energy they now have, and how well they feel as a whole. Most all speak of weight loss they’re experiencing as well. Personally, I’ve lost 50 pounds. Talk about feeling better, Phew, I’m like a new man!

I tell Deb I feel like the 6 million dollar man, and she says I ought too…that’s about what the juice has cost us! LOL!!

Juicing, when you juice the quantity and variety that we do each morning is fairly expensive. Actually when we started out it was costing about 100 bucks a week, and recently went to about 160-180 bucks a week. No kidding.

But, Deb’s health can have no cost put on it, and this is the reason for our greenhouse…year round vegetables in a climate controlled area. We of course, supplement our juicing with our other gardens as well.

A couple reasons for this…first off the cost of food today. I know you guys are all seeing this firsthand!

The second is the AMOUNT of fruits and veggies we juice each morning. The reason is because in Deb’s regard, we’re trying to build…a SUPER immune system, and we feel this is exactly what we are doing. It’s working for us.

Now juicing is not the only treatment she’s decided upon with her alternative cancer treatment, BUT, it is one of THE major players.

Our point though is that we feel juicing is so beneficial, you guys may just want to give it a try, healthy or not!

You would not have to juice anywhere near what Deb and I do, again, we do so many for a reason. But, research your fruits and veggies, see for yourself the nutritional value of each, then juice the ones you feel would benefit YOU, the most!

Here’s the video…

As you can see, Deb was having a little problem. Our juicer is beginning to…get tired. That dern thing is a workhorse though, and has been doing just what you just witnessed for over a year now! Plus, we’ll pick enough oranges, tangerines and grapefruit to juice about 4 gallons at a time…on top of what you see we do daily.

So, we love the type of juicer we use, and are very, very satisfied with the job it does, and the longevity of the machine.

By the way, there’s a brand new one under the stairway, still in the box. We’re going to order a new cutter blade though, and we both feel that will make our old one just like brand new. It has, we know, become dull from all the use it’s gotten!

We’d by this brand again, and again, and…well, you get the message!

Well, I’ve got to run!

You guys have a great day, and God bless! Deb says to keep a smile on your face, and one in your heart!

Dub and Deb

As you see by today’s title, Deb’s Garden, then it has to be obvious to you all just exactly who wears the britches in this household…and it ain’t me! Basically I’m just “the hired help,” and also she claims on her tax return that I’m…sub-contract labor.

By this she has no tax liability on my account, but this in itself, ALMOST throws me in another tax bracket in regards to my taxes. But by her only paying me $3.50 a day, no not per hour, but a day, I just barely stay under going into another tax bracket.

Her philosophy to me is simply, “Look Dub, I’m really doin you a favor here. If I paid you more, you’d end up paying more taxes, right? On top of this, I keep a roof over your head, let you borrow my vehicle IF, you need to go to town, and I cook your meals and wash your dern clothes. Ya got a pretty good thing going on here, so my advice to you is very simple…DON”T MESS UP A GOOD THING! Comprende?? I thought you might…cause I KNOW the judge would!”

Hence…IT IS, Deb’s garden, on top of everything else around here too! Marriage…isn’t it grand?? LOL!

The garden is doing very well, and my only complaint so far is…where’s the dern rain? Good night it’s been dry. Our pond is about 8 feet below where it should be, and may possibly be 10 feet. I believe it’s the lowest I’ve seen it before.

You know, I just got to thinkin, everything else around here is Deb’s to hear her tell it, so I wonder if she’s gone and took the water outta the pond too? I sure wouldn’t put it past her!

No, the greenhouse is doing great, the grow areas around the greenhouse are doing fine, and in our garden out in front of the house, what we’ve got in there so far, is doing good too! We’re blessed in all sorts of ways. The Good Lord does provide!

Well, here’s a few pictures for you guys to let you in on what’s going on…

Okay, this first picture is of, left to right, sweet peppers, squash (lemon and straight-neck), onions, and cucumbers. We’re getting squash pretty much daily now, and I’ll probably put up some squash pickles this weekend, or the first of the week. We’ve also been eatin some onions out of…Deb’s garden! LOL!

The next picture is of our tomatoes. If you notice, we cut the suckers and lower limbs off. Thanks for the tip Miz Sandy and Mr. Bill, from Mobile!

Inside the greenhouse now, check out our beets comin up between our okra sets. Beets are really, really good for you! Ours aren’t quite ready, but, they’re getting there! We planted Bulls Blood, Detroit Dark Red, Lutz Salad, and Golden.

Check out the height of those volunteer tomatoes. A couple are now bumpin the top of the greenhouse at the low end.

There’s the cucumbers. They’re the Japanese cucumbers. They get 22-26 inches long, but thin. We love the taste, and they’re supposed to be excellent pickling cucumbers…we’ll soon see! If you look closely, you can see some hanging off the vines. We’re fixing to have to tie more string across the rafters and let them run towards the center of the greenhouse.

There’s a close-up showing the cucumbers.

From left to right, watermelons, squash (crook and straight-neck) eggplants, and far left is hot peppers.

Another view of our tomatoes, again Sandy, we removed the suckers. And lower limbs. The cows ate good! I believe they’d of enjoyed us just pullin the whole dern plants up and chunkin em over the fence to them!

The missing spaces, a row and a half, will have black tomatoes planted in them by next week.

Here’s the garden out front, we’re planting a little as we go out there. Got irrigation to it too, now! YES!! The pictures out here were a little fuzzy, but you can see what we’ve done. Check out that water runnin!

This is a partial row of tomatoes, with eggplants finishing the row on the left, then squash and peppers in the right-hand row.

This is two full rows of tomatoes.

Last is a picture of the greenhouse from the other garden…

We hope you guys enjoyed the photos!

Please take care, and God Bless. I’m relaying a message from Deb for you to keep a smile on your face, and one in your heart!

This is Dub…from Deb’s garden, out!

Dub and Deb

The wind though blew the squash around pretty good. We lost two, just broke em off at the ground, but surprisingly we have maybe 3-4 more that need a couple broken stems cut out, and I believe the rest weathered pretty well.

Watching those things blow around brought back memories of my killing those 50 + plants to get our growin season off to a great start! LOL!

I was talking to our good friends, Bill and Sandy, from Mobile Alabama, who by the way are… “Auburn Tiger” fans (hee-hee-hee Sandy), and she’d sent us some pictures of what’s goin on gardenin wise up in their “neck of the woods.”

Their garden was looking great, and I believe Sandy said they’d just brought in 50# of potatoes! They, like us, love piddlin around in a garden.

Both these guys have green thumbs. The proof in the pudding of their having green thumbs was evidenced to me last year. I called them in January, it was about 15 degrees out up there and I ask, “Sandy, where’s Bill?” Her answer, “Oh…he’s out in the garden pickin some tomatoes.”

“???? 15 degrees and Bill’s in the garden picking fresh tomatoes???”

Sandy’s like, “Yeah, he’s been a little disappointed with em though…he don’t think they’ve done quite right.”

“Okay…”

I have to tell you guys, although I hate to, they’re actually Alabama Crimson Tide fans. Gotcha Sandy! Roll Tide!

Anyway, I’ve got about three videos for you guys to look at if you’d like. One is our other garden we’d just prepped for planting, and one is of the greenhouse and grow area. Honestly, all these plants are doing well. We’re pleased.

The last video, which in reality will be the first was sent to us by a friend, this being Wayne, from Alma, Georgia.

Wayne’s a sport-model in his own right, and that scoundrel grows some great blueberries, but he’s pretty stingy with the dern things.

L:ast year as an example he told Debbie and I he’d send us down some blueberries by my brother, and he did. TWO! When I called he told me, “Shoot, that’s one apiece!” LOL!

Here Wayne’s video…

Not a bad idea actually, huh? If I still drank, I’d be takin a ride up to Ace Hardware!

The next is of our garden are we just prepped, followed by the grow area. Hope you enjoy them!

You guys all have a great day, and God Bless! Deb’s hollerin for ya’ll to keep a smile on your face, and one in your heart!

Dub and Deb

So far, so good with the garden. After getting off to a flying start this year by immediately killing about 50 +plants, we’re going along pretty good now.

If you didn’t know, well, we’d put up a greenhouse, and started most of our plants from seed. We wanted to use all heirloom varieties mainly on account of Deb’s juicing, or, our juicing. By doing so we’d have no genetically altered seeds, but in essence, basically the food God provided for us, and in Deb’s regard we felt this vital.

Quickly, while going through a Sports Illustrated” the other day, I read something that floored me, really. There was a little write up on cancer, and it claimed that in the US, 1 out of every 2 men would contract cancer in their lifetime. ONE out of every TWO! Half!

I found that just incredible?? What’s up with that?

In women’s regard…1 out of every 3. Still, 33% of women in the US today will contract cancer. Why is becoming so rampant? Is this our diets? Is it from most produce today being genetically altered? Is it what is being applied to the crops for insect control?

How about our poultry? You guys taken a look at the size of chickens lately? Hard to find a small fryer these days, or have you noticed? Is this from growth hormones? I don’t know, but I am asking…help me out somebody.

Anyway, as a whole, we’re just trying to eat a little healthier, but I did find those numbers literally staggering!

Back to my killing our first plants…we didn’t have any idea that if you’d started them from seed in a greenhouse, you had to harden them up prior to setting them in the garden in full sun. This is just setting them out in the sun for a few hours a day until they harden, or toughen up to the elements, for about a week. Once that’s done, everything works out great!

By my not knowing this, I set that first bunch straight out of the greenhouse into the garden, and killed the dern things…graveyard dead!

We have been prepping our garden out front the last couple days, and we’re pretty much ready to get started setting out some plants there now as well.

I tilled it in yesterday, both directions, and man, the soil is really looking pretty good. We’re anxious to see how it grows things off this year. We’d added cow manure and leaves over the entire garden area a couple, three months back. We let it set for about 3 weeks then tilled it in.

We then put out more oak leaves over the entire area again, and after building our grow areas around the greenhouse we put about ¾ of a semi load of compost we had leftover in it as well. This and the leaves are what I tilled in yesterday. Honestly, it’s starting to look pretty rich now.

We’ll be planting tomatoes, peppers, and okra for sure, but probably a couple other things too. We almost decided on peas too, but backed off that. We do so well with planting our peas in August, we’ll just keep planting them then!

We’ll also run irrigation to it after planting. The irrigation around the grow areas beside, and in the greenhouse, has just absolutely RUINED me. No more hose draggin if I can help it! LOL!

I’ll share some pictures of how the greenhouse is coming along, and the grow areas too. The vegetables in both are now really taking off! Everything outside when we set the plants in their hole, we added ½ teaspoon bone meal, and then filled the hole up with Jungle Growth garden soil.

Evidently it was just what the doctor ordered getting the plants started off, as again, everything looks good!

I went out earlier to check things out, plus we’d had a pretty good couple of showers, and good night, it doesn’t matter how much water you put to your plants…NOTHING works as well as rainwater! It all just looked…so alive, after the showers!

Anyway, how bout a laugh before we take a look at the garden? This comes from my sister-in-law Patricia, but just plain ole Patty to us!

God Loves Drunks Too

A man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the door.

“Over here on the swing,” replied the drunk.

Here’s our watermelons on the right, our squash in the center, and eggplants on the left.

Cucumbers on the right, onions to the left, squash further left, and sweet peppers on the far left. Many of the onions we grew from seed.

Our tomatoes. Some are now on their third tie.

Red-seeded Simpson on the bottom left, iceberg in the center, and Romaine up top. Okra top right, beets scattered through it, and sweet peppers.

Japanese cucumbers…headed into the rafters.

The volunteer tomatoes headed into the rafters as well.

Another view of the tomatoes in the grow area.

Melons, squash, and eggplants again.

Melons, squash and eggplants taken from upstairs porch.

We hope you guys enjoyed the pictures! Take care and God Bless! Deb says to keep a smile on your face, and one in your heart!

Dub and Deb

Rain…might have a shot at some the next few days. The percentages aren’t anything to write home about, only 20 and 30 percent chance, with a 50 percenter thrown in for good measure towards weeks end, BUT, it sure beats the chances we’d been havin!

We’ve been busy lately my friends as we’re preppin the garden and movin along with the greenhouse as well. Today we’ll try and get our lettuce, Romaine, Iceberg, and gonna try some Black-Seeded Simpson too…whatever that is! LOL! We’ll also be plantin some cauliflower.

We’ll be putting in some broccoli and cabbage once again. The cold got our first batch of these last two, so we’ll be using the age old adage…if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. LOL! Though it wasn’t all that funny while we were takin the little muthas up after the freeze!

Then, between the 10th and 20th, we’ll be plantin our onion sets, and potatoes. The potatoes though, might end up bein a problem?? Our supplier just got a batch of sets in…ALL rotten! So, I guess we’ll try and run some down in another couple spots…we’ll see.

But, like all things, gardening is not any different, you win some…you lose some!

The greenhouse. We’ll finish one bed today it looks like, in between plantin those few rows in the garden…in between rain showers! At least that’s what we’re hopin. We’ll get the bed finished for sure, but it’s the rain “we’re hopin for!”

We trenched our bed down 10 inches deep and 3 feet wide. This bed will be 50 feet long. We be filling it with Black Cow and a bagged garden soil, along with utilizing some of the soil we excavated from the trench as well.

Once we backfill the trench, we’ll literally make raised beds…we’ll probably be usin 2×6 lumber for them. We were goin to use 2×10’s…TILL I priced the dern soil at Lowes!! This will still give us 16 inches of good loose soil for the plants to root and grow in!

The existing soil actually isn’t very bad, but we’ll build a “screen box” out of 2×4’s with the bottom made out of hardware cloth, to shovel the dirt back into, catchin anything that doesn’t need to be in it. This on account we see a few rocks, AND some broken glass, but only just a very little. I sure don’t want to be digging around in there by hand and run up on a dern piece of glass!

I gotta tell you guys, this greenhouse is getting ole Deb and I excited. We know we’re goin to really enjoy this thing immensely! The bed we’ll be workin on today is actually goin to be our “juice bed,” or the one we’ll utilize for much of our juicing material.

Most know that Deb and I juice 20-25 different fresh vegetables and fruit each morning, and it is workin out well for both of us. Deb feels and looks great, and it’s such a shot of nutrition each morning…we love it, AND wonder why in the world we hadn’t started it before we did??

In all honesty, we believe EVEYONE should start juicing. Not to the extent we do maybe, but just to get some of “the goody” it provides for you! We’re total believers in it anymore!

You know, Deb and I are getting on up in age, I’ll be 27 next go around, and ole Deb is just a tad older than I am, (not really, but it makes for a better story! Anyway, with my bein “SO much younger” than her, on our first anniversary she took me down to…Toys Are Us!

Seriously though, we are getting a LITTLE age on us, but my point with this is simply we’re kinda set in our ways. Gardening being no exception. I’ve always believed that…tomatoes ARE GREEN, okra IS GREEN, etc., etc., etc…

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds showed us that this just isn’t the case, and you know, we JUST might be missin out on some dern good vittles! So when we put our order in, we shucked off “our blinders,” and ventured out into…the real world! LOL!

Let’s take a look at our order…

Bull’s Blood Beet (we needed to try the Golden Beets but forgot to order them. Our great friends, Judi and Brian of the CFP rave about them!)

Japanese Long Cucumber

Florida Market Eggplant, Listada De Gandia Eggplant, and Ukrainian Beauty eggplant (they were out of the regular Black Beauty)

Fife Creek Cowhorn Okra, Burgandy Okra, and we still have plenty of Clemson Spineless from last year.

He Shi Ko Bunching Onion, and Crimson Forest Bunching Onion

Anaheim Pepper, Corne De Chevre Pepper, Corbaci Pepper, Tequila Sunrise Pepper, Sigaretta De Bergamo Pepper, Sweet Chocolate Pepper, Emerald Giant Pepper

Pink Beauty Radish

Beefsteak Tomato, Rutgers Tomato, Homestead Tomato, Fox Cherry Tomato, Riesentraube Tomato, Mini Orange Tomato, Green Pineapple Tomato, Isis Cherry Tomato, Black Cherry Tomato

Jubilee Watermelon, Sugar Baby Watermelon, Georgia Rattlesnake Watermelon, Honey Rock Melon

Lettuce Leaf Basil, and Lemon Basil.

We’ll be ordering more herbs in the next week or so, BUT, we’ve got our work cut out for us anyway.

Once more, checkout this seed company. I know most of you guys already have, but for the ones who haven’t…you don’t know what you’re missin!

Well, we’ll be closing out for today, but before we do, I’d like to share a video with ya’ll. It’s just showin our garden durin our preppin stage, with a little on the greenhouse.

You guys can also see ole Deb…she’s GOT HAIR!! YES, she does! Her hair has ALWAYS been straight as a dern board, but since comin back in from when the ONE chemo treatment knocked it all off…it’s curly as it can be! Looks like she stuck her finger in a dern light socket!

Naw, I’m only pickin at her, but in all sincerity, I’m glad it’s comin on back, and boy, she is too! She hasn’t wore an ole wig in a couple weeks now. Ole Deb is BACK!

We hope all you guys have a great day, and God Bless you and yours! Deb stuck her head in the door and says to keep a smile on your face, and one in your heart!

Hugs from Central Florida…

Dub and Deb

We’d seen a couple days of low to mid 40’s, but that’s it, so really nothing was completely dormant before this today. This could put a big hit on citrus and vegetables coming from down here.

When you have trees still tryin to push out new growth and the temps fall this quick, this low, this can be big, big problems. We’ll know in a couple days what we’re looking at damage wise. Hopefully…we dodged a bullet.

If so, the fruit trees will be much better prepared to take the next cold like this, but honestly, if we keep getting these kinda temps, who knows? Let’s see, what is it our elected leaders keep “preachin on” this bein? You know, when they wanna continue to bilk billions from “We the People?”

Oh yeah…GLOBAL WARMING?? Well, I promise ya, there ain’t NO short britches bein worn down here this morning! I guess because it’s just…TOO HOT?? Go figure.

Here’s an interesting article I read quite a while back… Check it out, then decide about this global warming for yourself. But you have to understand…our government, and its scientific community, are already backin away from the term, “global warming,” and callin it something else.

Global Warming

Wouldn’t it be nice if the majority of today’s politicians would learn ONE, SIMPLE, VIRTUE? Like…tellin THE TRUTH for a change?? But why would they do that when people like Al Gore can make BILLIONS, by scare tactics!

Plus they know that the ones listenin to them, don’t look or study, to see if possibly their elected leaders just might be fillin their heads with…well, let’s just say, they’re stretchin the truth, some!! They’ve literally gotten it into their heads that we just have to have them making our decisions for us, cause…we ain’t smart enough to do it for ourselves!

On top of this, they’ve become SO corrupt, they pass all types of different laws that have no bearing what-so-ever on bettering our lives, by maybe, just maybe, backin off all this taxation, regulation, and mis-representation, and let our business’ grow! THEN, and only then, will our economy recover!

Grow our economy, shoot, THEY killed the economy, and that was their intent! Then, after the destruction of our car companies through poor management, excessive labor contracts, excessive health care policies, excessive retirement packages, OUR GOVERNMENT decided that THEY would take over the automobile industry??

Boy, I sure felt nice and warm inside after finding this out! I mean if you look at the Postal Service, Am-Trak, Freddie and Fannie, and even the unaccountability of federal spending as a whole, didn’t you feel comfortable with this as well?

THEN, after the takeover, they GIVE the unions a 20 percent share??? The biggest reason for the downfall of our car industry…is REWARDED by getting a 20% stake??? Boy, that’s good sound business principle, is it not??

Well shoot guys, give em a break, I mean I believe there’s about a whopping 8 to 10% of our current administration that have ACTUALLY made a payroll! So why worry, these guys are on top of things, huh?

Oh well, let me get off this subject. The reasoning is simply that even though it’s 24 outside here this morning, it’s already gotten up to over a 100 or better here in the office! In other words, I might better shut up before…I blow a gasket! LOL!

I just walked back in from the garden, and man…I ain’t used to these temps! I know you guys up in the north country figure I must be a dern “titty-baby,” (Deb’s favorite description of me), but when you were in short britches two days ago, dang if that ain’t quite a change!

We were out of greens in the house to juice this morning, so I went out and cut us some collards, mustards, broccoli, and cabbage leaves to add in our juice. Honestly, you’d be shocked at the amount of juice you get from these. Literally, once we started juicing them, I was amazed at the quantity of juice they do give you!

Plus, with the different types of citrus now coming in, what a nutritional boost we get from this! Seriously guys, it would benefit you to start juicing some, sick or not. Deb and I both wish we’d have started this years, and years ago!

If we had of, things may be a little different around here! Just the other day Deb asked me, “Dub, ya wanna go upstairs and have sex?” Bein I’m getting a little older now, I had to be truthful with her, so…I told her, “Deb, ya got I decision to make. We can either go upstairs, OR we can have sex, BUT, I cain’t do both!” LOL!

Actually she didn’t ask me that anyway. Good thing though. If she’d of asked me to do ANYTHING that pertained to sex…they’d a had to put me in…intensive care! My ole heart just couldn’t have stood it! But again, IF I had a been juicing startin years back…who knows, huh? LOL!!

Just a short time ago, we’d did a post on a good friend of ours, and his family, showing some videos of their garden, along with how to can a few different things. They’re just a great bunch of people, and dad-gum if they didn’t return the favor.

I saw their last video, and dern if those guys didn’t do a shout out to ole Dub and Deb. Now personally, I can’t imagine them ever possibly have done one for a nicer couple, but who am I to say?? LOL!

No, it was very nice of Tim and Co. to do such a thing, and Deb and I both appreciated it to no end! So Tim, here’s to ya buddy!

Here’s their video with our shout out…

Let me tell you all this. Because of Judi and ole Brian at the CFP, our life was changed. By them letting us do our site, and then meeting all these wonderful people through YouTube as well, boy have we been blessed by the experience!

So let me close today by once more, thanking all our good friends, many who we now consider family, that we’ve met through the Canada Free Press, our own site, and YouTube! You guys have just been so wonderful to Deb and I both…thank you all!

Oh, before I close, I almost forgot!

Have you guys been listening to the news today?? It seems that we’ve gotten some very bad news out of Australia. The inventor of the boomerang-handgrenade…has been killed! Think about it…LOL!

You guys have a great day and God Bless, ya hear? Also, ole Deb says to keep a smile on your face, and one in your heart!

Dub and Deb

Okay, first I want to apologize in regards to our posts. We’ve gotten so busy that time has been hard pressed. But, we’re doing what we can for the time being, and the next couple, three days, we ought to be getting uncovered a little. So, please bear with us!

I fired Dale this morning, and honestly I hated to do so, but, he’d got where he wouldn’t come to work on time, and even got a little “mouthy.” THAT, is where I draw the line! You screw up, and for some reason it’s…the boss man’s fault??

Anyway, he’s done. He’d worked with us over a year, but just couldn’t get to work. Too much night life. I swear, I cannot understand with the economy like it is, and hardly no work out there, but you can’t get to work?? Good night a livin!

What has happened to so many people in our Country today? But, that’s the indoctrination tactics our “elected leaders” use anymore. You don’t work? Well shoot, no worries! We’ll just take it from the taxpayers, and…give it to you!

We are just ruining people. We’ve let the feds destroy any work ethic, any desire to better yourselves, any grasp that you get out of something, depending on…WHAT YOU PUT INTO IT! We are literally destroying people’s souls with this type of rhetoric.

Oh well, enough of this. I’ll never condone this, and for the life of me I’ll never understand how people can “sell their souls,” to Uncle Sam for a mere pittance of what they could earn, IF…they’d ONLY…apply themselves! Communism, pure and simple.

The Cubans haven’t fared to well…have they? But ole Fidel has lived “whole hog,” hasn’t he? Just take a gander at the other Countries who’ve lived under Communist rule. The people barely surviving, but the leaders?? Eatin good, huh?

I can’t believe that “We the People” are letting us push forward with a Communist agenda, and again, you know that’s what it is. It’s failed all across the globe, yet every day we allow our Country to go down such a road?? Wake up, America, or we’re gonna lose our entire way of life! Just mark my word!

Alright, I’ll shut up, but dad-gum, it aggravates me to no end! Back to the garden!

Now, our dern mustard greens are coverin us up. We cut them Friday, and finished up Saturday. We have given away now, 5 big white garbage sacks full, and I’m here to tell ya, we packed em in for the friends!

We’re still washing greens today, and Deb cooked 18 5-gallon bucket full’s yesterday. Yep, 18 of em. These greens, we’re freezing, but next cutting we’ll can some up. We’ve been so pressed time wise that cooking and freezing is the quickest and easiest way for us at the moment.

Once we get our mustards, it’ll be time to start…the collards??? Then we’ll have broccoli and cabbage before long too. IF this freeze comin don’t get em. It’s supposed to be 34 in Tampa tonight, then 32 tomorrow night. This means out here in our rural area, we’ll probably see some high 20’s.

This is a bad time for a hard freeze to come in here. The reason is that it’s been so dad-gum warm, many of the fruit trees haven’t gone into dormancy yet. There’s just been no cold weather to speak of.
Honestly, if it gets down in the 20’s, this could devastate the citrus industry down here. Again, with no cold weather prior to this freeze to speak of, the trees are still tryin to push out new growth, and believe me, this could really be a major problem! Let’s pray not!

Well, alright guys, that’ll do it for today, but I would like to share these two videos with ya’ll. One is of our garden, and the other is of half our kids and grandkids here for dinner last Saturday. Boy ole Deb sure laid the groceries out for us! Um, um!

It’s while me and our youngest grandson Gavin just ridin around, and pullin up on Deb and the others fishin in the pond. We’d gotten down in the high 40’s and this was enough to affect the fish. So although they were fishin, the dern fish weren’t cooperatin!! LOL!! That’s why Gavin and I weren’t fishin with em!! We didn’t just “fall off a turnip truck,” like the rest of the bunch!

Let’s close out with a laugh or two today…

The Redneck and the Gorilla:

A small redneck Wild Animal Park had acquired a very rare species of gorilla. Within a few weeks of arriving the female gorilla had become moody, and was difficult to handle.

After examination, the park veterinarian determined the problem. The gorilla was in heat. To make matters worse there were no male gorillas of the species available. While reflecting on their problem, the park administrators noticed Ed, a part-time redneck intern, responsible for cleaning out the animals’ cages. At that point the park officials thought they might have a solution to their problem.

Ed was approached with a proposition. Would he have sex with the gorilla for $500? Ed showed some interest, but said he’d have to think the matter over carefully.

The next day Ed announced he’d accept their offer, but only under three conditions. “First,” he said, “I don’t want to have to kiss her. Secondly, you guy’s must never tell anyone about this!”

The park administration quickly agreed to the first two conditions, and they asked what his third condition was.

“Well,” said Ed, “You got to give me another week to come up with the $500.”

The Three Wise Men…with Firehats:

In a small Southern town there was a “Nativity Scene” that showed great skill and talent had gone into creating it. One small feature bothered me. The three wise men were wearing firemen’s helmets.

Totally unable to come up with a reason or explanation, I left. At a “Quick Stop” on the edge of town, I asked the lady behind the counter about the helmets.

She exploded into a rage, yelling at me, “You dern Yankees never do read the Bible!”

I assured her that I did, but simply couldn’t recall anything about firemen in the Bible.

She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled through some pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage.

Sticking it in my face she said “See, it says right here, “The three wise man that came from a-far. “

You guys have a GREAT day, and a wonderful New Years as a whole! God Bless, and as Deb says, “Keep a smile on your face, and one in your heart!”

Dub and Deb

Well, we’d showed you our hog pen we built earlier, and we feel it turned out nice. It’s located in a good spot with plenty of shade for the hotter months, and is a well built, sturdy pen. But, we found a flaw. Maybe flaw isn’t the right word, as our old setup worked, but this new system will definitely work out better for us.

What changed our mind? A friend from Youtube sent us over a diagram of a trap he’d built. After looking over his plan, then comparing it to our layout, it was obvious that his setup would be much more efficient. So…we made the switch!

If you’d watched the earlier videos we’d put up while building the pen, you saw our old trapdoor setup. It swung from hinges and opened up, and out. It closed fine, but we couldn’t figure a way for it to latch itself somehow when the pigs sprang the trap.

So we got to wondering if whether or not the pigs might be able to “jimmy” the door open enough to escape once they’d been caught. Our setup got to lookin pretty iffy once we saw the other system. It too is simple, easy to build, but it has little to no chance of allowing escape.

But you know what else this new door shows us all? The power of people, the importance of sharing knowledge, and the role these simple things play in helping out in our day to day lives. This is just one example of comparing, and sharing ideas with each other, and through this…we ended up with a better door system than we had originally.

This is what our website is about…and our videos that are put up on Youtube. People read about, or watch the videos, and learn new ideas, shared through the knowledge of others. This is what it is all about.

I know since Deb and I started this site, through the goodness and guidance of Judi and Brian, and the Canada Free Press, this was the main reason for doing so…helping others.

While it didn’t take Deb and I long to figure out, we really don’t know much about nothing, some of our readers, or friends would step up, and answer a question or share their own knowledge of doing things, and so far, hasn’t it worked out great?

Not only do we hope we have made a small difference in someone’s lives, but we have met so many good, good people, and several we now consider friends, and some even have become extended members of our family.

Deb and I are so glad, and so fortunate, to have had the opportunity to do this and meet the wonderful people it has allowed us to associate with! Then we hit our little “bump in the road” with Deb, and what an outpouring of love, concern and prayers! WOW!

Thanks guys, you’ve been outstanding, and you all are appreciated by us both!

But, this is what we do as Americans…we help each other out. Once more, because of this simple fact…we have a better pen. This, on account of one man sharing his knowledge of a subject…with another. Yessiree!

Anyway, here’s a video of the change we made, and how the new door operates.

Another video we have today is of our garden, and what’s still goin on out there in it.

We’re down to our okra, which has just produced and produced…and will, until the first hard frost. Deb and I are going on a trip the day after Thanksgiving which we’ll tell ya’ll about in another day or two, and ole Dale can’t wait for us to leave. Why? He’ll be pickling up my okra while we’re gone!! He’s ON READY, that scoundrel!

I’m picking at Dale this morning, but in all honesty we’re glad he’ll be here to picking it while we’re gone, and he loves it too. So ole Dale will be able to put up a considerable amount for him and whoever else decides they want some. Just help yourself!!

We’ve pickled a total of 229 pints already, plus we have enough in the kitchen we picked late yesterday afternoon to make another 15-20 pints. Then we’ll pickle what we can get between now and Thanksgiving, and from there out…it’s Dales.

Our mustard greens are coming in good now. Matter a fact we’ll cut probably enough for 6-8 messes today possibly, but it’s looking like it will be Sunday. Dale will be in “them muthas” too while we’re away.
We’ve been eating them already in salads , and I’ve been eating them raw with a Remoulade Sauce.

I put this recipe up a day or two ago, and if you missed it, it is given in the description of the video, right above the comments. Check it out…it is VERY good on fresh vegetables as a dipping sauce.
We then have a row of cabbage and broccoli. We’re not sure how they’ll do but we’re giving them a whirl.

Dale also planted him some vegetables. This time of the year we don’t have much garden going on, so we had plenty of room and told him to help himself. So he planted 2 rows of collard greens, and a half a row apiece of broccoli and cabbage.

Besides what we’ve just talked about…the garden is pretty much done. It’s been a lot of fun, and it has supplied us with a huge bounty of good, fresh, vegetables once more. We thoroughly enjoy gardening, and love our lifestyle. We’re very, very blessed!

Here’s the video of our garden…

Also, our friends from Alabama sent us a new picture of Alabama’s football stadium. You know already that LSU beat Bama in a squeaker, and this was on account of four missed Alabama field goals.

With that being said, the University has made one small renovation, and you can see it below…

NEW BAMA FIELD RENOVATION

We wish all of you the best that life can offer, and God Bless you and yours! Deb says, “Keep a smile on your face, and one in your heart!

Dub and Deb