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Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
To: "Homestead List" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 1:33 AM
Subject: [Homestead] Random thoughts about the day


> Otherwise known as What I Did This Weekend...<g>
>
> I had a cast iron dutch oven that was sticky-wasn't seasoned properly,
> so I put it in the stove and decided to start over on seasoning it.  I
> suppose I will be working on that for the next few days.  This is the
> second time I have started over with this pan. For whatever reason, I
> just can't seem to get it nice and shiny black like the rest of my cast
> iron.  This piece is just being stubborn.
>
> It was a high pain day today.  I haven't taken Enbrel since early
> December, and until today, I haven't taken my anti-inflammatory.
> Normally, I take the anti-inflammatory (Diclofenac) every day, morning
> and night, but while I have been trying the turmeric this past week, I
> haven't taken any.  I've noticed some swelling and increased pain over
> the last few days, and I realized that I needed more turmeric than what
> I was getting, that is why I bought the capsules.  I took capsules today
> which is 1000 mg of turmeric but it did not help.  I ended up taking
> both Diclofenac and a pain pill this afternoon.  Tonight, my hands are
> less swollen and I am a lot better, whether that is the result of the
> additional turmeric or the prescription meds, I don't know.    I'll
> continue the turmeric trial without taking the other meds, but I just
> couldn't handle the pain today.
>
> I pulled out my wooden clothes drying rack as I usually do in winter.  I
> try to dry as much as possible on the rack instead of in the
> dryer...saves energy.  I actually have two of them, but my living room
> is kind of small.  Also, it make a nice drying rack for pasta, and I
> hope to make some fettuccine this coming week.  I noti
ced that the rack
> needs repair from wear and tear and that sparked a conversation about
> possibly building a new rack of a different design.  Ron suggested that
> an A-Frame design might be more stable.  I do have a good number of
> towels, and today I was drying a comforter..the rack was rather wobbly.
>  I was wondering if anyone here had any thoughts or suggestions of
> design for wooden, indoor, clothes drying racks.
>
> We loaded wood onto the porch today, it was nice to have help in that
> chore as I certainly did not feel like wrestling with wood and the
> wheelbarrow alone.  I also assisted Ron on a ladder..scary for me...as
> he put flashing up to keep water out of his workshop.  I just stood on
> the ladder and held the flashing in place, nothing fancy or complex, but
> for someone who is afraid of heights, standing on a ladder holding
> something instead of hold on is a bit scary.
> Slowly but surely, we are raking the leaves up and piling them into the
> garden beds and into large compost piles.  It seems like a never ending
> job.  Everything is wet, so raking is a pain, but necessary not only for
> the grass under the leaves to grow, but so that I can add leaf mold and
> mass to my garden beds.
>
>
> I've been exercising and practicing my tai chi/chi kung, but I am no
> closer to doing a push up or a pull up than I was last month.  I've been
> doing some resistance work with the tube bands, too.  My goal is to be
> able to do 5 push ups and one pull up before mid May.  I've just never
> had any arm strength, but I'm working on it.  I am also looking forward
> to warmer weather/longer days when we can get back on the bikes and
> ride.  I've lost about 5 pounds so far.  It is not much, but I am on
> target.  I'd probably lose more if I could quit making guacamole.<G>  I
> am seriously addicted. I have some seeds sprouting in the greenhouse,
> and about 10 more in water in the house.  Today, I discovered another
> use for avocado seeds, the big ones anyway.  Many are too small for this
> purpose, b
ut a few seeds are almost egg sized.  I have two seeds that
> could have sized as medium eggs, so I washed them and put them in the
> nestbox as 'lures'.  I normally have golf balls in there(orange ones
> fade nicely and become almost the color of brown eggs), but the avocado
> 'eggs' look natural, too.  For anyone not familiar, the fake eggs serve
> two purposes...1. it encourages hens to lay 2. it thwarts snake predation.
> Speaking of eggs....
> We candled eggs today, two days late by my reckoning.  This is day 12,
> and I like doing it on Day 10.  Of the 28 eggs in the incubator, we only
> had two that were not developed.  The remaining 26 look good.  I still
> have 46 chickens out there, all growing and looking good.
>
> Bev
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will
> not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius
> will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the
> world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone
> are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve
> the problems of the human race"
>
> ~ Calvin Coolidge
>
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