Skip to main content

Preparedness ~ Weeding and no rain

I drained another jar of 4 thieves vinegar.  It lasts a year in the fridge, so if I have the ingredients I'm making another jar during this hot, hot summer.  It's a blessing to have during winter when sickness runs rampant, and with one still in school, germs are a plenty.

Un-burying the herb has started.  I'm about to mow down the carrots though.

Upon pulling the tall weeds in the end of the herb garden, I noticed my green onions were killed off for the first time in all the years I had them.


I have about 4-5 left, so this was a sad moment.  That end used to be packed with so many green onions, I'd have to pull some bulbs every two years.  The parsley is dry as a bone and the dirt is like concrete there too.

Spent yesterday morning in the potatoes, and more to weed.  They look terrible. It's very iffy at this point if we'll get much of anything.  The potatoes will most likely have a post of their own soon.  What a mess.

We seriously lack rain.  The grass is bone dry, and even the plantain is starting to die off.  However, we are hearing that the rain is returning possibly late tomorrow and all through the weekend.   My goal is to weed out all the potatoes before it arrives, and hope for the best.

Yesterday, I was down right exhausted, so I made a cup of hot tea using part gingko and part nettle, to restore my energy.  It worked too.  I could actually breath better too.

Comments

Yarrow said…
I forgot to say on my previous comment, that I use grass cuttings to mulch my vegetables and it's saved me so much time with weeding and it's helping everything to stay moist in this baking heat. My vegetable beds are all new, so after a layer of cardboard and manure the only real invader has been grass. Maybe cover your beds this winter with cardboard to get a head start. You've been doing it all longer than me,so I hope I'm not out of line :D
Yarrow, we have plans to collect cardboard, and we plan to try and cover most of it or all of it this winter.
Yarrow said…
I hope you find it as helpful as I have. Of course, I had lots of cardboard packing boxes to get rid of, so that helped no end :D
Susan said…
This has been one challenging year. I've never had so much trouble with weeds before - we finally got rain and at least it's easier to pull them. I am glad that this was the year I decided not to put in the full garden! I hope you get enough rain to make a difference.
Debby Flowers said…
HI Kristina - I haven't taken time to read blog posts in a while - am so sorry about your dry weather! That is one thing we have had plenty of. The weeds in my garden are waist high - too with my town job and my soap business to attend to them - makes me pretty sad. Just hang in there girl! Wishing you well
Susan, no rain as of today, but they say we'll get some this weekend. I'm sure hoping for it. I've never had this bad of a weed problem.
Debby, thanks for stopping in. You should see the thistle in my rose bed - 5-6 feet high, ha ha ha!
mamasmercantile said…
It is raining here as I am typing this so will send some your way.
RB said…
Dry here too. But we got 2-1/2" of rain the other day. What a blessing cause the corn, tobacco and such was literally burning up in the fields. Suppose to get more next week. Praying it's beneficial and not a gully-washer like we usually get here. (We either get nothing or wrath of God stuff in this little town for some reason).
Have been to the VAMC-Durham several times, and they're getting my health straight. Good to have tolerable-to-no pain for the first time in months. Praise and Thank God!!!
Have you ever heard of "opium lettuce"? It grows abundantly in yards. does NOT contain opium and isn't habit forming, but is a natural pain reliever that is said to be quite effective. It can be harvested in July and August. Can be used in salads or with other greens, or can be cooked down to a tincture. It's all online. I found some in my yard, and have been taking a small bite every now and then thru the day. A bit bitter, but not intolerably so. It'll probably take a few days before I know if it's doing anything. Very interesting!!!
Prayers you get the rain you need, in beneficial amounts, not wrath of God stuff.
God bless.
RB
<><
We need rain badly, thank you mamasmercantile
RB, I have never heard of that lettuce. Sounds interesting. They are talking about bad hail and wind now, so I hope we don't get that.

Popular posts from this blog

Horsetail Salve ~ A "first" this Year

We purchased some horsetail salve to try last year.  It is said to help with severely dry, cracked skin.  My husband was the first to try it, with very, very dry and cracked hands from work. He loves it!  He joked I could not have it back.   I started the infused, horsetail oil the last part of March. Something I learned:   horsetail is also called shavegrass. I infused horsetail in oil, and strained it.  I then made horsetail salve.  I remembered to label my jar with what oil(s) I used, so I can journal this all in my "Herbal Remedies" journal.  I often forget to write the oil used. Now, the one we bought, has more in it than I put in ours, as far as ingredients (the purchased salve had lanolin, and aloe).  We'll see if ours works just as good.  I added the sage essential oil, and vitamin E oil. A "first" time experience for us this year.    I bought the larger tins at a seed store in an Amish area last year.  They a...

Chit Chat

  The pickings are slim right now, but we'll take anything we are blessed with.  I made a salad and cleaned the beans.  The rain will give us more for a meal in a day or so.  The green beans are every so slowly coming on this season. I made a batch of homemade granola, and instead of my homemade vanilla extract, I used my homemade Christmas Spice Extract.  It smelled so good in the oven, and while cooling.   I picked some purslane, and am doing an experiment with it this time.  Update soon.   Chit Chat ©  August 2026 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

New Recipe Tried and other Bits

  I tried a new granola recipe and boy it's good.  First, it's a recipe from Mennonite Girls and Cook, and called "Backpack Snacks" online.  It calls for granola, so I used my homemade granola that we love.  Picture is the dry ingredients. Second, I pressed the final mixture into a 9 x 9, parchment lined baking dish instead of rolling it into balls.  The color of these photos are all different, because of the time of day, and how dark the house was from the thick Canadian smoke that was still outside at the time. These cut very nicely, and were very good, straight from the refrigerator.  It was hard to eat just one of them.  I will be making this again, and switching out the peanuts with walnuts, and switching out the raisins with dates.  Oh my!  The binder is honey and peanut butter. These are perfect for your hiking days, camping, your grandkids, or just for snacks when you want one. The rain arrived thank goodness, and washed the smoke in...