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@RaeBeeBaby, you hung longer than most - but I fear our "group" has fizzled out. Haven't heard from our leader for ever...some members posted once... this was my first group - lol! Adiós.

Had a beautiful few days, back to winter today. Snow flurries predicted for this evening.

Waiting on daylight! It's supposed to be 61 degrees and sunny today! I'll probably work til I drop! It's been so long since we've had anything but lousey weather....

Been busy - I imagine the rest of you gardeners have been as well. On the weight loss front I am doing ok. At present I'm in another slump.. seems I loose a couple of pounds then I idle for a time. Lol!! Impatient as I am I'm thankful that I've not gained any of the weight back! Since January, and through a couple of…

The green house is bulging at the seams, barely room to move inside. Orchard is in bloom - lettuce, green onions, garlic are all up and growing AND IT'S ALL UNDER TWO INCHES OF WET SNOW. Heating the greenhouse $$$$

@RaeBeeBaby Grandma's are usually right. I'll plant peas Thursday - thunderstorms today! Lemon grass is said to repell mosquitoes, as well...it does great in big pots but takes up a good bit of room.

At least it's warmer....

RAIN MUD RAIN :/ MUD

@kerrimiller2018 I can see where that might motivate someone, or totally wreck your day - depending on your disposition. I've been weighing every couple of days - and this morning like the past several mornings I see the same number staring back. Just going to keep my head down and soldier through. I read at sometime,…

I'm going to weigh in the morning but I figure it'll be exactly the same as it's been for a week. I'm stuck, not loosing an ounce at this particular time. How often and when do you girls weigh yourselves?

I'm doing great counting calories and exercising - as I said before this pertains to someone I care about. She started taking Plexus a few days ago and I wanting to see what the MFP collective's option of it is. I've received very few comments. In my humble opinion the only way to loose weight permanently is to eat less of…

Nutritional intake? So it's vitamins, minerals maybe protein and amino acids? That type of nutritional aid? Nothing in it to suppress the appetite?

Thanks so much for the info.

All of this I assumed...is it ssfe? Risky side effects of any type?

@jellis432 I have a foodscale that I used religiously for a time, it taught me how to know by looking how much I was eating. Now I can pretty much "eyeball it" and get it very close - but I still use it two or three times a week, keeps me honest. It's easy to add on another spoonful, another dollop without being aware.

@jellis432 what she said (kerri)! I agree on all of them... Might add Sage, it winter's well, a bi-annual. Garlic, find a place and let it spread. There are other herbs for a variety of uses - lemon balm to repell mosquitoes...and there's medicinal - don't get me started. Lol!!

@kerrimiller2018 - nice to know you're starting off on a high note!

@no6016 bats are great! I have a small fishing pond on my place, and a creek not far from the patio so I'm for anything that will deter or illuminate mosquitoes! I bought a pattern to make bay boxes last year but haven't done it yet. Has anybody put up bat boxes? I understand they need to be 20-30' off the ground....?…

@kerrimiller2018 I have seen my broccoli (nearly ready to harvest) freeze and come out of it as though it never happened. Actually the colder the weather the more flavorful... I would image this is true for other cole crops - lettuce plants are maybe too tender to handle a deep freeze or heavy snow.

Monday I tilled three of the five raised beds - the smallest is 8x16, the largest 20x20 - the other somewhere in between. Watered the pepper and tomatoes seeds I planted only days befote - they didn't need it, just wanted to be in the green house. Lol! I was happy to see that the cuttings I took then planted in pots a…

@RaeBeeBaby, you and I seem to have a few things in common. That's a long drive after along day - and grandbabies, no matter how precious, can wear you down. I don't want to be 20 or 30 something again - no! I don't to turn back time, I just want to be physically capable. Not to run marathons or rock climb - just so I can…

@RaeBeeBaby, I'll certainly try your suggestion - though I hope the snow stops blowing and handling firewood stops! Then onto yardwork, mowing, trimming - and I have 200 ft. of livestock fence to put in.... that'll be interesting to guesstimate. Lol! Might have to do a seasonal thing - come September it's cutting firewood!…

@kerrimiller2018, I'm finding that a lot of what I do - that I know is bloody physically taxing - is not listed. Lol!! So, like you I've come to the conclusion it's better to underestimate. No gardening today. Pouring the snow! :(

@kerrimiller2018, I have used a makeshift version of the more effiencent cold frames you can probably buy today. Yes, they work - in my case at least. Overheating and excessive moisture from condensation can be a problem....

@RaeBeeBaby, I was 120 through my 20's, 30's, and after 45...well at 48 I became a grandmother, caring for the baby while my daughter worked the corporate ladder....lol! Then I was hit with menopause, hormone related migraines and then my husbands health started to crumble and I started caring for my mom, who was suffering…

@kerrimiller2018, looks like you, @August2444 and I are the only ones going to confess...lol!

@RaeBeeBaby - WVU and Marshall - men's college basketball... My green house is small and other than the door there is a vent/ window in the top that I open - but it get blistering hot so other than starting all of my garden plants and wintering some hardy pottedherbs it is obsolete in the heat of summer - i like your idea!

Thank you, @RaeBeeBaby! I am new to this, the group thing, the social networking all together...So, much appreciated! Question to put to you all - Yesterday I loaded firewood into the Ranger at the barn, unloaded it at the garden shed, split two wheel barrow loads and wheeled them to the patio.... surely this should count…

NO6016 - Mach 3 with your hair on fire! I like you already!

Finepanamama - good for you! Even a small windowsill garden of herbs and a few larger containers of your favorite veggies can make a big difference in the cost and availabilty of GOOD food. I've just started seeds in the green house - a variety of peppers and tomatoes - can't wait!