Good morning!  Wow, I slept in really late this morning…. but I feel  like a million bucks…. completely rested up!  Yeah!!!  Unfortunately, I’m running late LOL!  I should have been down at the office at 10 AM but that’s the time I woke up! 

But I wanted to post to let you know that my sister in Mississippi did a hive inspection this morning…. and, she has pics and video!  I can’t wait to see.  I’m hoping that she’ll be able to get it uploaded and posted on her blog soon.  I wish I could have been there to see it in person but other committments had to take priority.

Her blog site is:

http://ft2garden.com/honeybees/

So check it out and she should have the post and pics up soon.

Well, I’ve got to run…. DH is scrambling me some fresh eggs for breakfast and I’ll be off to the office to work today.

Anyone off from work tomorrow?  It’s Columbus Day…

I can’t believe it’s Sunday night already!  The weekend has just passed by way too quickly.  I would love to have another day off….  wishful thinking LOL

DH is watching “Top Gun” on TV.  I’ve never seen the movie before believe it or not LOL  So I’m kinda watching TV and kinda finishing up work on the new blog — HONEY BEES :-)  And, I think it is ready for everyone to check out!  I copied the “bee post” from my blog (April/09) and it will be used as the first post.  So if you have a few minutes, go and check it out! 

Looks like it is going to be another dreary, rainy day.  We have an increasing percentage of rain for the forecast….. just looking at the radar tells me that we have a storm coming from the southwest….

Hopefully, today sometime, we will have yet another blog on Ft2Garden.com….. it will be a blog about HONEYBEES!  My sister in Mississippi and her son will update the blog periodically.  This is their first year with a honeybee hive.   The first post will be the hive setup that we did earlier in the Spring (in April).  Pretty soon she will be ready to make a 2nd harvest of honey and will have a blog post (and hopefully video) on that as well.

I’ve been pretty busy this morning working on the blog as well as putting up some more banana peppers.  This time, instead of just slicing and preserving them in vinegar, I decided that I would use the “dill pickling” recipe that I had found this past summer online at allrecipes.com   Instead of making the entire amount, I halfed the recipe since I didn’t have 8 jars of peppers (I had 3 jars).  Here’s the link if you are interested in trying it:  http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Dill-Pickles/Detail.aspx?prop31=1  You can also pickle cucumbers (of course LOL), green beans, okra, and garlic.  Now we just have to wait for 8 weeks before they will be ready

I love reading gardening blogs and I have quite a few that I have links for on the right side of my blog.  There are still more links that I am in the process of adding.  But, as I’m going through and getting the links set back up, I’m going over to each blog and reading what I’ve missed in the last month.  The opportunity to learn from what others have posted is just tremendous!  Everyday that I learn something new!  Well, I’ve got to share something with you that you’ll love, especially if you compost.  This blog entry is from Gamine’s Garden — it’s about a compost screen that her husband built for her.  It fits perfectly over her wheelbarrow (because that’s the way her husband built it) and doesn’t shift around.  It makes her job of screening the compost so much easier.  Here’s the link to her blog post:   

http://gaminesgarden.blogspot.com/2009/09/compost.html

and here’s a pic of her compost screen:

Tonight I will post a link to the new HONEYBEE blog :-)  So check back for it!

WOW - just an update on the weather:  the storm that is heading our way is moving pretty quickly…. it will be here very soon now.  Lots of rain for the garden which I desperately need!  This will help with the fall planting!