flyfisher51's Blog

September 2008

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:14:00 GMT

It has been a busy two weeks since my last blog. I haven't been gardening as much as before. I did harvest my hops this past Monday and I am drying them in the garage. I will package them tonight....

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September 2008

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:27:00 GMT

I would like to wish everyone a Happy Labor Day. I also hope our freinds in the path of Gustav are safe from harm. In the last twenty years we have seen such an explosion of media outlets on TV as ...

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August 2008

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:29:00 GMT

We have had a busy week and weekend. The only gardening done was to trim hedges on Saturday in preparation of pressure washing the house this weekend. The shaded area of the siding is green with al...

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August 2008

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:25:00 GMT

We got back from the Philadelphia Folk Festival at noon today We stayed at a friends house about a mile from the fest. This allows us to walk if we happen to party a little too much. We did come ho...

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August 2008

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:11:00 GMT

Mother Nature decided it was a good time for me to start the blog. She waited for me to finish my weeding before opening...

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August 2008

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:12:00 GMT

It has been a busy weekend. I had to sneak time in the yard between trips to Doctors, family and friends. I bottled my last batch of homebrew on Friday night. It should be ready in two weeks, just ...

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July 2008

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:55:00 GMT

We had a heavy rain system go through today. We got about a inch of rain in an hour. Included in this was Hail. My wife said they were 1/4 to 1/2 inchs in size. Plants were beaten down but not kill...

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July 2008

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:37:00 GMT

We had a lot of rain this week between Tuesday and Wednesday. Weather.com originally posted that we had 5 inches over th...

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July 2008

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:15:00 GMT

Got back from beach last night to violent thunderstorm warnings. Checked Weather.com and their radar and they showed a l...

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July 2008

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:44:00 GMT

Early blog this week. We are heading down to the Jersey Shore tomorrow to visit with my Wife’s Aunt. I hope to get some ...

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July 2008

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:52:00 GMT

Busy week and weekend. There has been little time to work on the garden. I need to weed the side garden. The weeds are...

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July 2008

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:22:00 GMT

Short time between blogs. Day Lilies are finally blooming. They are on the east side of the house and only g...

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July 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:44:00 GMT

I am trying something new. I am composing this on word and I will copy and paste it on my blog. If it works you will be ...

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June 2008

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:57:00 GMT

The battle of the bird feeders has ended for now. I put hot sunflower seeds in the "squirrel proof" feeder to keep them out and added safflower seed to the other feeder. I am spreading sunflower s...

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June 2008

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:28:00 GMT

Back online.

Vegetable garden doing well. Zucchini plants are thriving, still no fruit. Have tomatoes, plants are still small. Winter squash is moving at its' own pace.

Brewed beer o...

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