June 19, 2011

  • The Beast Does Some Bush Diving And Other Interesting Things...


    TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    I think I mentioned that our eggplant plants were HUGE....they look like big bushes and they are close together so the Beast has to dive into them to check out what eggplants are on them.  I told him he needed to do some bush diving (his eyebrow went up at that) and really check them out so he knew for sure he got all the eggplants off.  Well, he did it and found two more about double the size of the ones he took off them yesterday.  He says there aren't any small ones but I know him.  He would only notice the big ones.  Kind of like all guys who notice the girls with big boobs.

    He also got serious and started working on the tangle of melon vines and guess what he found?  A watermelon about the size of a cantaloupe.  He got a huge grin on his face and went to get a piece of wood to put underneath it.  He worked on the watermelon vines for a while and is going to work on the cantaloupe ones tomorrow.  He had to pull out some pretty big weeds that were nestled amongst the vines but it seems he also has some sweet potato vines mixed in and is afraid he really won't be able to tell which is which.  Oh well.  Next year, he might actually take my advice and not just start cramming plants in every free space....or so he thinks.  This year he's getting an idea of how much room they actually need to develop right.  Only time will tell.  I have a feeling that next year will see more of the yard devoted to crop foods.  Especially if we continue to have fruit tree problems.  At least the pears are all right....so far.  I would check out the cherries if my foot were better but, as it is, the whole baby toe on the right foot has peeled off a thick layer of skin and I also lost the nail on it.  Looks weird with no nail but I assume it will grow back.  That poor toe really took a whacking. 

    I'm pretty sure I must have broken a bone or two in that foot.  It doesn't seem to be in the toe area but I could be wrong.  I wish the doctors weren't so worried about medicare requirements or sending you to *specialists* for certain problems that used to be able to be taken care of by your family doctor.  Mine wouldn't take an x-ray because he didn't think it necessary and I would be forced to pay for it if they denied the billing of it, I guess.  He worries about us *poor folk* that live on our social security.  I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.  I just know that, without broken bones, this foot should be healed by now.  It's been almost a month.  I'm finding I have to keep the ace bandage on it more for the support now.  I take it off to put salve on the open wounds from the blood blisters (they are almost healed now) and then wrap it up again.

    I really am trying to stay off it as much as possible to allow it to heal.  Only time will tell if it's working.

    Love you all.  I hope you had a great weekend and an even better week.  Me?  I'm praying for a little rain and some cooler weather for a change.  I really want to be able to open up a couple windows and get some fresh air in here.  But when it's in the mid-90's, that's a really dumb idea.