I also planted all of my new trees. (4 dwarf apples, dwarf apricot, dwarf peach, 2 pawpaws, persimmon) I ordered some of the trees from Stark Bros and some of them from Gurneys. The trees from Stark Bros were packaged better and were about twice as big as the ones from Gurneys.
For obvious reasons, I want one of these!
There are many things I really like about the Internet. Discovering Bill Whittle‘s weekly Afterburner shows has to be my current favorite. If I were a talented blogger I’d be able to elegantly describe why you should be a fan also. But, all I can come up with is to tell you to go watch his most recent video. If your interest is not stirred, then I’m not sure what to say!
I ran across the video below and found it very interesting. I’m not completely in agreement with the author, but he brings up some very good points.
Hattip to Carol for this one.
A Republican in a wheelchair entered a restaurant one afternoon and asked the waitress for a cup of coffee. The Republican looked across the restaurant and asked, “Is that Jesus sitting over there?”
The waitress nodded “yes,” so the Republican requested that she give Jesus a cup of coffee, on him.
The next patron to come in was a Libertarian with a hunched back… He shuffled over to a booth, painfully sat down, and asked the waitress for a cup of hot tea. He also glanced across the restaurant and asked, “Is that Jesus over there?”
The waitress nodded, so the Libertarian asked her to give Jesus a cup of hot tea, “My treat.”
The third patron to come into the restaurant was a Democrat on crutches.
He hobbled over to a booth, sat down and hollered, “Hey there, honey!
How’s about getting’ me a cold glass of Miller Light?”
He, too, looked across the restaurant and asked, “Is that God’s boy over there?”
The waitress once more nodded, so the Democrat directed her to give Jesus a cold glass of beer. “On my tab,” he said.
As Jesus got up to leave, he passed by the Republican, touched him and said, “For your kindness, you are healed.” The Republican felt the strength come back into his legs, got up, and danced a jig out the door.
Jesus also passed by the Libertarian, touched him and said, “For your kindness, you are healed.” The Libertarian felt his back straightening up, and he raised his hands, praised the Lord and did a series of back flips out the door.
Then Jesus walked towards the Democrat. The Democrat jumped to his feet and yelled, “Don’t touch me —I’m collecting disability!”
Bryson and I spent a few hours out in the cold to get some more gardening done. I planted lots of different edible pod peas. I don’t know why I have so dang many of these, I guess I thought I need to eat more of them! I hope they germinate, it is still pretty cold. The seed packets do say plant as soon as the soil is workable.
I also took a picture of the amazing broccoli plant in this bed. I don’t understand how it is still alive, it was trampled by dogs, eaten by worms, missing almost all of it leaves, but it still has this nice head waiting for me to eat it. Also notice the lettuce that survived the cold winter. A clump of cilantro is growing on its own too!
