Sure appreciate your ideas on heating a small greenhouse. There were some good ones. Someone mentioned an oil lamp. I'm wondering if one would put out more heat than a candle??
Early yesterday I did light one of the big emergency candles, put it on a little table...
The greenhouse door opens easily...I had visions of something pushing the little door open and knocking the candle over.
Oh, about that strange plant...
A couple of you thought millet, and I think you're right...white millet. Looked it up and it looks just like white millet.
I buy the economy mix at Walmart. Our side yard stays covered in the red milo. We buy it to throw out for the guineas, ducks, and the few birds that will eat it.
It's about time to fill the feeders with sunflower seeds and something the songbirds will eat. Shelby was just telling me that she had scrubbed her bird feeders using an old toothbrush, and had put them in the sun to dry. I need to do that.
Oh good grief, talking about seeds reminds me, early yesterday morning, getting the feed together for the animals...
I just stood there in unbelief. How did I manage to drop the bucket! Reckon my crocs will ever wear the same?
Better get busy. The days seem even shorter now, darn it! Anyhow, I leave you with this creepy spider...
Poppy took these a few weeks ago and I had forgotten about them.
Oh, I had a funny little story to tell you of Poppy's hunting time. I'll save it for the next post.
Thank you. Hope to be back real soon.
Love,
henny
Oh my goodness, that old iron kettle brought back some memories. I lived seven years in Tennessee back in the late 60's and early 70's and all but a few months of that time without running water. We heated with a wood stove and always had one of those kettles on the stove for warm water. I haven't seen one in years.
ReplyDeleteHey Connie. That was rough living but I've always thought I would love to try it. My neighbor Ann gave us that old kettle. She said it's almost one hundred years old and belonged to her mother.
DeleteI remember seeing on-line somewhere that if you put four tealight candles in an old muffin tin and then place a terracotta pot with a hole in the bottom of it on top of the muffin tin and candles it will heat a small area for quite a while. Even after the candles go out the pot retains heat. I don't know if this works but it seems like it might. Sounds like you're doing well! I'll have to send you some pictures of my grand dog soon!
ReplyDeleteHey Diane. That is such a good idea and so simple to do. I will try that. I would love pictures of your grand dog. Bet he is spoiled rotten and cute as a button. I miss Molly too, and would love a good Molly story. Does she love the new puppy? You told me his name but I can't think of it. I've been meaning to email you. Thank you Diane.
DeleteZowee! That is one big looking spider. I don't mind spiders but prefer the smaller variety. It drives me crazy that they will somehow get inside the window screen the area between the screen and the window and make their webs. Then you have to take the screen out and get rid of the web and it's mostly the sticky part of the web and it's a pain to deal with. Just yesterday I saw a screen in one of the windows that I try to keep really clean since I get direct sunlight through it. I went over to look at the web and there was a teeny-tiny spider working away, working away on her/his web. I just couldn't bring myself to destroy all the patient work so it will be web bound and probably useless for looking out of by next spring (just about too cold for window washing now with lows in the 20's expected this weekend). Sigh.... Sometimes it seems you just can't win for losing!
ReplyDeleteOh Vic, what a tender heart you have. That about the tiny spider made me laugh because I do the same thing. All that work. I know what you mean though. Back in hot July I finished washing every window and screen in the house and already there are webs and spiders inside the screens. Drives me crazy! Hope your flowers are still pretty.
DeleteI love feeding the birds in winter. Just not happy that it is time to do it. At least you have some
ReplyDeletelivestock to peck up the milo. I just use thistle and shelled sunflower to keep down the mess.
The Orb spider is actually very pretty in the spider category! What else can be said?
Hey Lynn. I agree. I am just not ready for wintertime. Give me warm days and sunshine! The Orb spider...I can never think of the name so call them garden spiders, are my favorite. There are usually two or three living in the garden during the summer.
DeleteI love your pictures and story. I bet those crocs will have bits of seeds in them for some time. If you have tender feet, you'll feel them for sure next summer. I can't stand to have even a tiny bit of something under my feet, especially if they're bare and the stuff sticks. I found a garden spider like yours on the back side of our mailbox where we have a trellis for clematis. I think they're gorgeous with their bright yellow and black. Their webs are beautiful, too. It's amazing how they make that zigzag part. Of course, I do not like to walk into their big webs. I have a mystery plant, too. I'm hoping it's an oak leaf hydrangea, but only time will tell. I've gotten seeds off of a friend's bush and thrown them out the back window where we have bird feeders and hostas. That kettle reminds me of my grandma. Their house never had water or electricity and there was always a kettle on the cast iron wood burning 'cook stove', as she called it.
ReplyDeleteHey Peg. Have you ever seen such a mess! I was glad to get that mess cleaned up. Oh I hope your mystery plant is an oak leaf hydrangea. I had one once and it was beautiful. Then for some unknown reason it died. It was planted in front of the chimney. I plan to order one as soon as I get the monkey grass and Hostas that have taken over the spot cleaned up. I still want an old wood stove. Dan wants to clean that old kettle and make it black again. Thank you Peg.
DeleteYikes! What kind of spider is that?
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry about your seed-filled Crocs. You'll have to use the vacuum to make them seed-free!
Take care, good Henny!
I have never seen a spider quite like yours before!! Maybe they grow bigger out your way.
ReplyDeleteIt's actually quite easy to drop a container of any kind. Happens regularly around here. Last time it was my DH who dropped an open can of ground coffee. What a mess.
I've actually never been in a greenhouse.
ReplyDeleteI just saw Diane's comment about the tea lights and terra cotta pot. I've heard the same thing.
ReplyDeleteYour poor crocs! Luckily, they clean easily.
Yikes - that spider!
Shelby's doing the right thing by cleaning the feeders. They contain germs. Now I'm eager to hear the hunting story.
ReplyDeleteThat is one big, beautiful spider!
ReplyDeleteI seem to have missed your last post. The tea lights and clay pot sound like an idea worth trying.
I tell you, I am all the time dropping stuff...or spilling. I bet I have did more in the past year or so than I did the previous 10 years put together. I can't wait to hear the hunting tale...I am thinking about republishing one from Roger. He and his cousing have the funniest things happen. I cannot begin to tell all that has happened to his cousin.
ReplyDeleteDoes your hubby read? If so has he read the Patrick McManus books?
Hi Henny- I'm at a loss on how to tackle heating the Green House...the only think I can think of is a Kerosene Heater...they produce a lot of heat though can be rather fumy. Oh- spilling the seed into your shoes- looks funny- though I bet you were mad at yourself at the time. Best Wishes. KEV.
ReplyDeleteLove the kettle - I imagine it could tell some stories! That spider is amazing. I have never seen a web spun like that before.
ReplyDeleteI would have blew the candle out too. I would have been afraid of a fire. And those spider pictures! Oh my! I'm afraid of spiders. Love that kettle though. My parents had one that was very similar.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy
Lovely bright sunny morning over here..
ReplyDeleteAnd quite warm..busy day to~day..! :).
Candles...there's only one place l like
to see candles and that's in a church...
I can never understand why people burn them
indoors, so called scented candles! :(.
Silly thing to do, especially if there are
cats and dogs...Those scented 'air' diffusers
do the job just as well..! :).
I'm sticking to a word or two as well to~day..
Off to the bathroom to beautify myself..off into
town later..!
Oh! Love the spider..but then l love spiders...!
Especially when it's on both webs..! :).
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Again, love to read your posts. Thank you for reminding me to put some feed in my feeders. So cold it seems at this date in our beautiful NC State. Have a blessed day with all your Farm Family..
ReplyDeleteMillet is a nice addition to a fall or Christmas wreath or dried flower bouquet. I’ve grown it for that reason. I thought the birds my denude the stems of their seeds on the wreath but they paid no attention.
ReplyDeleteYou can keep the creepy spider!dd Not for me! Ha I would be nervous to leave the candle all night in the greenhouse also Hoping my cold frame with he winter row cover on to boot will help my greens make it. Down to 21 degrees below zero tonight. Nancy
ReplyDeleteI would put the candle in a metal can/bucket and fill it with rocks..the can and the rocks will absorb the heat and you wouldn't have to worry about the candle falling over:)
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