Prep Genrl Weekly Prep Thread: May 3 - May 9, 2026

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feralferret

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Enjoying the lull in the severe weather.

Wonderful sermon during Sabbath service. Spent the day eating like a pig. Every once in a while I have one of these days when I am outright ravenous. Post-Op for my hand got bumped from Wednesday to Thursday. Hoping for a calm week. Best wishes to all.
 
ginnie6

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Dh and I went out for supper last night to our favorite Mexican place. It was nice.
Today is church then the annual Kindermourn duck race this afternoon. Kindermourn is the organization that dd and dsil are involved in that helps with the loss of a child. This is a big fundraising even for them.

Monday and Tuesday at least are supposed to be nice so I'm going to finish getting my garden mulch spread and see if I can start cleaning the pool. I have to get new hoses for it too.

Charissa has surgery Wednesday so will spend that morning trying to stay busy, at least they've canceled the rain prospect then, even though we still need it.
 
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WanderLore

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Good morning to you all. Thank you for starting the thread.
Had a time yesterday. Had horse down, too much fresh grass. This is my halflinger that does this every spring.
Went got some sweet feed, put it in two buckets and she was able to get up and get over to the other pasture. Her pasture mate stays right with her they can't be separated.
I had some Butte so I gave her some of that with some more grain little bit. After short while she was moving around much better. Then I went and got a bale of hay and my daughter pushed it off the truck for me, 600 lb. bale.
So far so good now I have to get two spring gate handles and fix that so I can get in there with the tractor and clean up a little bit so it's easier for them to walk. Sorry to ramble

My daughter and I got a lot of stuff done so I treated us to a early dinner out. It was very reasonable and delicious food.
 
SouthernBreeze

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It's going to be a beautiful day. Still a bit coolish for me. High of 73 with last night's low of 43. We have our propane wall heater going. I didn't turn it off all day, yesterday. The house just seemed to have a chill in it. Tomorrow is supposed to be warmer. In the low 80's. No rain, and it will be a great day for shopping. I finished my shopping lists, yesterday, so I'm all set.

No Bible study, today. It's our week off. No plans for today, except for our weekly drive around the community.

My earache is lots better this morning.

Wishing everyone a safe and blessed week ahead.
 
sssarawolf

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We're just plugging along.
We were hoping to get the tiller going this week so we could get the spuds in the ground. Only it turns out that dh has one of those weeks coming up with lots of Doc. app.s and Church meetings. Aw well. We have had the tiller since 1981 was by Troy Built. Replaced the motor once. To heavy for me to work.
He picked up a whole black forest ham and we sliced it up and stashed just right portions in food saver bags and froze them yesterday. I know not canned. Yes, I am spoiled lol.
 
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moldy

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Worked a lot yesterday doing up firewood and planting 6 trees. Today I am beat! Still managed to get the trees watered and a load of laundry done. I begged out/ditched a business/girls meeting this afternoon - I'm just too exhausted and I am kinda unsure about this group. I need to get going and prep/plan for the week ahead, but I'm struggling with no energy today.
 
Meemur

Meemur

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Calm Sunday here, low 70s with a light breeze.

I hauled more mulch and washed the rest of the winter blankets this morning. They're all out on the line this afternoon. I'll keep a medium weight blanket handy, but the heavy weight blankets can go into the linen closet, along with the flannel sheets. It's warm enough to switch over to cotton.

I'm also moving the heavier winter clothing out of my closet and into the guest room closet and shifting the spring/summer pieces over. Tomorrow, I'll start washing winter jackets and put those away, too. We may still get a night in the upper 30s but 40s - 50s will be more common.
 
ginnie6

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It was a nice afternoon. They had a record year for donations. 60,000 rubber ducks went down the river! We all got matching shirts this year so looked liked a family. Elijah’s Ducks. I still miss that child, but Bella and Brody are filing that void. I played with Bella and we climbed rocks, got her face painted, she was a unicorn lol, and Brody had a blast walking from me to Momma! Then we walked around and he was fascinated with a yellow kayak on a roof rack. The things kids notice! He’s only 10 months old! Dd may have a showing this week so I may have the kids one day. We will see.
The weather was perfect, not too hot and not so chilly that jeans and our tshirts were not enough.

Dd#3 had gone to Tennessee for a concert Saturday night and drove back today for this event. Her friend got plastered so she drove all the way home and was exhausted. She and I went for supper at Moes. I haven’t been there in quite awhile so it was a nice change and they were doing a b1g1 deal so I paid $13 for both of us to eat and get drinks!! Well worth it to not have to cook tonight lol.
 
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anna43

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Made it to church this morning. Nice sermon and visited with a friend I hadn't caught up for a while.

Planted final two rows of potatoes this afternoon. I hope to plant seeds tomorrow and maybe try to put up the final section of fence. Without the fence the rabbits will eat everything as fast as it comes up. With the clumps of creeping charlie everywhere and the invasion of grass I have serious doubts how this year's garden will produce. I thought I was purchasing turnip seed, but when I got it home, I discovered it was turnip greens instead. Greens are forbidden due to kidney stones. My late d-i-l would have loved them and if she was still here, I would have planted it for her. I always saved beet greens for her.

I've been putting one tray of tomatoes outside each day and tomorrow I am turning off the grow light and heating pad and putting the peppers and the rest of the tomatoes outside too. I'll put them in the wagon so I can pull them into the garage at night. The peppers plants are small but have buds on them. I hope I can get the tomatoes into the ground within two weeks as they need larger pots, and I don't want to transplant them again other than into the garden.

Tomorrow, I have three days of dishes to do as I procrastinated yesterday and today. I hate when I do that, but I use the excuse that it saves water and soap to do them less often. Hey, it's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Sometime tomorrow I need to sit down and read all the information concerning my cataract surgery and make notes/schedule as to when I need to do what. Also, I need to call the nurse because she hasn't called me with the time of the surgery. I hope it's not too early because both the gal that's taking me and I both have trouble with "early".
 
SouthernBreeze

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Today is shopping day. Going to 2 towns to do it all. The weather will be nice, but tomorrow, storms move back in. Possibly severe. More storms for the weekend, too. I'm thankful for all the rain we are getting. I know all the farmers in the area are, too. All of the fields have been planted, and what's up looks really good. Corn, cotton, and soybeans. I've only seen one winter wheat field.
 
Meemur

Meemur

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It's a lovely day in the low 70s. I covered a lot of ground this morning, including planting some onion sets I had forgotten about in the basement storage area. They're going to be fine.

Anna, I set up all my eye drop bottles near my recliner and did them there. It was easier sitting than standing in the bathroom, and I wasted a lot less. Good luck! I'll say prayers for a successful procedure and rapid healing.
 
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SouthernBreeze

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Our shopping is done for another 2 weeks. Not too much sticker shock from 2 weeks ago. It might have to do with what I bought, though. The only things I bought extra this time were a covered cake pan and a pie carrier. Regular gas was $3.77 gal. Diesel was over $5. Those gas prices were in the small town. I'm sure they are higher in Tupelo.

I sent my order in for 25 lbs. of bread flour from Sam's, plus a few other items that I still buy in bulk. I hope the flour fits in my freezer! After shopping, today, it's questionable. I forgot to stop in at TSC for those metal lard cans, too. :gaah: I'll just keep it in the fridge, until I use a few items out of the freezer. I don't take chances with bugs getting into it. I, also, forgot to get pantry moth traps while in Walmart. I keep those year around in the pantry. They are already on my next list.
 
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anna43

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Meemur said:
Anna, I set up all my eye drop bottles near my recliner and did them there. It was easier sitting than standing in the bathroom, and I wasted a lot less. Good luck! I'll say prayers for a successful procedure and rapid healing.
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I, also, forgot to get pantry moth traps while in Walmart. I keep those year around in the pantry. They are already on my next list.
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When I get home from shopping, I go through my list and anything that wasn't available or that I forgot goes on to a new list.

I planted peas, beets, lettuce, radishes, summer squash and zucchini today. I got out the rolls of fencing and posts to finish enclosing the garden but ran out of steam. I have several other seeds I want to plant but need to figure out the space needed for tomatoes and peppers first. I also re-planted a couple potatoes that a squirrel dug up. I want to plant acorn squash and want it as far as possible from the summer squash and zucchini to hopefully keep the borers away. Butternut squash is a better winter keeper, but I've found they are too large for one person so I'm going with acorn this year.

I still haven't washed dishes and have no clue as to supper, but the garden is well started!
 
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WanderLore

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Acorn squash are the best in my opinion!

Got the kitchen sink drain fixed!!! Took a little doing but it's working good.

Son and I went out and got tractor going. But it still has a hydraulic fluid leak. He tried to push some around anyway but no go. We tried using the riding mower, just to drive over it.
It got stuck. He had to hook up the chain and pull it out with the truck.
We were trying to scoop the mud and poop from the horses around the hay area so they can walk easier. Just so much rain this spring.
My halflinger has a touch of founder, every spring. Got more hay, and oats to give meds. Keep her off the grassy sugar. She is much better. Still have to give some meds for another few probably.
Thunderstorms now. Today.. We Have had an earthquake, severe storms, hail, floods and possibly a small tornado. In one day.
 
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Wildwood

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For some reason, I'm having a hard time getting my garden done this year. I keep running out of steam and that is not like me. My allergies are back full force but I don't think that is it. This is the last year I'm making changes to the garden and it seems so overwhelming. All I can say is it'a a good thing we have a long growing season. I love the fence but just getting it done was a chore. I have more gardening area inside it but we haven't had a chance to break ground on that and I may just throw some woven ground cover over it so it will break down on it's own for next year. Poor DH works so much that I just can't ask him to do more. DGS is spending the night and will help me tomorrow but then he has to go back home around noon.

I did get around sixty of those tomatoes planted with the exception of a few I started later on and they are not quite big enough to plant. Tomatoes are the hardest thing I plant and I started with them just to get the plants out of the way. They involve so much squatting and bending that it has exhausted me this year which tells me I need to do more exercising. I think I may change my growing method next year. I always grow them big in the solo cups to around two feet. I bury a big part of the stem but it involves digging much deeper holes so I'm doing a little experiment with some plants I started later that I planted at the same time. They are about a foot shorter and were so much easier on my knees to plant. If they prove to be close to the same, I'll never grow another tomato that tall again before I plant it.

Also, it stresses me that I have to let my house go to do the garden. Tomorrow I'll be doing a bunch of tilling and I like that...it's a lot of exercise but nothing like planting all those tomatoes. My goal is at least two full rows before DGS leaves...that will help my feelings. I'll clean house all afternoon and do two more rows after supper...that's the purple hulls. Then, I'll sew the seeds the next day. That will leave four more rows, the squash bed which DGs started today and the raised beds...they are very easy because I don't have to squat or bend down. One will be all sweet potatoes and the other bell peppers and cucumbers with a few sweetheart cherry tomatoes on one end because they are so dang cute.
 
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hd5574

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We have 6 ft wire on t posts...a couple years ago something panicked a deer and it jumped in and out of the fence..it happened at night...so got some of those inexpensive path push in solar path lights and pushed through the top of the wire...no problem since they can see the wire..
 
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Wildwood

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hd5574 said:
We have 6 ft wire on t posts...a couple years ago something panicked a deer and it jumped in and out of the fence..it happened at night...so got some of those inexpensive path push in solar path lights and pushed through the top of the wire...no problem since they can see the wire..
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Good idea. I wanted the six foot wire on t-posts and somehow it ended up being four ft. woven horse fence with big wooden corner posts and t-posts. We get the rare flood and DH thought it would survive it better than what I wanted. I'll pick up some solar lights on my next trip to town.
 
feralferret

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Hand with amputated finger started showing signs of infection over the weekend. Got an emergency appointment at the wound center this morning. Their doctor was out today so unable to prescribe. The nurse practitioner at the wound center got me directly into the surgeon's office immediately. His assistant removed the stitches and looked at my hand. They prescribed an antibiotic for me and redressed the hand. I was originally scheduled for Thursday for the surgery post-op but that is now out of the way. I have a follow up for the hand next Monday morning.

Waiting for the coconut coir from TSC to get here. Scheduled to arrive at the store Friday. Picked up the soil mixture last Saturday. Will try to get the raised beds assembled by Friday so the coir can go into the bottom when it arrives, then the soil on top. Then I can pick up tomato and pepper plants and cucumber seeds afterward. Late start but missed the strong winds and heavy rains that would have been rough on new plants. Should be safe from any freezes at this point. We will have to have a discussion on the variety of tomatoes. I lean heavily toward Cherokee Purple. My wife does not. Surprisingly the tomato seeds don't seem to aggravate my diverticulosis. Sesame seeds do.
 
SouthernBreeze

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anna43 said:
When I get home from shopping, I go through my list and anything that wasn't available or that I forgot goes on to a new list.
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I do the same thing, Anna. Also, if I'm afraid what's on my list will go over my budget, I take off a few items and add those, first, to my next shopping list. Over a month's time, it evens itself out, and I'm able to get everything I need.
 
SouthernBreeze

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A stormy day for us, today, through tomorrow night. The sun is shining right now, but storms later in the day. High of 77, today.

Once it warms a bit more outside, I want to work a bit in one of my flower beds. I have a type of decorative ivy that makes a border around it. That ivy has to be trimmed back every so often. That's what I'll be doing. Cary needs to sharpen my clippers, before I get started. He plans to work on the firewood. Of course, this all depends on how soon the rain gets here.
 
Meemur

Meemur

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Dry, sunny, and upper 40s at the moment. I'm on my second cup of coffee, half a cup this time.

I washed two of the heavier jackets. They're on hangers, inside out, on the clothes line. I'll turn them later. I've got hats, gloves, and winter scarves soaking in generic Woolite. I'll hand wash those and dry them flat on a towel on the back deck. That should take care of most of the winter gear, aside from the car blankets, which I'll wash on another day.

These are all normally June chores, but I have time right now, and I doubt I'll need any of it, beyond a heavy hoodie, if it snows. Fingers crossed that we're past that. We can still get a hard freeze, but I don't see that in the long-range forecast for my area.
 
SouthernBreeze

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We finished last month and started out this month well below our average temps for this time of year. We should be well into the mid to upper 80's consistently by now, but we're not. We're still having to use our propane heater at night. I'm going to wait, until much later to wash our coats, jackets, and winter blankets/throws. I'm still using a throw at night while watching tv. It's still cool enough in the mornings to wear a jacket if going outside. I have washed and put away all of our flannel bedsheets and heavy blankets, though.

Breaded oven fried boneless pork chops, mac & cheese, Bush's Grillin' beans, and homemade bread for supper tonight. I'll be glad when it stays warm enough to grill every night.
 
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Wildwood

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Meemur said:
I make "dinner salads," which is a garden salad topped with beef tips, often grilled the day before.
That's a little more robust than just a salad.
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I always add meat if it's a meal replacement...I'm drooling just thinking about it lol. I do a modified intermittant fasting thing so I always have a small, late lunch. Otherwise I'd do salads for lunch.

I've made some headway on the garden but I don't feel all that much better...not sure why I have this urgent feeling this year. I need to just enjoy the process. I got my 70 ft. zinnia row tilled, fertilized and seeded plus both purple hull pea rows tilled, fertilized and ready for seeds which I'll probably do when I finish this late cup of coffee.
 
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anna43

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Wildwood, I am also struggling with fatigue which I know is age related. I can either have a clean house, or I can plant a garden. Since I choose to do both, I can clean the house after the garden is planted. There is time between planting and harvesting where the garden only needs hoeing that allows time for the house. Then the either/or comes in again when it's time to process the harvest. When I was younger, I could do both, but I have to accept that it is now an either/or situation. I've also learned to pre-prepare food because I know I'll be too worn out to cook.

I think my brain is on vacation today not wanting to associate with my body after the abuse I gave it in the garden yesterday. Nothing worthwhile has been accomplished other than a couple business type calls on the phone. My brain managed those and Bible study although that was sketchy brain wise.

It's supposed to drop to 35º tonight so I'm bringing my plants in from the garage. They can spend the night on the laundry room floor and go back out tomorrow when it warms up ... 53º the predicted high so it may not warm up enough which means they'll have to go into the living room window ... bummer.
 
SouthernBreeze

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Wildwood said:
I would love to have salad for supper but it wouldn't work for DH. He will eat a little salad as a side but not as a meal. He'd never complain, just grab the peanut butter and jelly.
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Cary won't eat a salad as a side, but will eat one if I make it into a meal. I made a somewhat chef salad for the both of us with chopped ham and shredded chicken breasts. I add boiled eggs, sliced onions, lots of shredded cheddar, and chopped tomatoes. If I have a cucumber, I add a few slices of those, too. So, it is a meal unto itself with warm slices of my homemade bread. We are having taco salad tomorrow night. Cary loves those.
 
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Wildwood

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anna43 said:
Wildwood, I am also struggling with fatigue which I know is age related. I can either have a clean house, or I can plant a garden. Since I choose to do both, I can clean the house after the garden is planted. There is time between planting and harvesting where the garden only needs hoeing that allows time for the house. Then the either/or comes in again when it's time to process the harvest. When I was younger, I could do both, but I have to accept that it is now an either/or situation. I've also learned to pre-prepare food because I know I'll be too worn out to cook.

I think my brain is on vacation today not wanting to associate with my body after the abuse I gave it in the garden yesterday. Nothing worthwhile has been accomplished other than a couple business type calls on the phone. My brain managed those and Bible study although that was sketchy brain wise.

It's supposed to drop to 35º tonight so I'm bringing my plants in from the garage. They can spend the night on the laundry room floor and go back out tomorrow when it warms up ... 53º the predicted high so it may not warm up enough which means they'll have to go into the living room window ... bummer.
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I needed that validation...I've chosen the garden and will clean on rainy days or when everything is in the ground. I have a feeling I will regret not giving it all I've got. The joy I get out of it makes it worth the effort, not to mention the food.

I know mine is age related. It's the first step...the first time I've noticed so much difference from one year to the next. I will prepare accordingly next year and get an earlier start so I break the work up over a longer period of time.
 
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