Garden seat/kneeler review

gardening, review, Susan

Do you work on your hands and knees planting flowers and vegetables? If your answer is yes this product might be for you.

I bought my garden seat/kneeler a few years back and paid a little less than $50 for it. The prices haven’t changed much but the new ones have an addition. Most come with an attached pocket for tools. Mine did not.

My seat/kneeler is very sturdy. It would take quite a bit to tip over while using it, but to be safe make sure it is sitting flat on the ground when sitting on it.

I hope this review has given you an option when gardening.

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A short flower garden video

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These poppies won’t be around long. The first ones to blossom are already dropping their petals.

Today you can see them.

By next week most will be gone, leaving a confetti of orange.

Close at hand is this lovely iris.

I wish it would stay all summer, but it won’t be long before this iris will be a memory…and a photo.

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Bob’s story

Bob, Columns, Farming

My late husband had all kinds of things happen to him while farming, afterward he would recount them to me.

Some stories were about machinery breakdowns. This one concerned wild weather.

No matter what happened, Bob laughed. Even this time, when he almost bought-the-farm.

I continue to live on the farm. Though others work the ground, Bob’s heart and soul is still here on Sunnybook Farm.

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Yogurt maker review

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The last time I wrote about making yogurt I put a quart jar of milk and starter into an insulated food container. To heat the liquid, I wrapped the jar in a heating pad on low. It worked, but doing it this way always had me wondering about my process.

This week I bought a real yogurt maker for $26.

Below is my review.

This gadget will make plenty of yogurt for me. My starter is an individual carton of store-bought yogurt that says it contains active yogurt culture.

I like it plain and I also like it with fresh fruit added.

I haven’t had it long so I don’t know how long the machine will last, but so far so good and it worked without much fuss.

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Bob seeks farming options

Bob, Columns, Farming

In May 1988, I found Bob doing a lot of farm figuring in the middle of the night.

Bob’s work-life concerned farming 24/7. This night he was trying to make plans for spring. Everything looked good on paper, but…

Thinking about farming happened at night and during the day. Until planting was complete, Bob’s life centered on farming.

I did drive a tractor and worked up the ground before Bob planted. But it wouldn’t take much imagination to figure out that I handled a lot of our family activities.

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