tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843846398320473138.post4927234988618916881..comments2024-01-24T11:28:05.710-08:00Comments on The (not always) Lazy W: Crunch Time in the GardenMarie at the Lazy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499662322233018616noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843846398320473138.post-30255956760102207902012-08-13T06:46:51.520-07:002012-08-13T06:46:51.520-07:00Ha!! Rachel is so far quite harmless. Gentle and o...Ha!! Rachel is so far quite harmless. Gentle and only *potentially* fierce... haha Thank you for the rain wishes, we need it badly but I am not worried. We should get plenty of it in the coming two or three weeks. xoxo As for inspiration, right back atcha. ; ) For serious.Marie at the Lazy Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11499662322233018616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843846398320473138.post-65725165879151229322012-08-13T06:44:54.586-07:002012-08-13T06:44:54.586-07:00You have hit every note, Heather. Thank you for sp...You have hit every note, Heather. Thank you for spending some time on this. Can't wait to gather up all the delicious thoughts!! xoxo I am glad you and I have become friends, if only through the "reason" of blogging! LOLMarie at the Lazy Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11499662322233018616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843846398320473138.post-39851684574912376512012-08-13T06:37:05.491-07:002012-08-13T06:37:05.491-07:00I have been watching your weather updates enviousl...I have been watching your weather updates enviously... even with record setting heat, that rain is SOOOO much better than hose water, right? Pure magic. So wonderful that you are still harvesting tomatoes and eggplant, too. LOVE that stuff. And I bet you have lots of great recipes too. As for the pumpkin, I bet you're right. They definitely need pollinators, and that might be exactly the reason you didn't get fruit. Has happened to me too. Do you have any idea how much I would love to tour your garden?? xoxo Thanks for reading Heather!Marie at the Lazy Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11499662322233018616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843846398320473138.post-30697201454454113462012-08-13T05:30:34.528-07:002012-08-13T05:30:34.528-07:00You are such an inspiration, Marie. I really do lo...You are such an inspiration, Marie. I really do love your approach to life. I feel less enthusiastic, however, about Miss Rachel. Hope you guys get some rain soon!Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843846398320473138.post-34725380932784493892012-08-13T05:30:28.642-07:002012-08-13T05:30:28.642-07:00Okay, now onto friendship......There is an old say...Okay, now onto friendship......There is an old saying that goes "there are friends for a reason, friends for a season and friends for life". The friends we make at work can come in and out of your life, but more often than not they are just "work friends" and that's what binds you together - those are friends for a reason. Then there's the friends that you make when you kids are little and you're running to soccer and baseball and there's a group of girls that become your "mommy friends" - those are the friends for a season (a season of your life) - you will be lucky if one of those becomes a friend for life. And that's the treasure of frienships.<br /><br />After moving last year into a new town, I'm struggling to meet friends of any type - I've got lots of acquaintances, but there is really nobody I can pick up the phone and say "hey lets go to the market" or "want to come over for a coffee/wine/garden tour". That takes time - especially as a new person in an area where people have had friends for life as they have never moved away from the small town they were born in. Heck, I know lots of people who are living in the house they were born in! Unheard of for this city girl. <br /><br />But I have a few very good friends back "home" who I see when I can, we email, we phone, we send notes. But it's the shared experiences that keep friendships alive, that's the challenge when you're 150 miles away.heather @ new house, new home, new lifehttp://www.newhousenewhomenewlife.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843846398320473138.post-52595963716457178092012-08-13T05:25:32.022-07:002012-08-13T05:25:32.022-07:00I'm going to need lots of room to write about ...I'm going to need lots of room to write about friendships in adult life. But first - the garden.......looks like we are facing the same conditions, hot and dry. We've had record heat for most of June and July, but it has rained on and off for five days now, so things are starting to come back. The grass is actually greening up - what little grass is left. My tomatoes are going crazy - I'm harvesting constantly and can't keep up with them. Also the eggplants. Right now I have 6 eggplants I picked last night - guess it's grilled veggies for dinner. My one failure this year has been the pumpkin - it grew like crazy but never produced any fruit. Do I need two plants so that they get pollinated? Lots of flowers, but no fruit. I won't grow them again - they take up too much room for very little results.heather @ new house, new home, new lifehttp://www.newhousenewhomenewlife.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com