I gather you don't like creepy-crawlies much, Malaikah ... am I right?
How'd you guess?
Oh, that reminds me of the time me and my friends when to McDonalds (halal one) and sat outside to eat... and there was bee next to us! We kind of all jumped out of our seats... how embarrassing.
Insha'Allah whenI go eritrea I'll take a picture of a thing they call hanziz or something, it is like a beatle with wings and u tie its leg or something to a string and it flies and you play like that.
I'm sure malaikah will like it.
The path is long but I hope we meet,
After the grave and the Day, in paradise in bliss upon a reclined seat.
A traveler traveling - travelled from shirk to tawheed,
If I'm remembered for anything - let it be the Mercy I seek.
Er, just to keep this post on topic, I once saw the weirdest insect in the backyard, it had a X on its back!
Oh, and pomegranate are one of the worst fruits to grow youself when it comes to insects... there were so many SPIDERS hiding in that weird part of the bottom of the pomegranate!
Insha'Allah whenI go eritrea I'll take a picture of a thing they call hanziz or something, it is like a beatle with wings and u tie its leg or something to a string and it flies and you play like that.
I'm sure malaikah will like it.
Today they are not anymore under harasment but years ago certain children played with them exactly how did you described:
My parents are keen gardeners I would say, we have all sorts of flowers growing in it inlcuding red/yellow roses, jasmine flowers, and other types of flowers. we ghave cherry tree n and tomato plants.
The lettuces look wonderful.
Obviously you have to hang them up high, so the horses can't get to them!
Close enough. We don't have the fencing up yet so the horses are still in SD. We had planned to free range them, but everybody around us planted corn so that is out.
Once we get the fencing up we still won't be able to have a garden as we will need all of the acerage for the horses.
So.... Woodrow... your neightbours, big family to feed, yeh?
Most of the farm land this year seems to be planted in corn. In the past corn was one of the smaller crops and the largest crops were potatoes, soy beans, and sun flowers. But at the moment the ethanol plants are paying top dollar to produce E85 gasoline substitute. The ethanol plants are planning to produce at least 1,000,000,000 Gallons of it in 2008. It sells for almost half the price of gasoline and it appears Minnesota will stop using gasoline throughout the state very soon. E85 currently sells for $2.55 at the gas stations and Gasoline is right at $4.00 per gallon. The price of E85 is dropping as more is produced.
no agribusiness in minnesota?
here you will see HUGE fields planted with one crop. i think it's called monoculture.
It the past the huge firelds were potatoes, sunflowers and soy beans. It now looks like corn is going to become the dominate mono crop. At the moment it is in the biggest demand.
At this point their is plenty of E85 to support all of the automobiles in Minnesota and over half of the production is being exported to other states. I suspect the production has maxed and as E85 begins to sell in other states, people within will produce it and have no need to import it from Minnesota.
Garden photo update, we had just planted the garden when I posted the photos last week, here is one of the photos taken last week and below it is a photo I took yesterday which was about 11 days after planting. It is progressing nicely. Yesterday and today Mustafa & I planted more in the garden, we planted corn, squash, watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumbers as well as onion. Now we will see if it all comes up.:sunny:
Garden photo update, we had just planted the garden when I posted the photos last week, here is one of the photos taken last week and below it is a photo I took yesterday which was about 11 days after planting. It is progressing nicely. Yesterday and today Mustafa & I planted more in the garden, we planted corn, squash, watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumbers as well as onion. Now we will see if it all comes up.:sunny:
The photo taken 11 days ago.
Photo taken yesterday.
Salaam,
Barb
Wa Salaam,
Beautiful Garden. I notice you are in Mississippi, you have to plant okra too, the big purple spinless variety. After it comes up you can invite us all over for a big bowl of Mississippi Gumbo.
Beautiful Garden. I notice you are in Mississippi, you have to plant okra too, the big purple spinless variety. After it comes up you can invite us all over for a big bowl of Mississippi Gumbo.
Wa Alaikum Salam
Br. Woodrow,
Thank you akhi. Yes we are indeed in Mississippi and we do have okra planted. Still have some in the freezer from last year. The thing about okra it is so prolific and grows so fast. We have planted 4 different varieties of okra, they are Lousiana short, Clemson spineless, Blondie and Hill Country red. I usually either cook it in a gumbo or fry it, though I did stew it with tomatoes once and that turned out pretty good as well.
BTW Congratulations on your recent marriage. I saw the photos you posted of your home in Minnesota, absolutely beautiful there. I hope you and your wife are getting settled into your home.
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