garden and homemade soda pop

I feel like I need to post some more on my garden before the growing season is completely over.  Last Sunday I picked a gallon of green beans and some okra. Im hoping to get at least one pumpkin to grow on my vine.... But im not sure if any of the flowers will get pollinated or not..


last Monday night I decided to attempt to brew soda pop the traditional way. Buy mixing fruit juices, seasonings, spices, with water and sugar and adding yeast. This mixture is bottled and sits for 2 to 3 days maybe a week depending on how long it needs.  As the yeast eats some of the sugar it releases carbon dioxide gas carbonating the drink. When It has the right level of carbonation you put the bottles into the fridge to slow the process down and drink them whenever you want!  The Cherry  lemon soda I made just finished today. :D



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Wildwolf


p.s. Pray for Anthony's brother Caleb he fell off his bike last night and broke his arm and chipped a tooth

Lettuce and Cabbage

My seedlings are germinating! :) Still waiting on the Jalapenos to germinate, but they are all in a much warmer environment now. Its 81.8 degrees :). I've been thinking about other seeds I need to order soon. I want to grow some ever berry straw berries. They are smaller, but produce berries all year round instead of just one month.

Check Out the Red Cabbage!!

I spent last night and today re organizing and cleaning my room and I'm quite happy with it now :) I was looking through all the food and stuff I got for Christmas and theres really alot of great stuff there! Now I just need a friend to come hang out and snack with me lol. Any takers? Sigma Theta meeting tomorrow so Anthony Will be moving back in. He doesn't turn down good food and fellowship often lol. I want to wake up in the morning tomorrow. I went to bed around 6 this morning so I'll have to sleep alot earlier tonight

Cold on Germination rates

The cold is slowing my garden down too much!! Jalapenos are supposed to germinate Jan.7-17 Lettuce is supposed to germinate Jan.9-16 and Cabbage should germinate Jan. 7-16. Not awful yet but defiantly having an impact. I am usually able to germinate seeds before the minimum number of days. It has been pretty cold in my room at home over Christmas break (60's-70's) Hopefully returning to school will help jump start the seeds. My room at school is usually 80ish no problem. Small stone houses tend to be easier to heat up fast. Pictures will be up as soon as something starts to grow if not sooner.
I am so ready to hang out with more friends and am looking forward to new opportunities this semester will provide. This semester I am seeking to find more inner joy in my life, and improvement on time management. With all these science classes time management is huge if I want to have fun and hang out too :) So I want to know how my readers are doing. Are you going to grow a garden? What do you want to grow? Do you need any gardening advice? What are you plans for this semester in your life? How are you going to improve your self and grow closer to God?

Seeds!!!

My seeds from Pepper Jo came in the mail today! woot! Peppers are like shrimp ya kno? so many different kinds.. I got me some Hot panana pepper..long red slim pepper..spicy mustard habanero pepper..turkish cayenne pepper..hot cherry pepper..tabago seasoning pepper..flouresent purple pepper..tazmanian habanero pepper..giant bhut jolokia pepper..scotch bonnet pepper..bulgarian carrot pepper..golden nugget pepper..5 color marble pepper..alma paprika pepper..tabasco pepper..bolivian rainbow pepper..chicken heart pepper..white habanero pepper..golden habanero pepper.. :D Time to get my grow on!

Soon

I'm deff ready for it to warm up outside and all this snow go away lol. My seeds havent arrived yet and i'm growing rapidly impatient. I don need quite a few fresh Jalapenos and Bell peppers to make my Jalapeno jelly so I may go ahead and start growing them. Dont worry i'll be sure to post pics. :) This semester I wanna lead the men's bible study, and i've been brainstorming topics I want to cover. Its gonna be alot of fun i'm excited :) I'm positive sigma theta is gonna be great to. Our new members have so much built up excitement and so many great ideas it's gonna be a blast :). Everyone should join my Wildwolf farm facebook group page!!!

Mr. Green Christmas

Team Heat Miser!!!! haha

Urban Dictionary
Mr.Green Christmas - A person who always wants Christmas to be greener and more summer-like. They don't like the cold or snow.




I'm sitting in my room listening to the hear miser song while I think about my garden :D I would love to walk outside and be hit with a wave of heat as I run into my garden and pick some fresh strawberries while I lay in the sun. Ahhh but alas I still have another semester of school before summer time. I need to order my seeds and get something growing. If anyone has requests of something in particular they want me to grow for them let me know!
I had a dentist appointment this morning and I didn't go to bed earlier last night so I'm like exhausted and grumpy today lol. The heat miser is helping me feel better though. Happy Christmas Eve Eve!!!

Garden thoughts

So thinking about what I can do about my garden right now... I feel a bit more garden inspired after talking to Billy tonight. He thinks there should be a farmers market at the church and I think that's an amazing idea. We also talked about a community garden which is exciting. I get excited when people are excited about growing their own food :D I need to get some seeds ordered. The only thing I can think of as far as actual garden work goes is to put all my compost on the garden and let it sit till February when I can till it up and plant some cold weather crops. I need to make a list of what exactly I'm going to plant first then get the seeds growing indoors asap.
Me and grandpa were pulling up dead plants in the garden like the okra and tomato vines today, but we noticed that the big tomato plant was kinda still greenish on the bottom. So I dug it up and stuck it in a pot to see if I can revive it a bit. Tomatoes are good at growing new healthy roots quick so I think it has a chance we'll see.

Seeking inspiration for every part of my life...

so life still sucks but it could always get worse.. I hate feeling empty.. I wish she would suffer as much as she made me suffer every second every day without even knowing it, and at the same time I wish she could be the only person in the world who never had to suffer..cuz I care about her.. but eventually it will get better.. I wish it was hot and green outside.. but I know for sure that will get better in a few months.. I need to prepare myself over the break for next semester. I need to prepare myself to be a leader in the ccf house. I need to take the initiative to study 2 hours for every hour in class like everyone knows they should, and spend daily time with God seeking him so I will be able to lead bible studies and encourage others and find more joy. I would love to have more joy in my life..
I need more encouragement before I can do too much with my garden. I see the garden like art. The soil is my canvas and the seeds are my paint. If I'm not feeling inspired I cant grow things as well..

Finally Christmas Break!!!

I finished my Macro final finally!

lol So now i'm left to clean the house up a bit and pack and go home. Last night Me and Tom went to Taco Bell and talked for awhile over a few chicken burritos. Tom called mom and apparently freaked her out when he said "Sam is being held hostage at Taco Bell" lol he thought she would recognize his voice and know that he cant be serious :P So if I ever get everything packed I'll leave for home tonight. Hopefully i'll have time to get some good work done on the garden *looks over at his garden hoe, dirt rake, and ax laying on the couch* Its pretty quite around campus right now, but Lisa is still at the girls house so I at least I know i'm not the only one left here lol. If I get home and make myself get around to doing something productive I may actually have something interesting to blog about. Until then I'm just blogging away while I pack and heat up yesterdays homemade cheese dip and blast a little Gaelic Storm on the surround sound system.