Happy new year!

Ok guys it's been FOREVER sence I have updated I have been so stupid busy with work! And it appears as tho cops love me as well which I rather don't like at all 

I am working tonight and I think were expecting a weekend bar rush type situation (that's what 3 people being on means to me) so I can only hope it will be fun it's my first New Years working and I'm kinda glad I got to work all the holidays thanksgiving Christmas Eve I did 11.5 hours (was asked by my boss and agreed tho uncle thought it much to me it's not only helping a friend that didn't feel good but keeping avalibility for my boss as they are the same person) Christmas Day I worked and now New Year's Eve I'm working and again I'm kinda excited to see what it brings! 90+% of the time I love my job 5-7% I don't get paid enough to deal with the drunks and crap (3rd) and plenty goes on to boot and 3% or so there can be times I actually don't like some stuff for whatever reason but that's bound to happen 

So cop time? One of the days after work I decided on post-Haloween shopping get deals and that fun stuff well I was fairly tired and did a bad merge 

Well that ended up being the result on my hamster mobile was 5k to fix but insurance covered all but 500 and we had a ticket too all has been taken care of and that's fixed by now in fact my car still needs to be re-organised after it went in to Dj (don Jacobs Toyota the only place I really trust and the place I need to ask about a carfax as a favour too but that's cause the place it's from sold it with an OPEN RECALL like flames in doors and never said anything! Defo wasn't from Dj!) 

Then on Christmas Eve (after working 11.5 hours) on the way home I lost control of the car because the city I work in clearly does not care enough to salt there roads or do anything I knocked a sign over if they had salted I would have not slipped and if you need proof the rest of my way home that outher city salted and the ride was perfect 0 slippage! So I knocked over a sign and have about 500 in fines because I panicked and didn't call the cops I'm thinking I'll see pre trial on there what it entails but I am at risk of loosing my liscence again if they had salted that would NOT have happened I only have 2.5 wheel drive! 

There's the damage from there  as you can see my tag is missing and that's how they got me but I think that whole grey bumper is all that needs replacing ATM and that's cheap enough as a part and it looks simple enough I can just replace it myself which I plan on doing then I am likely to have to pay for a car wash as well but that's what? 5 bucks at speedway? So my life is a mess and more then normal lol 

I did FINALLY get to watering my plants! And I also have to sort what I wanna try growing this year too defo doing fewer plants then I did last year that many just didn't do it for production 

There's the big greenhouse dead on bottom and all moved to more light 

The bays I was suprised to see still seem alive the aloe looks to be getting leggy but it was in less light the fruit trees went dormant but seem alive still there's some mint that's still alive I'm hoping the lemon grass is still alive that one green with beige has guava that I'm gonna try growing there's also avo pits that have split and I'm hoping they start to form roots semi-soon 

And here's the little one again dead on bottom this time nothing at all on top thinking I may use that for seed starting with my Dixie cups that will be something in this one most bay looks dead the goji may be dead too my garlic-chives are doing fine the momma peppers are all dead but there's seeds that should hopefully germinate an yea that fun crap 

So lol this year I'm planning on buying blueberries and grapes (yup from millaegers) thinking maby 3 blueberries and 2-3 grapes depending I think I'll also get new containers for them as well it looks like the goji that are 100% outside are still doing ok (there still bendy) I don't know what varieties of anything I'll grow yet defo a lot to think about but I'll prolly do similar to last year just "less" lol crazy but fun I'm hoping I can even get a spring time job at millaegers but have yet to see how that goes as asst mgr says get good at one job first tho I don't quite know if she means cook as good as she does or what 

I know I'll do some herbs some tomatoes and some peppers I have 2 planters from herbs and likely I'll re-plant my moms salsa garden as her gift (last year I baught the pot and plants she baught the dirt because she wanted better then I was gonna put in it and we agreed on it too) plus I have the raspberries that are coming and another rasberry type that may come back and the mint planter and a few more planters to think about as well so we will see only when everyone's planted what I'll grow lol but I think I'll have fun no less lol 

Last week I did 5 days this week I'm looking at 5 days and I don't know about next but I know that if the 5 day weeks keep up I'll get burned out as much as I love the hours and the pay I can't keep up with it with such a demanding job (it's hard work not complaining trust me I LOVE scrubbing down the grill it's one of my favourite things about being there I hate the baby grill tho lol!) 

Oh and I got a new phone who is bascially like a 3GS with iOS 7 on it it don't work and only has 1 gig hdd on it this one has 32 gigs! So I'm apt to buy another phone and switch to that in time and I've heard virgin will be no more as well so that will be intresting to see as I love virgin (53 on att 37 on virgin about the SAME plan least to me! Att 2 gig data 300 text and 450 minutes virgin throttles at 2.5 gig unlimited and like 300 or something I never used all my minutes or all my texts but I am a data hog!) oh and new one her 3 meg camera this has like 7 or so i5 has like 8 and I still plan on getting 5s and a HUGE one too I'll likely get the sprint (owns virgin) off contract so easily 800 bucks and that may become my phone after my next one unless the romours about 6 are that impressive lol 

Some bad news

So I think y'all can sort 3rd is really messing with me and it's something on its own 

It atleast appears many of my cuttings are in fact dying on me old pics 

Some the dirt is just *bone* dry! I hope I have atleast a few survivors into spring I'm also starting to think that maby I should try planting some seeds and that as we'll 

I think the season is over?

Well were gearing up for Black Friday and my phone recent ally died on me leading me to get a burner but that's beside the point 

This morning I was let out really early and I got home with a little time to glance at my greenhouses here's what I found: 

There's the little greenhouse 

And the big one 

I've been so busy working that I haven't even had a chance to cheak on my greenhouses! Some of those peppers are DEF dead! So time to start planning for planting and seeing what I can and can't do with them there we will see how it goes there 

As such I also have to hope everyone survives outside (the ones I want to rather) if not my mom has said she WILL buy new strawberries now come season she will deny it no doubt because that's what she does! 

On the plus side it looks like the bay dragonfruit and aloe are all still alive so something should survive atleast (oh and my garlic chives too lol!) 

Some bad news guys

Def have plants dying in the greenhouses have atleast a few I need to pull right now one I saw had that white mold on it so that's no good there 

But the worst isn't even garden related --I was in an accident yesterday with my Kia soul whole chain I think that led to it from poor sleep because att had to call me at noon (3am as I work 3rd and was working that night) so poor sleep before work to shopping after work and stopping an extra place to see if they had something that my co-worker wanted was like noon or after when the accident happened 

Start with the nice first this is the undamaged side aka how my car *should* look (2010 Kia soul + I would DEF reccomend a soul to anyone looking for a good baby SUV I love mine) 

There's one damage shot the tyres only turned from pulling into the driveway tho it may look exaggerated 

And here is I think the bad shot of the damage again tyre turned because of the driveway 

At the present the car is sitting in our garage fully inaccessible to me which is kinda annoying me because I could take it to get some quotes I'm likely to just have Dj fix it tho but I wanna see what outhers think too (grew up with Dj) 

The outher car had a popped tyre and a bit more then I had that was a 90s model crysler minivan so I don't think it will atleast cost that much to fix and as it was a beater anyway (ok all minivans are in my mind but I'm bias and just go with the SUV anyway get a better car! --but this one I'm judging by being old but by no means a collectors car!) a new tyre and maby a few body pops as well as a touch of paint and a tyre is what? A hundred bucks anyway?! 

So this is gonna be a tough season but I still plan on getting something nice for atleast some of the people I work with for x-mas and I know some but not outhers lol will be fun defo lol! 

After thought: my assessment of my car: 1 duck tape will NOT fix it! That's the most depressing bit to me -- continuing on will likely need a lot of body work to hammer the side in right will likely need a new bumper (front) there are noises when the wheels go too far right I don't know the cause of this ATM but may later and when opening and closing the door there's noises because of the body damage I could take a wild stab at the cost 

But there's no way I believe it took 1.2k to buff out those scratches 

Especially when those 

Aka those are only 5-700 to fix (one thing on the car is 500 another is 700) but that's our quote from Dj on that and the scuffed that was at fault (tho insurance decided we were still wtf on that!) was a 2013 ford something sedan ours is a 2009 corolla sport there 

Today's pics

Ok so I know winters coming --how is it I know that? No it's not the falling leaves or that it's simply that this area is FREEZING all the time! My greenhouses are in a similar yet more exposed area so I'm hoping they are still doing ok with the temps ATM it looks like everyone is doing ok tho the strawberries should be inside right now (aka protected not growing!) and the goji should be coming in soon (protected) 

So greenhouse pic time? 

Yea I should harvest that cherry bomb I also have datils with a little red that could be harvested as well 

If I didn't know better id think the bay really liked it in there! I pulled the walking onions cause they seemed dead to me and I think the lemon grass could be "going" too hopefully it comes back before it's too late 

Any questions please ask! 

Another update: greenhouses

Ok so I figured was about a week so I needed to cheak in on the greenhouses and it seems the light only worked for a couple days so I moved it so it would get more light (I just think it's cool) we still have some aphids and general crap I'm trying to manage them somehow hoping I am lol I've also got art bell on and somehow it's spooking me (I'm into that strange stuff) 

So pics? 

Wow worse pics then I thought! 

There's the little as you can see some are dying some seem semi-ok and such some are not so well 

And flash on --I def need to replant and water those mints! They've defo rooted! Also the lemon grass isn't doing as well as was so I'm trying to keep in a better spot for it (I mean I could buy more but I'd rather not if I don't need to!) 

The larger one as you can see planted onions are doing well (gotta plant the outher onion sets that are in there so I don't kill them while I'm waiting to plant them) 

I'm hoping for the best I know Harry (robo hamster aka littlest monster) needs some water like ASAP! And I'm gonna be working for like the next 5 days straight which may be fun (thurs fri sat sun and mon--sun and mon have there extra fun to them as well! It's a good thing I love my job!) I'm defo excited even if it's possibly at the cost of my plants but it's also so stupid cold in this part of the house too!  

New plant and excitement

We went to a gravedigging thing on sat and as typical I won some stuff (I am known very lucky) so as a door prize I chose an aloe plant 

Actually that aloe plant (pic from the day) it had about 7 there many pups that looked like they were doing pretty well there was another 2 big but baby baby pups this was shy a couple pups but I liked the light as well (which I'm keeping in my little greenhouse ATM and it works pretty well too) 

The plant is presently sitting in my large greenhouse and with the house getting so cold I can only hope everyone does well!  

I also got a kids kit and a box with some books which I've sence given to my mom --the kids kit had s'mores stuff (I love them!) paper aka lined and construction some markers and hilighters DVDs books --the bin (that I gave mom) and maby a few more things said worth over 50 bucks that one I put in for the fun of it lol 

Hopefully I can get more pics soon for everyone to see that I see most look pretty well tho I'm unsure on the onion sets 

Then later like on sun I get to run the store by myself for 2 hours and ATM it looks like the following Monday to the Sunday and the Sunday after I may be alone as well we lost our extra person that I truly was wondering how it'd affect me/my life/my pay that sort of thing in the last month I had 2 huge cheaks then a tiny one and a normal one and I was worried about the tiny ones continuing where I couldn't afford my car (about 2 normal cheaks) the schedule can be changed but I'm super excited to see myself alone at the store I know there dead days and not much is apt to happen which is def a plus still it's exciting to me! And the boss (new compared to when I started) knows via me telling I felt I was hired with the intent I'd run the store myself some day and I've been trying to work to that point as well lol 

Some greenhouse cleanup

Ok so more things are dying/dead and there's still plenty of bugs around as well so we will see how that goes *note* I did douse the greenhouses with TONS of sevin! Edibles galore tons of sevin to get rid of the bugs! 

The little greenhouse is pretty much in tact 

Peppers are looking pretty happy for the most part tho I should have pulled the fruit from them before bringing them in they like some water but not soaking and that will be fun to learn the happy balance for them (the Thai didn't do well with too much water) 

The bays and goji are doing pretty well as are the rest it looks like they will be alive for atleast a bit longer yay! Lol 

And here's the top stuff nothing yet from the goji seeds so I pulled them up and mixed them with the dirt a bit better if they need light to germ or that they'll get varying degrees now lol 

Some onion sets the trimmed walking onions mint bay and such 

The big one had a lot more done to it and it really got super-doused with the sevin! 

More mints my rose and some more bay 

Mints bays lemon grass walking onions and my unknown fruit trees --as you can see I really cleaned that one out! I'm thinking next cheak I'll fert these some I've added fert to the little one but first is getting the bugs under control/gone! Which I think I might be getting near! Also I wanna try bringing in some mints too before they die for the year think I'll stick them in a Gatorade bottle like I did the outher thing in the small greenhouse 

I also should start trying to plan what I'll grow next year as well if stuff fails or that I know the tomatillos are apt to be back they went INSANE! And I don't think I'll try to stuff stuff as much as I did this year we got a lot less harvest then I expected I don't know if it was the super crowding lack of reg watering or a mix of the both (with my having a 3rd shift job) but we will see I also plan on adding drainage to the new pot I don't know what I'll put in it just yet next year tho but I'm certain I'll over buy again as I tend to tho not to the extreme I did this year lol I also think I'll get more plants from millaegers especially if I can get a job there! That would be perfect for me lol 

Well have fun guys I'll get on some outher fun stuff another time ATM wanna get a little sleep before I have to work tonight first night alone with the new girl off training and she is cooking tho I've allready offered to help her as needed/possible so we will see and I have no qualms helping on my break 

Pulled some peppers in

As I said lol I braught in some of my peppers I just hope I didn't wait too long with them i also got some stevia that I took cuttings of some stevia 

Also have some boxwood basil that I clipped and am trying to dry for the seeds 

Hope everyone does well 

Another late one

I decided to cheak on my greenhouses yesterday as the stuff outsides pretty much done for the year apart from some seeds and stuff here and there that I need to get 

Next year I'm def gonna try starting some seeds! Hope I can get a good balance! Lol get good plants going! 

So we still have some bugs here and there I found a spider and a slug as well (both drowned) and I plan on getting some worms in my soon to be compost bin (little dollar store trash bin thing) 

Well didn't realise pics were so bad! 

The walking onions could use a trim some stuff is ready to be shuffled about some have died ill prolly pull a few plants in like I did the Thai pepper (I know it can be a great producer!) I'm thinking sweet datil fooledja and maby 2-3 more depending but will be Sunday before I can do that also thinking the tiny toms are gone and that I need to transplant some of the tomato/pepper cutting things but I've lost mostly peppers from it many of the tomatoes seem to be doing really well may try to get more tomato cuttings if I see more suckers also trying more of the cumin or curry that I got at millaegers 

This will be fun! I get to cook tonight then next 2 nights I'm the store sub primary focus is cook then helping out wherever possible/needed and boss says we have to get the cooking done as well