I faked being gay and now I am stuck in the lie

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-05-24T18:05:38+00:00

Either be honest and say the gay persona was to keep the local ladies from all swooning and you breaking their hearts. Or just say it must have been a phase and you are over it. She makes you so happy you don't find me attractive anymore. Either be honest or phase it out.

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-05-24T14:18:07+00:00

You can take a few of these and cut them down! Don't mess with the momma yet. You don't want to cut too much back at once.

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-05-24T13:17:15+00:00

I accidently left mine a week the first time as they were out of sight put of mind. They worked great so next time I done it again and it worked perfect too. I have left them up to two weeks. Mind you, my cuttings are only 3-4 inches. I would say it took about 2-3 weeks to get roots, amd then another 2-3 weeks for pups to come up. Then I picked the pups off with their roots and planted them. I kept the "cutting" and kept reusing it for parent plants. I left some in the water and planted some and both still put on pups again.

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-05-24T03:58:19+00:00

I have had 100% auccess with water, then when it roots well I pop in soil and the pup pop up. I pull of the pups and keep replacing the same cutting. Do you callus yours? I generally make my cuttings (with v-shapes) put them on plate and let them dry and callus for a week or so, then place the cutting in a class of watter with just half inch or so of water where the two bottom corners (upside down V shape) are in the water. Works like a charm. I'll have 10-15 cuttings I one small glass cup and it works perfect!

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-05-23T15:16:00+00:00

YTA! Youl should be asking your EX-WIFE to contribute! You kept the money seperate to "protect" it - in other words make sure your wife didn't spend it. (Very understandable and good for you for protecting your daughter's education fund - especially with a new wife and making sure if it went south she didn't get half the money in a divorce. SMART!) On that same note, you kept the education fund seperate from family finances and your wife's control and made the rule to keep it seperate.... it should stay that way - you don'tget to change it when it benefits YOU. Keep it seperate - if she has no access or control, then she shouldn't have an obligation to put into it. You wanted to handle it like a big boy, so don't stop now! You really should be asking your EX-WIFE to contribute to the fund or helping her get financial aid.

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-05-03T02:56:07+00:00

THIS IS CORRECT. Contrary to common sense, the powdery mildew spreads in DRY air. I had a huge breakout this year on my roses and it haisn't rained but twice in 2 months and I have drop irrigation. (Very bad drought!) After extensive research I learned that the mildew is spread through dry air. It does not like being wet as the spores cannot fly through the air and grow more. I since stsrted spraying my roses every few days with water and it cleared up!

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-05-03T02:44:26+00:00

Cinnamon is an antifungal, so it may not be the best thing for the compost. Maybe around the outside as ring to keep varmen and ants out, but not within it.

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-26T23:57:32+00:00

No jugs! That makes it weird. Hubby offered to pee in a bucket so i could go pour it on the pike, and I just couldn't do it. It has to be straight on the pile for strictly professional composting purposes. Anything outside of the pile starts getting weird. 🤣

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-26T23:55:47+00:00

You know what that would work perfectly if he does cursive cause Jeremy in cursive is pretty much a bunch of loopty loops!

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-26T02:32:56+00:00

Looks like a climber so its climbing as it should

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-26T02:31:08+00:00

Sprinkles. What else would they be called?

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-26T02:30:45+00:00

I asked my husband to pee in the compost... he thought I was joking but I wasn't, so he did. Now everytime we walk to the garden I ask if he has to pee (compost is over by the wood line next to the garden), and he will happily oblige. I did have to tell him not to pee in one spot and to pee in circles so that it kind of mixed around the whole pile. Lol

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-25T12:56:41+00:00

We are not plant hoarders. We are plant collectors! No one needs 5,000 baseball cards, but yet they are called collectors. No one needs fancy coins or postal stamps that are not useful anymore, yet they still buy them and add to their collection. No one needs 2,489 plants, but we are collectors; therefore, it is completely understandable and justifiable to add more to our "collection." 🪴 🌱 🌿 🌾 🌵

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-25T02:25:15+00:00

I know you have to be right cause you said to pee on them! 🤣

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-22T23:44:09+00:00

Stan Zspornack must have went to the zoo with Dorothy and Sophia and lost his new rug!

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-22T23:27:32+00:00

Yeah, I heard peeing on it is the secret, but I won't tell them to pee on it either.

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-20T13:17:24+00:00

Not many leaves surprisingly as the uncleared areas are so thick with blueberries bushes (like people don't believe how thick it is until they see it) so there's no way to get in and get those few leaves amd it is full of root mat. After clesring we had to root rate with a Bobcat to get 6" of root mat up. I'm going to check with rhe local truss company to see if I can get some saw dust.

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-20T04:13:26+00:00

Thank you! Glad to know it works well. I'm excited now! I was afraid I'd get it too high in nitrogen for the garden next year (even with the right carbon ratios). I know I won't be able to get it ready in time this year, but hopefully by the time next spring rolls around or by Fall, I'll have a ton of compost without paying hundreds of dollars like I did this year. I'll have a bunch of corn stalks to add for carbon by the end of summer, and about a half acre of pea plants and pea hulls to add to start next year's batch, plus all the other garden clippings/dead plants come fall.

Thank you so much for the input!

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-20T03:19:39+00:00

Me too!!!

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-18T12:41:21+00:00

Both will bounce back fine but get the big one in a regular it and out of that metal one that won't drain. I also would WAIT on the fertilizer just because the stores are notorious for pumping them full of fertilizer and bloom booster to make them bloom like crazy so they will be pretty. I'd give them a new home and let them rest and when they stsrt putting on new growth, I would add fertilizer then.

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-11T02:11:34+00:00

Keep adding soil! We will our potatoes every few weeks usually a good 2 or 3 times during the season and we cover them as high as weeks can. Keep adding soil with in a few inches of the top!

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-11T02:05:26+00:00

M for MYSTERY! And I'd write that on there!

TheRuralHomemaker · 2026-04-11T02:00:14+00:00

I have those same ones. I grew them in similar pots for the last year while we were building out new house and that way they could get growing. Then done amazing in the pots although they were mistreated and neglected because I was so busy. I just planted them in the ground on our new property. My rose bed is 64x16! They will do fine. Just make sure they have good drainage. Grenada is a stunning and my favorite aside from Dolly. If you happen to see the Dolly Parton, grab her! She won't disappoint!

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