Is it time for you to start your seeds indoors ?

Here is a list of some of the seed I start indoors and the days to plant them before last frost date

My last frost date is around the 15 of April.

Onions, Leeks 70/80 days
Early Tomatoes 70/80 days
Celery 55/70 days
Mid to late season Tomatoes 40/55 days
Eggplant 30/40 days
Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage 30/40 days
Watermelons Cucumbers * 20/30 days
Flowers and Herbs 20/30 days

Most of the seeds will sprout Quickly at 70 to 75°F

*do not disturb the root system it can damage the plant.

November Weather

Well, folks, it seems official, November is here and so is the Fall weather. We have had a few days of a bit of cold, but now it seems that it is here to stay. We have a nice fire going in the stove and all is warm in the house, but I just hate to see the weather change.

I do love the green of the spring and summer months and even the colors of the fall, but when the leaves start to come off the trees and leave nothing at all, it is sort of sad. Everything seems to change to a dull, monotone color.

The wind was blowing here something terrible yesterday and so the kids have dug out all the hats, gloves, scarves and coats and so the season begins, yet again. Kenny actually jumped out of his room this morning, all dressed in his ski mask, coat, and boots and scared the crud out of me...What is next for this season?

Our Sunday drive

We decided to take a little "drive" around after the bad weather and here are some pics of what we saw. Here is a tree blown over in a field...there were about 5 of them all in one area from the storm (leftover Ike).
We has a lot of rain in a short amount of time and there were several roads with water over them...this pic shows one...and the rain had stopped several hours by this time.
I took this pic as we were driving...I was happy it showed, cause we were actually moving quite fast. It was a beautiful site with the sun peaking through the clouds... When my dd was about 3 or 4 years old, and it had been raining...and we saw a similar view as this, she told me that "that was God peeking down from heaven, checking on us." Every time I see the suns rays shining through like this, it reminds me of that. It is funny what little kids say.
This big hornets nest was hanging from a limb over the road. We stopped to take a picture, but didn't stay long, lol. It was a big one, that is for sure, but we are not very close it it.

Missouri Winds...Leftovers from Ike

Well, even thought we are in Missouri, we had some pretty strong straight line winds here from the left overs of hurrican Ike... No real damage to us at all, but grandma has a very large oak tree go over with the winds. The over saturation of the ground, from all of the excess rains didn't hurt the matter either. The pic is of my dd and dogs sitting on the "tree".
This is dd again, climbing up in the tree...
Here is a pic of the roots that were pulled up when the tree with over...you can see the water on the ground...it quit raining many hours before this pic was taken...but the ground was just so saturated.