Ole Joe Clark
Absent Comrade
Happy Sabbath afternoon to ya'll.
Thought I would wait until this afternoon before I shared all these profound bits of knowledge, gossip and related stories with you. It's a cool Sunday in Dixie today, after the storms earlier in the week it feels good, except for the cool wind.
There were at least 17 confirmed tornadoes in Alabama on Wednesday, March 17th. Way to many in my opinion. Thank the Lord there were no fatalities in the state from the storms. Several homes and businesses destroyed, but those can be replaced.
On a related subject, my Great Grandmother, Sara Ruth Peek Hampton, died as a result of injuries received during a tornado that destroyed the house she was in, on March 29, 1932. We, my MBH and I, interviewed several people that survived that series of storms that killed hundreds of people in Alabama on that day. They called them "cyclones" back then, and there were no storm radios, sirens, or any other warning devices available.
According to the local newspaper, she died in a emergency hospital that was set up in a local church, in Lineville, AL.
I have to get tomato seeds planted this coming week, that is, if I plan on tomato sandwiches during the summer this year. In 2020 we ate tomatoes from late June until mid November, and I never got tired of them.
Our last average frost date is on or about April 23rd. I remember covering up about 100 plants one year to protect them from the frost in late April. I would save empty 2 liter plastic coke bottles, cut the bottom out and use them for wind and frost protection on tender plants.
Have you ever planted egg plants, kolrabi, beets, kale, brussel sprouts, etc?? Never cared for egg plants much, but they are really pretty in the garden.
Enough of these ramblings, ya'll have a blessed week, stay safe.
Leon
"You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks" Winston Churchill
Thought I would wait until this afternoon before I shared all these profound bits of knowledge, gossip and related stories with you. It's a cool Sunday in Dixie today, after the storms earlier in the week it feels good, except for the cool wind.
There were at least 17 confirmed tornadoes in Alabama on Wednesday, March 17th. Way to many in my opinion. Thank the Lord there were no fatalities in the state from the storms. Several homes and businesses destroyed, but those can be replaced.
On a related subject, my Great Grandmother, Sara Ruth Peek Hampton, died as a result of injuries received during a tornado that destroyed the house she was in, on March 29, 1932. We, my MBH and I, interviewed several people that survived that series of storms that killed hundreds of people in Alabama on that day. They called them "cyclones" back then, and there were no storm radios, sirens, or any other warning devices available.
According to the local newspaper, she died in a emergency hospital that was set up in a local church, in Lineville, AL.
I have to get tomato seeds planted this coming week, that is, if I plan on tomato sandwiches during the summer this year. In 2020 we ate tomatoes from late June until mid November, and I never got tired of them.
Our last average frost date is on or about April 23rd. I remember covering up about 100 plants one year to protect them from the frost in late April. I would save empty 2 liter plastic coke bottles, cut the bottom out and use them for wind and frost protection on tender plants.
Have you ever planted egg plants, kolrabi, beets, kale, brussel sprouts, etc?? Never cared for egg plants much, but they are really pretty in the garden.
Enough of these ramblings, ya'll have a blessed week, stay safe.
Leon
"You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks" Winston Churchill
