its the oil, catfish, baby jessica

ITS THE OIL
ok lets just admit it
we are messing in libya because they got all that oil

otherwise why did we not interfere in some of the other
countries where the citizens were being wiped out

tis all about the oil

CATFISH
speaking of oil
now there is a catfish shortage in the us
seems many of the catfish farmers are draining their ponds and
planting the area with corn
seems the government is subsidizing them to grow corn for
ethanol production
am glad we are dong this to decrease the oil use but dang not by
sacrificing catfish production

seems the price of catfish has gone up 25% recently

now we may become dependent on foreign catfish and foreign oil
aint right is it

BABY JESSICA
she turned 25 recently
shes married with kids
shes happy
doesnt like the limelight at all

remember her
the little girl that fell 22 ft down the 8 inch well in 1987 and was
stuck for 2 1/2 days until she could be removed
she had 15 operations afterwards
luckily she doesnt remember any of this

the nation was mesmerized for those 2 1/2 days while they were
trying to extract her
think what a good time fox and cnn would have with this story now

this all occurred during the oil bust of the 1980s
her father was a laid off oil worker
(theres that oil affecting us again-we just wont learn)

she now will receive her $800,00 trust fund from monies donated
by well wishers afterwards

if she would invest that in a retirement fund account and just let it
ride in approximately 5 years she would be a millionaire

hope she has a good financial advisor and doesnt have the lottery
winners syndrome

have a good life jessica

the organicgreen doctor

garden stuff, bb

GARDEN STUFF
worms can live 10 years
they are male and female-hermaphroidites
finding them in your garden soil is an indication of
good soil
consider buying some and adding them to your garden or
flower beds
they aerate the soil and provide some of the best fertilizer available-
worm poop

beware the cutworm
if you plant a tomato especially or other plants such as peppers,
egg plant, cucumber, squash, cabbage etc and notice that
something felled your plant with a miniature chain saw then that is
usually the work of a cutworm

the cutworm is the larva stage of a gray or brown moth that is active
at night

use a collar of wet newspaper or the plastic container cut open at
the bottom to protect the plant
can also use diatomaceous earth or bt (bacillus thuringiensis)
around the plant
during the day time you can wet the soil around the plant
and sometimes the cutworm will float to the surface-then feed it
to the chickens
once the plant trunk is thick enough the cutworm cant cut through
the plant

plant milkweed in your garden bed or flower bed somewhere if you
have room as it is the host plant for the monarch butterfly

it is dry here so make sure you are watering your garden well
each week
do the finger test
stick your finger in the soil and if the finger comes out dry then
the bed needs water

in my garden have planted tomatoes, peppers, egg plant,
cucumbers,beans, okra, basils, tomatillo, squash, and corn
growing nicely is my garlic, potatoes, onions
left over from the winter garden is lettuce, arugula, cabbage, kale,
multiplying onions, parsley, strawberries, and cilantro

this cold weather we are having may slow down or may prevent the
germination of the seeds planted last week eg corn, beens, okra,
cucumber and squash so may have to replant them when the
weather warms again

if your garden is heavily mulched consider pulling back the mulch to
allow the soil to warm
you can add the mulch back when the weather gets hot and dry to
save moisture and keep the soil cooler

beware that another freeze could potentially hit this area-its 45 here
this am
have had a freeze the last 2 years here which caught us by surprise
and had to replant everything in april

BB
aggies got the bears
stout beat out tall girl
guess baylor wont get to play ucon now in finals
congrats am

the organicgreen doctor

days 8-12, bb, try again

DAYS 8-12
well we finally finished the trip to santa barbara
if did not like texas so much would live in santa barbara
the weather is always about the same
never to hot and never to cold (not like we get in texas and
nothing like the northern states)

they actually get less rainfall than we do here in texas
and we dont ever get enough
think that the moisture from the ocean probably helps a lot
and the lack of extreme heat
many people dont have air conditioning there
can you imagine no ac in central texas

my wet suitcase sister in law she (the one we were visiting in
santa barbara) says that the worse thing to be in this world
 is a black cow in texas in the summer time

we mostly vegged out there
watched several basketball games
toured the beaches
watched my nephew he (brother of my rain water tank
nephew he) in a play that he  was in
he sings, dance, acts in the play
he also plays soccer, loves soccer, and beats everyone at
soccer video games
he also sings with andrea bocelli on some of his christmas
specials
has been on tv several times with the specials-hes the blond kid
that sings in the group with andrea bocellli

thanks to the wet suitcase sister in law shes  and my mother in law
shes hospitality (especially for the sees candy-yum yum)

as usual got plantings of plants from their yard to try to grow here
well see if they grow

my wife she attended a wedding journey event but i did not
have to participate-yes
spent quality time with my older son he all afternoon
enjoyed that

we ate at two great restaurants there
one was trattoria mollie in montecito california
the food was italian and was excellent
this is where my son he and his finance she will have their wedding
party meal before the wedding
she cooks some for oprah and has cooked for the obamas in the
white house
she is a interesting story-a self made women who trained in italy
and has had this restaurant since the early 1990s
one of jeff bridges recommended restaurants

the other is a place we always have to eat at when we go
to santa barbara
its real fresh authentic mexican food
the la super rica taqueria
trip is never complete unless we eat there
usually there are long lines outside especially on weekends
always a good side of good food

we finally have made it back to texas
we had a great time
wished we had spent more time on hwy one but know we will
have more chances in the future to do it again but maybe not
where that road fell in
know that sometime in the future may not remember it though

when we got off the plane though in texas i kneeled down
and kissed the ground
was glad to be back

BB
this is the time of the year when i like to watch womens basketball
tonight baylor plays texas am
its big and tall vs stocky
should be a good game
can baylor beat am 3 times in one year

uconn plays duke-hope they play better if they want to win another
championship

stanford won and is in the final four
notre dame beat tennessee
sure wanted to see tennessee play ucon as know those
coaches dont like each other
maybe next year

TRY AGAIN
this is me in front of the monterey bay aquarium
google and the internet did not like my posting yesterday

the organicgreen doctor