22 DAYS TIL SPRING EQUINOX.NEED THOSE LONG SONNY DAZE.
WITH WARM SUN AND LOT OF LIGHT
13 YRS VOLUNTEERING WITH THE DIABLED HAS BEEN A GREAT REWARD FOR OUR FAMILY. ONE OF OUR FAVORITE ALASKA CRUISE MATES HAD HIS LAST AND BEST CRUISE LAST SEPT. AND JANUARY HE DIED OF PROB;EMS RELATING TO DIGESTION. SUCH A SWEET, SWEET GUY. WE LOVE AMD MISS YOU, LITTLE ELF, RICHARD. YOU ARE A SWEETHEART. AND WE HAD GREAT TIMES TO TOGETHER DIDNT WE?
MORNING IN THE OLD WES
GOD FOR YOUR ABUNDANCE.
YEAR OF THE BOAR, DEAREST OF THE DEER.
YUCCA IS A NATIVE PLANT THAT HAS MANY USES IN PREHISTORY TIME. THEY ARE STILL USED AS HEDGE FENCES IN OAXACA BETWEEN CORN FIELDS. YUCCA WAS USED AS A FIBER MATERIAL FOR SOME WEAVING OF BASKETS AND BAGS, AND OTHER ITEMS. FRESH YUCCA HAS THE TEXTURE AND TASTE OF SUGAR CANE, NOT QUITE SO SWEET. I BELIEVE THE NATIVES ROASTED THE ROOT BULB. HAVENT TRIED THAT YET. GOPHERS AND GROUND SQUIRRLS LIKE TO EAT YUCCA, A GOOD AND BAD THING. RODENTS LEAVE MORE IMPORTANT PLANTS ALONE . BUT THEY ALSO PROSPER. THATS WHAT MY DOGS ARE FOR ESPECIALLY THE LITTLE ONE. HE IS A RATTER WE WILL BE TRANSFERING THE YUCCA TO THE OUTWARD BOUNDRIES OF THE FARM. YUCCAS ROOT EASILY, ARE A GOOD SCREEN IF YOU HAVE ROOM. THEY GROW AT A MEDIUN RATE BUT ONCE MATURE CAN BE VERY LARGE. THE FLOWERS ARE HARD AND WAXEY AND CAN BE STRUNG. IT HAS A LITE FRAGRANCE. WATER STORED IN THE ROOT BULB
DAVID BASKET PRES SPOKE THIS MORNING OF BUILDING HIS ETHANOL FACTORY WEST OF SANTA MARIA. WHAT WILL THE SEA BREEZE BRING TO SM IN BY PRODUCT?