Today was a day of running around, starting in the afternoon. We had a dump run to do, and I had to wait until they opened. From there, it was a stop at the post office, then off to my mother’s to drop some Christmas stuff off, before I headed to the pharmacy to get more mineral oil. The girls cleaned the cats’ ears while I was out, using the last of our mineral oil to do it, and we have another 4 or 5 days of daily cleaning. Hopefully, that will take care of the ear mites!
I made sure to let my mother know I could pick stuff up for her since I was there anyhow, so she had a short list for me. I took care of that after I went to the pharmacy. Before leaving town, I messaged the family to see if we needed anything and ended up going back to the grocery store. By then, I was pretty famished, and there’s this excellent Chinese restaurant, right next door! So we had Chinese take out as a treat for supper.
The down side of all this running around is that it was already dark by the time I headed home. I hate driving at night. Yes, I have the deer screamers on the truck, but with the lights from oncoming traffic, it’s impossible to see if there are any deer on or near the road.
Once home. I was happy to go through the mail, as our Heritage Harvest seed order was in. It included a lovely surprise
I didn’t expect to get free seeds for such a small order! Of course, I had to look them up. This image is from the Heritage Harvest website.
From the website description.
This wonderful heirloom originates from Quebec. Forme de Coeur really impressed me this summer and it is now one of my new favorites! The red heart shape fruit are medium size and produced in abundance. The fruit have great taste and are quite meaty. A great all purpose tomato that is early as well. Determinate, regular leaf foliage. (65 days from transplant)
25 seeds per packet.
We were planning to plant only 2 varieties of tomatoes next year, but we might just have to try these! Especially since they have such a short growing season.
The main thing, though, is that the Red Wethersfield onion seeds are in. We now have all our onion and shallot seeds, which will be started indoors next month. 😊
I can’t wait to get growing!
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Are ear mite eggs not on a cat….a problem?
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Apparently not. They stay deep in the ear. That’s part of why the oil treatment has to be for a minimum 10 days, and the oil needs to get right in there. So the oil can cover and kill the eggs, too. We make sure the paper towel strips are well saturated, so that some of the oil gets further in than we go while wiping with our fingers. Theoretically, we could use cotton swaps to go deeper, but the risk of damaging an ear drum is too great. Especially with the cats that fight us off, more. I don’t think the eggs can fall out of the ears. Or if they do, survive. I’ve never actually seen an ear mite. Just the crud they cause.
My daughters tell me things went very well today, even with the fighters. I think they are connecting what we are doing with their ears feeling better. That and they get their wet cat food, immediately after! 😁
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Quite meaty is an understatement. I would definitely plant those. They’re adapted for Canadian weather and have a short growing season. I bet they’d make a really thick pasta sauce. :)
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Awesome! Good to know! Thanks. 😊
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