Whoa!! Hold the presses! What are those things?

They look like fish.......they smell like fish...... Is that me with a big smile on my face at LAKE ROBERTS with fish spread out before me???

Yes, our day finally arrived. We caught eight fish on Sunday, had a big fish fry up at the campground, and then caught another seven on Monday!

I guess there was a planetary alignment or something, but no matter what we threw in there, they bit.

In other news, the peanut crop is in. Good news?? The peanuts were delicious. Howard's got the boiling down perfect, with just the right amount of salt. Bad news?? Not enough peanuts....... Next year there are going to be at least two full rows of peanuts..... (sorry okra).......

Howard's going to talk to Stepheni's husband and get some peanut advice. We'll probably also call the folks in east New Mexico; they're growing peanuts over there and we want to know what kind.

There are several inevitable results of having a garden: You have a freezer filled with frozen vegetables. You have the ugliest fingernails in the city. Finding a worm is good news.

But, unfortunately, there is another side effect----you have vegetable debris laying around everywhere. Yes, of course we have a compost pile........but compost starts in the kitchen. We don't run out to the compost pile every time we shell peas or chop the ends off the okra, so it sits in the kitchen until we have a nice little mound of it.

Enter my arch enemies: About 10 billion fruit flies. I hate those little F**** but what's the solution???

Ta-dah! Wal-Mart has come through once again!

This cute little trash can has a flip top and a little lever down at the bottom. Next to it is our old compost holder-----Poor thing, it used to be a cake cover in its previous life.

No matter what I did, it was always filled with fruit flies. Where do they come from??? The despicable little creatures buzz around my face and wallow around in the peels and cuttings, busy eating, and no doubt, making more fruit flies.

I knew there had to be a better way----having that open container like that was driving me crazy!

Just to make our little compost holder even more convenient, it comes with a detachable inside "bucket" complete with handle.

I love it!!