Text 7697, 95 rader
Skriven 2008-05-24 18:44:58 av Carol Shenkenberger (13779.cooks)
   Kommentar till text 7678 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: putting up
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 > Well, his are bigger than mine.  The new EEEPC computers we just got--he
 > can't type comfortably on the keypad but it fits my fingers fine. I wear
 > a size 5 ring; his is about an 8.  See?

I hate those chicklet keyboards.

 >  >  CS> Just a few flowers now.  Say a month and i should have a few?  Bumpe
 >  >  CS> crop about picnic time.
 > 
 >  > HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, maybe I'll take some home & can them?
 > 
 >  CS> Maybe but I dont think 9 hours in the sun on the drive up will
 > 
 > Plus the 2 day drive back to Savannah.

That too.

 >  CS> improve'em. Meantime the container garden is doing well.  The straight
 >  CS> neck squash in the larger container has 'babies' already.  The lettuce
 >  CS> is fully ready for
 >  CS> eating.  Tomatoes have flowers and so does the strawberry plant.  The
 >  CS> bell pepper is getting taller and i think I needed a bigger container
 >  CS> for her. The catnip is lucsiously green and may have to prune it back
 > 
 > Sounds like things are doing quite well.  Is Daisy enjoying the cat nip?
 > Air dry some for her to enjoy during the winter.

Oh I plan to!  I'm stripping it down a bit each day now.

 >  CS> interfereing with the strawberry plant's sunlight <g>.
 > 
 > 
 > May need to transplant the cat nip as it could easily overtake the
 > strawberry plants.

Yup.  Got a round planter I can do that with.  Lets just say one of'em is
moving.

 >  CS> Don got confused and the catnip which was for a little spot by the
 >  CS> front door, got swapped with the herb (rosemary I think, he took the
 >  CS> label away by accident).  The herb is doing well but looks a bit odd
 >  CS> nestled in with the pansies and sweet williams.
 > 
 > Hey, creative gardening. (G)  Does the plant look like it has little
 > pine needles? If so, then it is rosemary. You can also tell by the
 > rather pungent aroma to the stems & "needles".

Yes and did a lookup , its rosemary.  About 8 inches tall and as wide now.

 >  CS> Hehe now I get stray cats in my back yard nestling in the catnip area.
 >  CS>  Humm, have to figure that out before they hurt the strawberry in the
 >  CS> same planter.
 > 
 > Move one or the other; probably beter to move the strawberry as the
 > cat nip can take over the space easily.

Long thin deep planter.  They are on either side of it.  At this stage,
probably doesnt mater which I move but the fruiting strawberry might be best
left to do it's thing.

There's a lady who's house I walk by often when walking Cash. Her front
garden is catnip and sweet williams <g>.


(bredmaker jellies)

 > Mine can do it too but I don't want to use that feature. It's easy
 > enough to do on the stove top and you get a larger yield for the work.

True but sometimes I want to play and we dont eat enough sweets to make large
batches very sensible.

 >  CS> (Breadman fancy unit, it's making bread now as we are out).
 > 
 > I just pulled out some pumpernickle rye (without the instant coffee; we
 > don't have any) about an hour ago.  Beautiful looking loaf, a little
 > sunk in in one part of the top. I added a bit more flour as this morning
 > when I started it, it was very humid & needed the extra flour.


Made rye last night.  Came out really nice.  I think I have the hang of the
new unit.

 > I know, I got rid of most of my jars early last year. Then I bought more
 > jelly jars. I'd given my mom a lot of jars when Steve went into the
 > Army; she's still got them as she has a lot from when she switched from
 > all canning to freezing a lot of the stuff.

When you go back, maybe she can give a few of them back?  Just enough for your
 needs now as you are facing moving again in a year.
                xxcarol

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