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Weekly Garden Thread - December 3-9, 2022 [Best Home & Garden Books of 2022]
December 3, 2022 | Diana in WI/Greeneyes in Memoriam

Posted on 12/03/2022 5:57:11 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin

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To: NautiNurse

What are your coldest winter temps where you live? Do you need any shade cloth, even in the winter months?


41 posted on 12/03/2022 10:37:14 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Qiviut

I am sure they come out much prettier in a pastry bag.


42 posted on 12/03/2022 10:39:07 AM PST by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: metmom

Mom had that album when I was a kid. We loved it. Also The Chipmunks (which my Dad hated, so we played that often, LOL!) Nat King Cole and you cannot beat the Andy Williams Christmas album.

Remember his TV specials? Such good, clean, Christmas fun!


43 posted on 12/03/2022 10:39:50 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thanks!


44 posted on 12/03/2022 10:43:44 AM PST by Qiviut (I'm not out of control, I'm just not in their control. $hot $hills: Sod Off)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Haven’t had a frost in more than ten years. Temps these days are low to mid sixties at night, low eighties during the day. Will be cooler in January. The salad table gets dappled sunlight rather than shade cloth. It sits behind the giant tomato vine and near a deciduous oak tree.


45 posted on 12/03/2022 10:44:54 AM PST by NautiNurse (There was a 2022 mid-term Red Wave...in Florida! )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

With us both being from Chicago, we frequented the original Spice House in Evanston. Nice to see them online and we have ordered a few times from them. We only use smoked sweet paprika and get it from Butcher Packer in Detroit. It is the best smoked paprika ever IMO. Cheap too, one bag will last a long time. Link here -

https://www.butcher-packer.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=32_135_160&products_id=1122&zenid=0f710f5bff438c21b3f153f43c68e405

A 1.1 pound bag only 8.95. I get all my sausage making stuff there, casings etc. Great company.
Wait a minute is this the Cooking Thread??


46 posted on 12/03/2022 10:46:02 AM PST by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: All; Pollard
A few more favorite gardening books:

His newest, I think:

I recently found this at a thrift store for $3.00!

I cannot recommend this book enough. I just love it.


47 posted on 12/03/2022 10:46:05 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: NautiNurse

Perfect! You’ll help keep me SANE when I’m up to my butt in snowdrifts. :)


48 posted on 12/03/2022 11:29:19 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: MomwithHope

“Wait a minute is this the Cooking Thread?”

A. Always!
B. I think the Monthly Cooking Thread has been retired. :(


49 posted on 12/03/2022 11:30:47 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Charlie Brown Christmas.

It was on only once a year and everything stopped for that. The whole family gathered around the TV with snacks and soda for that one.


50 posted on 12/03/2022 12:49:12 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

No,it’s still happening.


51 posted on 12/03/2022 12:50:01 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Here……

Monthly Cooking Thread - November 2022

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4105045/posts

It just needs to be keyworded with “cooking” to find it easily.


52 posted on 12/03/2022 12:52:06 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Lovely graphic!


53 posted on 12/03/2022 1:12:09 PM PST by mairdie (RED - Let There Be Guns - Arrogant Worms - https://youtu.be/-H2kBw7UAgg)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thank you!


54 posted on 12/03/2022 3:08:00 PM PST by Silentgypsy (In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I've got a lot, but these are my favorites, that get used the most. Oldies, but goodies, that have stood the test of time.


55 posted on 12/03/2022 10:43:26 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!)
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To: metmom

Thanks! I remember Jamestown saying she wanted to pass the torch. I will check it out. :)


56 posted on 12/04/2022 5:24:53 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: ApplegateRanch

You can’t beat the “Sunset’ series of books.

And, I used to watch ‘The Victory Garden’ on PBS. The cook (Marian?) taught me that not every meal needed to include meat (LOL!) and Roger Swain was so dedicated to growing root vegetables, it was nearly cult-like. ;)


57 posted on 12/04/2022 5:27:34 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: MomwithHope

I didn’t make the skirt - it was made by an elderly aunt in Indiana in her church crafts group in the 70s. It was gifted to my mother and I inherited it after my mother passed in 2019.

I consider it a priceless family heirloom.


58 posted on 12/04/2022 5:47:44 AM PST by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: Bon of Babble

I can see that. I love scrap quilting.


59 posted on 12/04/2022 6:15:22 AM PST by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I remember watching Victory Garden, too.

Somewhere, in a box, I have my 70s-80s Rodale’s Magazine of Organic Farming & Gardening collection. Best fast, hot compost pile building instructions, ever.

Also on the shelf is my Better Gardens the Troy Bilt Way.

So many others, but the Sunset books, and I have several editions, and other titles, too, are really the best for quick reference.


60 posted on 12/04/2022 11:37:10 AM PST by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!)
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