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Weekly Garden Thread -- Gardening business blooming for teenage entrepreneur
Le Mars, Iowa Daily Sentinel ^ | Friday, June 27, 2008 | Amy Erickson

Posted on 06/27/2008 2:15:14 PM PDT by Gabz

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To: Diana in Wisconsin
How about Raspberry Pepper Jelly? It could work!

That sounds like it would be AWESOME!!!!!!!!

61 posted on 06/27/2008 5:50:54 PM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my dad I'm a lobbyist, he thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
but it was still fun!

You betcha. It was better than Cub Scout, imo, although those blue tunics were fetching.

62 posted on 06/27/2008 6:45:02 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Oooooh, good job. I’m salivating!


63 posted on 06/27/2008 6:46:32 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
Hmmm....same people who cling to their guns and bibles!

Don't forget they're bitter.

64 posted on 06/27/2008 6:46:55 PM PDT by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: grellis
I just put three more basil plants in this past week and they are doing fine. They were 99 cents apiece at the nursery.

Never had any starlings get at the basil.

In the fall, I clean the leaves and Cuisinart the basil into a mash and then add Italian cheese for pesto sauce concentrate. Always have plenty to last through the winter.

65 posted on 06/27/2008 6:49:39 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

I grow Basil too..I sometimes cut off the spraling branches, put those in water to let roots grow and then have more plants!


66 posted on 06/27/2008 6:52:37 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (WE NEED A TROOP SURGE IN CHICAGO !)
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To: mountn man

Better to cling to guns and the bible than to cling to a wide screen tv and a case of beer.ha.


67 posted on 06/27/2008 6:54:15 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (WE NEED A TROOP SURGE IN CHICAGO !)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Ooooh, good idea. I’ll try it this weekend.


68 posted on 06/27/2008 6:55:28 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Mint is soooo easy to grow too! Grows like weeds! I dry the mint leaves , then crumble them and add to tossed salad..awesome.
I also like chives on scrambled eggs or in egg salad. I cut the chives into tiny pieces with scissors ( same for the basil when fresh )..easier than cutting it.


69 posted on 06/27/2008 7:03:07 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (WE NEED A TROOP SURGE IN CHICAGO !)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
I cut the chives into tiny pieces with scissors

We have a pair of Fiskars in the kitchen only for use on leafy vegetables. MUCH better than using a knife.

When I work in the garden, I slash a few sage leaves on the plant. Beautiful odor to work in.

70 posted on 06/27/2008 7:07:57 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Gabz; All

Hey guys! Late to the ball game. Had the gbaby all day yest and today when I got off work. Hubby plowed out the taters this evening and we let the gbaby help us pick them up. we had a ball! Got about a 5 gal bucket and a half out of a 60’ row. Nothing to brag about.

Sounds like everyone is busy and having a productive season!


71 posted on 06/27/2008 7:18:07 PM PDT by gardengirl
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To: gardengirl

I have to set a trap tonight for a Raccoon that is eating our strawberries and Raspberries plus he is into my corn patch and it is only knee high with no ears forming yet. I hope the skunks have moved on...


72 posted on 06/28/2008 3:15:49 PM PDT by tubebender (Why does a round pizza come in a square box?)
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To: tubebender

Good luck and be careful! Hope this trap is better tahn the mole thingy!

You have skunks? Or stunks, as #2 son likes to call them. We haven’t had any skunks in @ 50 years, according to some of the old timers. I don’t know if rabies got them, or fireants, or pesticides put out to kill fireants.


73 posted on 06/28/2008 4:01:48 PM PDT by gardengirl
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To: gardengirl

Skunks are the favorite food of Mountain Lions.

JUST KIDDING GG!!!

We had a outbreak of Skunks a few years ago when K9 distemper killed off all the local Foxes.


74 posted on 06/28/2008 4:06:16 PM PDT by tubebender (Why does a round pizza come in a square box?)
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To: Gabz
Some California agricultural facts... FFA
75 posted on 06/29/2008 8:04:21 PM PDT by tubebender (Why does a round pizza come in a square box?)
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To: gardengirl; Gabz; Diana in Wisconsin
I finally caught the critter that was eating our strawberries and from a distance I thought I had caught a baby Panda. Of course it was a Possum which I never suspected of being the culprit. We called a friend from our Church who has a Possum rescue team and they picked it up. She called back to say it had a pouch full of babies (6) and that our Pastor would release it in the wilds on the Mad River near his home.

The weather has been terrific and everything is looking good...

76 posted on 07/09/2008 9:43:08 PM PDT by tubebender (Why does a round pizza come in a square box?)
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