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Weekly Gardening Thread – 2010 (Vol. 41) November 12
Free Republic | 11-12-2010 | Red_Devil 232

Posted on 11/12/2010 5:10:16 AM PST by Red_Devil 232

Good morning gardeners. Hope all of you and your winter gardens are doing well. Nothing but perfect Autumn weather here in Mississippi. We may be getting some needed rain the first part of this coming week.

If you are a gardener or you are just starting out and are in need of advice or just encouragement please feel free to join in and enjoy the friendly discussion. Our Freeper community is full of gardeners, each with varying interests and skill levels from Master Gardener to novice.


TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Gardening; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: garden; gardening; recipes; weekly
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Ha... 100. No it’s not even sprouting unless it did it in the past 3 days. It’s in the greenhouse. We are having a late Indian Summer here on the north coast...


101 posted on 11/14/2010 7:43:26 PM PST by tubebender (If you can not read, this thread will tell you how to get help)
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To: tubebender

Yep. Yesterday I told you how to repot it, but yesterday you didn’t ask me about scoring the roots...and I remembered I forgot to tell you not to repot it if it’s currenly in bloom. :)

We’ll get our act together one day, LOL!


102 posted on 11/14/2010 7:44:08 PM 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

my two older bulbs are coming along...hope I get flowers....love the amaryllis at Christmas.....


103 posted on 11/14/2010 8:54:24 PM PST by cherry
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To: cherry; Diana in Wisconsin; tubebender

Seems like in TX our Amaryllis always bloom about Jan 20th, we’re out of whack somehow. Maybe they should be put in the fridge to chill for a couple weeks in mid-November?


104 posted on 11/15/2010 4:23:39 PM PST by txhurl (If we can shake Congress like a can of pennies, we can uproot voter fraud like a D-9.)
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To: txhurl

Mid-OCTOBER I meant.


105 posted on 11/15/2010 4:26:01 PM PST by txhurl (If we can shake Congress like a can of pennies, we can uproot voter fraud like a D-9.)
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To: txhurl; Diana in Wisconsin

My wife is arguing with HERSELF about the bloom date for ours so I sympathize with your paranoia but According to Flikr I took that photo on May 26th. After careful research I have come to the tentative opinion that perhaps, but not conclusively beyond a shadow of a doubt if I am correct and I have been wrong one time but that had very little to do with which way the wind blows on any given day because it may or may not be Minerva...


106 posted on 11/15/2010 5:08:31 PM PST by tubebender (If you can not read, this thread will tell you how to get help)
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To: tubebender

I agree. It could be Minerva, too!


107 posted on 11/15/2010 6:41:39 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Red_Devil 232; Diana in Wisconsin; greeneyes; fanfan; Black Agnes; rightly_dividing; tubebender; ...
For those with left over pumpkins:

Big Cats

108 posted on 11/16/2010 1:16:46 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Mountain Lions roam the woods and gulches here but we have never seen one. Perhaps a few well placed pumpkins would bring them out?


109 posted on 11/16/2010 7:40:30 AM PST by tubebender (If you can not read, this thread will tell you how to get help)
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To: afraidfortherepublic; Red_Devil 232; All
The Mushroom Fair is this Sunday and we are going again. Humboldt County has more wild mushrooms than they can name...
110 posted on 11/16/2010 8:14:01 AM PST by tubebender (If you can not read, this thread will tell you how to get help)
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To: tubebender

Bring them out? I’m guessing you mean for a lead sandwich?


111 posted on 11/16/2010 3:19:59 PM PST by txhurl (If we can shake Congress like a can of pennies, we can uproot voter fraud like a D-9.)
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To: txhurl

Speaking of lead my 40 year old Sherridan 5MM pellet gun died so I bought a new one for 3 times the price of the original. I will use it to discipline those critters I trap in the garden. I am going to rebuild the old one when I find a source for parts...


112 posted on 11/16/2010 3:47:47 PM PST by tubebender (If you can not read, this thread will tell you how to get help)
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To: tubebender

Went outside in the dark this morning, turned the light on, there was a coon twisting around in an oak right in front of me. I have nothing it wants (yet), maybe it was after a birds nest.

Not ready to open fire, I bitched at him and he went away. He was in beautiful, healthy shape. I used to have a very small soft spot for coons until a couple almost killed an infant a few weeks ago trying to eat it.


113 posted on 11/16/2010 4:06:33 PM PST by txhurl (If we can shake Congress like a can of pennies, we can uproot voter fraud like a D-9.)
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To: txhurl

This area had a spell of Rabies infested foxes early this year with a couple of people and animals being bitten. Skunks are also carriers. Did I tell you I hate to trap skunks...


114 posted on 11/16/2010 4:18:23 PM PST by tubebender (If you can not read, this thread will tell you how to get help)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

That’s really neat! I wonder how often a tiger sees a pumpkin in the wild, though? LOL! Those cats look very well cared for!


115 posted on 11/16/2010 6:53:45 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: txhurl

My New Ronco Rotisserie arrived today and I will be trying it out with a whole 5 lb. chicken this evening. Any suggestions on seasonings to use?


116 posted on 11/17/2010 10:32:42 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

How do you keep a chicken from flopping around on the rotisserie at the rear cavity? I thought about a small raw potato or a apple to act as support for the rod in the cavity...


117 posted on 11/17/2010 3:55:11 PM PST by tubebender (If you can not read, this thread will tell you how to get help)
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It is not a spit single rod set up. There are two rods that skewer the chicken or other meat to keep it from floppinf around. Most BBQ spits that only have one rod have a piece that attaches to both sides of the spit that has from two to four pointed tines that stabeliz and keep it from floppin' around.


118 posted on 11/17/2010 4:08:49 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

That looks like the single drive rod with skewers on both ends which is what I used but as the bird shriveled it began to flop around especially the turkeys. I would have to stop the process and retighten the rear skewer and that allowed the bird to cool and slow the process.


119 posted on 11/17/2010 4:43:36 PM PST by tubebender (If you can not read, this thread will tell you how to get help)
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To: txhurl; tubebender

Just pulled our first chicken out of the rotesserie! Looks beautiful and also tastes really good. Nice and moist. My ife qkeeps saying “This is really good”! LOL She is a chickenholic! Knows her chicken.


120 posted on 11/17/2010 4:48:01 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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