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Weekly Garden Thread Volume 23 June 6, 2014
Free Republic | June 6, 2014 | greeneyes

Posted on 06/06/2014 12:39:39 PM PDT by greeneyes

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To: Silentgypsy

Thanks, I am on the mend with the feet problem. Got some inserts and some additional rubber mats for the kitchen processing areas, and making sure not to stand or walk too long at a time.


201 posted on 06/11/2014 12:06:02 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: bgill

Just heard on Dr. Oz a few days ago that Congress is going to ok processing in China. Granny’s roosters were mean and they always tried to flog me.

I used to collect the eggs, and it was scary between the snakes and the roosters.

I wouldn’t raise chickens for any reasonw other than food safety and self reliance. Eggs that are deep yellow due to allowing free range are rich in Vitamin K2. This vitamin has been practically deleted from our diets due to the current factory methods of raising beef, pork, and chickens.


202 posted on 06/11/2014 12:12:17 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: tillacum

I usually put out tuna cans with beer for the slugs.


203 posted on 06/11/2014 12:14:19 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Marcella

Glad to hear from you. Sounds like you and prissy are having a good time.


204 posted on 06/11/2014 12:15:50 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: trisham

I like soups, but not so much for the chowder. I do like the New England style Clam chowder though and bean soups. Other than that I like the soups made with lots of broth. Like chicen noodle, vegetable, beef and veggies etc.

Will be trying a creamy radish soup sometime this week.


205 posted on 06/11/2014 12:18:41 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: trisham

Same here. I told him to fix the polk if he wanted it, because I have too many other things to do. I don’t want to mess with it. Might do it for father’s day.


206 posted on 06/11/2014 12:20:11 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Aliska

It took me about 5 years to get it all cleared up the last time I got it. Started with the Tide, and then my hands broke out.

Then the doctor gave me stuff that made it better, but it took a long time to go away completely, and everything seemed to irritate it. It was awful.


207 posted on 06/11/2014 12:24:37 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: trisham

We have had good results with the hanging traps.


208 posted on 06/11/2014 12:25:28 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Aliska

Hubby takes care of the traps for me. I don’t like to put any kind of chemicals on my stuff because I like the bees to live, and I don’t like to ingest pesticides.


209 posted on 06/11/2014 12:28:03 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Aliska

Excercise is a powerful anit depressant, and it seems to work better outdoors.


210 posted on 06/11/2014 12:31:55 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Aliska

I get some seafood/fish from Schwan. Most of the stuff we have available locally is frozen, and comes from Thailand or other Asian sources.

At least with Schwans, I can get some wild caught Alaskan Salmon and a few others of better quality.


211 posted on 06/11/2014 12:34:32 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Aliska

I don’t know. Polk is all I have ever heard it called. My mother in law always just cooked it in bacon grease with seasonings. I’ll have to check out their family cookbook and see if any one ever submitted the recipe.


212 posted on 06/11/2014 12:37:04 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: rightly_dividing

Oh No! I hate to hear that especially about the lemons. They take so long to mature.


213 posted on 06/11/2014 12:38:17 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: MomwithHope

Mosquitos aren’t too bad here yet. We are putting mosquito dunks in the pool and rain barrels. Sometimes, I float a little oil on top of the rain barrels.

Kills most of the stuff you don’t want hatching in them.


214 posted on 06/11/2014 12:40:19 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: who knows what evil?

Our ice cream man was absent for several weeks. Just showed up last Friday. He almost died from tick bite. Hubby wasn’t sure whether it was Lyme disease or what.


215 posted on 06/11/2014 12:41:45 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: dirtboy

I have had trouble with corn seed germination this year too for some reason. Sounds like the rest of the garden is doing well.


216 posted on 06/11/2014 12:43:20 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: dirtboy

That is a definite problem with bone meal. That’s why they always tell you not to put bones in your compost too.LOL


217 posted on 06/11/2014 12:44:25 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: greeneyes

It’s really been a bad year for our gardening. The only thing standing proud is the pepper crop.

Loosing the lemons hurt. I’ve been trying to get lemons for about 6yrs. Last year was our first and only lemon out of 2 trees.

I am thinking of taking next year off and just building the soil and letting it rest. The very few tomatos we have, I lean to picking them and pulling the stalks up and laying in the compost, giving it plenty of time to work, then adding more next winter.


218 posted on 06/11/2014 3:07:17 AM PDT by rightly_dividing (Looking for a good tag line.)
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To: greeneyes
Our ice cream man was absent for several weeks. Just showed up last Friday. He almost died from tick bite. Hubby wasn’t sure whether it was Lyme disease or what.

We actually have physicians here in Red Hampshire that poo-poo the very idea of lyme disease...they claim it doesn't exist.

219 posted on 06/11/2014 5:07:51 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: greeneyes
I found ONE SOURCE for liquid bone meal...click here for more info.

Be aware...don't sniff the undiluted solution...it reeks to high heaven (rotten eggs). It's fine once diluted with water.

220 posted on 06/11/2014 5:12:43 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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