Posted on 11/14/2020 5:56:19 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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Yes, I can. I'll try. Otherwise, I won't be able to contribute anything to this group since I know nothing about gardening, lol!
Here's a little bonus pic. For this week only (don't want to overdo it!). It's supposedly a garden somewhere in Singapore. Again, from Reddit.
Still have plenty of Kale and quite a few 'free' lettuces from the plants I let go to seed. Free Dandelion greens, too. ;)
Love it! By the way, I still have a couple of old Ball canning jars. hey were used by my great-grandnother and grandmother. I’m not parting with them at all.
Looks more like the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Wife and I visited a house for sale this week.
In the side yard was (I think) an osage orange tree with dozens of “hedge balls” on the ground.
How do I get the seeds to start from these baseball sized green balls ?
Lol, I know. I can’t identify a single plant in that pic. I see green grass and that’s about it.
BACON CHEESE STRAWS / EASY WITH PUFF PASTRY
ING tsp ea Chipotle chili powder, cumin 1/2 tsp ea onion powder, garlic powder
3 slices crispy bacon chopped fine 2/3 c grated Parm 1/2 c grated Cheddar, sheet thawed frozen puff pastry, beaten egg
METHOD---FILLING Stir chili powder, cumin, onion powder and garlic powder. Add cooked bacon, Parm and cheddar; toss to coat.
STRAWS ---- roll out puff pastry on litely floured surface to 12x16" rectangle. Brush with beaten egg;
then sprinkle on 1/2 spice/bacon/cheese mixture. Fold in half creating an 12x8" rectangle.
Roll out to 12x16" rectangle. Brush w/ beaten egg' add rest Filling.
FINAL---Cut rectangle in half creating two 12x8" rectangles. Then cut 3/4 inch strips longways into 32 strips 8" long.
Place on parchmented sheetpans, a few inches apart. Twist ends to create spirals. Chill 30 min.
Bake golden brown 400 deg 12-14 min. Cool on pan 5 minutes before removing.
When they dry out, the seeds can be removed very easily.
Do I need to cut them in half?
How big are the seeds?
Raining today. Was planning on doing some out door clean up. Guess I’ll have to clean up indoors instead. LOL
You know, that tomato bisque sounds good. Got a recipe you could/would share please?
Helpful chart for 'dating' Ball jars:
Mom was helping a friend clean out some of her deceased husband's 'junk' and she snagged two jars for me; Amazon Swift-Seal jars with red rubber gasket, glass lids and a hasp. We priced them out on Ebay and they were selling for $39.99 each! Score!
Funny the things that appeal to us. I'm a NUT for old willow baskets, Mason jars, quilts, Haeger vases and salt-glazed pottery. I'm convinced that I was born 100 years too late. ;)
Also, article on which Mason Jars are the most valuable:
https://www.littlethings.com/valuing-mason-jars
I stole this one to post on facebook...
Can someone help me with a hydrangea question? I live in upstate SC (zone 8). I have a huge hydrangea that didn’t do a single thing over the spring/summer except grow beautiful leaves (we cut it back to the ground last year in the fall after it bloomed in summer). Now, in the past 2 days, all of its buds have come out and it is flowering. Is this normal? We’ve only lived here for 18 months. All the neighborhood hydrangeas had beautiful flower in the summer. These are typical “Endless Summer” type hydrangeas. Not sure where to go from here.
You just pruned at the wrong time, so your hydrangea is a little off track right now.
“The great thing about Endless Summer® hydrangeas is that you don’t need to prune them back to the base like other hydrangeas. Since they bloom on previous years’ growth AND the new season’s growth, you can leave them all winter long to achieve double the blooms next spring. Do NOT prune the hydrangea back in fall.”
They really are care-free and bloom on ‘old’ and ‘new’ wood.
So, my advice is to leave it be and the ONLY pruning you should ever need to do from here on out, especially in your LOVELY Zone 8, is to take out any damaged branches or dead, dry wood that will appear from time to time.
I wouldn’t fertilize it right now, but make sure it has enough water (1” a week) through the winter months and when we get into May, I’d give it a shot of a fertilizer designed for Hydrangea, one that also has some acidity to it. Or, if you’re a coffee drinker, save your coffee grounds and sprinkle them around beneath the shrub. They like the acidity and it will increase their blue color, too!
I’m so jealous! I left at least a dozen hydrangea behind at my ‘old’ farm (1906) and haven’t added any to our ‘new’ (1900) farm yet - I did roses this year, so Hydrangea are high on the list for next season. :)
As usual, you had me at ‘cheese’ and ‘bacon!’ :)
“Guess I’ll have to clean up indoors instead.”
I HATE it when that happens! I cleaned the 2nd floor bedrooms, library, hallways and bathroom yesterday - wasn’t motivated to do the first floor today for some reason...
I need to invite my Mom over - I always clean like a madwoman when she’s going to come over, LOL!
P.S. Our toilets are ALWAYS clean! Can’t stand a grungy latrine! “Army Training, Sir!” ;)
I think it’s a very FANCY Putting Green! :)
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