Posted on 10/29/2022 6:11:28 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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How cute! Very cheerful. :)
Thanks, Pete!
“I should have marketed them...but simply gave them away.”
I am a firm believer in sharing food. The more you share, the more that comes back to you.
Sometimes as food and sometimes in other wonderful and unexpected ways. :)
Thanks Diana in Wisconsin. This is a first, huh?
The other GGG topics added since the previous digest ping, chrono sort:
LOL! :)
:^)
I just snipped off the last of the leaves of my basil plant. I wish I had more! I brought the other herbs that are still producing in, and will use them for as long as I can (oregano, rosemary, tarragon, and marjoram).
I keep checking those shallots I planted a year ago. I think 2 of them may be ready to harvest soon. Not much of a showing, and I still have no idea what I’ve done wrong. What started as about 2 or 3 dozen tiny shallots has resulted in about a dozen that seem to be growing but ever so slowly. Next year I’m going to try something else. I’ve heard that you can grow new ones from store bought ones, but again, I have no idea if that’s true or not. I love using shallots in my cooking.
That’s pretty cool!
Thank you. I see that Walmart has the book for others that may not ‘do’ amazon.
i picked raspberries one year when i needed money real bad.
made $5....bought a chicken, carrots and onions and made a pot of chicken soup....fed me for a week.
In either Roots,Shoots or Sunflower House, their was a listing of kids’ favorite plants. Pumpkins were definitely on that list. I am going to order some pumpkin seeds: one mini orange pumpkin that climbs ... won’t take up so much room and a white pumpkin that will be great for decorating/carving and is something different. I’ll probably include a package of ‘regular’ big, orange pumpkins. My one niece has room ... the other does not (will get minis).
The pumpkin seeds will go along with the books .... great-nieces are getting both books, great-nephew (not 2 yet) will get Roots, Shoots & his mom will have to plant one of the gardens for him. I asked his mom if he has any interest in the garden yet, despite being so young .... she said “oh yes ... he eats everything he can pick off the tomato plants ... green, ripe, & rotten” and she has to keep the garden gate closed. He is also starting to smell flowers. His dad is into fruit trees and berries. His mom will love the book & probably use it for garden ideas until he’s old enough to know what is going on.
Another GORGEOUS fall day here - trees are peak or just past. This is one of the best years for fall foliage we’ve had in a while. A couple of the maple trees (the ones with smaller leaves) are bare already. Tomorrow is leaf day - we’ll be picking them up with the mower & putting them in the compost bin.
Today, I’ll be back on the fence project ... couldn’t work on it Thursday or Friday due to appointments that were in the middle of the day. By the time I got home, it was too late to get out there. I should be able to spend all day outside today & tomorrow, other than leaf pickup, which I estimate should take 2 hours, tops. I’m going to try to take a few fence pics today to post.
We had two deer in the front field around 10 ... they’ve been showing up mid-morning in the fields the last week or two. This morning, they were in the front field and very close. Both are small - chase each other around and have a great time. Most of the plants in the yard that they’ve been dining on are about gone (frost) so they’re hanging out in the fields eating clover & grass.
It’s an impressive story. And, yes. Plenty of places to shop besides Amazon. Did you see their last earnings statement? People are too broke to shop and/or are finding other venues.
I had a used bookstore at Amazon for 15 years, mainly to support my own reading addiction. I closed shop during Covid because I couldn’t get out to find product to sell, as well as them raising their ‘take’ on MY sales so much that it was no longer worth it to me.
I used to clear $1K a month as a side-hustle selling books. It was fun while it lasted. :(
Criminals usually go back to the crime scene...!!!!
Good story! Farmer had a good sense of humor!!!
I think my pumpkin-breeding project is nearing completion. So far, every pumpkin I’ve cut open has been very sweet, with tasty hull-less green seeds.
Granted, I’ve only cut open 3 so far, but still! These were all from different vines, so I’m starting to get some consistency.
Yay! :)
“What I need is to find someone willing to do the selling part, so I can just stick to the growing part.”
I had great fun wtih my little Farm Stand at my other farm. It was on M between Oregon and Verona, so plenty of traffic.
It was an Honor Stand and no one ever stole from me, though someone DID run over my stand one day and then didn’t stick around to help clean up the mess. That was a HUGE mess!
The story actually continues.. when speaking to the farmer, I had a tape recorder in my jacket. We ask him all sorts of wacky questions about who he thought did it. Aliens.. etc. He loved talking about it and all went on tape. Later, back at the house, the tape sat next to the stereo. For some reason, I had all the early classes so upon leaving, I’d crank the tape for the other two sleepers. They loved it /s
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