Posts by GardenStream

I made some sweet zucchini relish with a few of them. I sent DH to work with about 50 pounds of them and he managed to give them all away. Another 50 pounds or so went to our local farm market store where they'll be donated to a...

I have 2 pulley lines that run from the deck to a post in the yard. My clothespins are in a bag I made. It's just an old T-shirt that I sewed shut at the bottom and arms that hangs on a wire hanger. I love the plastic clothespins. I...

The only experience we had was quoting with them. We quoted with Morton, an Amish guy and a local contractor. Morton was thousands more and the Amish guy was several hundred more than the contractor. We did a very basic building with...

Quote:Originally Posted by abiyhayil What will you do with all of that zucchini? I have no idea. I had to take a picture of it before I start shredding and hacking into them.

We went away for the weekend and came back to a garden that needed a lot of attention. I found 2 hornworms on my tomatoes this morning. A few of the tomato plants have baby tomatoes on them already and others aren't even flowering...

Quote:Originally Posted by HappilyEvrAfter I can see the formula in them and don't really enjoy being ripped away from the sex...erm, romance...to read about the lessers (Lol), but I like these books alot. :-)But I do like how...

We were on vacation for the last week. I got home yesterday to see that my garden has exploded! I have now figured out that the 7 volunteer plants I let go have turned out to be 1 pumpkin and 6 zucchini. There are about 5 tomatillo...

Quote:Originally Posted by RosieL I pulled several green tomatoes off to pickle them for a dinner I'm throwing wednesday (yard-to-table dinner). That looks fabulous and I'm so jealous! I don't even have flowers on my tomato plants...

I have a couple... 1. When your most crunchy AP friends, call your family extreme. We were floored by this one because we consider them to be extreme. We're just on different extremes 2. When the cloth diapering, breast feeding,...

I always have some plain yogurt on hand so that when the kids want a dip I can pull something off. I'll make a dip of 2/3 yogurt and 1/3 salad dressing. I've used italian, ranch and french. After seeing the link for dill dip I think...