Recent content by curly_kate

Anyone have experience with growing one in a pot? I put a small plant in my flower bed early this summer and dug it up before a frost. I'm wondering if there's anything I should do to make it happy inside.

So annoying! I lived with mice for many MANY years until we got a calico who is a mouser. Then we built a brand new house and haven't seen a mouse inside since. Doesn't stop me from looking for mouse dropping under the sink or cabinets. Old habits die hard, I guess.

Funny to be reading this while I'm eating morel & rice soup! I'm another one who ALWAYS orders soup at a restaurant. The link is for one of my all time faves. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/78052/beakers-vegetable-barley-soup/

We have a cat who showed up at my door one day when she was about 6 months old. She's a great mouser (and has even caught a mole or two!) and the best thing is that she's housebroken. No litter box needed in this house! :weeeWe had nothing to do with that, though. She came to us that way...

I hated brussels sprouts growing up, but that was because my mom cooked them to mush and then drown them in butter. I make oven-roasted sprouts, which are delicious. A local restaurant does them fried - but not with any kind of breading - and dresses them with a balsamic sauce. The other...

I'm not exactly sure what you were doing, but this is how I do it: Click on the magnifying glass in the upper right corner. Type in the search bar what you're looking for. Voila! When you hit the magnifying glass for the search, there's also a list of categories, and you can click 'food and...

It can be a little hit & miss. Honestly, the best money I've spent is on a Cooks Country membership. I've never made a recipe I haven't liked. But now that it's up to $35, I'm thinking I might need to just by the cookbook.

I'm a Pinterest addict. You need to sign up to use it, but it has a search function specifically for recipes.

@Ridgerunner - I have the plants. The vines are annuals here too.

Any ideas about what makes some of them knobby?

I pretty much want to move everything! But it's mainly phlox, echinacea, black eyed susans, and shasta daisies. You're probably right about doing it when I can, as opposed to "should." :) That's a good rule of thumb. I was thinking that moving them as late as possible will save me some...

It never fails that when I dig potatoes, I end up spearing some. And naturally, they are ALWAYS the most perfect, most beautiful ones. I'm using a pitchfork and trying to start way out from the plant and work my way in. Is it just inevitable that there will be some losses? Also, I have more...

I'm in zone 6, and I'm itching to "redecorate."