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OMG! LOL! For a minute I NEARLY had a stroke! And then I realized you were teasing! You MUST know my dad...he ALWAYS told us "snipe" stories as kids...the fuzzy tufted snipe, the rare crested snipe.... I can't wait until a few more turn just right and I can make something...they are pretty...

Well...I was brave enough to squish one between my fingers, and lick the juice...not bad really, actually pretty good :) and not sick or dead yet....must be good :) So...what does one do with mulberries? What can you make with them? Jelly? Wine? I dunno...any creative ideas? Because the...

Mulberry eh? Pretty confident on this? It's actually a little ways off from the house...not FAR...but I gotta put shoes on to walk out there... like not right off of my porch...so mulberry...hmmm....may go grab one :) MAY...dunno....

To be honest, we tried the gardenthing last year...and then there was a drought...Boo-Urns I say! So...I'm not real bright or great with my plants.... THEN WE MOVED! And I have SO MANY THINGS I am CLUELESS with when it comes to the plants around me...so...someone wiser and more capable PLEASE...

Okay...pinch off buds to give the plants time to get bigger with the peppers....SHOULD have soaked the corn, but didn't know about that! Will do next time....let the cilantro reseed itself? Then keep it kinda shaded...can do totally! I'll go get some pics in a bit too...still working on...

Oh! yes, the cukes are in pots...sort of... :) It was my "ode to the trailer home"....I drilled holes into 5 gallon buckets and put them in there, they are next to the fence so they have something to climb...so thin them down to one? got it... The corn has been in the dirt a week and 3 days...

So...I now have to thin the cucumbers...how many plants do I leave? 2 - 3 of the healthiest ones? Or just one? Also...my cilantro on the porch appears to be bolting...what do I do about this? Move it to the shade? Or start over? And the corn has sprouted...VERY SPARSELY SO! Like 3 little...

Thank you! So, it is a GOOD GUESS as to when things will KIND of MAYBE be ready...like the cucumbers said 55 days or some such...so if I don't see cucumbers here by September and I planted them the 1st of April we got an issue and I thinned the cucumbers and left the weeds...or if there is no...

I mean really...what does it mean? Is that when something is starting to flower, something is ready to pick and eat, puberty is over and it is nice again? I don't get it... On the other hand, our corn has sprouted at least! We have little nubby sprouts of corn in a pool! I was...

Thank you...I have decided to wait until my little spots are ready for them...this is somewhat of an experiment all around...just seeing what works and what we do know and what we don't...make start a few just for kicks in the little pots...but I think I WILL wait...it's just so darn hard to...

So...we finally got all the tomato/pepper/eggplants in their respective pools this evening (one 2 full of corn seeds for the chil'rens to watch grow if nothing else). I have four 5 gallon buckets planted with cucumber seeds I am hoping will sprout at the very least... So, if nothing else...

Well...it's been another busy long week...BUT...I got ALL of my herbs planted in their baskets on the porch ALONG with some hibiscus replacements for the one DH THREW AWAY while cleaning the porch this winter (he really meant well I suppose) and a couple of citronella plants just to see if they...

You know....I MAY just give this a try! I LOVE the idea...have access to all the needs....think I shall give a it go small scale just to see what happens! Posts like this are DOUBLE TRIPLE AWESOME because they give me WONDERFUL IDEAS!

Well...I'm one step closer today than I was a few days ago...dirt is in the pools along with some horse manure (because lord knows we have plenty), it rained last night pretty good, pools seem to be draining fine, and I BOUGHT PLANTS AND SEEDS TODAY!!!!! :rainbow-sun :rose :rainbow-sun...

OOOHHH!!! PATTY PAN SQUASH!!!! I remember my mother growing those! They ARE fun! I bet she still won't eat it...it's green...she doesn't do green...and white can be touch and go....but I'll look for some of those too! Right now hubby is shoveling dirt out of the truck bed into the...