Recent content by Mothergoat

Oh, my. Coffee is the one thing I can't seem to do without, and doesn't grow anywhere near local to here.

I really enjoyed reading all the way through this thread. So many ideas, so many perspectives. Thank you. I live the way I do because...I like it. I have goats and I milk them because I have severe digestion and stomach problems and the goat milk and yoghurt seem to help a fair amount...

Thanks for trying, Buff. Have a good weekend!

Thank you for the explanation, DBJay. MMMM sounds tasty. :P

Thanks for all the info, Rosalind. I'll have to think about where I might put one or two of those trees you named. We do pretty well with apples here, but I don't seem to be able to get an apricot to last more than a couple of years; too wet or something. Leaves shrivel off in the spring...

Thank you both. And Rosalind, I'd love to see pics of the flowers and and the fruit, when the time comes. How interesting, to have such old varieties of fruits growing in your orchard. Talk about living history! Can you describe some of those varieties you named in more detail? What you...

When it comes to growing apples espalier, are there some varieties that are more suitable than others? L.

Borrow someone's propane torch, and cook what is left of the roots until it surrenders. I love my torch. Mua-ha-ha-ha!! :cool:

What are pigeon peas?

I re-potted a lot of asiatic, Oriental and various hybrid lilies on my deck. I mix sand, peat moss, and finished compost together to make fresh soil medium. The lilies are doing well, multiplying like crazy and growing large bulbs. I have to repot every year with fresh soil or they aren't...

I teach students with moderate/severe disabilities at the high school level and we grow tomato starts and snap peas, and strawberries in the spring. We are about zone 8. They really enjoy eating the peas and strawberries, and we sell the tomato plants and go on an outing to a wave pool/water...

Thank you to you both! I think I'll try the honey locust. Non-rotting living fenceposts ... Now there's something attractive to a goatherder. I take it they grow pretty quickly, too? Linda

Yeah, those little yellow balls did hurt, didn't they? What a shame, so many lovely plants that misbehave in the wrong location. Scotch broom is really pretty when it's in bloom, but it's another nasty toxic and invasive species here. I've eliminated them from our place, but the pasture...

When I was a little girl, my grandma's house in the east SF bay area, California, had a lot of trees growing around the yard. They had multiple trunks sort of like a sumac. They had dark green, shiny, pinnately compound leaves with lots of little pointy, serrated leaflets. One whole compound...

Best wishes for smooth procedures. Bless her heart -- how old is she? Linda