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  1. karanleaf

    Shade Windowbox Suggestions? It's Done!

    Red Impatiens, blue Lobela and the white would make a very nice 4th of July type planter and Flag day is coming up too. I have done a couple of baskets that color sceme . :happy_flower Karan :D
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    For karenleaf......

    :thumbsup Way Cool :clap I love the Idea of opening the top of the toe and planting there too :love I may have to adopt that idea :coolsun Thanks so very much :watering Going to find more shoes :woot :happy_flower Karan :D
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    What Are You Planting Today, This Week, This Month?

    cherokee chick I have found a link for you http://72.167.83.115/CandyPress/Downloads/beanturtleblack-datasheet.pdf I hope that helps :happy_flower Karan :D
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    To Market.....

    Way to Go :thumbsup Your table looks Great :clap Your son is adorable, I hope he enjoyed it as well. And the photos are always a nice touch. :coolsun I hope you made some great sales :rainbow-sun We did the same last fall at the Food Fest in Kirksville, a town 26 miles south of us, showing...
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    My weird green beans (NEW PICTURE)

    Are your beans on a bush or vine ? Could they be asparagus Beans? :happy_flower Karan :D
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    What Are You Planting Today, This Week, This Month?

    Yes Hattie it gets covered every fall with all of the leaves from the 2 large trees at that end of the yard. I also have Hollyhocks, Hibiscus, day lily, and Columbine there as well, And Garlic chive still coming through :barnie I weeded out a wheelbarrow full last spring, and they just keep...
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    What Are You Planting Today, This Week, This Month?

    It rained here from 4am till about 1pm so not much planting out side today :tongue But as I was weeding out part of my old herb bed turned Rhubarb area I found 3 Pineapple mint starts :woot I had thought I was going to have to buy more. Amazing stuff mint, through all the weeding out, digging...
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    Some garden pix from today :-)

    Your Photos look great :clap Need to send a couple to Reinbeau for the next photo of the week. :caf My cilantro looks like that now, so it must be going to seed. But that certainly is Cilantro. :thumbsup :happy_flower Karan :D
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    The Any Wonderful Food You Made From Your Garden Today Thread!

    Oh I love ceasar Salad :P yummm :happy_flower Karan :D
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    My 2009, not so easy garden....

    Sparkles Looks like you have a nice sized garden there. :clap You will be able to grow a nice crop looks to have good rich soil. :thumbsup You have gotten a good start on planting I see :tools Please give us updated pics in a couple of weeks as plants sprout and grow :watering...
  11. karanleaf

    mints....

    Oh Pat :bow you are Sooooo Lucky to live close to Richters :love I plan to purchase from them for my Herbal tea garden. Of course will include severial mints.. :watering I bet their place is amazing :coolsun :clap :happy_flower Karan :D
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    Contemplating my garden - Rose pics on Page 6

    O' My gosh Your garden Looks spectakular :clap :clap :woot Please Be carefull getting those pictures. :ep I thought you had a upper deck or balocony you were photographying from :fl Please Be Careful :fl :happy_flower Karan :D
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    The Any Wonderful Food You Made From Your Garden Today Thread!

    This is our first year to grow it and to eat it. So it began from here (well it really started from the seed packet :rolleyes: ) To this To the Table I believe Swiss Chard is one of our New Green Veggies :ya DH was even skeptical, but tried it raw as I was cutting it up. I drizzled it...
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    How to store and dry herbs the best way....

    Hattie that is a wonderful soluition mixture. :clap And I for one agree with you on the That is also another reason to not take antibotics everytime you get the sniffles :sick Your body needs to build up it's own defenses. :ep opps sorry kinda got off track there. :rolleyes: Goodness I...
  15. karanleaf

    Preservation of Vegetables in Olive Oil.

    :clap Thanks Hattie for starting this thread :ya I have always wanted to do Sundried tomatoes :woot And to learn more ways to preserve my growing veggies is a must learn project :thumbsup I will do some research myself :caf I had just this morning searched for recipes & advice on fixing...
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    My 2009, not so easy garden....

    :clap :clap Congratulations Wonderful looking Crops :coolsun You and your family have done some great work :thumbsup Best of luck at the Market :ya I'm rootin for ya :D :lol: :gig (sorry a little growing humor ) I am sure you all will do Great :thumbsup As Hattie said be sure to take...
  17. karanleaf

    Tell/show me your favorite shade plants!

    Look up your State Conservation Dept web site and see if they have a Grow Native Program to purchase plats and seeds. Missouri Conservation Dept has a wonderful program here. Your planter box looks Great. :clap :clap I love recycling and reusing items :thumbsup :happy_flower Karan :D
  18. karanleaf

    How is your garden doing so far?

    Debby, :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup You have a BEAUTIFUL Garden :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap It shows lots of hard work and care has been put into it. :watering :tools :coolsun :watering :tools :coolsun Hoping everything continues as well as it looks now and you...
  19. karanleaf

    How is your garden doing so far?

    Here is my Iris it is also sending up new shoots :celebrate so there will be more next year :clap And we had our 6 riding mowers at work in the back yard. :D :lol: :gig 3 of them here Rocket our Colorado Paint, Kendal our 2yr old, and her Momma Iowa Star aka Big Sis. Here Kendal...
  20. karanleaf

    How is your garden doing so far?

    My garden looked like this Sunday morning.... the 1st of 2 straw bales planted with Asparagus beans The Southern raised bed before I harvested lettuce for wilted lettuce. Then the bed to the north is now uncovered and bare. Well as of 7pm that evening we finished the straw bale planting. (...
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