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I'm not going to be buying store-bought strawberries anymore. Since we're right next to California, that's the only kind available here anyway. I'm hoping to plant about a hundred strawberry plants in the spring. The commercial ones taste horrible anyway. I remember when they used to be so sweet...

That is so cute! I'm going to have to make myself an apron, I'm such a messy cook. It would be nice to use one for milking/feeding/egg gathering/garden watering time also, seems I always come in covered in an assortment of stuff from that. I like counted cross stitch too. I've never done one...

Yeah, I'm definitely thinking I am moving these bees to a langstroth, I don't care for the top bar even though it's so simple to build. I think the aggression issues I had with them stemmed mostly from them getting mad at me tearing up their home. They're not out and about much lately because...

Welcome, Kelly!

This is the style hive I ended up with when a friend gave me his hive. It's easy to make them, but I've found the downside in mine is that the bees didn't build tidy strips of comb hanging down from each bar, they've just sort of gone crazy in there and it's all stuck together, so when I lift...

I'll take those nasturtiums. My cat ate the ones I had started in pots! Same offers as above. =)

Msbear, I'll take your pumpkins Offer: Beet "Detroit Dark Red" Butternut Squash Pumpkin "Connecticut Field" Pumpkin "Little Tiger Stripe" (ornamental, it's tasteless for eating) Corn "Golden Bantam" Datura "moonflowers" (toxic to livestock!) Tomato "surprise mix"...a little of this, a little...

I wish we had those warm temperatures here! We had an unusual cold spell for about a month in November, all my winter plants froze to death even under covers. Normally we have tomatoes until late December, and broccoli until the heat of spring kills it. And now that it's too late to get...

So whoever it was that took my Roma tomatoes...I sent them to the wrong person! I'll find you and get them on their way. Sorry about that!

If bees like borage, then I should get some of that too. We just started out with honeybees. I guess having the bees gives me a reason to get some flowers, I'll just say they're for the bees!

Hmm...if they withstood your New York fall, they may just live through the winter here, once I get them outside. I've moved them into bigger pots and it went back up to 60 degrees today, so they are sitting outside getting some sun. I've finally found a flower my husband will let me grow, with...

I do, that's what I am sprouting my seeds under. Normally we've got a nice sunny area in the living room, but we didn't see the sun for two weeks. If I hadn't been so busy I would have gotten them under a light bulb, but it was just one of those weeks...

Well, I will give it a try I guess. I hate to give up on something when it's actually sprouted. =)

I started some nasturtium seeds in trays indoors. Normally our winter is mild enough I could plant them outside this time of year and pull them through the winter with a plastic row cover. (Winter planting is normal here because our spring/summer is extremely hot, and it's easier to get plants...

Very nice! I'm hoping that will be my next Thanksgiving. We tried to raise turkeys this year but they didn't make it, so maybe next time. Nothing like a good homegrown meal!

I'm thinking it's probably cortisone. You can buy hydrocortisone cream over the counter at most stores with a medicine department. Also, take a big dose of benadryl, that stuff works pretty good. I recently got a brown recluse spider bite and taking benadryl kept me from losing much skin to...

Yay, someone else who makes turkey and cranberry sauce sandwiches. I discovered it when I was a little kid, and everyone I know thinks I am strange for eating it that way. It's yummy though. :D I think it should freeze ok. It might change texture a bit, but shouldn't be bad.

When I lived in a large town a few years ago, I would actually see deer, foxes, and raccoons in town. There were some large vacant lots up the street from me and a small lake in a nearby park, so they felt right at home. I actually witnessed deer and foxes using crosswalks! They learned somehow...

I got a hive a few weeks ago. I'm kind of scared of them, they're being more aggressive than I expected. We've only gotten a couple of stings, but they swarm around my face as soon as I get near the hive! I was going to get the honey before it got cold, but winter snuck up on us suddenly, and...

Neat! We live where an Indian trading camp used to be, and we find things like that sometimes. We've got a few grinding stones, a few of the bigger stones they used to grind on, some arrowheads, and tons of pottery shards. It's fun looking for those things and wondering about their history.