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I helped start a Butterfly Garden with the second grade where I taught. We got a grant from the Special Education PTA when they had the grants. We used the money to amend the soil and purchase perrenial plants that would attract the butterflies. We raised butterflies as part of the science...

Thank you, Catalina!! I can't wait to get my seeds and start spring!! :bee

Has anyone tried Totally Tomatoes before? I like the selection and have found most of what I was looking for outside of the pumpkins and watermellon variety I wanted, which I will get from Baker Creek. Just wondering. Thanks!!

He was pretty good at planting the peas last year in the holes we made for him. I also found peas growing with the cukes, the tomatoes, and the eggplants. :rolleyes: A lot of fun. He also got very good at choosing the red tomatoes that were ready to pick. The chickens loved it when he was in...

That's so cute. I thought about maybe starting some cold crops from seed indoors, like spinach and some other lettuces, just to tide us over. It is going to be only 15 degrees during the day here on Friday, so I know winter hasn't finished with us yet. I am just impressed that he remembered...

Spring fever has set in early this year. I have been wanting the winter to end so I can get back outside in the dirt, and the seed catalogs are not helping, but yesterday my 2 1/2 yo got one up on me. He saw the peas on the plate that we had for dinner, took a few and said he was going...

Just watch the types of berries and how old they are. We bought Blueberry plants last year that were first years. They will not produce a sufficiant ammount, nor should they be allowed to, until the third year. I think blackberries and raspberries are the same, though I'm not as sure with...

What a great idea beavis! I will definately have to try this. Beats buying new peat pots for the year. Thanks for sharing! :thumbsup

Many wishes for a happy, healthy, and bountiful 2009 for all!! :happy_flower

My favorite tool by far has to be my 2yo. He was a great tomato harvester this year! He knew to only pick the red ones. The chickens liked him too, because he found out that they like tomatoes as well and would run out of the garden to give them a few if they were around when we were working...

I absolutely love the Baker Creek. i also got the Shumway, Vermont Bean Seed, and Jungs along with a few others. I can't wait for the New Year to be over with and everthing to settle so I can sit with the garden maps and journal from last year to plan for the coming year! The 60 degree...

Thank you so much for the quick reply. I think I'm almost at that point. Atleast, I hope I am. It's getting late and it's been cooking for 4 hours. :rolleyes:

Hi all, been very busy and my computer imploded for a while, so I haven't been on in a while. Missed you all! I do have a quick question though: How thick should Apple Butter be? I am currently making a batch and I quadrupled the recipe for Christmas baskets. It said I could quadrup[le it...

I made apple peach chutney for my Christmas gift baskets and like to include a card with the ingredients and suggested uses. I like it warmed and eaten with poultry or pork. Since you guys always have great ideas I thought I would ask if anyone else had other good ways to enjoy chutney...

:yuckyuck Poppycat!

I plan on making apple butter and making scones to go with them in a basket. I'll probably put in a jar of jam as well as a bag of cookies that I make for the holidays. I love to bake and I really love to bake Christmas cookies. I usually start right after Thanksgiving. My DH knows to leave...

I used to mix from Wal-Mart and got mushy kosher dills. I put the cukes in the ice water for 3 hours before I started making the pickles, but still, they were a little mushy. I got a different brand of the packaged pickle mix from the local feed store for bread and butters to try. I sliced...

I have found a few recipes on-line, but I thought I would ask here if anyone had a tried and true recipe for apple butter. I loved all of the other recipes you guys had here! :happy_flower I want to be able to give some of the jars as part of a gift at Christmas, so I wanted to use a recipe...

Here are the Zinnias I grow in pots on my deck. I love the colors and the butterflies they bring!

I wanted to share in your excitement! We, too, have the first of the tomatoes starting to FINALLY turn orange! (Mouth starting to water!!) :dance