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I agree with Hattie, Injunjoe. We need to get her in here. Being new here, I have no idea of the pictures Hattie is referring to though. I will have to search all your posts when a get a few minutes.

Hmmmm..... How did I miss this when you first posted it? I LOVE the idea of adding Rosemary. It would make it really special for jelly made as gifts. Do you mind if I use your idea as a "variation" in the recipe I posted? Do you add a little sprig to the jar of jelly before sealing it...

Oh my gosh! It's beautiful!! I want one! However, just looked for more info and they are only hardy from zone 9b to 11. I'm in zone 4, previously I lived in zone 5. No wonder I never saw this awesome tree before. I'm sure you'll upload lots of pictures for us to drool over? ;) Hope...

If he lives close enough, I would call him back and offer to help take care of them so he doesn't have to give them away "yet". That would help earn his trust in your knowledge and capabilities and when he is truly ready to part with them..... well, hope that you'd be the first person he'd...

I finally got to my crabapples. The deer had cleaned all the lower branches but I still had enough for a batch of butter and jelly. I also used the leftover pulp from the jelly to double my batch of butter, making 6 pints instead of 3. The jelly uses additional pectin and recipe is...

I love planting tomatoes! I should plant more and probably will next year. I usually did not have room for more but this year we started a second plot behind our house and put things that need more room there. It made room for more tomatoes in the smaller garden but I ran out of time to plant...

Oh my gosh! All of these are incredible. I want one!!!

So beautiful! I've never grown Cannas but yours sure make me want to try! Thanks for sharing!

Great website! Read about coffee grounds first and bookmarked it to read all the others later. Very interesting! Looks like I've been using coffee grounds in the garden with the wrong purpose in mind. Always sprinkle them around my tomatoes for the acidity but that's a myth. However, they...

I've never been around any pokeweed but since you mentioned wine and dandelions, here's a recipe for dandelion wine and dandelion jelly Yes, I have made both and they are very good! My aunt used to cook dandelion leaves which I didn't really care for. Tastes too much like cook spinach...

Beautiful, Ron! I can't get over how nice your paths look too! And the morning glories!! We are at opposite extremes in climate and I have morning glories growing wild all over the place. They are a little smaller leaf and flower, pink and white. The vines crawl along the ground and are...

The pits are poisonous so that is why they probably said they aren't edible but they are very edible -minus the pit. There is also speculation that heat kills the toxin. Native Americans used to pound chokecherries into thin sheets (including the pits) and dry it in the sun to make fruit...

Oh, okay! I was going to say earlier that I never remembered having chokecherries in New England but then I thought maybe I just somehow missed them all those years! It was years after being in MT before I finally found out what they were. Then I kicked myself for not finding out sooner. I...

Bozeman is a few hours away from me but I have visited a couple times. Beautiful area! I'm in Great Falls. Winters can be harsh but also so unpredictable. Then again, summer can be pretty unpredictable too. Definitely never a dull moment.

Thank you, Ron! I followed DH out to Montana with the Air Force. He retired and we decided to stay. Montana and NH have very similar environments yet have some unique differences as well. I see you are in NM! Now that is very different than what I am used to. I know it must present a...

Thanks lesa. I'm in zone 4 also. It's sort of a combination of zone 4 and zone 5 depending on how severe the winter is. When we first moved out here, most of the winters were fairly mild for this area. The last 6 or so years have been a bit harsher and definitely zone 4. Two years ago, we...

Thanks lesa! We already went through two pints from the first batch from a couple of weeks ago. DS and DS have decided they really like it too. We are almost at the end of our chokecherries. I thought ours ripened late. What zone are you in? Are you sure the birds aren't beating you to the...

Your carrots look great! Did you freeze or can them? I used to freeze mine and then discovered they keep really well in the fridge all winter. I cut the tops off (or it will mold) but leave a little stub of green, wash and dry really good, store in a zip lock bag but leave the zipper open to...

Hello everyone. Found this great forum over at BackYardChickens which I actually found from a internet search of chokecherries that lead me to a post in the hobbies forum there. Small world. I'm married with a very energetic 13yo son. We have been living in Montana for 20 years but I grew up...

Hi! New here. We have had a lot of chokecherries this year so I have been busy making chokecherry jelly. Anyone else loaded with chokecherries? I did a search and didn't find any messages here. Our altitude is 3000ft and I almost gave up on jelly after having so many batches come out as...