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I just got a gutter and rain barrel for my birthday yesterday! A great hubby...he knows what what we like!:weee

No fair! We have a snow storm today. Still looking at seed catalogs. Thats the nicest looking cabbage! ENJOY:)

I believe husk tomato and ground cherry are the same thing. Just different names for diff. zones.

Chickenchalupa...I am in E.C. What do you have for chickens? I have a brown egg layer assortment. Two white silkie roosters. Love to garden and really going for it this year. Starting another orchard too!:happy_flower

O.K. Enough already!!! -22 below zero this a.m. _32 with windchill factor. Going to be worst(not wurst):gig tonight! Hurry spring! Everyone stay safe. My coop lights are on 24 hours a day now. Nice and toasty. Think of all the nasty bugs going away in this weather.:weee

Northern WI. Always lovely, if you care for winter too! Will be -20 below zero this week. Not supposed to get to zero for a couple of days. I go to the local greenhouse just to walk through and smell the plants. The days are getting LONGER! Lots to look forward to in 2009.:happy_flower

Other considerations would be to can your produce or dehydrate it. Freezers can fail in bad weather. I use all three methods to cover all bases.:)

We grow Italian Prune Plums in Wisconsin...zone 4. It is a good idea to have them in a somewhat protected area. At a house we rented I used to can many quarts of them. Just planted one @ our house two years ago. Hopeing for a few this year!:)

I grew a few Amaranth as flowers in the garden. They were red and grew anywhere from 2 feet to 6 feet tall. Very beautiful and showy. They are crazy reseeders! They are everywhere now. Composting did not kill the seeds. We really enjoy them and pull them out if they turn up in the wrong area...

Fabulous! Something a little bit wrong about seeing all that green and flowers. We have been having -15 below zero weather. I do appreciate seeing in and being hopeful for spring!:bow

Or throw them in the chicken run and they will really get them started for you!:rolleyes:

Seed Catalog...Oh My!..Can`t wait!

Beautiful flowers and pics. We enjoy beautiful fall colors in WI too! Thanks for sharing.:happy_flower It`s fun seeing things that do not do well here. Cotton and peanuts.

Sometimes when I have garlic sprout in the winter, I break apart the cloves and plant them into a pot of soil. They grow quickly and I only use the green part. That way you always have some greens to snip onto soups, salads and egg dishes. You can trim them off a couple of times and they grow...

Sounds good. Thanks for posting!:happy_flower

Just leave them. They will take care of themselves. If you think you have to mulch them wait until the ground is frozen or you will have mice or other rodents move nt and munch them. They will be lovely next year. Have fun!:happy_flower

I dehydrated 2- five gallon buckets of apples given to me. Delicious! I like them crispy like chips. Also froze enough apples for a half dozen pies. Not much left after a good freeze. Only swiss chard, kale, brussels sprouts and rutabagas and green onions. Whew! I guess I have more to do!:tools

I remember an old landlady telling me to put them in the washer on the rinse cycle after rinsing them off. Don`t remember if it worked!:happy_flower

Could be Dianthus. A perennial. They are very nice.

Thanks for the great recipes!!! I`ll be sure to try them.:)