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My mother dried apples on towels on a barn roof with more towels over the top. I guess tomatoes might stick, being wetter, but they might do well that way after partial drying. They had to be taken down at night and if there was rain, but she had large quantities and this worked for her. Seems...

It sounds like the leather britches would require them to be picked and dried when still tender. Now that I think about it, if the pods are too tough now, they'll be too tough when dried and reconstituted. Just shell and cook or dry for later. Has anyone tried the leather britches? Are they any...

No, you don't have to wait til dry unless you want to use them as dried beans. If you find some have already started to dry a bit, you could soak a bit first or just cook on low heat a while longer. If you're a seed saver, of course you could save these seed to plant next yr. Oh, now I remember...

You can shell and cook them just like any other peas/beans, and they're pretty good. Some call these shelly beans.

Did you have zinnias last year that could have reseeded?

I've done some pretty good grading and put in French drains to fix drainage problems around a couple of houses with my little Mantis. It had to rip thru roots and rocks. I'm really surprised it did not kill it. But it's not much at covering large areas and you have to walk backwards to do much...

Thought, well maybe so; but googled pics, and neither kangaroos nor wallabies show lopped ears.

Thanks. I just ordered the Our Best for 32.95 + shp. For some reason it was cheaper than the Our Better. The one just for blk. walnuts is prob. better but more expensive, and we may later sell the property with the b. walnut tree, but have pecans here.

Mmmmm......chawklet. Mmmmm......dark chawklet....with blk. walnutz. Was thinking that I don't have time to mess with them, but now that you've planted that craving in my mouth; where can I get a cracker strong enough for black walnuts? If you get one, let me know how you like it and where you...

Good tips. Thanks, folks.

No, no; tall and fairly large. Had movement more like an awkward slow rabbit or kangaroo.All I saw was one or two sort of lumbering hop(s), and then it was hidden by undergrowth. Allover tan. Closest animal I could compare to is like front half of a deer with long lop ears, and back half pushed...

Got a yardful of black (NOT English) walnuts, falling off tree at a rental property. They still have the thick green hull. Are they supposed to, and will turn black, or are they falling off prematurely? I just remember my mother's being in black tarry hulls. She cracked them with a hammer on...

Wonder if it lays eggs? Perhaps it's posture is due to an early injury. Reminds me of the strangest animal my husband and I ever saw. We were driving off the coast of S.C., in need of facilities, with no gas station in sight. So we took a dirt driveway leading to an old unused Geechee...

Oh, but fresh ones or even frozen, are so superior to canned or dried. It's just the green,aka garden,aka English peas that only do well in early spring or fall. The purple hulls,cowpeas, crowders, blackeyes, (Southern variety) peas can take heat, but take a while to fill out. They don't need...

I had a lot of problems with the Jap. variety I once tried. Lots more bugs because of the more tender skin, I guess, and just didn't thrive. I now stick to the fat purple ones, though I might prefer eating the Japanese ones. I always have flea beetles, but the purple ones usually can live...

Sounds about right. Got some that I planted later, if they have time to bear. Guess several successive plantings next yr. would keep me in fresh peas for awhile.

Been so long since I've been able to garden, can't remember; I've picked most of my purple hull peas with just a few blooms left. Can I expect another round or is this about it?

Anything pan out from this?

I'm jealous. My onions are the same size as when planted last spring, a fraction of that shallot's size. You must have worked on your soil.

Bummer! I suggest you both go to Walmart, Sam's, or health food store, and purchase some aloe juice to drink. When I had tonsils out (at age 40), I sipped aloe juice, and my Dr. couldn't believe how fast I healed. It's worth a try. Just don't try making your own juice, as it must be specifically...