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I searched the forums and didn't see any posts about hollyhock dolls. Has anyone here ever made them? I had never heard of them until someone mentioned them to me the other day. Well that put me on a mission with only one flower and one bud left on my stocks. I had a blast making one and...

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Oh, can I sympathize! I had the same type of emotional day Sunday as you did. It hasn't been a great gardening year for me either and when I went out today to check on the one pumpkin we had and it was gone, I almost lost it. I can only figure that the deer discovered it and ate it. Even...

Sunflower is one of those self-seeding plants so they can come up anywhere. I had 3 different types show up in my veggie garden this year and let them grow for the birds. One is a thick stalked single huge flower. The other is also thick stalked and branches at the top with mid to large...

Montana has had weird weather too. It's been cool when it should have been warm and now when it should be cool it is hot! In the last two weeks of August, I was getting a little nervous with night temps falling to 40ish. Days were only reaching mid 60's. Only the cool weather crops were...

Thank you Ron! And you're welcome for the smiley face. When I was cleaning all the seeds from the pods, I kept thinking they looked like some sort of eyes. I think they were just meant to create one more smile before being stored away just as their flowers created so many smiles for all...

Oh my gosh! They are gorgeous! So are the two little ones in the front. :coolsun :watering

This is a wonderful thread! Love all the pictures and learning more about other varieties. I finally got some pictures together and thought I'd share. Realized I don't have any of the full plant. I'm really a closeup macro person as you'll see. These are all two year old plants although...

I was going to say the same thing as injunjoe. Must be a really good cell phone. The picture is beautiful and very clear! It looks more like Carnival instead Peaches 'n Dreams. I got mine from Park Seed. It was a combo of three different types. Happy Lights which is a single bloom...

My Mom used to make this except her recipe was for storing in the freezer. I don't know if there was any difference in ingredients to make it freezable. I don't think so. It was very yummy. She also made it with strawberry gelatin which was very tasty.

Are you going to save the seeds? I just read that putting them in the freezer for a couple of weeks will kill the weevils and eggs.

sparkles, I just wrote an article on general seed saving but used my hollyhocks as an example of seeds that dry in a pod on the plant. You want to let the pod dry really well. The picture in the article will show you how they should look. I have read that hollyhocks should be "chilled"...

I decided to save some hollyhock seeds this year. A spider came running out of about every 3rd/4th pod as I was breaking it off the plant. Never saw any weevils though. I don't know of a natural control for weevils. Sorry. You are in my thoughts and I will keep my eyes open for a solution.

Yuck. Ya know... it didn't seem to really do anything for many years and either I've been sleeping or this thing multiplied 10X overnight. I even noticed a stalk growing in the window well yesterday. The conditions must be perfect this year for it to thrive. What I find even more...

How do you store them?

It is not fragrant at all. I do think it must be knotweed from the description on the provided PA site. I didn't take a close look at the stems which are hidden well by the foliage right now but do remember catching a side view glimpse and thinking they looked like bamboo. I was surprised...

This bush was by our back door when we bought the house. I really didn't care for it and considered digging it up many times to replace it with something else. I has spread a good 20 feet along the house since. However, this week it is buzzing with activity which I never noticed before. I...

It always makes my day to see others acting goofy and having fun. Great pics! Thanks for making me smile.

:rainbow-sun Thanks Hattie! I added this to the posted recipe. Hope it's okay. 9/12/09 Variation: Compliments of Hattie the Hen at The Easy Garden Forum Add sprigs of rosemary to the apples when cooking. Delicious on toast as a compliment to venison, pork, or lamb. For a special touch, also...

Oh my gosh!!! What an amazing transformation! You are definitely a gifted gardener! Thanks for sharing! I'm sure it will give many of us hope in seeing what can be achieved from nothing.