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    Seakale or Sea Kale Yo Hattie :)

    :)Hattie and I had a few conversations about this plant a while back I looked and looked, but not find it here, not in the nursery's so far and sometimes folks had no idea what I was talking about and just took me to kale kale... She told me it was a "must have" for my garden ...Seakale is a...
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    Chipmunk day :) and mindless public rambling ..please join in

    Today is the day when the chipmunk comes to visit ..(my three year old suprise grandson..do not ask just another American saga) I have such spring fever as most of you guys do I am sure ..except those who live in Southern Ca trying to find out what to do with tomato plants :P !!! I am so...
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    who is a Master Gardener? I am going to do it... how about you?

    I am going to sign up to become a "Master Gardener" http://www.ahs.org/master_gardeners/ I have always wanted to do it and now I think I give a little something back to the folks who have given to me for all these years of gardening! I think it is a great thing and do believe you need to earn...
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    too all Valentines

    In this very nice garden forum I wish you a a Happy Valentine's day :love in spite of the weather in spite of all the sadness in the world war ..earthquakes ..Haiti ..omg poor poor Haiti ..our cops being blasted off our streets..unemployment ...homes lost..personal tragidy ..illness..grief...
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    do you have some Chervil seed to trade?

    I am working my way through two Alice B Toklas cookbooks and chevil is a very popular ingredient in every recipe I want to try! I do not have any in my garden and apparently should because it sounds like a very nice herb to have! so this is my list of seeds ..if you have chervil seed and like...
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    Who plants peas for Presidents day?

    I am not even sure where the heck I got it from but have been planting peas for Presidents Day for about 30 years now! Wow when I say that it is hard to believe I have been doing this for all this time! Even when there is snow or the ground is frozen I will put some in a pot just to be sure I do...
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    time to start thinking about purging your larder

    It is that time when I start pulling the stuff from the bottom of the freezer to the top and using it ..from the back of the pantry to the front and using it ..making room for what comes ahead I have so much frozen kale in the freezer I need to think about what to do with it! perhaps kale pie...
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    fig cuttings

    if I want to propogate my fig should I take a cutting now or wait or when? I know how to do it but I am not sure when to do it I already googled it :) thanks so much in advance
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    Snuggling in with a good show

    let's start a thread on what gardeners adore to watch on the tube First off it is SNOWING ON THE SALISH SEA! ok just a sprinkle but it is! we are starting today with The Bontany of Desire I have seen it before but just bits that I caught and always wanted to watch the whole thing so pot...
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    wintertime compost tea indoors for plants I am forcing to grow!

    I feel like I have been cruel asking my plants to go against nature and forcing them to grown and hopefully produce indoors ..I have been practicing compost tea but it is hard when it is freezing out! anyway I am going to go further against nature and feed my under the light plants some of it...
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    traditional foods for the holiday season

    well mine is Baccalao! omg I love this soup and have had it since childhood on Christmas eve ...with my friend's family before she took me to midnight mass ... ..I have eaten and made the Portuguese style ..the Italian style ..the Puerto Rican ...other island style ..anywhere salt cod and...
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    I forgot to transplant my trillium

    I have a trillium with tons of babies all squished into a pot that needs to be let loose in the woodland garden area ..I am just wondering ..does anyone know if I can do this now? I totally forgot and they bloom here in March I do not want to kill them so any help would be appreciated thanks...
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    So what if in my efforts to grow melons, cukes pumpkins

    I take these huge foam coolers I grabbed at work and rescued from the dump ...and bury them part way in the ground ..with lOTS of big holes in the bottom ..then build a very richly nitrogen soil by composting the chicken litter at the bottom of the coolers ..I was thinking of gravel first...
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    Yellow cakes/ cocoa powder frosting how cookbooks relate to gardens

    basic yellow cake with chocolate frosting anyone? help? my dear friend is having a birthday she assumes I can bake since I make cookies and pie but really cakes are not easy for me! I need a yellow cake with chocolate frosting for tomorrow can anyone share a tried and true I know this...
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    Seasonal Decor transitioning from fall to winter now ..

    I wanted to participate in the previous decorations thread but opted out early because really I am not a Christian and do not really celebrate Christmas ..let's gather and share ways to keep your garden.....your home ... beautiful and relevant ..especially during the late fall early winter...
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    taking advantage of the season...cranberries and persimmons

    I can not even tell you the score I was able to get on both Cali persimmons and Washington coastal cranberries! I think you could combine persimon with cranberries and not have one over run the other? what do you think ..a cold relish? ...a tart? ...any ideas for this bounty? btw if you...
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    Help me plan for cucurbits please

    something about my soil as compared to anyone else's I know is just not growing anything in this family! and I have no idea what to do I grow pumpkins (and btw we have pumpkin farms all around me) if any at all the size of a golf ball ..winter squash for get it...nope on the...
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    Porcini Paradise

    we had a wonderful day on the Washington coast yesterday ..pouring rain ..wind and best off all I found a porcini paradise! if you have never taken a 3 year old mushroom hunting on a rainy day ..well ...I am sorry you have not lived! I could not believe our luck we stumbled on a new...
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    Dances with crabs

    Ok I am tired cranky and detoxing from sugar ...I can not find the thread where everyone was posting dogs so I am starting a fresh one for the season ... it is so calming to look at happy animals showing pure joy in thier lives .. there seems to be a common bond of love for animals on the...
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    Prepare your pancreas for an insane sugar frenzy

    I am in rough shape but I have to tell you I promise I am not going to sit and eat all this myself :) ..I would like to but ..I will work hard at self control everything came together for me to make these tarts and I just wanted to share my variations of apple and pumpkin pies very Pacific...
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