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I'm still among the living - I think! Thanks for all messages, it's so nice to be missed! Holy cow, this site sure is a lot different from the old one so I hope I'm doing this right. I'll go back later and read. Ha! How are all my northern friends? Hope y'all are staying toasty warm and...

Anyone ever make their own pepper sauce? I have a bunch of cayenne and other peppers that I need to do something with. Any recipes out there or other suggestions on what to do with them? I've pickled and pickled and pickled!!!

This little worm was munching on my Penta shrub. I couldn't bring myself to kill it because it was so pretty. The pictures are not great - I took them with my cell - can you see the tail on it?

I bought this Food Saver V3040, and had a bunch of okra I wanted to seal and freeze. I just took it out of the box tonight and tried to use it, but it doesn't work. I tired everything and it doesn't vacuum the bag. Is it defective or am I doing something wrong?

I've been wanting to start a blog for a while now, but I was such a chicken. I'm not much of a writer, but I want to share my love of gardening, beekeeping and canning, so I took the plunge! Any comments or criticisms are welcome. http://asoutherngarden.wordpress.com/about/

Honey Spiced Peaches and Peach Cobbler Jam We didn't even put a dent in the peaches - still have a bunch to can and freeze.

Number 5 sister has a peach tree and look what she got! I am pea green with envy, but no worries, she is giving me some to can. These are the very best peaches I've ever tasted. This year they took forever to ripen and she was afraid she wouldn't get any at all. They are smallish, but with...

I think it would be great if Nifty could get a LIKE button on the threads like facebook. I read a lot of the threads, but sometimes don't really have input, but would like the posters to know that I like or agree with their posts. Does that make sense? What do y'all think?

I finally had a honey harvest this year and managed to get four and a half gallons of the golden stuff!! Here are some pictures: straining the honey from the extractor capped frames uncapped frame beeswax honeycomb golden honey!

Hello my friends! I'm back and thought I'd share some pictures of my garden this year. Things have slowed down for me a bit so I'll be showing up more often. :) My spring garden is done for the season, except for my peppers and okra since they love this stinkin' heat here in the south...

I stopped in to say hi, and wish everyone a Happy Easter! My life has been crazy busy of late, but I'm hoping it will slow down in the next couple of weeks. Sis and I have completed our Master Gardener course, and we both passed! Yay! We graduate on April 10th. :) We've had so much fun and...

from the garden today.

I'm cleaning out my greenhouse to put my tomato and peppers seeds. Do I need to disinfect it first? If so what do I use?

Yesterday was a beautiful day so sis and I took advantage of it and made two more composters! The two bins on the left are not quite finished - they turned cold so we added nitrogen to get them cooking again so they can be added to the veggie garden and the new flower beds next month. We had a...

I keep mine in a plastic tote inside the house, but was told the best place to keep them is wrapped in paper inside a sealed jar in the veggie crisper in the fridge. I know I have several that probably need to be tossed since they are old, but I'll do a germination test first to see if they are...

Check out the cool website. I'd love to make one of these! http://inspirationgreen.com/insect-habitats.html

Sis and I registered for our class on Thursday and we are so excited! We received our books that we'll use and, wow! I'm hope I'm smart enough to pass this! :lol: The place that we will be having the class is an old house built in 1920 that belonged to a man that was an eminent figure in the...

I ordered my seeds for the herb garden - I have to start several in the greenhouse along with all my tomato plants and peppers - I don't think my greenhouse will be big enough! Here is what I'm planting this year: Borage Salad Burnet Dill Cilantro Slo-Bolt Bloody Dock (Red Sorrel) Marshmallow...

I've been looking for two specific varities of echinacea seeds: Milkshake and Tiki torch - all websites that I go to only sell the plants anywhere from $10 - $12.95 for a little plug. I'm wondering why I can't find these seeds - would if be because they may be new varities? Here is a pic of...

What cool and fun thing can I do with these bamboo sticks? They are 10" long and I have a ton of them - I hate to just throw them in the landfill. Any creative ideas?