Posted on 11/02/2019 6:09:08 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Years ago, I interviewed a submarine sailor, retired here at the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri.
He said, having traveled all over the world, his close second choice for a place to live would be Spain...
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I just got some Moringa seeds and sprouted 6 of them.
Anyone have experience growing this.
I am in the Sacramento area.
Added you! :)
A big front came through Thursday night with much colder temps. Last night, we had a hard freeze/frost forecast so I picked all the green tomatoes and brought them in. I also put a tarp over my zinnias to protect them, but I don't think we got the frost.
The zinnia story - I planted them really late (Aug 30) after a relative gave me seeds from her garden earlier this summer. They came up in less than a week – warm soil & lots of water worked wonders (planted on a Sunday, sprouts peeping through on Friday!). The race was on to see if I could get blooms before colder weather & frost could kill them off. The month of October has been wonderful, with beautiful blooms, and butterflies/bees taking advantage of the late flowers. I will definitely plant a 'late' flower garden next year, but maybe a week or two earlier.
A few of my favorite pictures – try as I might, I could never catch the butterflies with their wings open, so these were the next best thing:
Oh, very nice! :)
I just ran across this .... tomato cage Christmas trees anyone?
https://www.countryliving.com/diy-crafts/how-to/g903/holiday-craft-projects-1209/?slide=52
I remember one winter not too long ago, still had tomato plants producing prolifically here in southeast Virginia. My garden had full sun and the weather was more like summer than winter. Had fresh homegrown tomatoes for Christmas. That was awesome.
That’s awesome!
Oh, how lovely! They have the most beautiful leaves! When I worked for Seed Savers, the next business over had one in the yard - I loved that tree and admired it all through the seasons. :)
Today I am processing Butternut Squash - so just replace the Pumpkins with Butternut in the first pictures I posted and that’s what my kitchen looks like today, LOL!
I am doing things a bit differently; I am using the straight part of the squash to cut into chunks for flash-freezing, then bagging. Our favorite way to eat it is baking it directly from frozen on a cookie sheet with olive oil, garlic salt & pepper. The round part of the squash is being baked and will be frozen in it’s ‘mushy’ state for future meals and baking and soup.
I also found some great recipes for Butternut ‘steaks’ that you cook up with butter, garlic and sage, and a noodle-less Butternut and Sausage Lasagna.
https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/butternut-squash-steaks-with-brown-butter-sage-sauce
https://www.skinnytaste.com/noodle-less-butternut-sausage-lasagna/
Artist/Illustrator, Tasha Tudor with one of her Granddaughters.
I love Tasha Tudor....have several of her books...and a bio of her and her love of gardening.
If you stopped by, she would put you to work in the garden.
In Tasha's pantry.
ING 1/2 cup unsalted butter, 2/3 cup sugar 2 farm-fresh eggs,
cup unbleached flour 3 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt cup ea lukewarm milk, yellow cornmeal
PREP Grease an iron cornbread pan that makes 12 sticks, or a muffin tin, with peanut oil.
METHOD In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar and add the egg yolks, slightly beaten. Stir well. In another bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Sift the flour with the baking powder and salt, then add it alternately with the milk to the creamed butter. Stir in the cornmeal, then fold in the beaten egg whites. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Brown 400 deg 25 min.
Thanks! I love Tasha so much! I want to be her when I grow up. :)
I would bet at least a couple of hours was spent just cleaning all those pumpkin seeds. Pics look great. Impressive!
Just beautiful pictures! I saved the butterfly ones for my jigsaw puzzle app.
A really nice link that I have already shared with a non-Freeper. She is always looking for ne Christmas crafts. I like the old basket as a foundation Christmas wreath. Off to the thrift store I go.
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