FREEPER GARDENERS ----- BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH

VArious Threads | March 15, 2009 | Gabz

[waterhill]

Please add me to the ping list as well. Thanks.

[Jukeman]

Check out www.kbfarm.com

[caver]

I guess in that case, you better call her the First Wife!

[plsjr]

Please add to the Gardening ping list.

[exhaustedmomma]

Please add me to the ping list! Thanks!

[Arrowhead1952]

From this linked article:

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(PA) Dept. of Agriculture stops fish fry pie sales

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207067/posts?page=1

“Not only pies, but things that have been jarred at home or self-butchered meat, that type of thing,” Ryder said.

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So what are all the deer hunters and home butchers going to do with their “extra” sausages. We don’t make just enough for us to eat in one or two weeks / months, since all the meat cutting and stuffing equipment is dirty. My neighbor always give us several chunks of homemade jerky that beats the “store bought” stuff.

[Arrowhead1952]

Let them try to shut down Texas BBQs, there will be war for sure!

No kidding. Our local Lion's Club has a huge pit on wheels that they use almost every weekend. I doubt it is ever inspected.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

BUMP! :)

[Arrowhead1952]

I added this FR thread to this one.

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*****Catastrophic Fall in 2009 Global Food Production*****
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207212/posts

[Arrowhead1952]

Here is another gardening thread.

[girlangler]

I bought a miniature greenhouse this year for $38, and so far it is the best investment EVER.

Lowe’s carries them, although you can’t find them here this year, may have to order from their website.

It is plastic shelving four stack high (five feet), x3, about 18 inches deep. It has a zip around plastic cover. You would be surprised how much it holds. It has a zippered door on the front.

I have about 30 little pots in there (it’s still not full, plan to add more), sprouting all sorts of flowers and veggies, and a themomator to keep track. The shelf is on wheels, and when it is sunny and 70 degrees outside (Where I live it’s 70 one day, 20 the next this time of year) I roll it out on my deck. It has been 100 degrees in there at times.

Then, when it drops to 20, I roll it into my kitchen. I am lucky to have a house with a lot of windows, and when it is cloudy for several days I stick a cheap florescent light in there.

WARNING: It tends to fall apart when you roll it, so I gorilla glued the pieces together, and it is lightweight, so the wind can blow it over, so you have to tie it down outside.

Once I get sprouts big enough, I moved the plants to a sunny window. I had my hubby build two shelves for my kitchen window, and one in my office. This frees up space to sprout more seeds in the greenhouse.

When the last frost is over here, I’ll have tomatoes big enough to plant in my garden outside (actually have some big enough now). I also have cukes, bell peppers, basil (thanks to gardengirl) heirloom tomatoes, rosemary, thyme, sage, and tons of flowers sprouting or close to planting size.

If you can’t get the greenhouse you might could make one. It is simply a plastic shelf (you can buy one like it at the Dollar Store for $8, and take plastic sheeting and wrap it around it. Put some wheels on it and you have an instant greenhouse. If you keep it in the house you’ll want a drip pan under it.

I bought a lot of flower, veggie seeds from the Dollar Store, WalMart, for 20 cents. So far they are up, doing well. Gardengirl sent me some heirloom and hybrid tomatoes, and all those are up. The basil she sent me isn’t up yet, since I just got them planted. I also saved a lot of seeds from my garden last year, and they are up and growing.

I have nasturians (sp) big enough to plant outside, in the window now. They are a beautiful flower with neat foliage, but are edible, full of vitamins and minerals. You could sprout lots of beans in there, very nourishing.

Good luck. Check this thread often, as we have some very knowledgable gardners on here, and I have learned a lot from them. I wouldn’t miss checking this thread for anything, can’t tell you how much I’ve learned from all these great freepers.

We’ve had drought conditions here for the past two summers. Last summer a freeper posted about saving gallon milk jugs and catching rianwater. This way you can store water for your garden for dry times, and with lids so it doesn’t make mosquitos.

[girlangler]

I had to rebuild my home computer recently. It crashed, not sure if it was a virus or what. So my nephew just took everything off it (was able to save my files) and rebuilt it. Good luck getting yours straightened out.

Diana, I know you are busy now, so hope you get some needed rest. We’ll miss your comments, and look forward to having you back on a fulltime basis.

Grammy, I owe you freepmail (been crazy here). Update us on your garden when you get a chance.

[girlangler]

Hi GG,

I plan to answer your freepmail tonight.

My tomatoes you sent are all up, my babies, I love them. Just got the basil planted a few days ago, so it’s not up, but watching it daily.

Gabz, you are doing a great job, can you hear the applause from all the grateful freepers?

Looks like this thread is going to be BUSY, lots of newbies wanting on it. We appreciate your efforts.

[Syncro]

Of possible interest to the two of you. I've posted this before on a few threads.

Since he was "elected" (put into office through fraud and illegal contributions) I noticed that the Media started calling him President (insert his name here), only occasionally correcting themselves and changed it to President Elect.

For a few days I referred to him as the "President Eject" then it hit me.

He almost always voted "present" in the senate so he could waffle later on how he would have voted depending on what would be politically convenient for him.

So from a few days after Nov 4th, I started to refer to him as Present Obama and continue to do so to this day.

Very few people comment on the word president with the letters ID (which he doesn't have, no birth certificate), Present, but it is there in my posts for documentation.

One person that noticed it made this graphic:

I also will never call him President.

He is not my President, and never will be.

It's alright to say that as the liberals/leftists always said that about President Bush

[Texas Eagle]

Cool graphic. Although it seems like one of the eagle's talons should holding wads of cash.

I don't know what should be in the other.

[Red_Devil 232]

Obambi’s Neck?