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Nesting Onions or Multiplying Onions?
Comments (9)"Do you need to clip the tops of multiplying onions the same as regular onions?" I assume that you mean clipping the flower stalk... and that depends upon the onion. There are 3 main types of multiplier onions: - Walking onions, which form little to no ground bulb, are extremely winter hardy, and form small bulbs (topsets) at the end of their stalks, in place of flowers. - Perennial bulbing multipliers (such as shallots & potato onions) which divide at the base, and may form flower stalks. Both of these are Allium cepa, the same species as common bulbing onions. - Bunching onions, which are a different species (A. fistulosum) form no bulb, multiply at the base (to a greater or lesser degree, depending upon variety), and blossom in their second year. For any of these, clipping off the stalk as soon as it appears will stimulate better multiplication from the base, especially for the bunching onions. You might not want to clip the stalk for the walking onions, if you want the bulbils to increase the size of the patch, or to share with others. When I lived in San Diego, I was given a small nesting onion by a Hmong gardener, that multiplied very rapidly - splitting into up to 20 stalks. Looked like a bunching onion, but formed small bulbs. Left it behind when I moved, and haven't seen anything similar since.... wish I still had it here....See MoreFree Tomato Seeds from Campbell's
Comments (23)So I tried to get some information out of the Campbell's company as to what we're all planting, and I got this: Ms TR, we received your message and appreciate your taking the time to contact Campbell Soup Company. We invite you to visit www.helpgrowyoursoup.com for additional information. Thank you for visiting the Campbell Soup Company website. Campbell Soup Company Web Team LXR/cl 004244270A so I sent this back: Thank you; that's where I got the seeds from, however, it does not indicate anywhere on the website, nor on the packaging what type of tomatoes these are. Are they "Super-100" cherry, are they "Big beef", are they "early girl"...are they determinate or indeterminate? There must be thousands of varieties of tomatoes out there; I'd just like to know what I'm planting, please. Thanks! TR ...and got this: we received your message and appreciate your taking the time to contact Campbell Soup Company. In answer to your question, the seeds are for eating tomatoes (roma-type) and are not genetically modified. They are hybrid seeds developed through traditional, time-honored breeding methods. Thank you for visiting the Campbell Soup Company website. Campbell Soup Company Web Team MXF/cl 004244270B So I guess we'll never really know. I realize it's a trade secret, and I suppose the 'roma' type will suffice for what I want to know......See MoreWhere to get rid of STUFF
Comments (24)"I don't really like to donate to charity. I find that people are starting to feel way too good about themselves when they give relative to how much good their donations actually do. Where I live, charity has begotten dependency to an alarming extent - I live in a poor area where I see first hand that to a large extent it is doing so much more harm than good. Meanwhile I know middle class and upper class people are having orgasms of self satisfaction for giving, even when they are really benefiting themselves more by giving than they are helping anyone else. Even in developing countries, it is not always appreciated. Voices are emerging from within Africa to say that aid must be focussed on building capacity and enabling self-sufficiency. When the driving force for donation is that I have an excess of something, that's not a good enough rationale for me to donate it, although there are certainly situations where I can find the perfect recipient." We donate as much of our stuff to charities as we can. Thrift stores with charitable missions, consignment shops ditto, also large pieces like furniture and bicycles to an organization that helps woman from abusive situations and their children start new lives, veteran's organizations that have collected old but functional appliances, etc. ....I've also shopped in some of those thrift stores and consignment shops, often regularly, and I've never had the sense that my donations (excellent quality clothing, books and magazines, useful household items, records, jewelry, art, rugs, even building materials, and on and on and on) has ever done anyone any harm, much less more harm than good. How I feel about donating has nothing to do with the value of the donated items to the people buying them....See MoreCan this lamp be pried out of the 90s (80s?)
Comments (28)That lamp is a classic ginger jar done in Asian style, including your description of its textured surface. I think it would be lovely in a traditional bedroom or reading nook or on a dining room buffet. I wouldn't change it at all. I'd do as others have suggested, donate it to a charity shop or to a friend or relative who loves it as it is....See MoreNothing Left to Say
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