The Gathering Place: Chapter 3(!)...
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Comments (29)African Wine Kettle. One of my favorites! Work your soil well with compost. fertilize with lots of potash. water deeply and regularly. don`t be in a hurry to harvest.have a plan on what to do with several thousand gourds when the market for them bottoms out. get the new Red Hot Chili Pepper's disc "Stadium Arcadium". take a hit on a 14 or 15 if the dealer has a 9 or better showing. don`t be sucked into the notion that reality tv is fine entertainment. don`t be a bandwagon-jumper...cheer for the underdog down there in the mud who's fighting their genetic prison to succeed. Never sell your dreams for small desires. Always wear clean underwear. ~GG...See MoreSeed starters chapter 2
Comments (51)I just wanted to add a few comments about the red plastic cups. I used to use them, and heated up an old kitchen fork over the gas burner in the kitchen to burn in the holes around the sides at the bottom. Fumes weren't very pleasant, though, and when there were a lot of them, I got rather impatient standing there at the stove for a long time. Maybe some of you know an easier way? Then I started using the white styrofoam drinking cups. You can buy a huge box of them cheaply at Sam's Wholesale Club. So much easier to poke holes - no fumes, they just poke easily with an old kitchen fork. There are advantages to using the red cups: they are more stable and don't tip like the styrofoam cups. This is a definitie plus! Advantages of white cups: 1) no time-comsuming poking of holes and no chemical fumes from burning plastic; and 2) very easy to write any amount of information on the sides with a indelible Sharpie pen; very economical when purchased in bulk. Big disadvanage: they are very tippy, and when one turns over in a pan of water - it could mean a disaster for seeds. You have to be very careful with them, and make sure the potting soil is very well saturated before planting the seeds in them. I am guilty of uttering quite a few bad words when they tip over. If anyone on this forum can invent a means of keeping them from accidentally tipping over, I'll be forever obliged! I also make a little mark on the top rim of the cup to show where I planted each seed. If I plant one in the middle, I draw a little circle on the side of the cup with a dot in it to show me that I also have a seed planted there. I do this because sometimes I just have 2-3 seeds planted there, sometimes 6-7, sometimes more than one cross (but that's not a good idea). I'd also like to include another little tip for those of you who will grow your seedlings in pots: if you live in a hot climate like ours, plant them in white pots only. If you don't have any, paint your black ones white, inside and out. Last year I acquired a number of large nursery pots, black, white and rust-colored. I even got big blue tubs at Lowe's. Planted loads of seedlings in all of them, and to my amazement, all seedlings in white pots far surpassed the others in plant growth and quality. The worst performing ones were those that were planted in the huge blue tubs. Most of them died. I think the potting soil had sunk too far below the top of the tub rim. Not sure though. The phenomenal growth rate of those planted in white pots so impressed me that from this day forward, all my daylily pots will be either painted white or white to begin with. Of course I live in southeast Texas, and our summers are terribly hot. This may not make a difference if you live in cooler climates. Several of our forum members have concurred with me on the results of seedlings grown in white pots that I have posted here at this forum in last year's......See Morenext chapter
Comments (27)Hi - I don't know all your history but have kind of been following your plight. I think I've pretty much pieced the story together now based on this thread. I admire what you're doing to start a new life. I have always pretty much been at least an equal breadwinner in our household which gives a certain peace of mind if the marriage were to implode. I've often wondered how people handle things if they've been out of the workforce as it seems you have been and then there's an implosion. I feel like I'm now learning first hand. I think some people feel trapped in this situation. It sounds like you didn't and have been determined to start a new life no matter how difficult. I wish you the best....See MoreTaking votes. Have 3 hours to place my order!
Comments (40)bella, how I wish I could do something so spontaneous! I do think I'll feel better about my cabinets once the counters are changed. And I can't help to think even though I've never liked the oak, or the counters. None of it bothered me THIS much, when my walls were builder beige. I've even thought about just repainting the walls, and spending the $$ through out the rest of my house on stuff I can take with me :) BUT..dh says NO. He's tired of us talking about the kitchen, and doing nothing. So, it's getting done. NOW :) nicole, that make-over is amazing! I kind of hate people who can pull that kind of thing off, lol. I'm cheap..for sure. But when I do thinks on the cheap, it looks like it. And I have NO creativity. If I can't see it, and copy it..it's not gonna happen. So, yesterday I went shopping right after taking kids to school. I didn't have a chance to call and order. I happened in to Lowes to get some subway tile to double stick tape behind my stove. See how I like it :) And I saw the River Gemstone used on a counter! It's new, and hadn't been there before. And there it was!!! And oh my goodness, was it UGLY!!!! It had soooo much teal/blue in it, that it was up against a painted teal wall. BLECH! I feel I seriously dodged a bullet there. Had I not posted here, and waited for the votes. I probably would have gone that way, because dh liked it best. So did I, when looking at the sample. But, in it's full glory. Bad, bad, bad! Sooo, we're going with the Bella Noche ! I have to wait till 9, when they open to order. But, least I can do so with confidence.Well, sort of. My mother, who isn't the most supportive of my decorating ideas. Told me about 20 times yesterday I should keep my wood edge. Because the squared edge that I have to get (no choice there, because they're not building new decks) looks realy "cheap". Sigh. I can't win. But, that's ok. I'm fine with it. I think. Anyways, thanks again!!!!!!!!!...See Morebubbasgma
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