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Comments (48)Taz: Pitcher plants seem amazing and a nice treat to have something inside in the winter months. I may have to stop by the carnivorous forum and get inspired. Any tips for a beginnerÂs plant? Hi Myrna: It is nice to know your name: ) the red skeleton statement is quite funny! Hi Adam: congrats on you new house and your engagement :) Life is good! Kim: yep I am in that boat. I rather send the evening in my gardens rather than heading out to dinner and a martini lounge! Better yet, walk around in the gardens with a glass of Pinot! Hi Steve: Wow you maters look great. I can not believe you have fruit already; very inspiring. Massachusetts is beautiful, I am jealous. Where are you now? Keriann~...See Moreot: hurricane irene let's do a roll call
Comments (7)I'm not an official East Coaster, but I was on Long Island for a wedding (I lived my whole life there until 11 years ago when we moved to Georgia). The wedding was luckily on Friday, so wasn't affected by the storm. The grooms parents had to rush back to their home the next morning as they were being evacuated. And out of town guests were stuck at the hotel since the airports closed on Saturday. I was stuck an extra day, just got back this evening. The poor bride and groom haven't left for their honeymoon yet. I was staying at my Moms, she had some minimal damage, two branches off a large Rose of Sharon broke off. So on my vacation, I was drafted into doing yard work. I can't get away from it!...See MoreWhos Here in 2010? Annual Role Call!
Comments (110)I am grateful to find you all. I live in Fort Collins Colorado and am an SFG devotee. Last year I started with 3--3x3 and 1--1x3 containers with water reservoirs; after all the summer hail storms, I rigged out the containers with Conestoga wagon style, PVC pipe braces that can be covered with plant fabric in a pinch for protection. The 3--3x3 containers are on the south side of the house between our property and our neighbors in front of the gate to the backyard. The 1x3 with a trellis is behind the gate adjacent to the back lawn fence that we share with that same neighbor. I am preparing to add another 3x3 container in the back lawn. As I am a SFG devotee, I do my best to plant with Mel's Mix. I started a compost bin on the north side of the house but between not turning it consistently and not being too cognizant about balancing my browns and greens the pile has fallen asleep and I need to wake it up (smile) I would also like to plant the window boxes on the west side of our home with short carrots and beets instead of flowers this year. I would also like to put containers on our west-facing front porch and try to plant Yukon Gold potatoes. They will not have reservoirs so I want to try the water jug with a wick to the planter technique. DH plants two earth boxes on the west side of the house with tomatoes and mows the lawns. I talked him into letting me convert half the front lawn (yin yang inspired). Now it is half grass. The other half is half rock mulch and half wood mulch the later my husband scored when he chatted up the tree surgeons that were working on another property on our street. The wind had me and the cats up last night but now that it has chased the clouds away I will be about taking an inventory of the sheds, setting up the new containers, and direct sowing the cool season vegetable seeds. I look forward to learning many things from all of you. I will try to read the previous threads and to avoid posting any redundant questions. Thank you in advance for your patience....See MoreCalling all Southerners! Let's Talk GRITS.
Comments (40)There are plenty of things to add to grits to make them tasty, just like there are many different ways to use a tortilla. Tip on cooking grits: DO NOT FOLLOW PACKAGE INSTRUCTIONS!!! Instead, combine the quick grits with cold water and stir to combine. You can add butter, celery (this adds crunch and helps the texture), chopped bell pepper, chilies, garlic, Cajun seasoning, and your favorite salt and stir altogether before heating. Or you can just make them plain, but do NOT boil the water first! If you put the grits into cold water, you will not have any lumps, but if you add grits to boiling water, you have to whisk vigorously to prevent lumps, and this is completely unnecessary. I do not understand why anyone boils the water first, except that that is what the package instructions tell them to do. Those instructions are wrong! If you are cooking stone ground grits, you will need to soak them first in plain water - do not add salt or other ingredients until the grits have absorbed all the water. I start with two cups of water and 7/8 cup of stone ground grits. For a quick soak, bring the grits and water to a boil, constantly stirring, simmer for one minute, and then remove from heat and cover. They should absorb all of this water in one to two hours. Add additional water for cooking, if necessary. I generally use less water than package instructions because I add vegetables that have a lot of water in them, like celery and red bell pepper. I also bake the cooked grits with sausage, cheese, and egg, which I add after the grits have simmered, covered, for five minutes. I mix water with the eggs (because I held back on water in the first cooking) and add them after I add the cold sausage and cheese - therefore I do not need to temper the eggs. I made grits for breakfast this morning, and I did not have bell pepper or dried bell pepper, and so I used some dried chilies (from India) that I had not used before, for heat instead of my chili sauce. I also used some Ancho chili paste instead of salt, for a more intense chili flavor, but generally I had some Knorr chicken bouillon in place of salt. I've decided that I like this dried bouillon, despite what others may think. It's also very convenient to store. If I add dried vegetables to the grits, I also add a bit more water. The dried vegetables are very handy to have, but frozen vegetables are good too. Normally, I add frozen corn before I add the egg mixture, and this also cools down the grits....See More- 10 years ago
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