hey carl first.. all the forums tend to die between late fall .. and the holidays ... and somewhat into january ... peeps are just distracted ... and a little depressed stuck in the house.. once the holidays breaks.. dreams of next years garden.. seem to increase participation ...mostly with receipt of catalogs .... as to pix.. they are my pix.. and i do not post them for GW or anyone else to 'store' for me .... that would involve GW using my work product for their profit in running GW .... also ... i am not going to pay some site like photobucket for an extra-ordinary amount of space to store every picture i ever posted .... so as my posts fall down thru to page 2 or 3 .... i tend to delete the pix from PB .... but i am always willing post pix on a request.... or if you want to bring up an old post.. just do a reply .. and there is a super secret way for me to post the pix contained therein ... ken

Yes, AKA-Peggy, Jim and Dan have been friends of mine for at least 20 years, in SCA, music, gardening, whatever. We are in the same SCA household. Wonderful people; how do you know them? I'll be up there again Saturday April 23 for the first Passover Seder; where do you live and maybe I can stop in by you that afternoon? Anything in particular you want by way of green kittens? I made two trips up there this weekend -- Saturday with sweetie Richard and his truck to bring back flat slabs of slate for another 10X10 area of patio, and Sunday in my own little (overworked) wagon to get chunks for another stretch of wall. I sent plants to that swap with another old friend Phil N, since I had the awful choice of going to the Four Seasons Fall Swap or going to the Folklore Society of Greater Washington Getaway Weekend in Havre de Grace. Didn't see how it'd be worth the three hours of driving to try to do both. So yes, they were taking my name in vain. One wonderful thing to do with oysters is to take a nice thick beefsteak, an inch at least, and cut a pocket in the middle. Lay in some raw oysters, then season and grill the steak as you normally would. The exquisite sea flavor penetrates the meat, and you get a bit with each bite. MMMMM. If you want to get real elaborate you can put a couple leaves of young spinach or even basil flat in the pocket before putting in your oysters, but some folks consider that overkill. I have the day off (there are real advantages to working for the government) and I'm trying to decide if it's too miserable out to start digging the base for the new section of wall I laid out yesterday... Lynn

Hi yogagrl. The only veggies that do well indoors, even with lots of windows, are the leafy ones, like lettuce or kale, or radishes might produce a bulb. Those that flower and produce "fruit" need more sunlight than comes through windows. There are a lot of very pretty lettuces you could try. If you could provide supplemental grow lights, then you can grow just about anything indoors. There's a good forum here on growing under lights. I'll put a link at the bottom of this post. Do you have a patio or deck? If so and it gets adequate sunlight (minimum of 6 hours full sun a day) then you can grow veggies in pots or planters. VA Tech has good publications on the subject. Here's a link to a good list: http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/category/fruits-vegetables.html Good luck. With a little work you should be able to grow a few fresh veggies, even downtown! Sandy Here is a link that might be useful: Growing Under Lights forum

I can't see that it's even indexed anywhere.