March FOTESS-- Month of the Green!! Salads that is!
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beth_b_kodiak
6 years agoMelinda Hagen
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Comments (124)Well, Ladies, it's time to close this swap! I'm glad everyone enjoyed it and I'd like to thank everyone who sent out recipes. A big thank you to everyone who responded, too. One thing: if you signed up for the swap and didn't get a recipe, please let me know, okay? Jeanne already has the June FOTESS swap up and running, check it out! We are going to take a break in July and I will be back in August with our 2nd Annual FOTESS Yard Sale! Last year's Yard Sale was fun and I'm sure this one will be too! Off to sit outside and enjoy a glass of vino! Shirley!...See MoreFOTESS: Non-Swap Month (Chat, Pictures, etc.)
Comments (51)Erica, what do you do with sorghum? I'm assuming it's more than for it's distinctive look--but I like the look! For us sorghum is to bulk up the cows! Thanks for the info about your cukes. So interesting. My mom fell a week ago and has compression fractures in her spine. Dr. told her she'd be in the hospital a month and then he sent her home 2 days later. She is up walking which I can hardly believe. I'm so happy, though! I had that moment when I became the parent and they became the kids. I sat down with my mom and told her I wanted her to get a machine that tested her blood sugar--you wear a patch and it beeps if your blood sugar gets too high or too low. This is the fourth time her bs got too low and she fell and hurt herself. She said, "Okay." My dad was hiding in the kitchen!!! He came in once he figured out my mom wasn't going to pitch a fit. Hiding in the kitchen!!!! Like a little kid! This week we went to the hearing for my husband's business. The state is trying to shut him down for a year. It's all political and I don't do well with politics--and corruption. I just wish we could all follow the rules. We won't know until the middle of September what will happen. For the time being, he can still work. My daughter started her senior year this week. Her best friend is living with us and it's been going well. I am going to have a half dozen princess pumpkins. I've got lots of Roma tomatoes. My dad has green pepper plants 4' tall full of peppers--king sized plants. My plants which I started in March in the house think they are Miss America plants. They wave to each other, are skinny but healthy, but have no desire to produce. I'm hoping for 2 cantaloupes to ripen and not get eaten by bugs....See MoreFOTESS March Swap: It’s a GREEN Thing
Comments (175)Ruth, thank you for a fun green thing month...... RE: saving paper towels. I am always using in the kitchen/around the house...so, I rip them up and throw them in a metal container that I keep on the kitchen counter. The coffee grounds, scrap veggie stuff/whatever go in the container too. I do dump in my compost bins more than once a day. Last night, I was cleaning out my two kitchen junk drawers. Yes, most of the drawer went in to my metal container....lots of paper stuff. Slow Friday night for me LOL!!!! My sister bought a metal container (with lid) for this very purpose on Amazon, to keep by her kitchen sink. It is to small for me. Happy weekend FOTESSERS....Enjoy more March Madness (basketball). Love March Madness!! Annie...See MoreFOTESS: MARCH 2022 - Spring Clean Up and Green Up
Comments (122)I was outside planting seeds and checked mailbox before coming in. Wow it must be Christmas. Look what Susan sent. I love all of it. I've never grown Acidanthera before, but will definitely get these planted tomorrow. I love black eyed susan vine but it never makes seeds for me so I don't usually have any. And all the other stuff will really come in handy with my planting. Thank you so much....See More
EricaBraun
6 years ago
faerygardener z7 CA
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoBeth - If someone can get you into a Costco, they have the best, indestructible boxes (I'll go take a pic). If we use cups to plant and sell our tomato seedlings for the Master Gardener sales, they tip over. But if you line them up in the fresh fruit boxes from Costco, you can water them right in there and they don't fall apart for a month from the wet. Costco also now has 18oz cups - 240 for $9 something that are stouter (the extra ounces make them wider) and they don't tip as easily as the 16oz and smaller. You might not need that size depending on when you go to MO.
I got the Grappoli (center) from Mandy last month's Fotess and planted just after Feb 23rd, the TastyWine (right) from Annie's Fotess was a slower germinator planted Feb 17th, but I have 5 good strong plants from the 7 seeds she sent. So this is what my ~month old size in a COLD garage looks like (they come off heat after they sprout). More pics coming.
faerygardener z7 CA
6 years agoBoxes! These things are STRONG (although if anyone does water in them, support the bottoms if you pick them up just in case).
More ~month old tomato seedlings - nights have been 20°s, so it's one cold unheated garage. They'd be a bit bigger with more warmth. I wrap the shelves in those silver emergency blankets for the reflected light. This one is about twice as big as others for the same price - so it goes around shelves easier https://www.walmart.com/ip/Coghlan-s-Emergency-Blanket-52-x-82-5/23543585 .
Susan - looks delish!!! Even though it gets hard fast, I like my leftover soda bread toasted with a bit of butter and jam. :-)
ruthz
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoHoping everyone enjoyed St. Patrick's Day.
It was my day to pick up day old bread from one of our local grocers for American Legion. We pick up every Saturday and Sunday and it's free for the members. I volunteer to pick up every third Saturday. Sometimes there are several grocery carts full of stuff and other times there isn't much. Yesterday there was a box full of various boxed crackers, a cart full of various baked good and a cart full of very ripe bananas. The bananas was a first. I brought home a bag full and today I'm making banana bread and banana pudding. I'm on my third loaf now and still have plenty of bananas left.
I also cooked corned beef with cabbage, carrots, potatoes and onions yesterday. It turned out good and plenty left for dinner tonight.
You are welcome Amy and I hope the seeds do well for you.
I'm excited that after over two years my Queen's Tears is finally starting to bloom.
xiangirl zone 4/5 Nebraska
6 years agoMelinda Hagen
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6 years agoMMMM Today is a lucky day. I get mail from Melinda
A very pretty green ornament with flowers and butterflies.
Goes great with the ribbon on my Easter Wreath. Thanks bunches Melinda. For someone who "never wins" this is a great treat.
xiangirl zone 4/5 Nebraska
6 years agoThe good news is that everything is getting a nice long drink and the water is soaking in. Hoping it stays warm enough to keep the daffodils and bulbs alive! Heidi
Melinda Hagen
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Just A Few Of The Spring Flowers Coming Up! Have Tons More!
Melinda Hagen
6 years ago
sjc48
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amybabyboy3
6 years agofaerygardener z7 CA
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6 years agoMelinda Hagen
6 years agoMelinda Hagen
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoGot one of my young grandson accidentally! But that's ok!
More pics I promised!
pinkiris
6 years agoHappy First day of Spring!
Maggie ... glad you got your package ... spoil yourself =) That 'blueberry vinaigrette' recipe is one I like to use our fresh blueberries with, we love it. Speaking of which, my blueberry bush is covered in blooms right now!
Melinda ... beautiful photos! Its a cold 55 degrees here today, but your photos had me going outside to see what was blooming here ... surprised that my hellebore is still blooming and now Iris starting to put on a show.
beth_b_kodiak
6 years agoMelinda Hagen
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6 years agoMelinda Hagen
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6 years agoKristan Suniks -- Welcome!
I'm loving all the pictures you ladies are sharing. Right now, my pineapple sage and fruit sage are some of my only blooms. I am loving the fruit sage though. It's one of my new favorites.
faerygardener z7 CA
6 years agoWow - Gorgeous photos Jayene, Erica and Melinda!
At this time in spring, I'm a one trick pony - more Narcissus. Happy as my pot full by the shed had all been drooping down after the snow and I didn't think they'd recover - took a few days but they did stand upright again eventually (of course we had downpours last night, continuing now, so they're sideways again).
Red Devon, I think a Tazetta, Muscari . Have many more daffs blooming, I'll just space out picture sharing :-)
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And, my Texas Hummingbird Sage continues to bloom on the front and back porches, sporadic snapdragon blooms in the beds - that's it. Took a walk about in the storm breaks, no other blooms (except weeds!). Might get snow here Sat & Sun. Rain pretty much until then.sjc48
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6 years agoMelinda Hagen
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