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Comments (29)Howdy, Toni, it's great to see you! Yes, I recall that we've discussed your Pachira on many occasions. I grow mine as you grow yours - which, is to say, I grow mine dry (during the winter) in a small container. During the growing season, however, I water generously. The huge leaves move a ton of moisture...! It's currently in a 6 inch pot, 5 inches tall, tapering to 4 inches at the base. The Pachira is 34 inches tall. Here's a shot from July 21st, 2009 - you've probably seen it before, but I hope Mike won't mind me sharing! ;) This summer, raccoons knocked my Pachira from its stand, and cracked the lower lip of the pot. So I'll have to re-pot this Spring. I am looking forward to replacing the soil and increasing the size of the container. The base of my plant is starting to swell, caudex-like, but only slowly. Having grown it from a single leaf, I am pleased with the progress. Pirate Girl, I swear that the sand is only topical! ;) And, in any event, the raccoons knocked most of the sand out of the pot this summer....so it is a thing of the past, grains of sand through the hour-glass as it were.... To Mike: I've been using a capful of vinegar in my water to flush the salts from the soil (and the container) of this Pachira. It is working well. Thanks for encouraging me to give it a try! These pics from June 17th, 2009. I'm sure that the base has gotten thicker since then (I just measured it at 2 inches). Josh...See Morenew: fotess may swap - mother's day
Comments (71)Many on your list are right, Jayeanne, but not all so we are still playing the game! I'm adding 2 letters today "C" and "Y." _ l o r _ n c _ , South Carolina _ d n _ , Kansas _ _ _ l _ _ , Louisiana C _ _ r l o t t _ , North Carolina G _ n _ _ _ , New York _ _ _ _ s o n , West Virginia C _ l _ n _ , Ohio _ l _ c _ , Texas J _ _ n , Nevada L _ _ r _ l , Montana _ s _ l _ y, Michigan _ l _ _ _ n d _ _ _ , Minnesota L_ _ r _ l , Delaware L _ _ , New Hampshire _ _ t _ _ n y , Connecticut And so sorry to all, I forgot to include an "L" in the name for Ohio when I added the "L's". It's in there now. Jayeanne, I hope you feel better soon and hopefully the doctor will think everything is healing fine. If it's a spider bite, those are scary! For our swap: Vina and Jayanne will send to each other. (Jayeanne has received and has mailed to Vina.) Heidi and Katie will send to each other. (Both have received.) Jeanne will send to Annie. (Annie has received.) Annie will send to Janine. (Janine has received.) Janine will send to Jeanne. (Jeanne has received.) Have a great day! Jeanne...See MoreIs growing food really all that difficult?
Comments (15)I never gardened at all, until I married and became a homeowner. Once I started gardening, it became a life long passion. Growing up, I didn't know anyone who had a garden, then within a year of moving into our own home, I made a new friend who had an organic vegetable garden and that got me started. Is growing food all that difficult? If you really want to be as self sufficient as you can and grow most of your food, I don't think it's all that easy but it can be done. There is a family in California that is a wonderful example of how it can be done even in an urban setting. I'll come back and post his name and some links when I remember his name. Reasons why I grow food? The main motivation, was because I loved doing it. I find it fulfilling. I love the connection with the natural world, being outdoors, watching things grow, observing the amazing coordination of all the elements, soil, water, soil microbes, insects, birds, that allow us to exist. Of course there are other reasons too, that now eclipse my original motivation. The lack of trust in the safety and quality of the food supply used to be my secondary reason, but now I have added to those two reasons, other reasons. I now feel our food supply could be in jeopardy. The state of the environment, climate change, drought, flooding, are having a major effect on crop production. The fact that one particular corporation is trying to gain control of all the open pollinated seeds in the world and replacing them with their own genetically modified seeds that they would own the patent to. Then there are the practical reasons, the food tastes better and fresh organic produce costs a fortune. Is it economically advantageous? Well, I believe it can be, but you have to learn how to do it economically and that takes time and effort and access to raw materials that help in that regard. You have to have a clean site for a garden, with enough sun exposure and clean water, clean soil. If you donâÂÂt have those, trying to make up for that could be expensive. In that case, maybe you have a friend with access to those things that you could help in their garden and share the produce. Is it psychologically healing? For me personally, as I walk out the door to the garden, it feels like IâÂÂm starting the best part of my day. Absolutely, it can be healing and sustaining mentally, physically and emotionally. We were meant to have that connection to the natural world. On the other hand, not everyone loves gardening, but we all have to eat and trying to escape the job of feeding yourself upsets the natural order of things and here we are with all the multitude of problems that developed as a result. What are people scared of? I donâÂÂt believe they are, I think they are distracted by too many other things, and they donâÂÂt always make the time to stay informed and are unaware that there are problems with the food supply. And they probably donâÂÂt have......See MoreJane Austen Book Discussion: Pride & Prejudice
Comments (15)Yes, I suppose Mary might not have been quite pliable enough for Mr. Collin's purposes. But I mean is that she would have been good as a preachers wife because she WAS moralizing and followed her 'duty'. She would have been a good schoolmarm or missionary. She probably just ended up a spinster though. Do you think she could ever make a living for herself (such as the main character did in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?). I wonder how many of us would have been considered 'blue-stockings' back then? I do remember, in the last chapter of the book, Austen mentioning the fates of the two unwed sisters. Let me see if I can find it.... It says that "Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters. In society so superior to that she had generally known, her improvement was great. She was not of so ungovernable a temper as Lydia; and, removed from the influence of Lydia's example, she became by proper attention and management, less irritable, less ignorant, and less insipid." And it also says this "Mary was the only daughter who remained at home; and she was neccissarilly drawn from the pursuit of accomplishments by Mrs. Bennet's being quite unable to sit alone. Mary was obliged to mix more with the world, but she could still moralise over every morning visit; and as she was no longer mortified by comparisons between her sisters' beauty and her own, it was suspected by her father that she submitted to the change without much reluctance." That would be terrible to be constantly told that you were not pretty in comparison to your sisters and that you were not an interesting person to be around. CMK...See MoreZalco/bring back Sophie!
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