Happy Anniversary to you both! May you have many more good years together.
Eileen, you are too witty! Love that caption.
EJ, it works! I"ve made "basil balls" for years--finely chopped basil with just enough water to make a thick paste, freeze in ice cube trays, and...
Dawn, you have come up with a practical and beautiful solution to your problem! One word of advice--water goes where water wants to go, so hold...
Jerry, for rooting I use a small green glass vase purchased at the glass blowing shop in Williamsburg, VA. and as far as I know, it doesn't need a...
Yes, I am patriotic to the tune of 13 hens, and 12 chicks coming next week! I may raise a flag. I remember my daddy talking about his "victory...
Putting the purple foliage next to your bright yellow daffodils is a brilliant idea! Your garden is very, very lovely. Thanks for sharing.
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EJ, your cottage garden is beautiful! You have done such a great job blending textures, colors, and heights. Congratulations on a superb effort!
Mart, we have blackland prairie, aka "gumbo". In back of the barn there is an area where pigs were kept, and that is sandy. We planted potatoes in...
Oh my, EJ, you must get a handle on the predator that is eating your lovely radishes! We have the same problem with sugar peas and young carrots....
As you all know by now I am an herb addict--just mention that a plant has herbal qualities and I must have it! Sicilian oregano, Greek oregano do...
We dug our Yukon Gold potatoes today, and wouldn't have had much of a harvest except for Sjoerd's advice about digging a trench and then planting...
Two of the most difficult languages to learn are Mandarin (a Chinese dialect) and English. Mandarin because the inflections on a word can change...
Your cousins and aunt are in for a treat--a visit from you! Enjoy, go ahead and brag about how popular you are here on the Stew, and please drive...
Your mum, as noted before, is so lucky to have you! I'm sure she appreciates the care and concern, and I'm sure you appreciated getting a good...
Hank, that is a great post! Words don't die, they live on in books. Writers from Shakespeare to F. Scott Fitzgerald to Umberto Eco keep language...
Inter-species love is so beautiful!
It's all right, Toni. I was standing by supervising the laundry sorting. When my husband was single (back in the 60's) I don't think he did...
Toni, I'm so glad you are a boring patient! Please stay that way:smt109. I pulled a muscle in my back on Tuesday, so yesterday and today I did...