Yes, do cut off the damaged fronds--they will provide habitat for fungus, as well as looking pretty sad. Ferns normally lose their leaves and have...
Butternut squash are winter squash, which means they are long keeping. You can just stash them in a cool spot and enjoy them for weeks or months....
WooHoo! I just checked my Christmas cactus and it has buds, teeny tiny buds, but they are flower buds! It may actually bloom around Christmas...
Like Netty, this was my errand day to town, but I didn't have to worry about losing my undercarriage in a snow drift! I picked up 50 lbs. of...
We have a wood-burning stove in the living room, more for enjoyment than for heat. However, when the electricity goes out, we stay warm and I can...
Dogs have owners, cats have staff, as you well know! Spooky has found a wonderful home for himself, and is making minor adjustments to make it...
Thank you, Donna. You've just expanded my cookbook binder again! That sounds delicious, and I'll be trying it this weekend.
Yes, we definitely need the English Muffin Toasting Bread recipe. And any others that you feel like throwing at us. I doubt that any of your...
I cannot express enough my gratitude for Stew members--so kind, so informative, and so funny! In the past week I've received unexpected but...
Oh, how well I remember those dreaded words "lake effect snow" when we lived in upstate NY near Lake Ontario. Horizontal snow, howling winds, and...
Jerry, Happy Birthday! The Stew wouldn't be nearly as entertaining without you, your experiments, and your stories.
Cheryl, send my deepest sympathies to your brothers. Having to snorkel with whales, eat roast pig, and sniff gorgeous flowers--they are two tough...
Those are great finds, Donna. Please show us the "finished products" when you get the planter planted and the wind chimes made. All I ever find...
Hank, when we lived in town I was in the front yard, picking up pecans that had dropped from our huge pecan tree. A passerby stopped and asked...
Donna, you are one ambitious woman! I think you'll need a big binder for all those recipes. (I recently split my recipe binder into two binders...
Your photos brought back so many happy memories! We cruised and visited Jamaica, and did a white-water raft down a river. When we were in the...
I know it doesn't seem like much to you folks up north, but we had our first freeze last night--ice on the wild bird watering stations, green...
Sherry, your post about hickory nuts brought back happy memories. When I was about 8 or 9, daddy and his brother (Uncle Dutch) decided I was old...
Eileen, I'd never shoot a 6'2" blonde guy, especially if he had a soft Scots accent!
Kitty sweaters are obviously needed in your household! It is nice that a truce has been established until warm weather arrives. Our Feliz has...
