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[hallerlake]

I like mashed sweet potatoes with a little butter and nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice.

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My MiL has been mashing sweet potatoes for a side, rather than regular potatoes.

I would eat the avocado, and kiwis for sure.

Heather sorry that you are sore, but happy that you weren't hurt worse.

 

[justbugged]

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I have a bonsai ficus tree. I saw the ficus tree at the whole sale floral place in Kent, and after three or more visits I just couldn't stand it and I bought it. I knew it wanted to go home with me. I also found a bonsai pot a few weeks later at a Goodwill store. So now the it lives in my garden window. The tree didn't even sulk and loose most of it's leaves. I think it just wanted to live with me a whole lot.

This is my first attempt at bonsai.

 

[justbugged]

Me too!


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My MiL has been mashing sweet potatoes for a side, rather than regular potatoes.

I would eat the avocado, and kiwis for sure.

Heather sorry that you are sore, but happy that you weren't hurt worse.

 

[justbugged]

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I LOVE Butternut squash, but I think my place is usually too cold to grow it. I started mine and put it in the ground the same time I saw people in town put their in, theirs grew abundantly straight off, but mine lingered, doing nothing for a month before they finally grew, then the vines grew like mad! Lots of green melons that froze before they ripened. I've tried 3X. same story each time. My lilacs also bloom about 3 weeks later than the ones in town, and my veggies seem to die off sooner.

You should be able to grow butternut squash, but you may need to start it indoors because of your elevation. It sounds like you have a growing season that is 6 weeks shorter than most of us. So I think that you would need more cold frames and greenhouse. to get the same results as those in lower elevations. That and last summer was just plain miserable as far as trying grow anything.

 

[justbugged]

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I'm sorry also. I agree with the Rustler, blue smoke is bad. The truck is now burning oil. So you need to check the oil every time you put gas into it. You may need to check even more often. It is expensive when it runs out of oil. I learned that one the hard way.

 

[justbugged]

Okay I am good and cold and tired of talking to myself. So I am off to bed.

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

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I agree it's convenient but kind of like the grocery store. They don't seem to follow the CSA model at all. Wonder why they call it a CSA? Sounds like the big farms cashing in on 'organic' when they aren't really. So much is involved in organic growing that the big comglomerates don't do. They have a bunch of money to pay inspectors off and find all the loop holes. Full circle seems to be cashing in on 'CSA' when they aren't.

 

[Ogress]

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I agree it's convenient but kind of like the grocery store. They don't seem to follow the CSA model at all. Wonder why they call it a CSA? Sounds like the big farms cashing in on 'organic' when they aren't really. So much is involved in organic growing that the big comglomerates don't do. They have a bunch of money to pay inspectors off and find all the loop holes. Full circle seems to be cashing in on 'CSA' when they aren't.

I was wrong about the name of the CSA that the folks from the local nursery used to own, but the location was correct. I just saw that Jubilee is still an actice CSA. I usually just do the winter and spring boxes as I can get all I need summer and fall from my garden plus farmers market.

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

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Maybe I should have taken a picture of my 2 roos I had to bath yesterday!

Had a big roo fight. Black Orpington roo that roosts on top of the 6 ' fence between him and the BCM must have flew into the wrong side in the morning (still need to put netting up in that one). Came out to see two depressed muddy, wet, bloody, eyes swollen shut roos in the morning. When I put the BO back on his side until I had a chance to doctor him the other BO roos decided they wanted a piece of him too. They decided since he was gone for part of the morning he is no longer part of the flock. Well, both the BCM and BO roo got a warm bath, washed off all the blood, put bag balm on their combs and put them in separate crates in the heated tack room over night to dry. Going to put the other BO roos in the layer pen for a week or so so the injured one can heal and get in good with the ladies, then try putting them back in. No problem in the BCM pen as he is the only roo in there. Funny, those roos get so insulted when you catch them up like you have damaged their ego but when they got in the warm bath they just melted into it. It felt so good. The BO almost fell asleep.

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

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I agree it's convenient but kind of like the grocery store. They don't seem to follow the CSA model at all. Wonder why they call it a CSA? Sounds like the big farms cashing in on 'organic' when they aren't really. So much is involved in organic growing that the big comglomerates don't do. They have a bunch of money to pay inspectors off and find all the loop holes. Full circle seems to be cashing in on 'CSA' when they aren't.

I was wrong about the name of the CSA that the folks from the local nursery used to own, but the location was correct. I just saw that Jubilee is still an actice CSA. I usually just do the winter and spring boxes as I can get all I need summer and fall from my garden plus farmers market.

Yes, Farmers Market is an excellent place, especially if you grow a lot yourself. You pick what you want and you are still supporting local farmers.