On 3/3/2014 5:38 PM, songbird wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
> ...
>> pear tree opening up, the decorative kale in the front bed is putting on
>> seed heads so time to compost them. The Dwarf Barbados cherries are
>> putting on new leaves and the chard, slowed by chilly days, is growing
>> like the weed it originally was.
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> nice thoughts...
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>> cauliflower heads I pickled last week, got six pint jars off one head of
>> yellow cauliflower, the one that looks like it has little pagoda's
>> sticking off of it, Miz Anne didn't bother to read the label when she
>> planted them so they looked a little odd until we figured out what it was.
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> *grins and chuckles*
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>> I don't expect to put up much in green beans or pickles this year as we
>> have plenty in the canning pantry so maybe we will plant something a
>> little different this month. Bought some climbing beans from an outfit
>> that sells Native American heirloom seeds, look right nice too, white
>> with red spots and look like some sort of white bean. May be interesting
>> to grow and can. We've been buying single packs of various heirloom and
>> Native seeds on line most of the winter so we're ready.
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> there are no shortage of bean varieties out there
> to try. some are quite beautiful. i have a hard
> time cooking them.
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> songbird
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We have a Hopi heirloom lima type bean that is red when harvested, that
should be interesting. It's frosty this morning, where did spring go?