Comments on: Winterizing http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:53:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marie http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878&cpage=1#comment-44232 Marie Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:52:07 +0000 http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878#comment-44232 I'm a knitter, gardener, mother and librarian, so I'm reading most of what you post and enjoying it! I’m a knitter, gardener, mother and librarian, so I’m reading most of what you post and enjoying it!

]]> By: Laurie http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878&cpage=1#comment-44099 Laurie Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:58:59 +0000 http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878#comment-44099 Don't let anyone rain on your parade and tell you that you can buy vegetables at the store. It isn't the same. They don't taste the same, it is a responsible, sustainable thing to do with your yard, and it is so fun to create something useful from a little seed and some hard work. Kind of like knitting. The socks at the store are completely different than the socks you knit. Don’t let anyone rain on your parade and tell you that you can buy vegetables at the store. It isn’t the same. They don’t taste the same, it is a responsible, sustainable thing to do with your yard, and it is so fun to create something useful from a little seed and some hard work. Kind of like knitting. The socks at the store are completely different than the socks you knit.

]]> By: Sharon http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878&cpage=1#comment-44097 Sharon Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:31:41 +0000 http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878#comment-44097 I love reading about your garden! Its all a big experiment really, no book can give you the exact advice for your plot, so you just have to try. From my own experience there are many failures, but the sucesses make it all worth while. And each failure is knowledge gained! I love reading about your garden! Its all a big experiment really, no book can give you the exact advice for your plot, so you just have to try. From my own experience there are many failures, but the sucesses make it all worth while. And each failure is knowledge gained!

]]> By: Rorra http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878&cpage=1#comment-44095 Rorra Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:49:25 +0000 http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878#comment-44095 I love this time of year on your blog! This may sound silly but have you ever tried Fried Green Tomatoes? Here is one recipe: http://elise.com/recipes/archives/001506fried_green_tomatoes.php They are really yummy and not INCREDIBLY bad for you, plus most of the ingredients you would have around the house. So I'll end my rant now. I love this time of year on your blog! This may sound silly but have you ever tried Fried Green Tomatoes? Here is one recipe: http://elise.com/recipes/archives/001506fried_green_tomatoes.php
They are really yummy and not INCREDIBLY bad for you, plus most of the ingredients you would have around the house. So I’ll end my rant now.

]]> By: Alyssa http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878&cpage=1#comment-44092 Alyssa Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:52:18 +0000 http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878#comment-44092 Nice work. Hadn't ever tried the trick with the brussel sprouts - good to know it works. You did better than we did with the winter squash! We got 4. We're seeding greens this weekend and they usually sprout for salads for us up here. Hope yours do well, too. Nice work. Hadn’t ever tried the trick with the brussel sprouts – good to know it works. You did better than we did with the winter squash! We got 4. We’re seeding greens this weekend and they usually sprout for salads for us up here. Hope yours do well, too.

]]> By: Ellen http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878&cpage=1#comment-44091 Ellen Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:49:18 +0000 http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878#comment-44091 If the spinach sprouts, you can cover it with leaves and protect it over the winter, and it will start growing again in the very early spring, before you even plant anything else. I routinely plant lettuce and spinach in the fall, knowing it won't produce now, but will be ready very early in the spring. I had a "volunteer" butternut squash growing in my compost pile, with vines growing up the fence and all over the place, and I've counted 12 or so squash so far. Pretty exciting!! If the spinach sprouts, you can cover it with leaves and protect it over the winter, and it will start growing again in the very early spring, before you even plant anything else. I routinely plant lettuce and spinach in the fall, knowing it won’t produce now, but will be ready very early in the spring. I had a “volunteer” butternut squash growing in my compost pile, with vines growing up the fence and all over the place, and I’ve counted 12 or so squash so far. Pretty exciting!!

]]> By: Cathy http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878&cpage=1#comment-44090 Cathy Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:40:41 +0000 http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878#comment-44090 You can still like my cats! Honest! They are strictly indoor cats. And Gryphon is actually *afraid* of the outdoors. And thunder. At least since lightning hit the tree outside and fried the computer and microwave about 4 years ago. You can still like my cats! Honest! They are strictly indoor cats. And Gryphon is actually *afraid* of the outdoors. And thunder. At least since lightning hit the tree outside and fried the computer and microwave about 4 years ago.

]]> By: Katie http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878&cpage=1#comment-44083 Katie Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:19:14 +0000 http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878#comment-44083 I have yard envy! Stop making me want to move to Portland. There is probably some way to deter cats using your spinach bed as a loo. There is lots of stuff they don't like the smell of and there are various kinds of pepper spray. You could spray the area around the bed and they would probably avoid it. Bertie is not allowed outside so he would never poop in your spinach. David brought my knitting boxes out of storage. I couldn't knit at all last year because it made my hands cramp up. Hopefully this winter will be better. :D I have yard envy! Stop making me want to move to Portland.

There is probably some way to deter cats using your spinach bed as a loo. There is lots of stuff they don’t like the smell of and there are various kinds of pepper spray. You could spray the area around the bed and they would probably avoid it. Bertie is not allowed outside so he would never poop in your spinach.

David brought my knitting boxes out of storage. I couldn’t knit at all last year because it made my hands cramp up. Hopefully this winter will be better. :D

]]> By: Mother Chaos http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878&cpage=1#comment-44077 Mother Chaos Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:21:38 +0000 http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878#comment-44077 Grrrrr....cats...not to go into a long-winded rant, but sometimes I want to just SMACK the owners of all the cats that use my backyard as their private litterbox / fornication ground. They dig up my garden beds, nibble on my spinach, tear around the roots of my roses (I have no idea why), poop EVERYWHERE, have their trysts right under my bedroom window at night...ARGH!! Love the cats, but surely do wish their owners would keep them inside, or in their own flamin' yard. {SCOWL!!!} Your garden looks beautiful. Our Brussels sprouts are doing really well - I totally should get some pictures up on my blog, instead of whining about lack of planning and poor fair turnouts. (Not related to each other, naturally.) Grrrrr….cats…not to go into a long-winded rant, but sometimes I want to just SMACK the owners of all the cats that use my backyard as their private litterbox / fornication ground. They dig up my garden beds, nibble on my spinach, tear around the roots of my roses (I have no idea why), poop EVERYWHERE, have their trysts right under my bedroom window at night…ARGH!!

Love the cats, but surely do wish their owners would keep them inside, or in their own flamin’ yard. {SCOWL!!!}

Your garden looks beautiful. Our Brussels sprouts are doing really well – I totally should get some pictures up on my blog, instead of whining about lack of planning and poor fair turnouts. (Not related to each other, naturally.)

]]> By: Knittripps http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878&cpage=1#comment-44074 Knittripps Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:52:18 +0000 http://fromutopia.com/?p=3878#comment-44074 Our garden is fairly well done for the year. I wish it would stay warmer and we could have a late season garden but it gets much too cold. I will try to occupy my time this winter doing research and drawing garden maps. Preparation or anticipation? Our garden is fairly well done for the year. I wish it would stay warmer and we could have a late season garden but it gets much too cold. I will try to occupy my time this winter doing research and drawing garden maps. Preparation or anticipation?

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