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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1199 Posts
Eileen
USA
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 Posted - Mar 13 2005 : 12:27:49 PM
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 I think this is going to get fattening really fast!!!  I think since you are all bringing goodies I will bring all the fresh fruit I can find, and some clay oven baked breads with several different kinds of herbed butters!
Maybe several fresh berry pies too! Any body have an old fashioned hand crank icecream maker? We have got to have hand cranked ice cream!
Don't for get to wear your red hats!
Eileen
songbird; singing joy to the earth |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - Mar 13 2005 : 1:24:40 PM
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The dessert queen can accomodate that request! Would you like fresh peach(my personal favorite) or vanilla lavender or cinnamon or fresh blueberry cheesecake to name a few of our favorites ! And let us not begin the 100 varieties of chocolate! Homemade ice cream is HUGE at my house!
with a happy heart |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2005 : 1:47:45 PM
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 Did someone say handcranked ice cream??? Fresh breads and herb butters??? Nirvana! Got my red baseball cap and I'm loading the picnic basket and station wagon... Oh and some fresh sun tea in big gallon jars and my blue ribbon bread and butter pickles!
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2005 : 5:11:00 PM
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Goodness ladies! I'm not sure I can compete in the culinary category, but I'll bring a fresh spinach salad with onion and strawberries! Yummy! I'll also bring some candles and old linens that we can dress up an old farm table with... and some rugs for the straw bales, and maybe some nice wood for a fireside gathering in the evening. 
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
"Begin to weave and God will give the thread." - German Proverb |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2005 : 6:51:32 PM
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Oh, I am so there in my mind. I can just see the twilight coming on and the fire starting to really seem cozy. A gentle breeze, and lots of relaxed laughter (and the ice cream, of course!). I will help crank. And let's have peach for sure.
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2005 : 9:31:06 PM
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I vote for peach too!!!!!!!
Jenny in Utah
Bloom where you are planted! |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Mar 14 2005 : 05:48:50 AM
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I love sitting on straw bales around a fire sharing conversation with kindred spirits! Life doesn't get any better than that! Strawberry ice cream here...
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. |
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marlyn
Farmgirl in Training
36 Posts
marlyn
Norwood
Ontario
Canada
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Posted - Mar 14 2005 : 06:35:06 AM
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You girls crack me up. The strand started with daffodils and ended with a strawberry desert at a picnic.
Personally I would just like to see some grass, even a weed would do right now.And I will bring the German Black Forest Cake.
Winter is time for dreaming.
Simply Marlyn
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - Mar 14 2005 : 09:49:43 AM
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Marlyn, Margret and Robin-- Though not as northern as you girls we have been having a true winter this year with predictions for snow sleet and rain the rest of the week. But have faith---today is bright , crisp and sunny and I spied my crocuses peeking through the remnants of snow. I also saw a redtail hawk and a blue heron in the river today so...spring is rounding the corner!
As for the ice cream... June is strawberry season here, August for peaches! Just think if our "picnic" was like a progressive dinner and we ate our way across the country by what's in season! Jeannie, we would all be headed your way first!
with a happy heart |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Mar 14 2005 : 11:52:24 AM
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Mmmm...Black Forest cake Bramble LOL! Now that comment is going to get us all going in another direction away from daffodils again...Let's see...JP right now and her fresh fruits and anything that is green...Eileen and Clare in April or May with the berries and herbs and spinach...Bramble in June and strawberries, Aunt Jenny anytime with her fresh eggs from her hens...My cucumbers and beans put up in August from Kansas...and Margret,Robin and Marlyn in the early fall for apples, corn and pumpkins and lovely, crisp cool weather to enjoy! A progressive farmchick potluck that spans 6 months and all of the continent!
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
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Posted - Mar 14 2005 : 12:10:02 PM
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Me thinks we all need to "retire" and form a Farmgirl Caravan in those old 1940's silver trailers and go "avisitin"! Wouldn't that be a hoot!!?
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
"Begin to weave and God will give the thread." - German Proverb |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2005 : 12:25:08 PM
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Girls - pile into your Airstreams and come on down! Florida is no stranger to those! Strawberries are scrumptious ripe right now. And the evenings just right for sitting outside around a fire. And the welcome mat at my house is always out, in any weather!
The idea of progressive campfire dinners made me laugh in happiness. What a great idea! And I also loved the post from Marlyn, because I had the same thought last night when I was thinking of peach ice cream! We always stray a little from the main topics we begin, but we still have the same intent in mind! :) Spring, and food and friendship and gardening and country girls all in a row!
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 14 2005 : 3:46:20 PM
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Since you can never have too many deviled eggs, I'll bring my Buffalo Wing DE's and I make a mean Italian Beef.
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2005 : 5:42:55 PM
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Airstream Trailers!!! Now that is a memory! When I was a child my very proper civil engineer father and devoted homemaker mother and my sister and I traveled the wild , wild west in the 60's in our '63 Biscayne Chevy hauling a factory fresh '64 Shasta travel trailer. We were true "road gypsies" stopping at every KOA campground between Illinois and Zion Natl. Park in Utah! My father drooled at the thought of being able to afford a gleaming silver Airstream to forfill his wanderlust for the "open roads" of America! Being a very frugal man, alas he never bought an airstream... But I have taken up the dream! I am always in search of that perfect old vintage silver beauty! What fun we all had those sweet years in that tiny trailer! Would love to join a farmchick caravan and go "avisitin'"...
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2005 : 8:29:20 PM
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I have always wanted one too...don't see it happening any time soon, but its a good dream. we had a cab over camper when our family went on vacation. I remember me and my dog being in the top watching out the front window...loved that!!!
Jenny in Utah
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Mar 15 2005 : 04:54:16 AM
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Aunt Jenny - what a wonderful memory! I can just see your little face and your dog's face peeking out the top of the camper.
Meadowlark - My dad also had a dream like your dad's, and we did not have a trailer home but every summer we went to the farm in Iowa, and then we would continue on out West to Yellowstone and to Idaho, Montana and Colorado. The campgrounds were so cozy then and kids would get to know each other. Those family vacations were the best.
jpbluesky
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Mar 15 2005 : 05:30:08 AM
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Thanks jp for starting another thread on trailers...Now back to the food...Kim, what is an Italian beef? Sounds wonderful! Maybe I should start a new thread on "Farmgirl Picnic Fantasies" or something like that...
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Mar 15 2005 : 4:31:22 PM
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Question: Can one fertilize daffodils and tulips struggling to grow and bloom? I have noticed around my town spring flowers blooming everywhere and mine are barely up and growing. They are established and the early blooming variety...I guess I am just so anxious to see some color besides brown in my yard.
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. |
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cecelia
True Blue Farmgirl
497 Posts
cecelia
new york
USA
497 Posts |
Posted - Mar 15 2005 : 5:40:53 PM
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We now have more snow on the ground than we have had all winter - March is a strange month, and Spring arrives on Sunday. However, my daffodils are 6" tall already - though they won't be blooming for some time. Some of them are planted close to the back of the house, so the heat from the sun against the bricks warms the ground early. Can't wait for the blooms!
Cecelia
ce's farm
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Mar 15 2005 : 8:28:46 PM
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I think mine are blooming now because they are next to a south facing wall up against the house. I have just enriched the soil a little with homemade compost and like that...it really isn't the best soil I guess. My tulips are not close to blooming yet and the iris are really overcrowded...dividing them was one of those things I didn't get done in the fall.Jenny... I don't think giving them a shot of liquid fertilizer would hurt...could jump start them into hurrying to bloom. Good luck!
Jenny in Utah
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
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Posted - Mar 15 2005 : 8:43:09 PM
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2005 : 04:38:21 AM
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Perhaps a soluble bloom booster would help a little on your Daffodils, but it is the care given to the soil in which the bulbs live all year long that will really make a difference in it's blooming success. My hubby is the flower grower in our yard, and I concentrate on the vegetable garden, but I know he mulches and composts the soil all year and also thins the bulbs out when they become too numerous in one area, giving the bulbs room. Once they begin to bloom, everything is pretty much set. So get some of that bone meal, like Clare mentioned and baby them for the next blooming season! They will get better each year!
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1199 Posts
Eileen
USA
1199 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2005 : 08:46:49 AM
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I have narcissus that have been in bloom for over a week now but my daffodills are just beginning to show color in the bud. Some that seem to get more shade are not even showing color yet so I think your daffodills are fine meadowlark.
The trick is as the others have indicated, this year right after they bloom do the bulb food feeding and next year they will be georgeous! Also this year mark where they are and after the green dies back, if they are too crowded you can dig them up and separate them. Always put a little bulb food or bone meal in the hole with a little soil just before you put in the bulb.
Today we are getting a wind storm that I hope is packing some much needed rain. Our state has already declared a water state of emergency and is beginning to set restrictions.
Everything here is so dry already that I am having to water!
Eileen
songbird; singing joy to the earth |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2005 : 1:25:10 PM
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Quilcene area of Washington state, wish north Florida could send you some of the three inches we have had through the night and today. We are swamped!
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Edited by - jpbluesky on Mar 16 2005 1:25:58 PM |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2005 : 1:47:51 PM
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Thanks for the great tips! Eileen I can sympathize with you on the water situation!Washington must be set up differently on water than Kansas...we do have a vast aquifer here but it has been drastically lowered because of a 5-8yr long drought. I live surrounded by tilled fields and a dirt road that is heavily travelled by semi trucks. The dust problem is horrendous. I have been suffering most of the late winter from dust related problems, not to mention it is a challenge keeping our home clean and breathable! You had mentioned you were dealing in some kind of air filtration business...I would be very interested in any info on this. I will send prayers your way for the clouds to open up over your parched areas...and please send some my way too!
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. |
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