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  1. just stopped by to say :Thanks!

  2. It's not too late to plant them, but it's probably too hot right now at your house They bolt quickly in the heat. But, you can put them in your fall garden. Hey, what about radish sprouts? Wonder if that would do it? I collected the seeds from my bolted radishes last year......
  3. This is simple, but my kids are smaller. We've been playing "How do we get home from here?" when we're in the car and "How do we get out of this store?" when we're shopping. I became concerned that if they had to get home from town without me, they wouldn't be able to. They wouldn't even be able to give directions to a trusted adult, though they do know their address. It's so easy to ride in a car (or follow mom around the grocery) without really paying attention to where you are. We pick a different child to lead us out for each store we visit. They love it!
  4. I got 15 pounds of organic apples for free! I saw only one bag of the apples that were on sale (3 lbs for $2.97) and asked the produce guy if he had more in the back. He said no, but said I could have the bags on his cart for free, they were "bruised" and going to the compost. Maybe one apple per bag was bad. I've also been working through our medical expenses for the taxes and found at least $100 that we were overcharged. We've gotten $80 of this back from providers so far. Most are keen to refund once their errors are pointed out because they know you can report them to your insurance agency for fraud if not. As as DH points out, they would have just kept that money!
  5. What about a Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle? Also, the Diary of Anne Frank. It shook my little fourth grade world. It was the first book I ever read that didn't have a happy ending. My kids are enjoying the Boxcar Children books right now.
  6. Originally Posted By: CrabGrassAcres I used to eat it a lot in CO but have never seen it here. We ate the seeds from the Chinese elms in salads in spring. Have you ever had tumbleweed soup? When the seedlings come up in early spring they are really tiny. Just pinch the tops off and they make a great soup on the order of split pea. (This is the tumble pigweed, BTW>) No, I haven't eaten tumbleweed soup. Didn't know I could! I'll look that up to see if I can identify it. Thank you. What else should I be eating, CGA? I don't think we have any Chinese elms here. The only deciduous trees are scrub oaks.
  7. Originally Posted By: Fritz_Monroe We don't have it in the yard, but I've seen this stuff all over the nearby parks. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll have to keep an eye out for it in areas that are not sprayed. FM, I just put easy instructions for growing it in your yard at http://www.mrssurvival.com/forums/ubbthrea...7816#Post227816
  8. Originally Posted By: Cat How did you try it? I've wanted to, but haven't pursued it. Well, I'm a chicken. No, that's just cautious, right? First, I just chewed a leaf and spit it out. Didn't die. Next day, I ate a leaf. Didn't die, didn't get a rash. So the next day I picked several sprigs and put them in my salad. By now, the kids know how to identify it and just graze. Don't know if you ate "sour grass" as a kid. The taste is a little like that, but definitely better. Purslane is good in salad, but the taste is a little too intense to have it just by itself. Next I'm going to try stir frying it. Then a mint/watercress/purslane salad. That's supposed to be extra yummy. I saw a purslane potato salad recipe that looked good. And there a turkish recipe for a lentil/lamb/purlane stew that looks fantastic. Apparently some cultures freeze it, can it, and dry it for winter storage. I think it would be good pickled, but I haven't seen it anywhere yet. As I experiment, I'll keep ya'll posted.
  9. Ok ya'll, here's the story. I went to a garden fair and Seeds of Change were handing out last year's seeds for free. One packet I got was purslane. I had no idea what it was, but the packet said it was a salad green. So I went home and planted it. Then one day I was weeding the greens patch. Wondering when that dang gone purslane was gonna come up. Then I pulled up a bigger leaf version of a pretty weed we have all around here. Wait a minute, that looks like the picture on the seed packet! It was the Seeds of Change purslane. Looked like a bigger version of my pretty weeds. I looked up to make sure before I chowed down on the wild version. Yup, tasty and growing all over the place. Tastes like something you put in your salad, with a mild lemony bite. And, really really high in Omega 3s: one serving, about a cup, contains 300 mg. The stems are high in vitamin C. So ya'll, go out in to your yard and look. It's free and tasty and would make a pretty ground cover. Some pictures can be found here: http://weeds.cropsci.uiuc.edu/images/Pursl...urslane%201.jpg http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Purslane.html An abstract of a study on the nutritional content: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1354675 Purslane is cultivated in other parts of the world. Lots of purslane recipes out there.
  10. Oh Momo. I couldn't believe anyone would buy these, especially after I read the ingredients (scary) and saw the price, but at least one person does. A friend of mine told me this story about her little granddaughter. She was babysitting the granddaughter one days and when the little girl got hungry, grandma asked if she liked peanut butter. The little girl said yes and grandma got out the peanut butter and started spreading it on crackers. The little girl said "Grandma, why are you putting mud on the crackers?" Turns out the only peanut butter the little girl had ever seen was in those prepackaged peanut butter sandwiches. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry about this one.
  11. Originally Posted By: herbal thanks for reply is a mirro better than a prescot canner ..Can any canners be used on glass top stoves??? I thought it was only the big heavy one...I hope not that would be very sad..was getting ready to go and start canning Hi Herbal and Welcome, You should be able to find the manual for your stove online. My glasstop is a KitchenAid. The manual states that I can use canners, but that no pan I use should be more than one inch overlap on any burner. Otherwise the glass top may overheat and crack. Now Presto states that their canners are good for glass top stoves. I bought one and they are right! Thought the canner has maybe two inches overlap with my burner, the part that actually touches the stove fits on the burner exactly!!! And that part is very flat, which is something else you need for glass top stoves. So this issues for you include (a) how much of the canner is actually touching the top of the stove and ( is part that touches the stove flat. Some aren't flat. Your stove might have other restrictions like weight. My canner is a Presto 01751. And thought I haven't seen her around in a while, just wanted to thank Heather for her canner purchase advice a few months back. Best wishes, NMChick
  12. Originally Posted By: HSmom Baby chickens are chicks. They have pointy little beaks that can poke your eyes out. Baby ducks are ducklings. They have smooth bills.... ...THAT CAN NIBBLE YOU TO DEATH!!!!! Bwa-ha-ha!!!! Anyone who thought they knew who I was "in real life" now must be sure. That is such a NMchick kind of slip. HSMom, you've keep me laughing all week and boy did I need it.
  13. Originally Posted By: Darlene As far as your avatar? SWAT! lol But it's just a little baby ducky. You know, a chick.
  14. Originally Posted By: happygirl It's *still* funny! It sure is funny. But I have to say I'm so impressed, Darlene, with how far you've come. You are one motivated woman to leave three cleaning ladies and go to Georgia. Should I change my avatar?
  15. Westie, I don't know if you'd want to drink properly disinfected spa water. I was always told you definitely shouldn't drink pool water. But, you could wash your dishes with it and flush.
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