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Fleece makes a good batting and sometimes you can get it cheaper than regular quilt batting. It works well for window quilts that you don't want to have to quilt or tie. The ones I'm making have a white backing, a white fleece fabric fill and a pretty print fabric towards the inside of the room. If I manage to get them done in a reasonable amount of time I'll post pix. My machine needs some maintenance and that is slowing me down.

CGA, how do you hang your window quilts?

Had some dental work done .. making some chicken noodle soup and a buttermilk pie for dessert.

prayers for your sister .. prayers for you all!

squash and onions and garlic ... oh my :wink (2):

9 pints of hamburger dill slices yesterday ... getting some tomatoes ready now.

picked up some yellow onions for 39 cents a pound today ...

There is a web site a lady told me about its: dehydrate2store.com. I want to mix my dry carrots, potatoes, onions etc, into serving size portions so all I have to do is pour it into broth, water what ever for soup. I've never done much dehydrating but I'm learning. I've done onions,potatoes,carrots and cabbage besides jerky.

thanks for your ideas!! exciting site!!

I'm working on my 3rd head of cabbage and 1 more to go to put in soup. I've never done much dehydrating other then onions and jerky but I'm gonna try some new things now especially things to make up soup mixes.

the stuff for soup mixes sounds great!!! what all will you do ...

Well, here it is mid-June, and so far, my sfg is not doing well at all. I had 2 2x2 herb boxes and found that one was being taken over by ants. I used the mix precisely as the book says and most of my herbs never grew, and dried up. The owner of the nursery I took several "samples" to says they weren't getting enough water. I watered every other day, then every day when it got warmer...........I ripped out the herbs and emptied the boxes (saving the soil, gosh I spent alot on it). I was able to save about 3 herbs to see if they will do in plastic containers. I also began fertilziing (even tho the book says you don't have to - seems like everything liked the liquid fert i gave them). I have several topsy turvies and lots of containers. Once I moved the cucumber, squash and zuchinni out into full sun, they seem like they are maybe now starting to grow. I have only one tomato on a vine so far. I am noticing ants are crawling around everywhere, and the nursery guy said I do not have an aphid problem. I also have quite a bit of those little gray mushrooms growing in the topsy turvy's and some of my containers. Anybody know a good organic way to help with ants and mushrooms? I'm in the NE Texas area, so it's been humid and hot here.........so frustrating as I was hoping to get at least some food this year.

 

I am planning on building a new 4x4 box, above ground and deeper than 6". Maybe use 2x10's and use the soil deeper, with a deep mulch. I'll start over and try again for fall crops. I just need to get the ants solved - i've got some "cutter brand" spray and will use that on the deck and patio lightly, but I have tons of birds that visit the yard, and several toads that I don't want to harm. I don't want to give up on the SFG method either so try, try again!

www.dirtdoctor.com

great info on organic growing in texas. for fire ants, i use compost tea full strength. usually one application sends them on their way. however, full strength is too strong for plants, as i understand it. we got the small ants in our compost pile last year. one of the dirt doctor's books said ants in the compost meant it was too dry, mold meant it was too wet. perhaps your plants weren't getting enough water. that's just a guess, as i am less than a beginner!! lol ...

I did, thanks so much. The wood burning house for outside really looks interesting!! Wonder if I can get McGuyver on board for that one???? :wink (2):

wow, thanks Violet ... I really would have thought there was something in the processing of those that would contaminate food ... not being food grade. I'm always looking for a way to save money.

Hubby is looking into plans to build one that suits our needs. We call him McGyver, cause he can get a whole bunch of something from a whole lot of nothing!! So the window screen should fill the bill for the trays when he gets this project underway (prolly not til after the first of the year though ... and depending on how DFIL's health holds up)!!

The dried apples turned out well. Putting on another batch today!! Still have a few onions to get on the trays!!

Oh, also found some mesh screens on line to fit my little cheapy Wal Mart dehydrator, so will be ordering those soon. I have some coconut that is nearing its shelf life I want to try.

Thanks CeeGee ... I did find this site through Mrs. S and have watched a number of the videos now.

Onions turned out great and we've got apples in there now. Found some organics on sale. Ball Blue book says tart are best and these are sweet, but giving it a shot anyway for the learning experience.

I'll be sure and get back to that site more often now that I have another recommendation on it. It's hard to know who to trust and that's what I love about Mrs. S ... all of the experience and the knowledge that is so generously shared.

Oh, thank you so much. I'll be getting a copy of that soon!!

I have a batch of onions in right now and have another bunch to go in. Found them on sale. I know so little about dehydrating (canning, preserving, ... etc. lol) How do I know when the onions are done? How dry do they need to be to be dry. And then, how do you store them?? Hubby watched the last batch and crushed them and we have them in a jar for current use. But these will go into long-term storage, so I'm not sure what comes next.

I have a Bailey ... I think ... I haven't confirmed she's mine, but I think so.

Great idea Snowmom. This will organize things well. Will you start a new thread for B's, or how will that work?

P.S. I think I called you Mother in an earlier post. Sorry 'bout that.

Thanks Screaming Eagle and Momo. Should we start a comprehensive list and bump it to the top? Oh yeah, and does anybody know how to do that??? lol

Thanks for replying Snowmom. My Fergusons are one of my brick walls ... in Tennessee. My grandmother was a Ferguson and we have no idea who her father was. My Moore's and Baileys (if I have the right connection -- just a hunch at this point) are in Georgia.

Ring any Bells for your lines?

Great!! I'll list some of mine now:

Roberson

Smith

Miller

Moore

Bailey ? maybe

Welch

Ferguson

Hurst

Lambeth (secondary - in connection with Hursts and Lambeths)

Hey y'all ... it's my first post to The Family Tree ...

I've looked back at some the old posts and didn't find what I was looking for. So I'm just wondering ... have you ever started a roll call with members listing the surnames they are researching?

It's a small world after all (teehee). We might just get lucky and have an overlap somewhere!!!

What duya think?