[quote=sandpat]
...that is until people started asking if I had stringed and snapped the beans, shelled the peas and shucked the corn! I mean....I DID grow it and pick it for them...want me to eat it for them too???

LOL<LOL>LOL!!!
Round here, anybody that has a garden is glad to share the leftovers, but ya gotta do the picking. That's mighty generous of you, Patti, to do all that, your right...want me to eat it for them too...LOL! i love that!
Please, do, let us see your garden. I love them. I had a couple, years back, but hubby got fussy, about digging up the grass. Then I got older, lol, so I gardened in pots, then started buying at farmers market. Havent' had any to put up in past two years. Still have some green beans and pole beans and squash...i worked my butt off, over those, and like you said, only two of us to eat them, usually.
You guys make me want to go play in the dirt, but got other chicks to hatch :wink:

Beetroot chutney is sweet with a hint of sour. I think you call courgette zucchini? I pick them small to fry in butter with garlic and to make soup, and let a few get big, then they're marrows. If you harden the skin in the sun, they keep for ages. You can scoop out the seeds, fill the hole with spicy minced beef and roast them - yum!

K x

K, you are just downright, all round talented! (see my hand on my chest? :wink: )
she pieces and then quilts by hand, she keeps a house and a husband, dog, cat, friendly to neighbors, even 'gifts' them,...huge garden, with all kinds of embellishments, and even looks out for the lizards...much more, and KIDDIES too, sports, parades, school...boy, I wish I had your drive! :D (used to...where'd it go?)

:oops: :oops: :oops:

Now I'm blushing C - I'm nothing special, in fact, I'm a bit of a bore (from?)

K x

i'm thinking your (from?) means, you didn't get that I was asking where all my energy went! lol!
you, a bore???? LMBO!!! K, you are a silly-billy! your anything but... :wink:

Nice!! I can taste the first tomatoes now!! I do flowers, but hubby does veggies. :wink:

K, thanks for the garden tour! I love looking..your backyard must be huge! I'll try to post a pic of my teensy garden tomorrow...it rained here all day. It doesn't want to seem to stop and I need to get in the garden and tie tomatoes..badly need to!!

Its funny how different regions and countries cook the same food so differently. Here in the southern USA...whatever it is you need to cook-its fry it, or you could fry it...then again, you could fry it. :roll: That includes all veggies, meats and fish. :roll: Can you tell by our big buts and bellies?

There's just more of you to love, Patti! :D

K x

The 'from' was because it's a song lyric - wondered if you knew which one! :D
It goes on 'if I tell a joke, you've probably heard it before' ???!!!

K x

But I have a talent, a wonderful thing.............. :wink:

Because everyone runs a mile, when I start tooooo siiiing!!! :D

K x

LOL...me too K, you know my surname, well remember how Hilda used to sing in Corrie...that's exactly like me, high pitched and off key..... :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol: BUT I sound GREAT to me!! :D

Yup! I've just been planting some red perlargoniums in window boxes - that's practically the law around here! And giving them my rendition of 'Bobby McGee' - somewhere between Janis Joplin and Kermit the Frog! :wink:

K x

Now Patti, you are are being a silly-billy, cause i seen your pic, and you got a cute figger too, but you are so right about southern ppl...fry, fry, fry! I try not to so much anymore, but every once in a while...oh, some good ole fried chicken and tater salad, or, one of my favorites, - catfish fillets!
I do think southern ppl would dip and fry just about anything. K, you could walk thru a fair or flea market here, and your bound to find something battered, fried, and a stick in it...just be careful, ya never know if it was something trying to crawl past, and like a cat, they just jumped on it! :shock: :lol:

I have to admit, you've got me stumped!

I'm nothing special, in fact, I'm a bit of a bore,
If I tell a joke, you've probably heard it before....

ok, give me next line, but so far my bell ain't ringing :D

edit: ok, just heard you and Izy singing a bit more, lol...bet you both sound better than your saying :wink:
(quilters are mult-talented)
perlagoniums...like that word,....must go look it up, don't think we have those, unless we call them something else.
wow, window boxes, your place sounds so cute! what color are they going to be?

I'm nothing special, in fact, I'm a bit of a bore,
If I tell a joke, you've probably heard it before
But I have a talent, a wonderful thing,
Because everyone runs a mile, when I start tooooo siiiing!!!

would go play it, on one of those web sites, but they put so many cookies on your pc, and mine is slower'n a turtle now!
LOL...I can't tell a joke, but I can hum in the shower,...being backwards is my specialty :wink:

Pelargoniums are often (wrongly!) called geraniums - sorry, I'm a bit of a botany snob! The window boxes are terracotta and the pelargoniums are red!

The song is Abba - Thank You For the Music! And the real lyric is 'everyone listens when I start to sing!'

K x

I thought that sounded like our geraniums...so, lol, why is that wrooong?
I used to have red ones, and loved them. Hubby mows everything if I don't put little fences around them. Think I am gonna get me some. I gotta break him of that habit. He likes for yard to be all square and straight lines. Me? I like a dab of different colors, all over! :D

Well, it's not really WRONG since most people call them that buuut (hrmm hrmm, clears throat, prepares to lecture!) BOTANICALLY speaking, geraniums are in fact a hardy perennial, common name, cranesbill NOT the plants I just put out which are BOTANICALLY speaking, pelargoniums! End of lecture! Here's a link if you're really interested, otherwise just ignore me and go on calling them geraniums like most of the rest of the planet, except saddo know it alls like me!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelargonium

K x

PS Try landmines to keep Kenny off your flowers - I guarantee he'd only mow over 'em once!

I was really interested:
Pelargonium (pronounced /ˌpɛlɑrˈɡoʊniəm/)[1] is a genus of flowering plants which includes about 200 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly known as geraniums or storksbills. Confusingly, Geranium is the correct botanical name of a separate genus of related plants often called Cranesbills. Both genera are in the Family Geraniaceae. Linnaeus originally included all the species in one genus, Geranium, but they were later separated into two genera by Charles L’Héritier in 1789. Gardeners sometimes refer to the members of Genus Pelargonium as "pelargoniums" in order to avoid the confusion, but the older common name "geranium" is still in regular use. wikipedia/source

Land mines...like wile e. coyote and roadrunner...LOL, ironically, that is what I call him - roadrunner. Now that's idea, I think one of us can live with, lol! :wink:

Well what I always say C is everything is interesting if you're interested!

K x

I'm gonna use that...it makes sense! :wink:

Another one a friend's Mum always used to say - 'only boring people get bored'! I bet you're NEVER bored, C!

K x

that's funny...I get sleepy, but never bored, cause I will just move on to something else, and sure to find something 'interesting' about it...like all of your threads, k! I love them...and hope you post more pics of flowers, etc. I like it all. :wink:

The PELARGONIUMS (!) are only buds at the moment - I'll post you some pics when they open!

K x

K, I loved your pic of Barney on the spuds! He looks like spud himself!!

I think he liked the way he could snuck in between the humps! His big fat belly just about fits!

K x

Hi K3n, thanks for the edu- ma-cation LOL . Cant spell the other so I thought I would tell you that Geraniums (okay you just smacked my fingers (g) are the law in Spain as well, everyone has balconies full of different kinds, they do really well here and I am surprised that they like so much heat.

Its really hotting up here now. Love your garden and the ideas you have used from the French for keeping the plants shaded and the watering is a great idea. going to use that on some of my really pernickity plants.

Elle

WOW K....just got back to this thread to see all your pictures.
I am really SOOOOOO jealous of everyone with their flower and veggie gardens. I don't have any here and haven't had one in many years. One reason why I cannot wait to get back to the states. I miss my gardening!!!

You'll get there and then you'll appreciate it all the more!

K x

Don't forget the lizard ladders Elle!

K x

okay will do, but its not so much lizards a geckos, think they like the water, not sure, but will put in little ladders just to make you happy.

Elle

:D :D :D

K x

the picture of the 'geranium' in that link is what we call the perennial one. it grows pretty well in the shade and is very reliable. also spreads like wildfire. we also have an annual geranium that is much showier, and dies back. but you can take cuttings and bring them indoors waiting for the next spring.

http://www.naturehills.com/catalog/A...um_Plants.aspx

Wow! What a nice garden. I don't do veggies anymore. We just don't have the space since we moved into a tract. I have geramiums I am putting back into the ground today. I overwintered them in the bathtub that no one uses! LoL! I love them they are a coral pink.

I used to really enjoy working a veggie garden. That would also mean putting it all up in the fall. Now I just pick up what I want from my favorite growers at the farmer's market. I love the smell of cooking those syrups and lovely jars of jellies jams and relishes. Now that is fall to me!

If the economy doen't pick up here, I think we will be seeing the old victory gardens here in the states more.

You are one smart woman to put in a garden to feed those children right. Good for you k3n!

i had a garden for 100 years. the whole shooting match. eggplants, tomatoes, hard squash, summer squash, brussels sprouts, a big asparagus bed, arugula, chives, mint, dill, fennel, sweet peppers, hot peppers, you name it. i baked it, froze it, mashed it, canned it, jellied it and gave it away. we even tapped the maple trees. yes - we did! now the kids are gone, we moved down, and we're older. we only grow container veggies, loads of flowers and birds. YAY! it's nice to sit in the shade, watch our neighbors garden and sip pina coladas. even if you have no neighbors to watch, try the pina colada part.

I was laughing at myself, earlier, when you posted Barney's pic, cause I realized that for some reason, I had been calling him Chester! don't know where that came from. I like the name Barney. Getting a new kitty, maybe this week! I'll have to spend lots of time with her, to get her acclimated...maybe that will help me get my butt in gear. I'm draggin today. :D

Butterflywing wrote:
....even if you have no neighbors to watch, try the pina coladas part!

LOL...wish I could!
Man, what a garden you had. It is a lot of hard work, the planting, care, harvesting, and canning. LOt, lot, lot of work, but feels so good to have your own, clean, fresh, healthy veggies, just the way you like them :D

qc - i ordered one dozen started ones last week in true red. they go on my front steps and then here and there. we don't get enough warmth to start from seed here. each one really fills out to about 16" tall and 14 - 16" wide. the bottom starts to get naked so i put in marigolds. nice contrast. full blooms all spring into frost.

Even here in Florida, I just never had a whole lot of luck with seeds. Guess I haven't really had all that much experience.
Wow, I bet they look beautiful, and especially with the yellow marigolds. They are such a happy flower. Maybe I'll hint to hubby, to get me a couple plants for mother's day. Then he can't mow them down, lol! :wink: