tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729729299765225091.post2301478502164011408..comments2023-08-12T07:11:53.806-06:00Comments on Elusive Abstractions: Garden DazeRoberta Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01032348890093502999noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729729299765225091.post-84753776619203068192009-05-20T11:22:10.048-06:002009-05-20T11:22:10.048-06:00Dick, as usual you make me laugh. Gardening is co...Dick, as usual you make me laugh. Gardening is contagious you know. No need to keep Emma at a distance cause it doesn't spread that way. It can't be passed on by others with the bug. But it's easily contracted by putting your hands into fresh, warm, loamy soil (and frequent washing of hands won't help a bit). So stay out of the dirt, Dick, or you'll be hooked before you know what is happening.<br /><br />Better check out the new house again. Doesn't take much space for a determined gardener to garden.Roberta Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032348890093502999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729729299765225091.post-56216190209751008952009-05-19T14:51:00.000-06:002009-05-19T14:51:00.000-06:00Your cultivations put ours to shame. We just dug u...Your cultivations put ours to shame. We just dug up a corner of the lawn and stuck a few basic crops in for the kids. Now Emma has the bug and is insisting that I take up an option on one of the allotments that fill the field at the end of our garden. So far I have managed to resist. Having just had our offer on a larger house a long way from the allotments accepted, I might just get away with it!Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729729299765225091.post-74794517466581127042009-05-19T02:58:00.000-06:002009-05-19T02:58:00.000-06:00Hi Joared. Glad you caught the joke. I thought it...Hi Joared. Glad you caught the joke. I thought it was quite funny myself -- the little song Hub was singing. I wasn't referring to any specific video, just the comments I've heard Mulroney make in explaining cash exchanges in envelopes. Hope your friend gets a chuckle out of it.<br /><br />As for pics, I know how to post them but I'm almost too busy to take one. Finished the garden and sat on the swing nearby and said, I should take a picture, but my legs were too weary to go get my camera. So please excuse. And please keep your fingers crossed this stuff isn't going to freeze, cause I will cry real tears if I have to repeat this exercise.Roberta Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032348890093502999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729729299765225091.post-23136411924408492432009-05-19T02:47:00.000-06:002009-05-19T02:47:00.000-06:00Hi nora. Thanks for dropping in. Want fresh peas...Hi nora. Thanks for dropping in. Want fresh peas? -- come to the pea pickin' party this fall. There will be plenty of peas to go around. <br /><br /><I>P.S. Don't stay on your hiatus too long -- I miss your chatter.</I>Roberta Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032348890093502999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729729299765225091.post-62453227742851094472009-05-19T02:44:00.000-06:002009-05-19T02:44:00.000-06:00susan, thanks for the comment. You are so right a...susan, thanks for the comment. You are so right about the sugar peas with the edible pod. I usually plant them for freezing but forgot to buy them this year. <br /><br />As to your other remark, good idea. A pea-picking party might be just the solution I'll need this fall.Roberta Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032348890093502999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729729299765225091.post-19411814349355080652009-05-18T21:04:00.000-06:002009-05-18T21:04:00.000-06:00Are you referring to Mulroney's video comment to P...Are you referring to Mulroney's video comment to Peter Newman???<br />I'm shocked!!! You don't have to be Canadian to understand those words. So funny! Am going to send a link to a displaced Canadian friend of my daughters. Princess Margaret used to stay with their family years ago when visiting from G.B. <br /><br />Wow! Love the garden. I'd enjoy seeing periodic photos. I mastered the art of adding pictures to my blog, so I'm sure you could do even better. My need is to perfect my picture taking skills -- means I have to read the multi-page encyclopedia they call a how to manual.<br /><br />As for your garden -- I can only hope for you that the frosts are over.Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729729299765225091.post-24901279459157657852009-05-18T08:40:00.000-06:002009-05-18T08:40:00.000-06:00It's about time we heard from you again. So now w...It's about time we heard from you again. So now we know what you've been doing. I wish I had some of those fresh green peas! The temp here is going to be 90 today! Nice to hear from you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729729299765225091.post-37071738869097394512009-05-18T06:01:00.000-06:002009-05-18T06:01:00.000-06:00Wow, you're starting early for being so far north....Wow, you're starting early for being so far north. But you never know from one year to the next because sometimes early is better.<br /><br />As far as peas, I only plant the edible pod now and use then in stirfry or fresh in salads.<br /><br />I'd suggest you have a 'pea-pickin' party' with family, friends, neighbors, and passersby.<br /><br />susan @ SpinningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com