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  1. Flower4Yeshua

    Sugar Cookies-Soft

    TRY ROLLING THE COOKIE IN POWDERED SUGAR BEFORE U BAKE. TASTe SO GOOD AND HOW RICH. These are a large type of Mexican Weding Cakes--Russian Tea Cakes 1 cup powdered sugar 1 cup sugar 1 cup butter or margarine 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup oil---I use peanut oil--any is fine though...
  2. Flower4Yeshua

    Ginger Cookies-Crystallized

    1 1/4 cups butter -- soft 1 cup sugar 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups Nature's Path Honey'd Corn Flakes-- or like type 1 cup rolled oats 1 1/4 crystallied ginger--finley chopped--the better the...
  3. Flower4Yeshua

    Granny's Pie Crust

    I am betting we all have seen this one...I amsure my granny got it off the old shorting can...her secret was how she mixed it...or so she said...I have won a few ribbons with this pie crust...so here we go.. This will make four crust's--two pies-- 5 1/3 cups flour---you can use 1/2 whole wheat...
  4. Flower4Yeshua

    Healthy Pie Crust

    2 cups flour--I use one cup whole wheat flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 oil-- For pie's I use peanut oil--for quiche's I use olive oil 1/4 cup very cold milk--either 2% or non fat works really well Mix the flour and salt . Pour the oil and milk together (don't stir) Pour over the flour. Mix...
  5. Flower4Yeshua

    Making Seed Tape

    I have seen as late that you can buy seed tape...rolls of paper with seeds on them....you just roll it out to plant... When it comes to radishes, carrots...beans ...greens...any seed you plant in a row...well I have made my own for many years..svae the back when planting... I take a roll of...
  6. Flower4Yeshua

    Greeting Cards you Can PlaNT

    Fir year now I have been making small gift cards that you can plant...came across this HOW TO make them so thought I would share... http://www.makeandtakes.com/handmade-plantable-greeting-card
  7. Flower4Yeshua

    Sweet Meat Squash

    I was given this squash and was told it was a sweet meat squash...very interesting I though...I looked it up and so far all I found out is it is an heirloom from Oregon....excellent flavored deep orange flesh, very sweet.... The fruit are large and flattened in shape and the skin color is...
  8. Flower4Yeshua

    Help when putting up CORN

    Thought I would share my handy dandy little helpper ...Usually When I freeze corn I would bag up whole ears in the husk ...but have limited room this season...so I have been cutting off the cob to freeze it...so I cam eup with this little thing to help me...a block of wood with a nail in the...
  9. Flower4Yeshua

    Growing SHITAKE Mushrooms

    Hello All...My husband and i have grown the button mushrooms for several years now...get the kits and have had great fun growing, harvesting and of couse eating them...They are grown in a box pretty much in a dark cool closet... Well, A friend gave me two Shitake Mushroom logs. They are a bit...
  10. Flower4Yeshua

    Wanda's Corn Salad

    While back in CJ last week made this wonderful salad up and it was yummy...and the colors made it look so wonderful... 2 large ears of corn 1 large green or red pepper---(if you are making a double recipe use one of each color) 1/2 red onion Juice of one lime Grated fresh ginger--- have...
  11. Flower4Yeshua

    Grass Clippings As Mulch

    When I use grass clippings as mulch, at times I use them fresh, to feed the plants. But most often I allow them to set for a few days and then use them. This is when I want to stop the weeds. When I use them fresh I am always concerned about the heat and possiable damage to the roots of my...
  12. Flower4Yeshua

    Oven Germination

    I am sure you all have heard or done this ...but very new to me....We stopped by a friends last weekend and were talking why last year he had corn a good month before I did...he said well I germanate my seeds in the oven...take one to two days...:eek:...He takes wet paper towles and puts the...
  13. Flower4Yeshua

    Crafts From Recycled Things

    Thought I would share a little project I have been working on...I had a bunch of boxes that things had come in. Ones with lids...Then all the seeds catalogs started coming in....So I thought I would try a little decapodge ... I had my grandson help me cut up flowers out of the catalogs....I also...
  14. Flower4Yeshua

    Rose Propagation

    I mentioned in another thread that I have been offered as many cuttings from roses as I want ...so I thought I might add a thread on rose propagation from cuttings....When I was little my granny always took a cutting and shoved it in the ground and put a mason jar over it and left it for the...
  15. Flower4Yeshua

    Need Privet (Boxwood) input Please.

    We have privets growing across the front of the yard…they are about 2 and ½ to 3 feet tall…and at least 1 foot wide…. Personally I do not care for them, but they are what is there…at first I was going to just dig and pull them out…but they do make a boarder…They have not been tended for a few...
  16. Flower4Yeshua

    Redworm Composting

    I was thinking of a way to speed up my compost, being I am starting a new. So I did some reading up and found a way to not only speed up my composting but add some much needed worms. Since we moved in I have gone out and dug around a bit in the yards. I have found there are a few nightcrawlers...
  17. Flower4Yeshua

    Corpse Flower-Amorphophallus titanum

    I was going through all my CD with old pictures looking for the pictures I had for the corpse plant-Amorphophallus titanum-that we went to see as UC Davis when it bloomed...It was 2003 bloom of Ted...but All I found was one picture ...GRRRRR ...I need to get more organized...so for now here is...
  18. Flower4Yeshua

    Path in Sago-Field

    I didn't like seeing this section wit no post. I have been trading post cards on a wonderful forum. Today I got this one from Japan. It is so peacful looking to me. Thought I would share the view. It is a garden in Kyota Japan. My grandson has been keeping track of the cards we get on a nice...
  19. Flower4Yeshua

    Free Printable Seed Packs

    Here are a few sites that you can print off seed packs to make ...i like to use them as cover packs...I put my dried seeds in tiny zip locks...some use their seal-a-meals...Please feel free to add any sites that you like that are not listed here...
  20. Flower4Yeshua

    Garden Journal - Any Tips On

    As many of oyu know we just bought a new place a few months ago...oregmud, mari-jo, sharon and a few other were saying they keep garden journals. I think this is what I want to do ...I was in hopes you all might share about yours ...what you use to keep your notes...how you have yours set...


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