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  1. palmettogal

    my son gave my the world's greatest LILY...

    Pat yourself on the back for raising such a thoughtful caring young man! That was really a sweet thing for him to do!
  2. palmettogal

    Easy Ice Packs

    myfedora....i'd be willing to bet "peas on knees" is a staple ice pack just about anywhere! Probably why they are packaged that way! HA! Popsicles barely make it to the freezer at my house. My grown son is the worst culprit. He'll go through a box of them in no time at all. I generally have...
  3. palmettogal

    Easy Ice Packs

    1 part isopropyl rubbing alcohol 3 parts water freezer bags (size is up to you) I double bag mine just to make sure leaking isn't a problem. These freeze up slushy...sort of like the gel stuff...work just as good and last a long time.
  4. palmettogal

    When do you pick your tomatoes?

    I try to let them ripen almost completely on the vine but this year the birds had different ideas. I had to pick a lot early and even then the birds had beat me to the punch most of the time. Great article and good to know that picking them once they are blushing won't have a negative affect.
  5. palmettogal

    Comment by 'palmettogal' in media 'Double Blue Clematis'

    that's a beautiful clematis!
  6. palmettogal

    Recipe Canning recipes

    Funny, Gloria. My husband had the same thought about planting one in the compost to see what it would do but I passed on the suggestion! Our tomatoes will be turned under over the weekend. I pulled the green tomatoes last night and put up some chow-chow, plus saved some to fry for dinner one...
  7. palmettogal

    What birds

    I imagine anything could go in there if the opening and habitat was right for the species. This year there is a sparrow but it's the first time I've seen anything other than the purple martins (and one corn snake last year) in the gourds. We take the gourd pole down each year after the martins...
  8. palmettogal

    What birds

    I just saw my first non-frozen, non-Butterball turkey several weeks ago. I didn't recognize it as a turkey because it was just sort of standing there doing nothing. Then again, this old city girl gone country thought a hog and a pig were the same thing and were supposed to all be PINK! I...
  9. palmettogal

    hosta photos

    I absolutely love hostas but don't have the shade/part sun they require. They are such beautiful plants! Maybe one day the trees we planted will provide enough shade to enable me to have a few of my own so I can quit drooling over yours!
  10. palmettogal

    Recipe Canning recipes

    Gloria, I bought some more plants last week. I haven't gotten them in the ground yet because it was too hot last week. Like you, I'm hoping to get a second chance. I'm really thinking about putting these in large barrel containers just to see what happens. That way on the really hot days I can...
  11. palmettogal

    Recipe Canning recipes

    Ah...my SC friends (and others). Seems we are all in the same boat figuratively speaking. I was just saying on the tomato forum how my plants are sickly, the tomatoes seem waterlogged, and what does start to turn is getting pecked to death by birds. With the heat this past week my pink-eyes have...
  12. palmettogal

    Tomatoes

    Sigh....the plants have survived although they look quite sickly. I've tossed more than I've kept and those that I let turn in the windowsill develop water logged spots. Too much rain this year, I think, but maybe some other problem or deficiency. I don't know. We put so much sweat equity into...
  13. palmettogal

    Getting ready for the fair...

    Oh, GOOD LUCK! I always go through the agricultural displays and look at the entries and awards. Never entered anything though.
  14. palmettogal

    Recipe Canning recipes

    I love the yellow squash pickles, too, but they are in a lull producing at the moment and can't get enough to pickle at one time. Zucchini is not my favorite and I never eat it like I do yellow squash. Usually I make stuffed zucchini boats with whatever I have on hand to stuff them with. I give...
  15. palmettogal

    Here's whats blooming in my yard

    pretty fabulous! that will perk up anyone's day in a skinny minute!
  16. palmettogal

    Recipe Canning recipes

    Just an update. I got home last night and picked 22 cucumbers so I was able to make the bread and butter pickle recipe last night. They look great but I'll let them sit a while before taste testing. It was after midnight before I got done. Phew. too late for this working girl! Depending on how...
  17. Hanging On For Dear Life

    Hanging On For Dear Life

    I just happened to see this baby martin hanging onto the nesting material for all it was worth. It's not a great shot at all but I think it's worth posting since it's something we would rarely see. A male adult martin put the baby back into the gourds!
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  18. palmettogal

    Daphne

    Blue...my daughter bought 2 winter daphne at Congaree Feed and Seed last year. One is doing well, the other one died. I think rainwater runoff from the roof is what killed the one shrub. They can't take standing water. Hers gets afternoon sun.
  19. palmettogal

    Recipe Canning recipes

    Wow. Thanks, everyone, for sharing your recipes with me. I'm printing them off to take home with me today. Should be able to do some pickles in a day or two. Chow-chow will come a little later. I have a zucchini relish that someone posted on here some time back that I'm going to try as well.
  20. palmettogal

    Onion Question

    I pulled up a couple of bad looking onions last week and the bulbs were pure mush. I think it's from too much rain. Hey Crabber...I bought more tomato plants the other day, too!


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