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Re: The Best Fudge Ever!

from Backwoodswife on 02/23/2015 02:26 AM

Sounds delicious! I am definitely trying this one! Even a good one for the girls to make, they'll be so happy!
 
Thanks!!

Pineapple Sage

from Backwoodswife on 02/22/2015 03:38 PM

The kids got me a pot of Pineapple sage last year for Mother's day. If you haven't smelt it your missing out!! I put it right by my front door so I could touch it each time I passed it and all my family and guests were just in love with it as well! I made at least 20 cuttings from it and planted it as my back border plant, the cuttings root so quickly and it grows so fast. This is easily one of my favorite herbs! We made alot of teas with it but found when dried it looses alot of it's scent. Wondering if anyone else has used this in recipes or for any other uses? I cut one back and brought it in for the winter, and it is now coming back to life! Cant wait for spring!

Have tomatoes and peppers

from Backwoodswife on 02/22/2015 03:51 AM

I have more than on my list if you are only needing 5 seeds or so. Looking for perenial flowers
tomatoes or peppers I don't have, although I shouldn't  Goji berries, dragonfruit, olive tree, cotton??
I like growing unusual things :) Let me know what you have. Check out my list here.

http://gardenshare.yooco.org/forum/backwoodswife_updated_22015-21500-t.html#21500

Thanks!

Re: Gardening Kitchen Scraps - Vegetables That Will Regrow

from Backwoodswife on 02/22/2015 03:24 AM

This is alot of fun, I have a few "garbage" plants myself, and avocado seedling about 18 inches high, A pineapple top will make a really nice houseplant, it took me a few tries but if you rip off enough leaves to expose the root nodes works beautifully! My favorite is my Key lime tree, thick dark glossy leaves and covered in long thorns! The leaves can be used in Thai cooking, though I've never tried, couldn't bring myself to rip a leaf off.. Mine is about two feet tall and two years old. I drove hubby crazy about two years ago going to the supermarket just to buy things I could use as planting experiments

Speaking of supermarket planting, this is something I just did today and have had great luck in the past with,
using their herbs for cuttings! I've successfully rooted sage, thyme and mint from store bought herbs. I pottedt up a bunch of thyme in a today. I've actually had them root up faster than some of the cuttings from my garden plants, wondering if the refrigeration period brings them into "spring mode" better once planted??? Hmmm... I feel some more experiments coming on!

Hello Gardenshare!

from Backwoodswife on 02/21/2015 03:54 PM

Hi everyone! My name is Lisa I'm a wife and mother of four wonderful children! I have many passions in my life, the Good Lord being the first! I love gardening, sewing, knitting, trying everything at least once is my goal:) I created this site to build a community where we can all share our interests, I hope you like it here. Aiming to make everything easily accessible to everyone. Look forward to hearing from and sharing with others!

If your wondering where to start, a good place is the Members list forum, here you can place a list of what you have and want, you can edit this any time and other members are able to search by your name or a specific item they are looking to trade.

If you have any comments or feedback or would like to request a specific forum category, please let me know. I'd
love to hear from you!

Also don't forget to check your message page, mail from members is sent there not to your email.

Most of all have fun!

Backwoodswife Updated 2/20/15

from Backwoodswife on 02/20/2015 11:23 PM

I'm looking for

Tomatoes
Vorlon
Green Sausage
Tsungshigo chinese

-Beans

Scarlet runner beans
black turtle beans

Peppers
-Peach Habanero

Eggplant

Any striped purple eggplant
-Antiqua
-Turkish Orange
-Rosita

Dragonfruit
olive plant
Goji Berry

Catnip
Lemon Catnip

Zinnias:
Green envy
Royal purple
Meteor

I'm really open to alot of different types of seed try me-
If it's not on my list, I probably just don't know I need it yet ;).

I have to trade:

Veggies
-Rat tail radish
-Husk cherries
-Tomatillo -green
-Pumpkin Giant White- not isolated
-Leek- American flag
Greens
-Amaranth- edible red leaf
-Mustard- Southern curled Giant
-Wrinkled crinkled cress

Tomatoes-5- 10 seeds each
-Abe Lincoln
-Ace
-Beauty King
-Black Krim
-Black Brandywine
-Cherokee Purple
-Climbing Triple Crop
-Gold Medal
-Hillbilly
-Indigo Rose
-Kelloggs Breakfast
-Mikes wild cherry
-Siberian Red
-Tigerilla
Peppers- 10 seeds each
-Ghost- Bhut Jolokia
Aleppo
Thai Dragon
Fish
Butch T scorpion
Serrano
Explosive ember

Bolivian Rainbow,
Royal Black,
white habanero,
tri-fetti,
Burpee habanero blend(red, yellow and maybe orange)
scotch bonnet (red)
mustard habanero
butch T
Aji Cito
ghost
cho scorpion
aji Limon
aleppo
tepin
sweet cherry
dragons claw
lemon drop
fatalii
fish
balloon
brainstrain
yellow brainstrain
early jalapeno
thai numex
thai dragon
sangria

-Red Cayenne
-Golden Cayenne
-Thai red
-Fatalii
Herbs
-Borage
-Burdock
-Calendula- mixed orange and yellow
-Chives
-Cilantro
-Dragon's head -moldavian balm
-Epazote
-Fenugreek
-Lavander Hyssop
-Mexican Marigold (tagates lucida)
-Mullien
-Parsley flat leaf
-Parsley moss curled
-Rue
-Skullcap
Fowers
-Bachelor's buttons mixed colors
-Love lies bleeding
-Morning Glory mix of colors
-Pearly everlasting
-Rose of Sharon** May not come true to seed- following colors**
**BlueBird
**white and pink
**Dark pink
Zinnea Solar flare blend.