Comments on: Pull Up A Chair… http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:47:06 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: CarolynU http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228427 CarolynU Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:05:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228427 <p>About gardening: been doing veggies and flowers for years, and last few years, as things look grimmer, been concentrating on subsistance crops. Grew potatoes for the first time (not in straw, just dirt hills) and was thrilled, thrilled, to dig into the dirt come September and see … Potatoes! I swear I almost broke into Gaelic, and my Irish and Polish ancestors were cheering.</p> <p>This year I’m also trying bush beans - the drying kind - hard to find suitable for this climate. Also tons of squash, cabbage, lettuce galore, tomatoes, basil, carrots, green beans etc. </p> <p>My flower garden is my reward for working hard with the veggies.</p> <p>I’m working on the storing end too. Trying to construct a root cellar (as my real cellar is too creepy for words … dirt floor, spiders the size of bats, I’m not going down there unless there’s a nuclear war); and I’ve been canning for the last few years, tomatoes mostly, and going to try apples and berries this summer.</p> <p>But this is all inside thinking for now. Lots of snow, temps below zero, and a couple months more of skiing in the meantime.</p> About gardening: been doing veggies and flowers for years, and last few years, as things look grimmer, been concentrating on subsistance crops. Grew potatoes for the first time (not in straw, just dirt hills) and was thrilled, thrilled, to dig into the dirt come September and see … Potatoes! I swear I almost broke into Gaelic, and my Irish and Polish ancestors were cheering.

This year I’m also trying bush beans – the drying kind – hard to find suitable for this climate. Also tons of squash, cabbage, lettuce galore, tomatoes, basil, carrots, green beans etc.

My flower garden is my reward for working hard with the veggies.

I’m working on the storing end too. Trying to construct a root cellar (as my real cellar is too creepy for words … dirt floor, spiders the size of bats, I’m not going down there unless there’s a nuclear war); and I’ve been canning for the last few years, tomatoes mostly, and going to try apples and berries this summer.

But this is all inside thinking for now. Lots of snow, temps below zero, and a couple months more of skiing in the meantime.

]]> By: CarolynU http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228407 CarolynU Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:56:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228407 <p>Catching up on this wonderful thread late. I purposefully did not turn on the computer till late, spent some time hanging out with my kid, including an hour playing Halo3. Jeez it’s hard game, and the pressure!</p> <p>RE: deer. We have em in spades here (Vermont) but it’s so darn lush everywhere that they don’t bother my garden too much. I do have about a 3.5 foot fence of chicken wire around my back garden (in the back field) and that keeps them out. </p> <p>Besides, I love them. Last summer there was a wonderful doe who was out there every day when I went out to work. She had twin fawns, and briefly was caring for a third fawn. I kept forgetting to bring my camera but would just stand quietly, murmuring to her across the way and appreciating how watchful she was of her babes.</p> <p>My hound, Lou, was banned from coming out with me. He got scent of her fawns through the tall grass and went to investigate and the doe leapt out of the woods and thundered after him with murder in her eyes. And he, of course, ran straight for me. I stood there going “holy cow”, then as they quickly closed the distance to me at a gallop and I saw her hooves and eyes bearing down on ME, “HOLY CRAP!” and ran back into my garden (with dog) and slammed the little gate and she came to a stop a couple feet away, panting and GLARING at us. My knees were knocking.</p> <p>I apologizied profusely to her, and led the dog back to the house in disgrace, that is, after I got up the nerve to leave my garden, (with a tomato stake in hand, as a weapon if needed).</p> <p>Got to respect mother nature…</p> Catching up on this wonderful thread late. I purposefully did not turn on the computer till late, spent some time hanging out with my kid, including an hour playing Halo3. Jeez it’s hard game, and the pressure!

RE: deer. We have em in spades here (Vermont) but it’s so darn lush everywhere that they don’t bother my garden too much. I do have about a 3.5 foot fence of chicken wire around my back garden (in the back field) and that keeps them out.

Besides, I love them. Last summer there was a wonderful doe who was out there every day when I went out to work. She had twin fawns, and briefly was caring for a third fawn. I kept forgetting to bring my camera but would just stand quietly, murmuring to her across the way and appreciating how watchful she was of her babes.

My hound, Lou, was banned from coming out with me. He got scent of her fawns through the tall grass and went to investigate and the doe leapt out of the woods and thundered after him with murder in her eyes. And he, of course, ran straight for me. I stood there going “holy cow”, then as they quickly closed the distance to me at a gallop and I saw her hooves and eyes bearing down on ME, “HOLY CRAP!” and ran back into my garden (with dog) and slammed the little gate and she came to a stop a couple feet away, panting and GLARING at us. My knees were knocking.

I apologizied profusely to her, and led the dog back to the house in disgrace, that is, after I got up the nerve to leave my garden, (with a tomato stake in hand, as a weapon if needed).

Got to respect mother nature…

]]> By: Strategerie http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228037 Strategerie Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:50:14 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228037 <p>Bustednuckles, I was in a closed-door meeting with a group of other electeds four years ago when Rossi said that a family of four making $32,000 a year and on Washington Basic Health (catastrophic insurance for those of lower income here,) were “gaming the system”. The moment those hotel double doors closed, he went straight for the GOP red meat.</p> <p>I can’t WAIT for the LTTE the first time Mr. Rossi starts mouthing off about health care.</p> <p>-S</p> Bustednuckles, I was in a closed-door meeting with a group of other electeds four years ago when Rossi said that a family of four making $32,000 a year and on Washington Basic Health (catastrophic insurance for those of lower income here,) were “gaming the system”. The moment those hotel double doors closed, he went straight for the GOP red meat.

I can’t WAIT for the LTTE the first time Mr. Rossi starts mouthing off about health care.

-S

]]> By: SanderO http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228036 SanderO Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:48:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228036 <p>Yes it is and I hope that the pups take me up on a sailing meet up. I can do 10 people on board comfortably, no sweat!</p> <p>July 4th is out… we sail to Newport for the fireworks every year… but if we plan early maybe we can make it happen.</p> <p>Wify got some of her colleagues of the clinic she work at (from da bronx) and they all had a blast and want a re do.</p> <p>Frankly, sitting around drinking in a bar is not terribly appealing to me.</p> Yes it is and I hope that the pups take me up on a sailing meet up. I can do 10 people on board comfortably, no sweat!

July 4th is out… we sail to Newport for the fireworks every year… but if we plan early maybe we can make it happen.

Wify got some of her colleagues of the clinic she work at (from da bronx) and they all had a blast and want a re do.

Frankly, sitting around drinking in a bar is not terribly appealing to me.

]]> By: Bustednuckles http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228031 Bustednuckles Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:39:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228031 <p>I like Darcy and Rossi needs to get over himself.<br /> The guy is carrying a serious grudge and as you point out, we remember his almost phsycotic behavior last time around.d</p> I like Darcy and Rossi needs to get over himself.
The guy is carrying a serious grudge and as you point out, we remember his almost phsycotic behavior last time around.d

]]> By: Bustednuckles http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228027 Bustednuckles Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:36:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228027 <p>Not a total loss, I have some in mind, I don’t want anything that requires huge amounts of attention and that I will actually use.<br /> 8)</p> Not a total loss, I have some in mind, I don’t want anything that requires huge amounts of attention and that I will actually use.
8)

]]> By: Strategerie http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228026 Strategerie Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:36:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228026 <p>Christy, Darcy is wonderful. I am wondering, though, if the GOP will not be dumping the sheer amounts of cash here that they did in the last election. Reichert is so unpopular here now that it would be a waste of their money.</p> <p>We’re also facing the return of one Dino Rossi running for governor. He also does not seem to realize that most of us have long memories of his behavior in the last election. His squeaker loss to Christine Gregoire was a fluke in that the numbers were so close in the first place; I can predict a stunning loss for Mr. Rossi this time around.</p> <p>-S</p> Christy, Darcy is wonderful. I am wondering, though, if the GOP will not be dumping the sheer amounts of cash here that they did in the last election. Reichert is so unpopular here now that it would be a waste of their money.

We’re also facing the return of one Dino Rossi running for governor. He also does not seem to realize that most of us have long memories of his behavior in the last election. His squeaker loss to Christine Gregoire was a fluke in that the numbers were so close in the first place; I can predict a stunning loss for Mr. Rossi this time around.

-S

]]> By: Acanthus http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228025 Acanthus Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:36:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228025 <p>Why didn’t the links show up? Oh, well:</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Edible-Landscaping-Resource-Saving/dp/0871562782" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Complete.....0871562782</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perennials-American-Gardens-definitive-reference/dp/0394557409/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201372525&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Perennia.....038;sr=1-1</a></p> Why didn’t the links show up? Oh, well:

http://www.amazon.com/Complete…..0871562782

http://www.amazon.com/Perennia…..038;sr=1-1

]]> By: Acanthus http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228021 Acanthus Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:34:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228021 <p>Regarding books, here are a couple of my old favorites:</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Edible-Landscaping-Resource-Saving/dp/0871562782" rel="nofollow">The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perennials-American-Gardens-definitive-reference/dp/0394557409/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201372389&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Perennials for American Gardens</a></p> <p>[<em>Mod Note: highlight the words to be linked before using the link button</em>]</p> Regarding books, here are a couple of my old favorites:

The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping

Perennials for American Gardens

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]]> By: Bustednuckles http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228020 Bustednuckles Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:33:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/26/pull-up-a-chair-83/#comment-1228020 <p>I am seriously considering a square foot garden but I’m at a loss as to what to plant.</p> I am seriously considering a square foot garden but I’m at a loss as to what to plant.

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