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We are supposed to get rain for a week! We shall see if it actually materializes!

Beautiful work! It's so satisfying seeing preserved foods that you bottled yourself! 😍

I LOVE all of your pumpkins! I grew some pumpkins a couple of times. Once one of my daughters picked one that I grew and made a pumpkin pie at age 8!!!

Those are great! What caused the black on one of them?

Welcome to the forum from the Pacific Northwest!

You should try the ARP rosemary variety. It can withstand temps down to negative 10 farenheit!

I was so excited yesterday because my oldest daughter bought her first real plant!!!! My other daughter loves plants and flowers as I do and always has, but my oldest daughter never had that interest. She got a rosemary plant for her balcony. I love it!

Same here! The snow collected in big drifts blocking our driveway and front door! We did get to build an enormous snowman tho!

We barely got a sprinkle! There was quite a bit of wind though! Nothing to be envious of! 🙂

Speaking of leaves blowing, years ago we lived in a cul-de-sac at the very center of the curve. Every fall, all of our neighbor's leaves piled up deep in our driveway and front lawn! It was so much work bagging up everyone's leaves along with our own!! Oh, the joys of suburbia!

I always grow only organic veggies. I love many of the "weeds" out there! They can be more delicious than the stuff you buy at your typical grocery store!

Does the red carrot have a different taste than an orange one?

Every day should be a happy national coffee day!

I always grow mint, basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, dill, and chives. I have occasionally grown cilantro, but it definitely prefers a warmer and drier climate than we have in the PNW.

I think so! I only know how to safely identify the chanterelles and the oyster mushrooms thus far. My foraging books say that morels grow here but I need to learn more about how to identify those.

When I first moved to the PNW, the house we moved into had a garden plot. This was my first introduction to chickweed. I didn't know what it was at first so I pulled it all up and threw the big heap of chickweed into the trash. A couple years later I got into foraging and learned about...

Yummy! I want a serving of each with a tall glass of milk! 😋

Welcome to the forum from the Pacific Northwest!

I remember going to the drive in with my parents and we saw one of the Jaws shows. It may have been a sequel times 2 or 3! 😁

Welcome to the forum from the Pacific Northwest!