I grow a little bit of a lot of things....except my Dahlias.... I try and share the extra produce that I have....I sell some...trade some.....with the dahlias I've probably given more bouquets to passersby than I've ever sold.....If you have a good product and grow something that people want...
It's a member of the "Mint" family....square shape stems.....it's very hardy...comes back each year...sometimes from the original plants and also from lots of seeds. It's VERY medicinal....beautiful little white flowers along the stem joints...(on second yr. plants).... I like it's look and...
Hello.....I'm expanding about 15 new Dahlia varieties to my collection. I'm playing with my Tropicals alittle bit more this season.....ie: Plumerias, Tahitian Gardenias (Tiare), and my Spanish Oleander,.......going to plant alot more of my Blue Pumpkins (Jarahdale).....they love them at the...
It was 16.3 degrees here last night in Northern Michigan.....sunny and 32.2 now. You know it's cold when you want to go to Antartica to warm up....:cool: We had several -7 and -10 degree nights a few weeks back....we also had record highs...almost 60...unheard of this time of year for here...
Steve, I'll send you a few variegated varieties this Spring.....I had planted about 30 Pippis this last year and probably have about 200 tubers of that variety. I also have a mutation from Pippi which I call "Apricot Pippi"....
Try cooking one and make sure it's not too mature.......it's different from regular mushrooms in taste and texture.....and PLEASE make sure what you are picking ARE Puff Balls and not some other fungus. They have NO stems....try a bite and see...you may like them.:)
I slice them...ONLY when they are white inside.....roll them in flour and fry them in butter...lightly salt them as well...just like I do my Morels. YUM!!!!
Wisher, you are correct....young ones are white and when they mature they turn grey and dry out and produce tons of smokey spores. When you step on them they make a cloudy dust storm dropping new spores all over the place.