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    Peppers?

    I think maybe you would like the ones around 500 or so http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale
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    RICE! I wanna grow it where and how please?

    here is some info they say health food store whole rice grows and Elijahboy this is in a kiddy pool it may be what you are looking for ..It sounds fun but I am sure we do not have the weather for it ..I may have to try it the chickens would love this! off topic but I wonder how rice sprouts...
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    Apples in January?

    I agree I would love that tree! I have found trees here in my area with apples on them all winter and they usually taste a bit fermented but ok ..the deer not eating them all off has always been a bit strange to me ..I mean if a deer will not eat a tree full of apples in the winter something is...
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    RICE! I wanna grow it where and how please?

    I think your best bet with rice is to call the cooperative extension in your area they probably have all kinds of info on rice growing white rice in the store has nothing but starch no germ or husk so ...no it will not grow I have no idea about whole brown rice you could plant a piece and see...
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    blueberries as landscape plants

    HI there well wild blueberry taste is just more intense flavor the big fat berries are increasingly more tasteless IMHO yes you can put them all over the landscape and they are a wonderful draw for you to eat as well as wild birds I have berries all in and around my flowers blueberries do...
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    What should I do with RHUBARB? Any good recipes out there?

    I can tell you off hand until Hattie sees this and answers specifically 1 single cream =similar to half and half golden castor sugar (you can find castor sugar at baking supply stores but if not use light brown sugar it is fine) 2 double cream= our whipping cream
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    time to start thinking about purging your larder

    Journey you got it down girl!!! no kidding if I cataloged and kept track I swear I would not have to purge!!!! I think that if people are more organized than I am it is a good thing! I see a lot of Calde Verde (Portuguese Kale soup) in the next few weeks I am going to make a huge pot of it...
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    Scarlet Runner Beans or Morning Glories?

    ditto on these horrid beasts they can take over a dahlia bed in a day and then try to pull the morning glory off your beautiful dahlias ..and POP goes the head of the dahlia ...and broken stems ..they grow faster than I can move around the garden I swear!!!!!! (a little off topic but still...
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    TheEasyGarden Is Growing! Reminder Concerning Forum Tone

    this post is over a month old I must have missed something snarky! I think when people get stressed or feel upset they should just step away from the computer period! why not it is an easy solution be nice or walk away :)
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    time to start thinking about purging your larder

    there you go!!!! I agree go Saints!!!! that was quite a game huh?
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    Never done cuttings before

    they are very easy to start from cuttings just dip them in rooting hormone and then put them in dirt ..keep it damp not soggy and you want to get a good snip with a few nodes on it I love scented geraniums there are so many varieties!
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    time to start thinking about purging your larder

    I have taken sweet relish and added crushed peppers to it and some extra vinegar and turned it into a chutney check this out take olive oil put it in a pan and slowly caramelize it ..slowly so it does not burn cook it until most of the water evaporates and then add half cup or so ... it...
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    Crop rotation? blight

    anything really beans, peas lettuce whatever you like that is not in the same family :) I rotate every year
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    time to start thinking about purging your larder

    It is that time when I start pulling the stuff from the bottom of the freezer to the top and using it ..from the back of the pantry to the front and using it ..making room for what comes ahead I have so much frozen kale in the freezer I need to think about what to do with it! perhaps kale pie...
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    What should I do with RHUBARB? Any good recipes out there?

    rhubarb is so easy to freeze you just cut it up and stick it in a bag! no blanching ..no added sugar ..it is one of the few things I love to freeze that and cranberries do so well
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    What should I do with RHUBARB? Any good recipes out there?

    OH my thank you Hattie this recipe particularly calls to me :) YUM!!! http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5885/rhubarb-and-date-chutney
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    Best place to get sunflower seeds?

    I walked in to Lowes the other day and noticed an entire two rows of beautiful sunflower seeds to grow of all colors and varieties I already have a load of them or I would have bought them all!
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    fig cuttings

    I hope it lives too! hey if I can grow great big heathy fig trees here you sure should be able to here!!! I know they like the soil sweet so I add lime to our in the spring and fall ..they also like to have a sunny spot and good drainage .. my trees are (and I think this is hysterical...
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