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My purple & blue ones always do consistently well in all kinds of weather. I always get them as one of my "if everything else fails, at least I'll have..." plants. If they look healthy and you didn't get hit with fungus/blight, sure, why not save them? I found out this year that purple...

Ooh, Ron, our brown sugar is a solid lump. Can I use it anyway, and guesstimate the volume? I was going to ask "does it keep well in tins" because I have about four big Boy Scouts popcorn tins. Then I realized this question was absolutely pointless. :lol:

This year's popcorn winners were Blue Pop and Red Bird from Sand Hill Preservation. Faribo White Hulless did not pollinate well at all for some reason, but the Blue Pop (which is actually blue and yellow) and the Red Bird filled out reasonably. Both look very pretty--no, I don't have a picture...

Used to have a supervisor who ran a nursery business on the side. She grew annual bedding plants for her hubby to sell at the local farmer's market for $2 each. Between that and cut-your-own Xmas trees for $20-25, she and hubby did OK for themselves. She said they made more money on selling...

Wish list: Corylus rosita Corylus avellana Corylus maxima Every single kind of these three species. Love 'em. I want to clear out some space behind the barn and plant them as a hedgerow between the yard and the hickory trees. Yum yum, hazelnut-flavored everything. Myrica pensylvanica...

Hey, from what I've read, you CAN eat fly agaric if it is boiled in several changes of water or boiled then pickled. Apparently it's used as a steak sauce in Japan. There's also a nice holiday story about Finnish reindeer eating fly agaric and the Sami shamans drinking the reindeer pee to see...

Well, I froze mine because I am short on time this month. And sanity, but that's different. :P Was planning to cook them in light sugar syrup and use them to fill turnover pastries. Maybe with a sweetened cream cheese filling? They smell a bit like strawberries & peaches. Taste kinda citrus-y...

+1 to what Hattie said about own root roses. They can be found on the internet in a few places. For beginners I would recommend any of the rugosas. Those things are indestructible. You just put 'em in the ground (gravel, sand, close to salted winter roads, where the dogs pee on them, rocky...

If the ground isn't absolutely frozen under a foot of snow, I would say plant them. I've gotten fruit trees two days before freak late-April snowstorms. Planted them anyway, using a pickaxe and mattock to get through the ice, and they did fine.

First of all, I am jealous that you still have asparagus. That said, I'd just leave them alone. Most asparagus, once planted and making reasonable fronds, can manage itself. It will make bigger and bushier plants as the crowns get bigger; not 100% sure, but I believe they do spread a bit via...