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 Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 6:54 pm
so four years ago i bought a bunch of annuals for our loft windowboxes (all windows but one are on the front and back of our loft)
and the kind nursery guy gave me, free, a lilac!
which, getting permission from the parents. i planted in the side yard, and weeded, and watered
and when the neighbors sprayed herbicide all over and it got on my precious plant i (politely) scolded them and rinsed it off day after day and pruned off all the sad brown leaves, and it bounced back
but never did it blossom, nothing, nothing at all.
then, just this month, voila! flowers! lovely fragrant lilac colored lilacs! fragrant, fresh, sweet lilac blossoms.
i'm so happy!
so please discuss flowers or pleasant surprises
or both?
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:13 pm
Most of my surprises in the past few months have been minor injuries. sad
I prefer flowers, especially the kind that grow into vegetables. Mmm, squash.
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Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:30 pm
IceBlake Most of my surprises in the past few months have been minor injuries. sad
I prefer flowers, especially the kind that grow into vegetables. Mmm, squash. is squash your favorite then? i like shallots, so sweet and tender yet pungent. before moving here we had a big garden, amped up with goat manure, anything could grow there. we had all kinds of sweet and hot peppers. the hot ones we hung in string bags from the rafters in the kitchen and let them dry; their many colors and shapes were attractive, and they were aromatic. we mostly used the seeds for seasoning. i hope your injuries were indeed minor!~ crying
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:17 pm
chessiejo is squash your favorite then? i like shallots, so sweet and tender yet pungent. before moving here we had a big garden, amped up with goat manure, anything could grow there. we had all kinds of sweet and hot peppers. the hot ones we hung in string bags from the rafters in the kitchen and let them dry; their many colors and shapes were attractive, and they were aromatic. we mostly used the seeds for seasoning. i hope your injuries were indeed minor!~ crying
I only really thought of squash when you mentioned flowers because my family once had a small garden (maybe 10 5' rows?) which contained yellow squash and zucchini. Their flowers are large. 3nodding
We also grew poblano peppers for use in chile rellenos (peppers, seeds removed if you don't want kick, stuffed with cheese, battered and fried), along with a lot of tomatoes, green beans, watermelons, and other things I'm sure I'm forgetting.
I've had two injuries since April: one work-related, and one Blake-is-an-idiot related. I may explain with pictures in a few mins...
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:23 pm
Blarg. That took much longer than expected. xP
Anyway, on to images / explanations. I have scars now.
This first injury happened while I was at work alone. I'm sure I've mentioned it, but I work in a chemical lab, where I analyze nylon polymer pellets / molded parts. I commonly dissolve this stuff in formic acid. This burn on my right thigh (the brown scars) is from a third degree formic acid burn that happened two days after the Boston Bombings. I spilled a 50mL bottle of mostly 90% formic acid on my leg. I used the chemical safety showers and pulled the hot danger alarms myself, which isn't a big deal - protocol. It didn't really hurt at the time (the nerve endings were dissolved), but imagine hair follicles growing back before skin does on a large burn that covered the whole pictured area. It was... unpleasant.
This other injury is my own fault and happened a couple weeks ago. A dog was barking outside at 2AM, and I got out of bed to see what was wrong. I slipped, my regaining-balance-step landed on a glass bottle full force, I broke it, and I sliced my foot. I bled a lot and sealed the cut with super glue before I went to urgent care. Thus, the scar. (It would have been stitched otherwise.)
I healed well in both cases and now know a lot about wound care. razz
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Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:30 pm
oh, Blake! i cringe! i shiver! i hiss in sympathy!
but as for grilling and squash, i spose you have tried grilling your yellow squash? i love doing that, with a little olive oil.
squash blossoms are also mucho gusto. http://www.thekitchn.com/five-ways-to-eat-squash-blosso-87564
my favorite is to stuff them and bake 'em.
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Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:22 pm
Thanks for the sympathy. I'm mostly better now, though.
I've never had squash blossoms. I think I've heard that they can be eaten, but haven't tried it (forgetful). Maybe I will some time soon.
Stuffed + baked is also good with squash. Mmm.
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Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:13 pm
one year we tried to grow pumpkins in one corner of our garden and watermelon in the opposite corner, at least 80 feet away.
unbeknownst to us, they sent runners out as they grew, and they got together and cross pollinated!
we ended up with the oddest looking things, orange and green striped globes, huge.
they were too pulpy for watermelons and too soft to carve for jack o lanterns; we called them "water pumps". smile
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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:22 am
Wow, 4 years! That's amazing...
Also, I didn't know you could superglue wounds o.O
I like surprises, though I tend to be quite good at guessing my presents to my husband's annoyance mrgreen
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Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:18 pm
if you can guess with success, then maybe that means you are on the same wavelength?
which ought to be a good thing.
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