I still grow a sweet potato once in a while when I want something green on my window sill I also do the same with avocado seeds until it gets too chilly for them to last through the winter. Jeane On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Shirley Sullivan <sullysoil66@msn.com>wrote: > > I found a Yam I had forgotten about, there were really two, but one turn > rotten. I remember my mother growing them in a jar, so I put toothpicks > about half way up in a circle, found a container, filled it with water, put > the yam in, placed it on my window shelf where it could get some sun. It now > has lots of white roots and two sprouts out the top of the yam and very > interesting leaves are coming off the two small branches. Does anyone > remember their mother doing this? I am so excited about this little old Yam, > and the interesting way it's growing. I was thinking, I don't remember any > plant nurseries around where we lived, I do remember friends giving my > mother plant cutting, that she would try and grow. I remember Carnations, > red carnations out by the front steps, and how my mother babied them along. > I don't remember many house plants, except the Yams. My grandmother had > sword plants, and a fern on her front porch, but no plants in her house. > > I remember by the time I was in high school, [my mothers third marriage] > there was a "Monrovia nursery" somewhere around the house they bought, my > mother was in heaven, she wanted all kinds of fruit trees, and plants. I > must get my love of my garden from my mother, I don't mind getting my hands > dirty. I worked for about two hours after dinner last evening, till it was > getting dark, and I tripped on the hose, and thought you better go in before > you break your neck. I came in and felt good, because I had accomplished a > great deal, the garden look so much cleaner and prettier when I got through. > I came in and took a nice hot bath, and had no trouble falling asleep last > night. It felt so good to do some yard work, because last year I was not > allowed to do any yard work after my heart thingy. > > The weather has been so nice the last two or three days, sunny but not > hot. Sully in sunny California. > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique. Anonymous Watch your thoughts: they become words. Watch your words: they become actions.Watch your actions: they become habits. Watch your habits: they become your character. Watch your character: it becomes your destiny.______Francis Outlaw

I used to start avocado seeds years ago (7-10) but over the past two years I have tried to get one to start but have had no luck. I was wondering if there is any such thing as an infertile avocado. I do them exactly like I did in years past but the seed never splits...no root or top growth. It is a puzzlement! Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter > Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 18:26:42 -0500 > From: jeane.dalrymple@gmail.com > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ML] Growing a Yam > > I still grow a sweet potato once in a while when I want something green on > my window sill I also do the same with avocado seeds until it gets too > chilly for them to last through the winter. > Jeane > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Shirley Sullivan <sullysoil66@msn.com>wrote: > > > > > I found a Yam I had forgotten about, there were really two, but one turn > > rotten. I remember my mother growing them in a jar, so I put toothpicks > > about half way up in a circle, found a container, filled it with water, put > > the yam in, placed it on my window shelf where it could get some sun. It now > > has lots of white roots and two sprouts out the top of the yam and very > > interesting leaves are coming off the two small branches. Does anyone > > remember their mother doing this? I am so excited about this little old Yam, > > and the interesting way it's growing. I was thinking, I don't remember any > > plant nurseries around where we lived, I do remember friends giving my > > mother plant cutting, that she would try and grow. I remember Carnations, > > red carnations out by the front steps, and how my mother babied them along. > > I don't remember many house plants, except the Yams. My grandmother had > > sword plants, and a fern on her front porch, but no plants in her house. > > > > I remember by the time I was in high school, [my mothers third marriage] > > there was a "Monrovia nursery" somewhere around the house they bought, my > > mother was in heaven, she wanted all kinds of fruit trees, and plants. I > > must get my love of my garden from my mother, I don't mind getting my hands > > dirty. I worked for about two hours after dinner last evening, till it was > > getting dark, and I tripped on the hose, and thought you better go in before > > you break your neck. I came in and felt good, because I had accomplished a > > great deal, the garden look so much cleaner and prettier when I got through. > > I came in and took a nice hot bath, and had no trouble falling asleep last > > night. It felt so good to do some yard work, because last year I was not > > allowed to do any yard work after my heart thingy. > > > > The weather has been so nice the last two or three days, sunny but not > > hot. Sully in sunny California. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives and some weave gold > thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique. > Anonymous > Watch your thoughts: they become words. > Watch your words: they become actions.Watch your actions: they become > habits. > Watch your habits: they become your character. > Watch your character: it becomes your destiny.______Francis Outlaw > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message