Our Red Hat group has an old fashioned tea each spring and four of us act as hostesses. One of the gals is a great "trail boss" and the others are good followers. I made cream of asparagus soup for the first time today. My husband grew up in a family hit hard by the depression and soup was often the meal so he never wanted me to make it. I looked it up on Google, decided on the recipe that looked the easiest and with lower calories. My first attempt turned out really great. Now I have to triple the recipe and make it for next Sat. I miss my husbands height and strength and have to think ahead so I don't do something stupid like dumping it all over. I used my immersion blender and it did a great job, but I will probably have to divide the larger amount and blend it in batches. Oh how I miss the days when I didn't have to think ahead--but it's better than a nursing home. The snow we had Tues still hasn't fallen off the trees and bushes. It rained, froze, and then snowed so it's stuck. Stay warm. Grace On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Joyce Ragels <jragels@gmail.com> wrote: > Living in Arizona, I enjoy not having to leap or spring. However I still > have to try and figure out what time it is everywhere else. So, it still > affects me and my life. > J > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:20 PM, helenware <helenware@verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > Hawaii and Arizona are the only two states that do not change the > > clocks. > > I understood that the change was something to do with WW2 but in my > old > > age > > forget what I learned in school. > > My flower gardens are buried under snow still, and the new snow today > > added > > a little more. > > The snow, wind and frigid temperatures made me stay inside today and > > try to > > plan my flower garden. The little bunnies ate many of the flowers > last > > year > > so I want to get several Shepherds crooks to hang flowering pots from. > > Will > > plant ones the bunnies do not like in the ground. I may try a tomato > > and a > > pepper plants in big pots this year-two neighbors seem to have good > luck > > with those. > > Does anyone know what the rabbits will not eat?? They ate all the mums > > and > > all the daisies last year. > > I wonder if we will even have Spring this year, I think we may go > right > > into > > Summer! > > Right now the wind in just howling here in my little neighborhood-it > is > > howling! > > Made potato soup with ham in it for a nice hot meal tonight-good on > > such a > > cold night. > > Have to get out and buy corned beef and cabbage to cook on Monday! > > Hope everyone is doing okay. > > Helen > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > There are no noble wars - just noble warriors. Posted on the Vietnam Wall > > > > > > 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 >

I tried putting tomato plants in big pots last year, used good stuff to put it in, but all I got was a lot of branches and about 5 tomato'es out of 7 plants. Put some in the ground and got same result. I know the ground is over used but what about the ones I put in pots? Barb On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:23 PM, grace gathman <grace.gathman@gmail.com>wrote: > Our Red Hat group has an old fashioned tea each spring and four of us act > as hostesses. One of the gals is a great "trail boss" and the others are > good followers. I made cream of asparagus soup for the first time today. My > husband grew up in a family hit hard by the depression and soup was often > the meal so he never wanted me to make it. I looked it up on Google, > decided on the recipe that looked the easiest and with lower calories. My > first attempt turned out really great. Now I have to triple the recipe and > make it for next Sat. I miss my husbands height and strength and have to > think ahead so I don't do something stupid like dumping it all over. I used > my immersion blender and it did a great job, but I will probably have to > divide the larger amount and blend it in batches. Oh how I miss the days > when I didn't have to think ahead--but it's better than a nursing home. > The snow we had Tues still hasn't fallen off the trees and bushes. It > rained, froze, and then snowed so it's stuck. Stay warm. Grace > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Joyce Ragels <jragels@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Living in Arizona, I enjoy not having to leap or spring. However I still > > have to try and figure out what time it is everywhere else. So, it still > > affects me and my life. > > J > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:20 PM, helenware <helenware@verizon.net> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hawaii and Arizona are the only two states that do not change the > > > clocks. > > > I understood that the change was something to do with WW2 but in my > > old > > > age > > > forget what I learned in school. > > > My flower gardens are buried under snow still, and the new snow > today > > > added > > > a little more. > > > The snow, wind and frigid temperatures made me stay inside today and > > > try to > > > plan my flower garden. The little bunnies ate many of the flowers > > last > > > year > > > so I want to get several Shepherds crooks to hang flowering pots > from. > > > Will > > > plant ones the bunnies do not like in the ground. I may try a tomato > > > and a > > > pepper plants in big pots this year-two neighbors seem to have good > > luck > > > with those. > > > Does anyone know what the rabbits will not eat?? They ate all the > mums > > > and > > > all the daisies last year. > > > I wonder if we will even have Spring this year, I think we may go > > right > > > into > > > Summer! > > > Right now the wind in just howling here in my little neighborhood-it > > is > > > howling! > > > Made potato soup with ham in it for a nice hot meal tonight-good on > > > such a > > > cold night. > > > Have to get out and buy corned beef and cabbage to cook on Monday! > > > Hope everyone is doing okay. > > > Helen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > There are no noble wars - just noble warriors. Posted on the Vietnam > Wall > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > 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 >

My step mother grows the most unbelievable plants in pots. Tomatoes by the ton, way better than what I get in my garden, and giant pots of herbs. I think you need to fertilize more often, because when you water, it eventually gets washed out of the pot, and you need to water more often because the pots get dry sooner. I think last year was not a good year for tomatoes, though. I heard a lot of people complaining about that, so try again and maybe this year will be better. Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:memory-lane- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Mangan > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 1:16 AM > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ML] day light savings > > I tried putting tomato plants in big pots last year, used good stuff to > put it in, but all I got was a lot of branches and about 5 tomato'es > out of 7 plants. Put some in the ground and got same result. I know > the ground is over used but what about the ones I put in pots? > Barb > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:23 PM, grace gathman > <grace.gathman@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Our Red Hat group has an old fashioned tea each spring and four of us > > act as hostesses. One of the gals is a great "trail boss" and the > > others are good followers. I made cream of asparagus soup for the > > first time today. My husband grew up in a family hit hard by the > > depression and soup was often the meal so he never wanted me to make > > it. I looked it up on Google, decided on the recipe that looked the > > easiest and with lower calories. My first attempt turned out really > > great. Now I have to triple the recipe and make it for next Sat. I > > miss my husbands height and strength and have to think ahead so I > > don't do something stupid like dumping it all over. I used my > > immersion blender and it did a great job, but I will probably have to > > divide the larger amount and blend it in batches. Oh how I miss the > days when I didn't have to think ahead--but it's better than a nursing > home. > > The snow we had Tues still hasn't fallen off the trees and bushes. > > It rained, froze, and then snowed so it's stuck. Stay warm. Grace > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Joyce Ragels <jragels@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Living in Arizona, I enjoy not having to leap or spring. However I > > > still have to try and figure out what time it is everywhere else. > > > So, it still affects me and my life. > > > J > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:20 PM, helenware <helenware@verizon.net> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hawaii and Arizona are the only two states that do not change > > > > the clocks. > > > > I understood that the change was something to do with WW2 but > > > > in my > > > old > > > > age > > > > forget what I learned in school. > > > > My flower gardens are buried under snow still, and the new > snow > > today > > > > added > > > > a little more. > > > > The snow, wind and frigid temperatures made me stay inside > > > > today and try to > > > > plan my flower garden. The little bunnies ate many of the > > > > flowers > > > last > > > > year > > > > so I want to get several Shepherds crooks to hang flowering > > > > pots > > from. > > > > Will > > > > plant ones the bunnies do not like in the ground. I may try a > > > > tomato and a > > > > pepper plants in big pots this year-two neighbors seem to have > > > > good > > > luck > > > > with those. > > > > Does anyone know what the rabbits will not eat?? They ate all > > > > the > > mums > > > > and > > > > all the daisies last year. > > > > I wonder if we will even have Spring this year, I think we may > > > > go > > > right > > > > into > > > > Summer! > > > > Right now the wind in just howling here in my little > > > > neighborhood-it > > > is > > > > howling! > > > > Made potato soup with ham in it for a nice hot meal > > > > tonight-good on such a > > > > cold night. > > > > Have to get out and buy corned beef and cabbage to cook on > Monday! > > > > Hope everyone is doing okay. > > > > Helen