tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post3268884434227656312..comments2024-03-23T21:38:31.368-04:00Comments on Coffee Tea Books and Me: Saturday Pantry SuggestionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-54136423418184865772012-04-19T06:55:35.445-04:002012-04-19T06:55:35.445-04:00Loved the picture of Christopher and his soon to b...Loved the picture of Christopher and his soon to be bride.....<br /><br />Have gotten excited about square foot gardening this year and marked out my garden (can't afford to make raised beds right now. It took me hours to plant half of it. I hope that it really works and I am able to get produce to help with the "pantry". His methods appeal to my personality. :)Heather L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09892693393383714339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-52467939817875249802012-04-15T05:27:56.417-04:002012-04-15T05:27:56.417-04:00This is very encouraging to me.. I have a small s...This is very encouraging to me.. I have a small space and really needed a little kick in the pants or the proverbial carrot before the donkey to get me going. THANK YOU...Faye DavisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-37829969537306637672012-04-14T23:49:31.910-04:002012-04-14T23:49:31.910-04:00My husband got a new job, and we had to move away ...My husband got a new job, and we had to move away from our garden and house, and are now living in an apartment. Our only "yard" is a 6' square of cement by the front door, but I have 6 pots there--4 tomatoes, 1 lettuce and 1 with spinach and chard. It isn't much, but it is definitely worth doing. Store tomatoes taste like cardboard compared to home grown tomatoes, and how many times has lettuce and spinach been in short supply due to e-coli scares? Maybe next year we will be in a house and can have a real garden again.Vicki in UThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11100538992180108902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-84093762495995572092012-04-14T21:54:26.321-04:002012-04-14T21:54:26.321-04:00i have been catching up with your blogs and loving...i have been catching up with your blogs and loving every one! i have one question ~ i just love, love, love Sweet Annie but have been unable to find a plant or seeds anywhere. Can you give me some direction in locating some of that beautiful smelling herb(not weed!) ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01169625989183097465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-5831952904055606142012-04-14T21:04:32.976-04:002012-04-14T21:04:32.976-04:00Yes growing things ..anything you like..sure does ...Yes growing things ..anything you like..sure does help the pantry. Also if you have any extra at all you don't want to can,freeze or dry I am sure you can find a neighbor willing to take it or barter for something with it. I have people that I want to do something for and I make bread or such for them but come summer they also love the veggies! Several of them cannot grow any due to bad health. Thank you for the encouragement you always give us Brenda! :) SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-78663284472803944642012-04-14T15:00:13.206-04:002012-04-14T15:00:13.206-04:00After vacationing at my brother's home this we...After vacationing at my brother's home this week, I want to go home and "grow SOMEthing" - just as you encourage here. I realize I've enjoyed my perennials immensely. Why haven't I planted some lettuce/spinach, etc. somewhere among them - at the very least????<br /><br />I have put in a tomato plant or two once in awhile but need to be more intentional and plan ahead better to augment our pantry and healthy eating patterns. Thanks for the encouragement!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-71768580990019556292012-04-14T14:29:33.071-04:002012-04-14T14:29:33.071-04:00We just try to do a bit more every year. We have ...We just try to do a bit more every year. We have much weeding to do, as the family was away.<br /><br />We love the different varieties of grape tomatoes, sweet 100, reisentraube, etc..great snacking tomatoes!<br /><br />You're right every one can grow something...tomatoes, herbs etc....do very well in pots! Peppers too!<br /><br />DeannaDeanna Rabe - Creekside Cottage Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16133684514103206137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-48755898922806317682012-04-14T14:10:39.602-04:002012-04-14T14:10:39.602-04:00Brenda, After over thirty years of having a huge g...Brenda, After over thirty years of having a huge garden we moved into a smaller home for our retirement years and I thought that was over for us, we were going to be sensible and have just a small one with two 4 ft square beds. Four years later we have five four ft beds and the hubby has just closed the gaps between several of the beds to give me just a little more growing space! We hope that next year, Lord willing, when the hubby is retired we are going to rebuild the beds to give us as much planting space as possible!<br /><br />Cherry tomatoes do great in containers! Since I never have enough space in the garden I plant them (two varities, Sweet Million and Sunsugar) together in a large container near the back garage door. Each summer they grow to over five feet and we easily get a bushel of tomatoes from them. There are a number of tomatoes that are meant for containers and do well. Good luck with the contianer gardening! May our Dear Lord be with you...MarshaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-60716487065483029502012-04-14T13:47:19.036-04:002012-04-14T13:47:19.036-04:00I gasped at the photo and was greatly relieved tha...I gasped at the photo and was greatly relieved that it was a picture from last summer and you didn't have such tomatoes already. (I hope a few moments of thought would have made me realize this even without the caption, but there was an initial shock!)<br /><br />What sort of plastic do you have on the garden, Brenda? I will mostly be gardening on my patio/deck again, I think, and already have chives and sage returning. And mint and thyme and other herbs around the yard in different places. I had some tomatoes last year and many flowers which are a joy! Couldn't you make the frames of the beds from recycled wood? Sometimes people find this at Craig's list or a recycle lumber yard. I remember your hubby was able to get earth from the woods near you. But regardless of how much garden you have, it is so worth having!Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-32674371538593564672012-04-14T13:35:07.755-04:002012-04-14T13:35:07.755-04:00I like the idea of your simple chicken wire fence ...I like the idea of your simple chicken wire fence a lot because it does not block the view. It's almost as if it isn't there while still keeping out deer and hopefully groundhogs, too. Do you ever have anything digging under it? <br /><br />What a great idea to grow cherry tomatoes on the deck just for snacking!Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.com