Comments on: Virgin Gardener and Santa Muerte

By: annbb/TSannie

annbb/TSannie — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:36:19 +0000

Why, thank you so very much for the mention, Kiki – that’s just so very nice! Wish I could help you with the wilted leaf problem, can’t, as my garden skills are nil. Maybe that’s the way they grow…grow a new leaf, lose an old one. (One can always dream!

Oh, and I also found that 5 pounds you lost. They had more baby pounds I also found. It’s not good.

By: Kiki

Kiki — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:12:48 +0000

Suebob I too am on the fence on how much/not enough water’s going on in my little growing experiment and LOVE the soup recipe thank you!!

By: Suebob

Suebob — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:11:24 +0000

I feel your gardening pain. I just KNOW I am screwing up my tomatoes somehow. Too much water and they get end rot, too little and they die…Argh.

And as for butternut soup, I can go one better: 4 ingredients, EASY!!!!

On a oiled baking sheet, put one butternut squash, halved and seeded, face down.

Cut the roots off an onion but otherwise leave intact with peel on. Remove the outer paper from a garlic head and put a it on the baking sheet with the onion and squash. Bake until the squash is cooked, maybe 400 degrees, maybe an hour or whatever. Really don’t panic, it will all be good.

Scrape the squash flesh into a food processor or blender. Sqquoosh out as much garlic goo and the onion flesh into the blender as well. Put some stock or milk in there and blend baby blend. Careful – hot liquid expands so don’t put the lid on too tight and leave room at the top.

Put it all in a saucepan and heat up again, adding more stock or milk to a nice consistency. Voila. Soup. IT IS DELICIOUS!!!!!!

By: Kiki

Kiki — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:18:09 +0000

Candace we’re just so nice that everyone wants to sit on our laps… including our little extra five pounds.

You’re welcome darling Kel! And I like “gardening is like gambling.”

By: Kel

Kel — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:33:51 +0000

Thanks for mentioning my butternut squash soup recipe.
Even my kids enjoy it!

I am thinking that gardening is like gambling. I only
bet what I am willing to lose. It’s still early in the
game, and only time will tell if I lose it all. But even
if all my plants die of neglect it was fun to play the
game.

By: Candance

Candance — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:34:54 +0000

I found that five pounds you lost. It has actually moved
into my gut and refuses to leave.

We have one pepper that has made it (so far) and it’s
huge. I asked David if he put Miracle Gro on it because
it’s supposed to be organic gardening go on out there in the
yard, but he said he didn’t. That is part of a blog post
that I plan for later today.

I wish I knew how to pickle stuff.