tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post3002237846501789426..comments2024-02-27T12:41:35.811-08:00Comments on Coming to Terms...: Garden WoesLisa :-]http://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-49915039033718055892004-06-29T11:28:00.000-07:002004-06-29T11:28:00.000-07:00You can't grow plants but you sure can harvest...You can't grow plants but you sure can harvest bugs! Give me a helping of pesticide with my lettuce! KristiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-58954102251566906172004-06-29T13:00:00.000-07:002004-06-29T13:00:00.000-07:00your bug experience reminds me of the year i decid...your bug experience reminds me of the year i decided to grow broccoli...and then found that i had cooked numerous bright green caterpillar-style worms with the first picking...i've never grown broccoli again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-55799605266715202262004-06-29T14:22:00.000-07:002004-06-29T14:22:00.000-07:00Sorry about your garden. And yuk about the bugs o...Sorry about your garden. And yuk about the bugs on the lettuce. I think that would be the nail in the coffin for me growing my own. I don't have much of a green thumb myself, so that's not really a problem, however!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-3872419678950651572004-06-29T19:37:00.000-07:002004-06-29T19:37:00.000-07:00Ewww that always grossed me out as a kid...the bug...Ewww that always grossed me out as a kid...the bugs. Especially in the broccoli, but boiling the broc did the trick. I have a year-round brown thumb so take what I'm about to say with a grain of salt please. I've read somewhere that some plants do not or should not be grown next to other plants. Do you think maybe yours are suffering due to this? Maybe the Peppers are stripping the nutrients that the other plants need or something. ??? :::shrugging shoulders:::: <br>:-) ---RobbieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-86621486843160287242004-06-29T22:22:00.000-07:002004-06-29T22:22:00.000-07:00Eeeeek!!! I would have been grossed out just look...Eeeeek!!! I would have been grossed out just looking at the bugs in the lettuce. Thanks for the tip on salt water. At least you have a garden and give your work and heart into it. I don't even have a garden since I don't have a green thumb.<br><br>I like your pictures.<br><br>AnitaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-87150754244476910622004-06-30T12:30:00.000-07:002004-06-30T12:30:00.000-07:00Yikes! I'm not receiving your jnl alerts! I ...Yikes! I'm not receiving your jnl alerts! I Better do some maintenence work. The other day...well yesterday, I walked out back and remembered I had a garden! It has been so long. My tomato plants were on the ground! My broccoli looks good...not sure when to harvest it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-54577719632457971862004-07-01T20:26:00.000-07:002004-07-01T20:26:00.000-07:00We just found out the lead level in our soil is to...We just found out the lead level in our soil is too high to eat the stuff we grow :-( But maybe that is a good thing, after reading about all the extra protein you had in your salad!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-48149629128237524372004-07-07T23:51:00.000-07:002004-07-07T23:51:00.000-07:00Well, I'm sorry Lisa! Must be a pain to work t...Well, I'm sorry Lisa! Must be a pain to work that hard and not have good results. But be comforted in knowing I could manage even worse results! lol<br><br>Hopefully some of them will come around. :-)<br>DonnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-21170404099251534952004-07-09T10:19:00.000-07:002004-07-09T10:19:00.000-07:00[[[[[[[[[[[ WHAT IS WRONG WITH HYBRIDIZERS ??]]]]...[[[[[[[[[[[ WHAT IS WRONG WITH HYBRIDIZERS ??]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]<br> WHEN WILL HYBRIDIZERS EVER WEED OUT THE DEATH SYNDROME<br><br> {{{{{{{{{{{{{{ IN VINCA'S ??? )))))))))))))))))))))))))<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-31921726080708306002004-07-22T07:21:00.000-07:002004-07-22T07:21:00.000-07:00Fill the kitchen sink with cold water. Add a hand...Fill the kitchen sink with cold water. Add a handful of salt. Submerge your fresh produce in this for about 10 minutes. You can then shake off/ wash off the bugs. <br><br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com