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billyporter

Dec 18, 2016 1:29 PM CST

Name: Sally
Nichols, iowa (Zone 5a)

So right Jim!
The Weather forum was the first thing I found when I moved over here from DG!

Oh yes, let's talk peas and greens. I have both in the freezer.

A small town has no secrets except itself

| @billyporter | Post #1336680 (1)

Shadegardener

Dec 18, 2016 6:41 PM CST

Name: Cindy
Hobart, IN zone 5
aka CindyMzone5

Peas, huh? I've only grown snow peas. But perfect food for winter when we're all wanting some green, even if it isn't in our gardens.

Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. Cree proverb

| @Shadegardener | Post #1336853 (2)

plantmanager

Dec 18, 2016 6:46 PM CST

Name: Karen
New Mexico (Zone 8a)

I'm originally from the mid west, and stumbled into this thread at the beginning. I have to ask, what is a hedge ball? I saw the pics, but don't have a clue!

Handcrafted Coastal Inspired Art SeaMosaics!

| @plantmanager | Post #1336859 (3)

Shadegardener

Dec 18, 2016 6:49 PM CST

Name: Cindy
Hobart, IN zone 5
aka CindyMzone5

Hedge ball? I stumbled on to this thread only a few months ago. Is it an osage orange?

Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. Cree proverb

| @Shadegardener | Post #1336864 (4)

pepper23

Dec 18, 2016 7:18 PM CST

Name: Amanda
KC metro area, Missouri (Zone 6a)

Osage Orange.

http://www.motherearthnews.com...

| @pepper23 | Post #1336881 (5)

billyporter

Dec 19, 2016 12:34 PM CST

Name: Sally
Nichols, iowa (Zone 5a)

Cindy,
I grow shelling peas. English I think they're called. I can get them out just as soon as I can make a row in the dirt. Spinach and kale can go out early too.

Hi Karen,
Yes Osage orange. A tough thorny mid sized tree. I love hedge balls!

You know you're from the Midwest when you decorate with hedge balls!

A small town has no secrets except itself

| @billyporter | Post #1337181 (6)

Shadegardener

Dec 19, 2016 4:24 PM CST

Name: Cindy
Hobart, IN zone 5
aka CindyMzone5

Or use them in your basement to repel spiders.

Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. Cree proverb

| @Shadegardener | Post #1337306 (7)

billyporter

Dec 20, 2016 5:49 AM CST

Name: Sally
Nichols, iowa (Zone 5a)

Yes, I've heard that. I'm not sure how that would work on a spider tho. May have to Google it sometime.

You know you're from the Midwest when your neighbor gets you a little something for Christmas, just because.

A small town has no secrets except itself

| @billyporter | Post #1337560 (8)

Shadegardener

Dec 20, 2016 8:16 AM CST

Name: Cindy
Hobart, IN zone 5
aka CindyMzone5

Awww - sweet!

Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. Cree proverb

| @Shadegardener | Post #1337619 (9)

billyporter

Dec 21, 2016 12:26 PM CST

Name: Sally
Nichols, iowa (Zone 5a)

Cindy,
She is! Of course, we do back for her during the summer, but she started the Christmas herself. I enjoy being spoiled, lol!

A small town has no secrets except itself

| @billyporter | Post #1338276 (10)

billyporter

Mar 12, 2017 4:12 AM CST

Name: Sally
Nichols, iowa (Zone 5a)

You know you're from the Midwest when it snows in March or April and melts the next day.

A small town has no secrets except itself

| @billyporter | Post #1387925 (11)

jimard8

Mar 12, 2017 5:08 PM CST

Name: Jim D
East Central Indiana (Zone 5b)

yeah , Sally ,, That and weather makes you sound or seem weather sensitive , ( Even if your not

In the Butterfly garden if a plant is not chewed up I feel like a failure

| @jimard8 | Post #1388404 (12)

billyporter

Mar 13, 2017 4:06 AM CST

Name: Sally
Nichols, iowa (Zone 5a)

Laughing!
It's put to the test today. I have a few inches of snow on the ground and it's still snowing.

A small town has no secrets except itself

| @billyporter | Post #1388678 (13)

pepper23

Mar 13, 2017 8:42 AM CST

Name: Amanda
KC metro area, Missouri (Zone 6a)

28 and cloudy. Supposed to be 40 for high today and windy.

| @pepper23 | Post #1388796 (14)

billyporter

Apr 23, 2017 5:52 AM CST

Name: Sally
Nichols, iowa (Zone 5a)

You know you're from the Midwest when you can't open doors and windows because they are harrowing the fields and the air is filthy.

A small town has no secrets except itself

| @billyporter | Post #1422409 (15)

Legalily

Apr 23, 2017 6:19 AM CST

Name: Ginny G
Central Iowa (Zone 5a)
Plant Addict!!

The dust and then later I believe we refer to the honey wagon fragrance

Be a person that makes others feel special.

| @Legalily | Post #1422423 (16)

jimard8

Apr 23, 2017 10:05 AM CST

Name: Jim D
East Central Indiana (Zone 5b)

From the concert chat ,. Makes the wonder if , that is where Buffalo Spring.......Field ,,, got their name ,,, Country Air ..?

In the Butterfly garden if a plant is not chewed up I feel like a failure

| @jimard8 | Post #1422635 (17)

Shadegardener

Apr 23, 2017 10:06 AM CST

Name: Cindy
Hobart, IN zone 5
aka CindyMzone5

Jim -

Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. Cree proverb

| @Shadegardener | Post #1422638 (18)

gasrocks

Apr 23, 2017 11:14 AM CST

Name: Gene Staver
Portage WI 53901 (Zone 5a)

IMO, worse than the honey wagon,, at least in theory, is a company just south of me that makes some sort of medicine out of pigs intestines. The left overs are applied to farmers fields. Gene

| @gasrocks | Post #1422696 (19)

Shadegardener

Apr 23, 2017 12:01 PM CST

Name: Cindy
Hobart, IN zone 5
aka CindyMzone5

Ugh!

Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. Cree proverb

| @Shadegardener | Post #1422738 (20)

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