tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91243023076801600822024-03-18T23:04:03.045-05:00Flowers N The GardenMy goal here is to share some photos of mine, as well as share my garden with you!
Pictures are taken with a Nikon D3000Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04280062023197132227noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124302307680160082.post-41853119812400419972010-08-20T20:57:00.000-05:002010-08-20T20:57:59.728-05:00My first try at chicken quesadillas<div align="center"><strong>I have been wanting to try something different for suppers, and I was thinking the other night that Chicken Quesadillas would be good to make at home!</strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><strong>Tonight was the night, and I have to say that they turned out very good.</strong></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>4 lb whole chicken (mine was fresh)</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>chicken bullion cube</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>fajita seasoning packet</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>green bell peppers from the garden (frozen)</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>I put this all in the pressure cooker, and it took around 20 mintutes or so.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>I let it cool a bit, shredded the chicken..added more seasoning, some of the cooking juice, and the bell peppers.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcU6jzysKiMUcgkNpd0s3oAUzMfmA7FjCTh_CSlLdfL1cATENYQOHhSHA5GbGFs-8fuaSRWWKV3B1Slca46MxLosGJ-b5TAKQqA3iQ6y_FiK0CSpWzKd_1ahWSjOxbIWWasLs7g8PNoE/s1600/DSC_3420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcU6jzysKiMUcgkNpd0s3oAUzMfmA7FjCTh_CSlLdfL1cATENYQOHhSHA5GbGFs-8fuaSRWWKV3B1Slca46MxLosGJ-b5TAKQqA3iQ6y_FiK0CSpWzKd_1ahWSjOxbIWWasLs7g8PNoE/s320/DSC_3420.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>I cut up a tomato and added it onto the tortilla, so it was cheese, meat, tomato, cheese.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSH6PUTDytOddqIo0uKriGUixx35004J9lXMMVotaX4rIRDG9qVVxIwVW319m0kCNvkNXJqZTvZYA5bUohP1ORZXUMBe2sNTkt9_pCQlSJx5J38WoK0_lyf15NwBCQHT4OjxQUhlljZEc/s1600/DSC_3421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSH6PUTDytOddqIo0uKriGUixx35004J9lXMMVotaX4rIRDG9qVVxIwVW319m0kCNvkNXJqZTvZYA5bUohP1ORZXUMBe2sNTkt9_pCQlSJx5J38WoK0_lyf15NwBCQHT4OjxQUhlljZEc/s320/DSC_3421.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>I heated up a skillet on medium and cooked them each side about 2 minutes. As they got done, i stacked them inbetwen 2 plates and watched them....waiting till they where all done.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0k-2qeZZewxNCV-OcfKVA4N9e0PGWbIR1w_EN8VLgufZUi8MnMDU2uosYfkeUEPpAYA2B5Gucg8oMc4XZsc-MTeSinfzHcPcgQkQ-bxtj6JPZcjIMcxwrs-GX3tvf65bKoG7hq-BaTh4/s1600/DSC_3428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0k-2qeZZewxNCV-OcfKVA4N9e0PGWbIR1w_EN8VLgufZUi8MnMDU2uosYfkeUEPpAYA2B5Gucg8oMc4XZsc-MTeSinfzHcPcgQkQ-bxtj6JPZcjIMcxwrs-GX3tvf65bKoG7hq-BaTh4/s320/DSC_3428.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Yummy! This will be made again.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUROeXm-vx6czDpDZKS2BmdMl7cySKVfGyrm003yGTx-HZd04WzscSa4K3BGnapbgvnJB51RXTxSMcsGCmxpwP5cf4YFCuZYZxKFULCt31khYDcyQ8Szw68_q7cuIMta1NNfmJ249Tyl4/s1600/DSC_3433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUROeXm-vx6czDpDZKS2BmdMl7cySKVfGyrm003yGTx-HZd04WzscSa4K3BGnapbgvnJB51RXTxSMcsGCmxpwP5cf4YFCuZYZxKFULCt31khYDcyQ8Szw68_q7cuIMta1NNfmJ249Tyl4/s320/DSC_3433.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04280062023197132227noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124302307680160082.post-84438919474899872952010-08-13T14:41:00.000-05:002010-08-13T14:41:40.295-05:00August 3rd Thursday<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Come see some of my photography at Downtown Hutchinson's Third Thursday!</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>8-19-2010</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>I will be at the Apron Strings, at the corner of B and Main. Enjoy the sights and music during the evening!</strong></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04280062023197132227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124302307680160082.post-90313538082697230282010-08-10T11:43:00.001-05:002010-08-10T11:47:00.868-05:00Another new friend<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Another black swallowtail butterfly was born, on 8-9-2010. My daughter chcecked when she woke up and saw no activity. I never thought to check that morning, and while doing house work later in the day, i went into the laundry room (where the tank was located) and got a big surprise!</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Our butterflly was out and was ready to fly away! We only got to spend about 3 mintues with him before he flew off into the trees. He was amazing to look at!</strong></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>This one was a male, see the very small amount of blue on his back?</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjL6S9PmMZHtqgFMDht4MqPo4XjKb7pzmaOs_ejFZZrzCCipmjtxodcO09__hfj7Q5b7uVKsh1ZimU-saSvdkvLLq4sp46gtODfEr_grIrpOUBBf4959RcEEoYnmxqygZsB_EMPoT1uvA/s1600/DSC_3269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjL6S9PmMZHtqgFMDht4MqPo4XjKb7pzmaOs_ejFZZrzCCipmjtxodcO09__hfj7Q5b7uVKsh1ZimU-saSvdkvLLq4sp46gtODfEr_grIrpOUBBf4959RcEEoYnmxqygZsB_EMPoT1uvA/s320/DSC_3269.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>I missed when she first crawled out, but still got many good pictures afterwards!</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Saturday evening. 5:49 p.m.</strong> <strong>8-7-2010</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLuIDhBnYxN1J2D6EMjmH6kKwKB29P532SCKRD2upR8nNMSkOcXH3_8xATTX7_nA40sLin_4xDFEcmXHRlOKqVGsshI6UtiUO8MVkHEV60OLPw3XOZdBO7uJKK6DmnkoBCbiY47L4MnQ/s1600/DSC_3209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLuIDhBnYxN1J2D6EMjmH6kKwKB29P532SCKRD2upR8nNMSkOcXH3_8xATTX7_nA40sLin_4xDFEcmXHRlOKqVGsshI6UtiUO8MVkHEV60OLPw3XOZdBO7uJKK6DmnkoBCbiY47L4MnQ/s320/DSC_3209.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>You can see the spots towards the bottom</strong> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Here she is drying her wings 9:37 a.m Sunday morning. 8-8-2010</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4YGO8k5US_yiG7TDtjJ8jy_NeHYpjHO8bfr8jaxtCxpjzZBoYdFmegBphAP7VMn8KRSadMT9fKGaVtpr4p7m5djjl7MgxctZQ2YIFI7xqFjFvykLzIo755i-54f34UuaQdqRrTybHFk0/s1600/DSC_3214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4YGO8k5US_yiG7TDtjJ8jy_NeHYpjHO8bfr8jaxtCxpjzZBoYdFmegBphAP7VMn8KRSadMT9fKGaVtpr4p7m5djjl7MgxctZQ2YIFI7xqFjFvykLzIo755i-54f34UuaQdqRrTybHFk0/s320/DSC_3214.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>We had to be leaving so we had to take her outside to let her wings dry more</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDFSD5juCUewmLtjkikC_ZDl22fSDXY5s_RbHH-6lHqesFWIUFPc1o3f65FiMuITNd4ljmuVTgM-ZnUbO3gUqvDqNk6y_cyE-KIBvB6N5SJoqELaQqUf8d_A_KshyphenhyphentM9KFM7bn0Lyg3w/s1600/DSC_3236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDFSD5juCUewmLtjkikC_ZDl22fSDXY5s_RbHH-6lHqesFWIUFPc1o3f65FiMuITNd4ljmuVTgM-ZnUbO3gUqvDqNk6y_cyE-KIBvB6N5SJoqELaQqUf8d_A_KshyphenhyphentM9KFM7bn0Lyg3w/s320/DSC_3236.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>You can tell thats its a female by the amount of blue on her back </strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsztm_42g3y3ZVuRjlRVpL2k6xguHYMRN0_fiFk87B3EHYE3mK2KzkgNcJPae81vJCq4IhS5kjcW3L99FykNIx9JcjRrhiLvWJbHW1_x2qPKtHhd93Z_lJKsYHahfK45UxkIClQ4J5DV4/s1600/DSC_3255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsztm_42g3y3ZVuRjlRVpL2k6xguHYMRN0_fiFk87B3EHYE3mK2KzkgNcJPae81vJCq4IhS5kjcW3L99FykNIx9JcjRrhiLvWJbHW1_x2qPKtHhd93Z_lJKsYHahfK45UxkIClQ4J5DV4/s320/DSC_3255.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Genesis 1:24-25 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.</strong></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04280062023197132227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124302307680160082.post-63983525303305829232010-08-06T13:35:00.000-05:002010-08-06T13:35:05.248-05:00Squash Surprise!<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>A friend of mine has extra squash and tomatoes, so I wanted to post my favorite reciepe to make with those extras!</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>~ carton of Del Fuerte tomato sauce (I find it in the mexican section at Walmart, real cheap)~</strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>~ zucchini and yellow squash diced up~</strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>~diced up tomato~</strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>~onion~</strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>~fresh garlic~</strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>~bag of frozen corn~</strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>~chicken bullion cube (if you want for extra flavor)~</strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><strong> I first dice up the squash and tomato and put it into a pot, get the sauce poured in. (the veggies will make more liquid as they cook) and add it in along with the bag of frozen corn. Turn it on to a low boil and then turn it down to simmer. As this is cooking I saute the diced up onions and fresh garlic together, when its nice and browed I then add it to the mix. along with the bullion cube, chopped up.</strong></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><strong>The best thing about this is you can add whatever you want. I once added some diced cabbage I had as well. very simple and very quick.</strong></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04280062023197132227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124302307680160082.post-30716809620587124862010-08-02T14:37:00.001-05:002010-08-02T14:40:30.206-05:00Raising SwallowTail Butterflys<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>For the past few weeks I have been raising some Black Sallowtail butterflys in my home.</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong> I had heard that fennel attracted butterflys and I was planting a butterfly gardren, so I decided to get some!</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Little did I know how much it would attract the Black Swallowtail butterfly! </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>First you get a egg (or in my case, tons of eggs)</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>They are usually yellow in color and are very tiny</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRABqhAiDUUROzMYlR5WYd4PePDl7NL0J-DrpY7-GmBjbRSnGdPbvVJ6lawyotAi_DAl5PtDPkUCCycWkEusXumEvoFjF3IErq2ort2ygd4woACTdqqxbZpsqeNiNxOTqIICGB0NoreGw/s1600/DSC_2226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRABqhAiDUUROzMYlR5WYd4PePDl7NL0J-DrpY7-GmBjbRSnGdPbvVJ6lawyotAi_DAl5PtDPkUCCycWkEusXumEvoFjF3IErq2ort2ygd4woACTdqqxbZpsqeNiNxOTqIICGB0NoreGw/s320/DSC_2226.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Here they are pretty soon after hatching, maybe right before the 2nd instar. they are only about 1 cm long. Before this they are so small its hard to get a picture without a macro</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttbcBzrI-osTL2fJUtFQ8M07NK0dBWe6NmojE1TuzWIR7UfxquHCtE7Fy9GUS3BwXMDjFs6Sz7F90o1wDXKf3RHF5hvEhJVWk4EbF1AggzdrK0A4g2PUexaIsdGEMC1gdU0Pq1uynP0o/s1600/DSC_2224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttbcBzrI-osTL2fJUtFQ8M07NK0dBWe6NmojE1TuzWIR7UfxquHCtE7Fy9GUS3BwXMDjFs6Sz7F90o1wDXKf3RHF5hvEhJVWk4EbF1AggzdrK0A4g2PUexaIsdGEMC1gdU0Pq1uynP0o/s320/DSC_2224.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>The caterpillars have 5 different instars (or stages)</strong> </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>This is at a 2rd or 3rd instar, still not the green/orange color but not as tiny anymore.</strong></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkR_JAIdgNiOT2YMWciIjcyKKSbAeD_A8YPND7cUzaSeSjQARy3uPUOGr3rC4LaEIsJnKuXs3C9eWTinTsWbtUgztpLYi6yczu-x3WanTTqwRJtXGiM4V4VXfr8DkC28CduQ2bZC5oLg8/s1600/DSC_1521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkR_JAIdgNiOT2YMWciIjcyKKSbAeD_A8YPND7cUzaSeSjQARy3uPUOGr3rC4LaEIsJnKuXs3C9eWTinTsWbtUgztpLYi6yczu-x3WanTTqwRJtXGiM4V4VXfr8DkC28CduQ2bZC5oLg8/s320/DSC_1521.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<strong>4th Instar (still has spikes on head)</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1eYcYV3aNqvLJ-7NrIfsrhiZausld5MzDBQbz1ovIDy5oiKIYzxVy_LluHBETcg2vYyFRug_qqLz1QCR2395fp6LiI3bWf6PaXLrPpQHyyF9wqgm2Q-mTKKDPOnCYsec_wSAMnSsr5k/s1600/DSC_1518.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1eYcYV3aNqvLJ-7NrIfsrhiZausld5MzDBQbz1ovIDy5oiKIYzxVy_LluHBETcg2vYyFRug_qqLz1QCR2395fp6LiI3bWf6PaXLrPpQHyyF9wqgm2Q-mTKKDPOnCYsec_wSAMnSsr5k/s320/DSC_1518.JPG" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Please check back soon to see our beautiful butterfly!</strong></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04280062023197132227noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124302307680160082.post-74613957320989291662010-07-31T14:24:00.001-05:002010-07-31T14:24:50.656-05:00The Cucumber wall<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>For our cucumbers, we use section of seven foot tall cattle fencing. I plant 3 pickling cucumbers, usually grown inside from seed. I grow pickling ones just to slice and eat because I just enjoy them more like that~ </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>They love to up upright and I even have to clip some of the ends off because they grow up and past the fence. They then flop over and try to attach to a new spot, getting all tangled up!</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Here are some photos! I love to bring them in fresh off, slice them, and eat with ranch!</strong></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>She was so much braver than her mom!</strong></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><strong>This is what I got off of those plants.....still more that was not ready on there!</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>I am in LOVE</strong></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04280062023197132227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124302307680160082.post-30497649682884732802010-05-19T21:33:00.000-05:002010-05-23T22:44:42.572-05:00Tropicana Rose 5-19-2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/4623280102_9cc48d682f_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/4623280102_9cc48d682f_b.jpg" width="214" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">After the rain today, I just happened to notice how the rain had fallen on my new roses I got for Mother's Day. This picture turned out great, I am very happy with it</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Now to figure out where to plant it</span></strong></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04280062023197132227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124302307680160082.post-21839238656162380792010-04-29T23:09:00.000-05:002010-05-23T22:44:14.709-05:00I love creeping phlox!<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My creeping phlox is one of my favorite flowers in my yard for the spring season, thats after the crocus dies back</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are a few pictures to share... we have a retaining wall in the front of our house and I would LOVE to have them flowing over the whole thing, but I have to be happy with what I have for now!</span></strong><br />
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</div><div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Here is what we did this year, we took those 2 same barrels, and cut the bottoms off</span></strong> </div></div><br />
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<div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>After we got the bottom's cut off, we then cut them in half (so now they are about 27.5 gallons each)... you don't need to drill any more holes, since the potatoes will be planted in the ground.</strong></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>We wiggled the barrels into the dirt just a bit (after tilling and preparing soil, its best to rotate the location of the plants each year) </strong></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>The potatoes went into the ground on March 24th. The best time is within a few weeks of Saint. Patricks Day. They take about 2-3 weeks to emerge from the groud, so planting them before the last frost is ok.</strong></div></div><div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Potatoes are not planted from a "seed" but a seed potato. It is best to buy them as a seed potatoes, and not use your supermarket bought potatoes you eat for supper (they can be treated with chemials to stop sprouts from growing)</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>When you first buy them, check to see if they have good spouts growing...After I see that they have some nice eyes, I cut them into pieces (with 2 or 3 eyes per piece) and let them sit for a day or two, cut side up.</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>When planting, I dug down about 4 -5 in. and planted with the eyes up ^ covered them, and gave them a good watering......and waited...and waited...like I said, it can take 2-3 weeks to emerge. Just keeping watering and waiting.</strong></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><br />
This was taken 17 days after planting<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>This picture was taken on 4-29-2010, about 36 days after planting. As the potatoes grow, you have to keep the stems covered with dirt, if you don't, you wont get potatoes, just a pretty green plant! </strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>When your plants are about 8 in. tall or so you want to cover the bottom half up with dirt (be careful not to break the stem). continue doing this as they grow.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirlZfTztJESNQpI_8klPIAeKzEDm4xNzIgNq-DXVMpCvktraz5-RNcd4-w1RSY0ekKzz21Ms0ibpEFWkIK0_31h1irrF1cTTmzEgbwYQC2NY2Rsz5I9K0GLvcAaUZ4auyddVcyLg39_v4/s1600/potatoes+4-29-2010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465764540556377026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirlZfTztJESNQpI_8klPIAeKzEDm4xNzIgNq-DXVMpCvktraz5-RNcd4-w1RSY0ekKzz21Ms0ibpEFWkIK0_31h1irrF1cTTmzEgbwYQC2NY2Rsz5I9K0GLvcAaUZ4auyddVcyLg39_v4/s320/potatoes+4-29-2010.JPG" style="display: block; height: 320px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 214px;" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Continue to water and cover your stems up as they grow. Watering is important during flowering time! Continue to water until the plant starts to turn yellow and dies back</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>I harvest mine about a week or two after the plant starts to die back, but you can also do it 2 weeks or so after the plant flowers, you will get small sized potatoes!</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>It's important to keep soil on top so you dont get green potatoes, which happen if they get sun on them. </strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><strong>This picture was taken on 5-24-2010.. As of now I just continue to water and watch for bugs...</strong><br />
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