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Largest Flower

sharad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:14:20 GMT

Do you know this ?
PHENOMENAL!
Shouldn’t this qualify as the “8th Wonder of the World”?
The largest flower in the world was born in Río Blanco, Veracruz , México. Two meters high and weighing 75 kilos, it has the peculiarity of blooming only during three days every 40 years.

Off Topic - Trip to Scotland - SLIDE SHOW as requested

jroot — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:53 GMT

Some of you have asked to see some of the shots I took. Here they are. It may take a while. I think I narrowed it down to 100 shots from a substantially larger number. LOL

Lots of interesting colour. Lots of very winding roads which are travelled by the locals QUITE quickly using right hand drive vehicles. Unfortunately the heather was just about done, but I did get a few shots of it. LOTS of sheep.

What to do with left over Jack o'lanterns & pumpkins - make pumpkin brownies

jroot — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:38:30 GMT

Pumpkin Brownies

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour,
1 teaspoon salt,
1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder,
1 ½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice (I used 1 tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp ginger, 1/8 tsp nutmeg, 1/8 tsp cloves)

2 whole eggs beaten
1/4 cup fat free milk
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin (I took one small pie pumpkin and stewed it first)
1/2 cup applesauce (I took one large apple and stewed it first)
1/2 to 1 cup raisins (I used ½ cups raisins and ¼ cup pecan pieces)
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips or white chocolate chips (I used a mix of both)

Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly coat 15 1/2×10 1/2 -inch baking pan with cooking spray. (I used an 8” x 12” pan).

In large bowl, mix dry ingredients first. – flour, sugar, baking powder, spice, & salt.
Then add and combine pumpkin, applesauce, beaten eggs, milk; mix until just blended.

Stir in raisins and chocolate chips, if desired. Spread evenly into prepared pan.

Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool completely in pan on wire rack.

If desired one can make a glaze. In small bowl, combine powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons of the milk; mix until smooth, adding additional fat-free milk, as needed, to reach desired consistency. Drizzle over brownies; cut into squares. I am not sure that I would use the glaze next time, as I think it makes it pretty sweet.

Winter Gardening CHALLENGE

MsDebbieP — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:34:02 GMT

Nov 2/09

Let the games begin!

Thanks to Brad's blog about winter gardening we have a new challenge for our GT-ers who live in the northern climate.

Start (at least one) container of WINTER GARDENING.

All you need is (I think)

a container, such as a plastic milk jug
some dirt (and water, I am assuming)
some seeds
a winter coat for when you go out to check the containers
patience, as any gardening requires.
a blog to post your process (tag your blog as WGC so we can find them all easily)

We’ll be watching the process and the progress—and how many people take up the challenge!

For you “southeners”, how can you participate but change the challenge to one for your climate?

Tips & Tricks: November Blooms

MsDebbieP — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:06:09 GMT

What blooms in the month of November?

gas leaf blowers

Gooseneck — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:01:50 GMT

I looked at Toro, it only weighs 5lbs. and its only 50.00 which is a good price for me.

I have no idea if its gas for electric, as it never said.

I am looking for a gas one, hoping just regular gas goes in it and not mixtrues.

I had bought a leaf collector…...absolute garbage.

does anyone have this Toro and is it any good?

I need something extremely lite-weight.

Floral and Vegetation from our trip to Scotland 2009 - Slideshow

jroot — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:22:08 GMT

Some of your had written me, hoping that I would post some pictures from our trip to Scotland, particularly of the floral and vegetation that we saw. I have included here a brief ( 28 shots ) slide show of some of them. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did being there.

Seeds to Share 09

Bon — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:19:04 GMT

Hi everyone.I have all my seeds collected and dried for this year and I have some to share if anyone is interested.It doesn’t matter if you have any to trade back I will gladly send you any of the following seeds.Just PM me and we will arrange for you to send an SASE to me.

Amaranthus—Love Lies Bleeding
Amaranthus—Hybridus-Intense Purple
Bachelor Buttons—mixed colors
Morning Glory—mixed colors
Calendula—Orange,Yellow and Pink
Zinnia—mixed colors
Cosmos—yellow with red centres
Hollyhocks—Light Pink and Dark Pink
Datura—purple
Stock—mixed colors
Shoo Fly

Best Plant Info Websites

Al_PG — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:05:22 GMT

Hi everyone. I wondered if some of you have web sites that you frequent to find plant information. I want to set up some plans for my yards and want to start picking out different plants for different locations. I’m hoping there is a great website that describes the plant (shape, color, texture), growing conditions (zone, light, water, soil), pictures, common and scientific name, where it is native to, life span, etc. I often just Google the plant I’m looking for, but only get half the information. When I do choose plants I would like to have the highest success rate I possibly can while still getting the functions from them I’m looking for.

nature can be so cruel....

mario1360 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:42:13 GMT