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3301. thoughtful - 10/19/2005 4:59:07 PM Thanks ronski.
I just fertilize all my indoor plants with a 6-6-6 on a monthly basis and water weekly or somewhat less frequently. Denny is in a west window and seems to be happy there. I've learned to keep the stem on him as it has in the past thrown new blossoms.
He's a fairly young plant...I've had him only about 3 years and I think his blooms will get more spectacular as he ages. Or at least that's my hope. 3302. marjoribanks - 10/20/2005 6:02:46 AM Thoughtful,
Did you read this article on Rachel Ray?
You (and I) have been commenting about her here for years, and after reading that article, I now recognize the reasons both of our subconscious reactions to her chatty, smiley, garrulous, persona on TV. I'll spell out my theories.
1) You recognize her and warm to her instantly because she's a fellow upstate New Yorker, she's kind of a local grown-up girl scout for you, that 30 minute show could be with your young neighbour.
2) I recognize her, and roll my eyes, instantly, because she is exactly the same age as me and thus like one of my yap-yap-yap classmates in high school (I realize now that she powerfully reminds me of an ex-girlfriend, accent and all).
Whaddya think? 3303. marjoribanks - 10/20/2005 6:06:58 AM Also, have any of you flower people read Orchid Fever: A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy, by Eric Hansen?
Doesn't deserve the excellent reviews it got, but quite an interesting story of orchid obsession, skullduggery and subterfuge. 3304. thoughtful - 10/20/2005 3:12:05 PM marj, I read the article this a.m.
Her chatty, energetic style is fine by me...at least she's cheerful without being sappy (remember Matt & Sherri from room by room anyone?) She is the happy neighbor next door who everyone likes to invite to their party as you know the conversation will never lag with her around.
But more than anything I like the fact that for me, unlike other cooking experts, she has made really good tasting food easy and accessible. (Doesn't require you to grow grass in a pot for 3 weeks before baking the ham, or as the article said 'veal jowls'.) It fits in perfectly with the nutritional move I've made against preprocessed crap and toward real home-cooked food. My food tastes a lot better and I've become a little more adventuresome as a result of her show. And I find it easier to entertain as well and don't shy away from having people over on a week night like I used to because now the food prep is no big deal.
But my fear has been and is even more so that she's overextending herself and will totally burn out. 4 tv shows is too much. This new oprah like show seems far out to me. Her forte is cooking and she should stick with it. She'll either burn out, die of over exposure, or become martha and lose her approachability.
I also didn't realize she had that many books out...I'm going to have to go shopping! 3305. thoughtful - 10/20/2005 3:14:11 PM I need H E L P!
I like corn muffins but the ones in the store are full of crap, so I've been trying to bake my own...corn muffins, corn bread, whatever.
But my muffins always stick to the paper so you end up with half a muffin. And for the most part they are tasteless. Seems to me when I was growing up and used to make it, it tasted a lot better.
I'm open to suggestions and recipes.
Any southern cooks out there who can lend a hand???
3306. PelleNilsson - 10/22/2005 8:23:30 PM Decay Pic No.2
But note that the leftmost stem still displays some vigour. 3307. PelleNilsson - 10/24/2005 8:10:01 AM We had our first frost overnight and a whiff of snow too. Time to shift to the winter tires. 3308. Macnas - 10/24/2005 9:08:56 AM Maybe, or maybe you'll get all this shagging rain we've been having for the past week. 3309. alistairconnor - 10/24/2005 10:34:30 AM We're having a very warm November. Nothing even remotely resembling a frost yet. And no rain to speak of. Except for the torrential downpour which I brought on by going out to fix the fence on Friday afternoon. 3310. alistairconnor - 10/24/2005 10:35:05 AM You must surely be having a very warm autumn too Pelle, if this is really your first frost? 3311. PelleNilsson - 10/24/2005 11:37:55 AM No, hereabouts the first frost normally comes in the second half of October. What I refer to here is "real" frost when the air temperature is below zero. 3312. alistairconnor - 10/24/2005 11:39:33 AM Why on earth was I thinking this was November. That's a worry.
Still. It's pretty warm for October around here. Still picking tomatoes. 3313. thoughtful - 10/24/2005 4:04:47 PM It has been exceptionally warm in our area. I can remember as a child growing up that we used to always get a killing frost some time after labor day (early sept.) and then it would warm up again for a few weeks before the real chill of fall set in.
We haven't had a frost yet in our area.
October is traditionally the dryest month of the year in our area as well, yet this year we've had over 14" in several days and now we have more to come thanks to Wilma. It is already the wettest october ever and the 4th wettest month of any ever. 3314. alistairconnor - 10/24/2005 4:30:43 PM This is a great century we're living in....
A new climate every year! 3315. ronski - 10/24/2005 4:35:17 PM Also been warm here. We had our first frost this morning. Very stormy weather on the way, from a Noreaster combining a bit with Wilma and Alpha. 3316. Ronski - 10/25/2005 2:37:23 AM The Noreaster, which is pulling moisture from Wilma and Alpha, is supposed to end as wet snow in the Catskill and Pocono Mountains, above 1200 feet. We're at about 1100, or a little less. Maybe we'll get some flakes, though. 3317. Ronski - 10/25/2005 2:40:48 AM 
3318. Ronski - 10/25/2005 2:42:12 AM That was taken by the driveway, yesterday, in late afternoon light, with the compulsory flash on the SONY digital.
It's witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) and red maple (Acer rubrum). 3319. Ronski - 10/25/2005 2:43:50 AM Pelle,
Btw, Colchicum appears not to need particularly good soil. I wouldn't make a special trip for it of course, but if you're going up to the lake, I'd take the bulb and plant it somewhere there.
Then, if you ever get gout... 3320. judithathome - 10/29/2005 8:55:06 PM Keoni is making his work-of-art pumpkin pie with pecan pie in the center. He has banned me from the kitchen for the duration.
This pie is pumpkin at the edges and pecan in the middle...so you get to experience two pie flavors in one slice. He spent $8 on a tin that he cut the bottom off of to make the form for the pecan mix that fits into the middle. He puts the form in and pours the pumpkin mix along the sides of the pie and then, fills the form with the pecan mix and lifts it out very slowly.
Then, he cuts out leaf shapes of dough and applies them to the edge of the pie crust.
We're taking this to our monthly gourmet dinner this evening. And I'm making my faboo salad with greens, dried cranberries, walnuts, and sliced strawberries with crunchy chow mein noodles tossed in. And Ken's raspberry-walnut dressing.
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