tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post4369447383368066764..comments2024-03-17T20:56:22.962-04:00Comments on Hoe and Shovel: A December Day's HarvestMeemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-29002703123229075082008-12-11T04:09:00.000-05:002008-12-11T04:09:00.000-05:00Hi Meems, what a lovely post, warm and colourful, ...Hi Meems, what a lovely post, warm and colourful, lucky girl to have a great looking harvest in mid December.<BR/>I'm not at all jealous....<BR/>LOL Tyra<BR/>ps. If you want to see some 'black and white' welcome to my world.:-)<BR/><A HREF="http://waxholm.blogspot.com/2008/12/leufstabruk-orangery-and-mansion.html" REL="nofollow">I New Post from Tyra - Leufstabruk</A>TYRA Hallsénius Lindhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04111758517855490413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-70043415426966203952008-12-10T19:57:00.000-05:002008-12-10T19:57:00.000-05:00Wendy, we do have seasons for planting. Our summer...Wendy, we do have seasons for planting. Our summers are just too wickedly hot for veggies. I'll plant for the spring at the end of February/first of March and it will be finished for the most part end of June/beginning of July. Then I let the soil rest until end of august/beginning of September.thank you for sharing your poem.<BR/><BR/>Joey, I'm so happy I've gotten full permission from all my Meemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-12600262252006046532008-12-10T19:43:00.000-05:002008-12-10T19:43:00.000-05:00Barbara, It would be so romantic to decorate the C...Barbara, It would be so romantic to decorate the Christmas tree with falling snow outside the windows and a fire blazing in the fireplace. But when I was all done --- I'd want to go outside to garden. <BR/><BR/>I abhor those frozen limas. I've not ever grown fresh before so I'll be checking my resources on how to prepare fresh limas. If I did it like my Grandma used to--- they would be cooked in Meemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-38120676735711553872008-12-10T18:56:00.000-05:002008-12-10T18:56:00.000-05:00Darla, Oh dear, if we had a freeze it would be sup...Darla, Oh dear, if we had a freeze it would be super-abnormal... Mr. Meems is still waiting on his limas... soon though.<BR/><BR/>Racquel, I am so tempted to spend my days entirely outside. By the nighttime rolls around I don't want to clean house then either... oh, the troubles of a gardener (and blogger!). <BR/><BR/>Karrita, I didn't know about carrots either -- I learned it from another Meemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-59975744452226447002008-12-10T18:31:00.000-05:002008-12-10T18:31:00.000-05:00Cameron, Definitely one of the better times of yea...Cameron, Definitely one of the better times of year to be outside way down south... having vegetables to tend is a blessing. <BR/><BR/>Gail, What a wonderful thing to imagine for spring... YOU with a raised bed or two. You will love the challenge. <BR/>I'm so tickled to hear you have been out in the garden, too... Incorporating all the great ideas from other bloggers. We don't grow dafs or crocusMeemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-79477078751218131002008-12-10T09:05:00.000-05:002008-12-10T09:05:00.000-05:00Ooooohh! Ohmy! Lima beabns? Love 'em. As ususal, a...Ooooohh! Ohmy! <BR/><BR/>Lima beabns? Love 'em. As ususal, a stop by yore place jes' cheers me enormously!<BR/><BR/>We will put up tress today--that ain't the same as decorate 'em...jes' git 'em UP.<BR/><BR/>But we does have tomatoes--an as ya say, they's ripenin' slowly...anxious to see the little yello pear tomatoes what is growin' so vigorously.<BR/><BR/>The one thang I wil lsay about growin' Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-33931847633067036512008-12-09T23:41:00.000-05:002008-12-09T23:41:00.000-05:00Oh brother, you need rescuing I can see! I feel ba...Oh brother, you need rescuing I can see! I feel badly for you collecting veges in December. I know it must be warm down there cause it is warm up here in NC. Happy for you though and the carrots looks delicious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-15606369558632203892008-12-09T20:59:00.000-05:002008-12-09T20:59:00.000-05:00Can't offer any advice about keeping out the garde...Can't offer any advice about keeping out the garden, dear Meems, 'cause if I had your weather, I would NOT be inside decorating during daylight hours either. I'm most impressed with your late autumn harvest ~ a job well done! Enjoy the blessing ... nighttime waits ... inside.joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569378877717221045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-69188463812957893342008-12-09T20:00:00.000-05:002008-12-09T20:00:00.000-05:00I agree with Lisa - and everybody else too. Do yo...I agree with Lisa - and everybody else too. Do you have different seasons for planting? Or can you just plant anytime at all? Your vegs do look delicious.<BR/>Here is a poem I made up and posted back in June, I think:<BR/><BR/>There are socks on the stairs<BR/>And shirts on the chairs<BR/>And underwear under the bed<BR/>But I'm beggin' you pardon<BR/>I'm off to the garden<BR/>It's cleaning andWendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788733654505792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-74711282837029440042008-12-09T13:39:00.000-05:002008-12-09T13:39:00.000-05:00Meems, if I had wonderful stuff in the garden, I w...Meems, if I had wonderful stuff in the garden, I would definitely be out there. It is sleeting here, so I'm able to stay inside.~~DeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-66068961456750186292008-12-09T12:59:00.000-05:002008-12-09T12:59:00.000-05:00What a beautiful December garden! O.K. are you hap...What a beautiful December garden! O.K. are you happy now? You have us all full of envy. LOL! It seems like every comment I want to post to you these days have to do with envy. Oh to be a snowbird! <BR/><BR/>Enjoy this blessing of sunshine and warmth, Meems. Thank you for sharing, even if it does make me green!Robin's Nesting Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894844125547373328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-5036473458900178692008-12-09T11:28:00.000-05:002008-12-09T11:28:00.000-05:00I envy you. How wonderful to step outside and pic...I envy you. How wonderful to step outside and pick beans in December;) I'll trade. I guarantee, in northern Illinois you will not be tempted to go outside. You will look at the snowstorm outside and be glad you don't HAVE to go out in it.<BR/>MarnieRoses and Lilacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121676379580186489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-42366144441614587952008-12-09T10:46:00.000-05:002008-12-09T10:46:00.000-05:00are you kidding i will not give you advice to get ...are you kidding i will not give you advice to get out of the garden, i am living vicariously thru you being able to be there in the green stuff. i say spend as much time as you can in that beautiful piece of God's green earth. the rest of christmas will come together. besides you have no little ones beckoning you to get it all done so they can enjoy it for a moment. <BR/>your veggies look so marmeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00622899170079254810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-29107397225035860502008-12-09T10:22:00.000-05:002008-12-09T10:22:00.000-05:00The only good reason for snow...it makes it easier...The only good reason for snow...it makes it easier to decorate the tree and house for Christmas. So cool to see that you're harvesting veggies - that you started in August! Do you have a special recipe for Lima Beans - the ones we get here are the frozen variety and they taste like a combination of stiff paste and chalk.Barbarapchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990013417063903768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-43706512561353273722008-12-09T10:10:00.000-05:002008-12-09T10:10:00.000-05:00Hi Meems~Your veggie garden looks so nice and heal...Hi Meems~<BR/><BR/>Your veggie garden looks so nice and healthy! And carrots? I didn't know we could grow carrots in Florida, next year I'll have to give it a try, hopefully they'll make it down here too. I find myself often drawn out to the garden or my craft room when I have a million other things that I "should" be doing.<BR/><BR/>Have a beautiful day ( in the garden... I hope)~<BR/>KarritaMy Mother's Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650111954885067729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-41770912666274601432008-12-09T10:07:00.000-05:002008-12-09T10:07:00.000-05:00It's a hard thing to resist isn't it Meems, lol! ...It's a hard thing to resist isn't it Meems, lol! I always save my housework/other stuff for nighttime too. :) Great harvest you got there, nice that we can live vicariously through your gardens right now. Mine is hibernating for the winter at the moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-2233205282368429632008-12-09T08:52:00.000-05:002008-12-09T08:52:00.000-05:00I am with you all the way. The only way to stay o...I am with you all the way. The only way to stay out of the garden is for it to FREEZE! Lovely post and your veggie look wonderful, hope Mr. Meems get his beans soon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13061146166736270529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-50823373194019532372008-12-09T08:46:00.000-05:002008-12-09T08:46:00.000-05:00I have no advice for you Meems on how to stay out...I have no advice for you Meems on how to stay out of the garden. As a matter of fact I'm encouraging you to get out in it. Up here we don't have much choice so we have to enjoy gardening thru you! What's that? Christmas decorations? Oh, that's for nighttime as you said. Enjoy!!!Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270611634380137009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-8274432958122801662008-12-09T08:40:00.000-05:002008-12-09T08:40:00.000-05:00If at this time of year my garden was as delightfu...If at this time of year my garden was as delightful as yours I wouldn't ever decorate for christmas. Ha... I think you have your priorities straight.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-5954884879300373482008-12-09T08:35:00.000-05:002008-12-09T08:35:00.000-05:00Meems, I haven't done much for Christmas...not s...Meems, I haven't done much for Christmas...not sure what is going on...the only thing different from last year...is blogging! Hmm! It's not just blogging...I am also finding more things to do in the garden (all those ideas from other blogs!) ...In TN we can garden a little longer. So the dafs and crocus I got on sale when I went to Lowes to get a tree need my attention, too! Oh my!<BR/><BR/Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-69037460315580273392008-12-09T08:32:00.000-05:002008-12-09T08:32:00.000-05:00Meems,YOU have beans, carrots and radishes. YOU c...Meems,<BR/><BR/>YOU have beans, carrots and radishes. YOU can get out in the garden. :-) We'll just have to garden vicariously through your stories and photos!<BR/><BR/>What a lovely harvest for December! I'd be outside if I had veggies to pick or flowers to tend.<BR/><BR/>CameronF Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14558874651743241988noreply@blogger.com