tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post4003832342681434137..comments2023-11-11T10:00:52.832-08:00Comments on Annie's Kitchen Garden: February 21, 2009: Odds & Ends, This & ThatAnnie*s Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-57418920578208233782009-02-22T10:45:00.000-08:002009-02-22T10:45:00.000-08:00Ha-ha, Sinfonian..EG said that sun would kill them...Ha-ha, Sinfonian..EG said that sun would kill them! I do think it was a good thing when mine got leggy and I put the toilet paper rolls around them and added dirt up to the leaves. I really tore up the little root taking them out of the first containers, but the evidently are rooting well along the stem 'cause they are healthy looking little stinkers.<BR/><BR/>Granny and her weed? That would be a good one ;-)Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-15496659983220605582009-02-22T10:31:00.000-08:002009-02-22T10:31:00.000-08:00Wow, that AZ sun really did great for your mater p...Wow, that AZ sun really did great for your mater plants! Mine are still only an inch or two without true leaves yet. Sheesh!<BR/><BR/>I can't wait to hear about your trek home as well. Don't worry about the dirty looks, just say you CAN'T be without your weed (with a straight face) and walk into your hotel room. hehe.Sinfonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973076975622726383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-56624164631812227722009-02-22T08:02:00.000-08:002009-02-22T08:02:00.000-08:00Daphne, I really think I'm going to have to put th...Daphne, I really think I'm going to have to put these pots under the electric saw to get the plants out! The plastic isn't flexible at all, but I think I can take off the bottoms with the chop saw and push them out that way. I hope. I'd hate to baby them for 8-10 weeks and then kill them off at planting time.<BR/><BR/>I've been reading up on the different recipes for soil for the blockers, that's quite an education in itself! Sometimes I think ignorance is bliss when it comes to gardening. Or that too much knowledge can be a bad thing. ;-)Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-16464710592730837072009-02-22T07:56:00.000-08:002009-02-22T07:56:00.000-08:00Amy, it is so difficult to find hotels that will a...Amy, it is so difficult to find hotels that will allow pets. I'd never try to smuggle in my dogs (bark-bark), but a 2-pound rabbit? He goes straight into the bathroom with a little portable pooper box, and never makes a sound. Well, almost never. The first time we took him into a room he thumped half the night. Now he loves hotels. Anyway, we have to drive for 10 hours the first day of our trip home, because we can only find one hotel where we can rent a pet room.Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-79827728245902665112009-02-22T07:52:00.000-08:002009-02-22T07:52:00.000-08:00Just Jenn, I think the pink ones are the cutest. ...Just Jenn, I think the pink ones are the cutest. When I can lavish love on them, I'll let up a bit on the green ones.<BR/><BR/>All of the tomatoes are a lovely green, but with a purplish color on the underside of the leaves...I think that's what they are supposed to look like. It must have been the way the light was shining on one that made the top/veins look so purple. It's my biggest, healthiest looking plant of all now, and has been allowed to snuggle up with its siblings again.Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-57980494479794320982009-02-22T04:44:00.000-08:002009-02-22T04:44:00.000-08:00It must be hard to have to start half your transpl...It must be hard to have to start half your transplants in a different state then drag them all around. I love your new soil block maker. I keep thinking about making a 4" one, then I think about the millions of 4" pots I own and don't bother. My 4" pots have nicely sloped sides and they are still hard to get the seedling out of.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-64388162174022684462009-02-21T22:59:00.000-08:002009-02-21T22:59:00.000-08:00Granny, Oh I too have been stared at taking things...Granny, <BR/>Oh I too have been stared at taking things in and out of hotels. We moved to MT 10 years ago during the biggest art event of the year (the CM Russell auction). There we were with a dog (a lab/chow), 2 cats, all our & their stuff and a couple clothes baskets full of my houseplants I wouldn't give away (till the move to AK at least). We got some looks...<BR/><BR/>Then again, it doesn't take much for some people to look at you funny. I got some looks just for being in hotels with the dogs this summer.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306754150860679811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-53727464526043778792009-02-21T22:12:00.000-08:002009-02-21T22:12:00.000-08:00I love looking at your little green babies - and t...I love looking at your little green babies - and the pink one's are awfully cute too! ... now I'm off to look at John's seed blockers. Oh one thing before I go, how's the purple tomato plant doing? Any improvement?Just Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15008462659487802315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-6868384972180431662009-02-21T21:12:00.000-08:002009-02-21T21:12:00.000-08:00The brass acorn is a good idea. I have been concoc...The brass acorn is a good idea. I have been concocting a 4-5 block maker in my head for about a week and have not thought of that. I was picturing having the bolt slightly protruding and locking it in place with a nut. I guess it would serve the same purpose but the brass one looks much nicer. <BR/><BR/>Your tomatoes have really done well by the way. I hope my early tomatoes grow as fast and as well.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743102355360873845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-75446514061805949202009-02-21T20:57:00.000-08:002009-02-21T20:57:00.000-08:00Dan, John uses a brass acorn nut to make the inden...Dan, John uses a brass acorn nut to make the indent. He gives directions on his blog at <BR/>http://www.jbest123.thegardenjournals.org/?p=277<BR/><BR/>Our wild bunnies are very well fed this year, as it has been quite rainy and we have a lot of green everywhere. Most years we feed them rabbit pellets, a 50 pound bag a month, but this year they were well fed by Mother Nature. We do maintain a clean, cold water supply for them, though.Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-8970169399135108612009-02-21T20:45:00.000-08:002009-02-21T20:45:00.000-08:00That is a nice bunny photo, looks like it eats wel...That is a nice bunny photo, looks like it eats well.<BR/><BR/>I like the look of that soil blocker. Does it have a bolt on the end to make the seed indent?Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743102355360873845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-28767440868802257972009-02-21T20:23:00.000-08:002009-02-21T20:23:00.000-08:00Mommyamy, you don't want to know how many hotel ro...Mommyamy, you don't want to know how many hotel rooms I've smuggled our pet rabbit into, hidden in a carry on bag or a large purse! Once we were on the elevator with security and the rabbit was moving around in my purse...I pretended I had hiccups! By the time we got off, I was practically in hysterics :-DAnnie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-15392595725290773532009-02-21T19:47:00.000-08:002009-02-21T19:47:00.000-08:00Wow! Your tomatoes look great! I can't wait to h...Wow! Your tomatoes look great! I can't wait to hear about your 2 day trek home, should be very interesting! Once I took a goldfish on a plane flight with me in a tupperware dish. That was a new one for the flight attendants! lolAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03063493569828318329noreply@blogger.com