I want a Martha Washington cabinet and I can't find one.
Fori
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Martha Washington Asparagus
Comments (7)I think it's a fine old variety. I suppose that, for commercial growers, a little bit of extra yield from the all-male varieties might make a difference between profit and loss for the year. I think the main claim about the all-male varieties is that the spears are thicker/larger diameter. Whether or not this is true I don't know. I've also read posts on this forum and other gardening forums in the past where people have commented that some of their "all-male" plants turned out to bear berries anyway, not a large percentage of them, but at least a few. Anyway, the cost of seed of MW is MUCH cheaper than buying roots of all-male plants. I decided to expand my patch significantly this year, in light of the 'Global Food Crisis, so I bought an ounce of MW seed this spring for $7, and it made 200 4" cells by planting 5 to 6 seeds per cell, which is actually really overkill, but I could have planted 1000 cells worth, but I just don't need that many plants for household use. I don't understand exactly what you mean by "the beds can get weedy" in terms of reseeding -- yes, they will reseed, but this is a great thing, IMO -- free plants, what's not to like. However, I guess if you need discrete rows, etc., to allow tractors/equipment access, it could be a problem, but I assume that the equipment would kill the volunteers in the pathways. Otherwise, commercially, I think most weeds in aspargus are controlled with herbicdes. You might want to post your questions over on the market garden forum, and get opinions from professional growers. I'm just a home gardener, so I don't know all of the ins and outs of commercial asparagus farming. I just know that, in my garden, I have both MW and one of the Jersey series -- I can't remember if it's Jersey Giant or Jersey Knight, but frankly, I don't see anything very special about the Jersey variety -- it's not bad, just not that big of an improvement over good old MW. Good luck with your venture. I live in the suburbs, and there are virtually NO working farms left in my county. The only one I know of in about a 20 mile radius is a lone holdout who has partnered with Michigan State University in a pilot project on urban/suburban u-pick type farming, and he grows asparagus, strawberries, pumpkins, and apples, and seems to have a thriving business. People line up in the spring for the aspargus (this isn't pick your own, it's all picked, and cars just drive up to buy it). He was getting $2.25 a lb this past spring, which is pretty good (pricey, I mean, good for him, sort of high for the customer, but it's FRESH and LOCAL), IMO, although I have NO idea if this is a profitable price for him or not....See MoreI can't do it. I just can't do it.
Comments (34)I have never had a subscription to a cooking magazine - the only subscription I did have was to Illuminatrice, an Italian lighting magazine, and that was at work. The only magazines that I buy at the newsstand are Italian design magazines, some of which are quite expensive (I used to buy men's Italian fashion magazines, when I was more fashionable), and I have saved every one of them. I also buy Architectural Digest, Interiors, Veranda, etc. when they publish photos of my furniture designs, and I keep these also. My old magazine collection takes up one shelf in my garage, and I do refer to the Italian magazines from time to time for inspiration. I do collect clutter, but books and magazines are not part of that. I have one shelf of cookbooks in the hall next to the kitchen. I once bought a magazine on Feng Shui, but I decided that the magazine was clutter and got rid of it. I spent last week-end trying to declutter my bedroom because I also bought a new mattress that will be delivered tomorrow, and I want my room to look nice. Yesterday I made a runner with the fabric left over from making new drapes for my bedroom (to be able to block out light) and put it on the wide dresser beside my bed. The dresser on the other side of my bed has a runner I made from fabric left over from when I made my bedspread. I find that decorating or trying to coordinate rooms helps me get rid of clutter. However, I did put a bunch of books on the wide dresser using bookends. I don't have room for another bookcase. If I need to get more books, I will get rid of old ones that I have. Lately I have been buying and reading books on Anthropology and early human evolution. I read them at night to help me get to sleep, and so it takes a while to get through them. I cannot stand to watch Hoarders, but I will watch Clean House if I need inspiration to declutter. Making my house and yards look as beautiful as possible is one of my top priorities, and this helps me let go of clutter. I haven't gotten rid of it altogether, however, and so I think it is an on-going process. I have a hard time getting rid of old clothes that no longer fit, and I am convinced that sometime in the near future, they will fit again. Anyway, that is my goal. They may be terribly out of style or inappropriate by that time, however. Getting rid of old clothes is my biggest problem. One of the things I came across yesterday while decluttering was a printout from a Cooking Forum thread from 2005 that I started asking what was in everyone's freezer. It included a post by Ann_T on pitahaya (I happened to have some in my freezer at the time) that she had copied and pasted, bad Google translation and all. The translation was hysterically funny. Lars...See MoreMirror Mirror on the Wall, Why Can't I Find One I Like at All!
Comments (23)We're nearly twins, jerzee! My vanity was supposed to be a warm mid-brown and it turned out darker, more mahogany-looking than I'd planned. Counter is also Cararra. My walls are SW Antique White, sort of french vanilla, and floors are a mid gray tile. Initially I thought the walls were too warm for the grays and chrome, but I like gray and cream together and I'm leaving it all as is. I had stressed over matching or mixing the metals and, in the end, have mostly chrome except for a bit of satin nickel. Nobody notices or cares. I hope you like the original finish on the mirror. A lot depends on how it works in your space. I have plenty of natural light in my bathroom. If you decide to go more silver, I can share what I did, plus what I did at first and what you should avoid doing. :)...See MoreMartha Washington roses for my dad
Comments (3)Are you SURE you mean 'Martha Washington'? That rose is an obscure Hybrid Roxburghii and as far as I know, is not in commerce anywhere on the planet. There isn't a single photo of 'Martha Washington' on HMF either. If you do a Google images search for it, there isn't a single photo that is correct. I have found in the past, people have misremembered the name of the variety, conflating the Martha Washington Geraniums with 'Mary Washington' the rose. 'Mary Washington' is a white Noisette that is available in commerce. Can you describe the rose your dad remembers?...See MoreFori
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