Don't ask me, ask Noble

[Jeff]

For some reason Noble hates Pumpkins.

[Kevin_H.]

Sounds like we may need to dig a little deeper...

[Tom]

Potatoes?

[Kevin]

Be sure to call before you dig your potatoes.

[Jeff]

He don't like skulls either. He wants santas. I tried it. I aint ready for Santas :P

[Tom]

All in favor say aye.  All opposed say neigh-h-h-h-h-h-h--h---h!

The Eyes have it

[L. Wakefield]

   So- we have- *potato* icons now???   lw

[Tom]

I think that would be cool, LW.  I would make some if I knew how. :D

Let's see.........  We could use potatoes for St. Patties Day. :D

[L. Wakefield]

   mash em, smash em, slash em- sounds like a kool smiley grouping. Bout right for halloween- an Irish Halloween maybe. The great pumpkin ousted by the great spud.  lw

[Kevin_H.]

Well,
I meant we need to dig a little deeper into why noble doesn't like pumkins, but....

Potatoes sound interesting...

[L. Wakefield]

   And to slam it right DEEP into left field- potatoes make me think of the Jerusalem artichokes which were about 9ft tall the last time I were down in the garden- I want the tubers to get big and then to get some got frowsts- They were quite good eating last year, for all people thought I had taken leave of my senses (that happens all the time anyway..)

   anyone else willing to admit they've tried these weird things, let alone LIKING them? If you let them get frosted, digum and then stickum in the fridge for a few days- then scrub and simmer til they slip out of their skins easy they do- they really DO- taste like (globe) artichoke hearts. Excellent with butter. Folk were selling them as 'sunchokes'. I have the red-skinned variety. They are also a superb flower.

  (betcha wanted to hear all that..)  lw            

[Bro. Noble]

Louise,

We grew J artichokes a long time ago.  I like them raw,  taste a little like waterchestnuts.

Do you grow salsify?  It's good stuff that not a lot of people have tried.

By the way Louise,  If Jeff ever asks your opinion about something,  just ignore him or he might make a post in an attempt to embarass you.  I'm just ignoring him----and Kevin too.

[Jeff]

So Noble, why don't you like Potatoes?

[Kevin_H.]

Or pumkins?

[Jeff]

And why the unusual fascination with Santa?

[Bro. Noble]

So-----da   ya    think    it's    gonna    rain  --------PILGRIM

[pappy]

Just like 93.99% of the people in this great country of ours I like potatoes!! :D

I think potatoes would be appropriate. ;D

Are you the type of person who longs for patience and tranquility in your life?  Just Released

"Bonsai Potato -Zen without the wait"

check this out  ;D  http://www.bonsaipotato.com/  ;D

[Paul_H]

Vegetable art in it's rawest form.Not for any hack with a knife and a spud,you need to have an eye for it.


(I know,I know,but if it wasn't me,it would have been somebody else) :P

[Jeff]

lordi.


We used to always have a sweet potato growing when I was a kid. You know the method, poke toothpicks around the side of one so it holds it half submerged in a container of water. Mon used to do it because they make an interesting looking house plant.

I however use to grow the toxic crystal gardend ;D  I cant remember everything in there but seems like it was ammonia, laundry bluing, and salt or sugar, and some other stuff too. You poured the mixture over some course textured stones in a shallow tray, then applied droplets of food coloring here and there then set it where it would absolutley not be disturbed or shaken up. You could grow some pretty impressive alien landscapes.

[L. Wakefield]

Louise,


Do you grow salsify?  It's good stuff that not a lot of people have tried.

   Let me see- I bought 2 this year I hadn't seen before- lovage- and slald burnet- nope, neither of them is salsify. I can't remember if I tried that or not. Is it a tuber?

   We had the one night @25* and now it's truly giving us a good indian summer. I put in 2 linden trees- greenspire- bit the bullet and paid the reatil price cuz I haven't got my wholesale license yet- but I think I will go for nursery status. It should be worth the paperwork, I hope.  lw

[Bro. Noble]

LW,

I think Salsify is a root rather than a tuber------looks like a white carrot.  They also call it 'vegetable oyster'  cause you can cook it in a white sauce and it tastes like oyster stew.

[Linda]

It isn't slimy, is it?  :P

I remember an awful experience when I was a kid and my mom made us kids eat at least one oyster in our soup.  Lets just say, I about ruined everyone's dinner that Christmas eve.  

Mom decided to have a choice the next year!  ;D ;)


By the way, I don't like jack-o-lanterns, Noble.  I do like pumpkins, though.  

The fact that Jack-O-Lanterns's are associated with evil spirits makes me uncomfortable.  The ancient Druids used to teach that the souls of the wicked dead inhabited the bodies of living people to be entertained.  These "possessed" people would go to farm houses and play trick or treat.  If the frightened country folk did not provide suitable food, shelter, and entertainment the druids would destroy their property and cast evil spirits upon their home.  In the British Isles, ghastly faces would be carved in gourds, lighted and carried to aid in spooking the country people.  The Celtics used to believe J-O-L's would ward off evil spirits (they actually carved turnips at that time).  It was an ancient symbol for a condemned soul.

The Celtics Day of the dead festival "Samhain," was renamed "halloween" by Christians (which actually means "All Saints Eve.").

Linda

[AtLast]

Imma thinkin when he was w weee tike some one musta told him bout the ole GREAT PUMPKIN soin he and his faithfull dog sat 1 night in da pumpkin patch a waitin and a hopin to getta glimpse of the GREAT PUMPKIN....well...im thinkin yall are fixin to kno the restta da story here....but Imma thinkin that GREAT PUMPKIN musta scared the lil feller back in da day and since then...welp...things just aint quite been da same when it come ta dem dern pumpkins

[Jeff]

We always celebrated Halloween even in a church home. Growing up I never associated it with anything evil. just gruesome. ;D

Dad had a way of making bad things good.

As an adult with children with a little artist thrown in, I ended up as the guy who made the kids up for halloween for several years. It even turned into where I had to take the afternoon off in order to get everybody done. I found a couple old photos in the drawer. I was responsible for all these ghastly sites

[Stephen_Wiley]

Those faces don't look much different than the ones I have seen in the mirror or one of my friends while having one of the following days:

Right after the saw broke down for the ump..........teenth time, or the pickup refuses to start, or stayed up late working on ...........

 :D