Comments for An Artist's Garden http://megg67.wordpress.com Images and thoughts to inspire. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:35:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on It’s the Flu by suziam48 http://megg67.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/its-the-flu/#comment-150 suziam48 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:35:21 +0000 http://megg67.wordpress.com/?p=1193#comment-150 Lovely photos and commentary. Hope you're feeling better. PS - great banner! Lovely photos and commentary. Hope you’re feeling better.
PS – great banner!

]]> Comment on Canning Cherries by megg67 http://megg67.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/canning-cherries/#comment-135 megg67 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:10:10 +0000 http://megg67.wordpress.com/?p=195#comment-135 Oh gosh I didn't even notice that! That would be ....something completely different! Oh gosh I didn’t even notice that! That would be ….something completely different!

]]> Comment on Canning Cherries by chickadeeworkshop http://megg67.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/canning-cherries/#comment-134 chickadeeworkshop Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:46:17 +0000 http://megg67.wordpress.com/?p=195#comment-134 OH NO! LOL!!! I meant to say "Ball Blue Book." I'm guessing that would be a whole nother thing, wouldn't it? Jeez. OH NO! LOL!!! I meant to say “Ball Blue Book.” I’m guessing that would be a whole nother thing, wouldn’t it? Jeez.

]]> Comment on Canning Cherries by chickadeeworkshop http://megg67.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/canning-cherries/#comment-132 chickadeeworkshop Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:20:08 +0000 http://megg67.wordpress.com/?p=195#comment-132 Good for you! I canned cherry jam last night, myself, the first I have ever done. It IS a lot of sugar, but then, I do have a sweet tooth. I did not know you could just can the cherries in syrup. I'll have to check that out, since I love cherries so much.. My next purchase is the Blue Ball book....too many recommendations to ignore. Good luck in your continuing efforts to save money and living more basically. I am working on it too. Just trying to get back to how people lived in earlier times and bring back some of the survival skills of our grandparents and great grandparents. I want to have my kids (grown) and grandkids see that these skills and techniques are useful for NOW and the future; they are not just relics of our past. P.S. I found your blog through recommendations that popped up on my own. Good for you! I canned cherry jam last night, myself, the first I have ever done. It IS a lot of sugar, but then, I do have a sweet tooth. I did not know you could just can the cherries in syrup. I’ll have to check that out, since I love cherries so much.. My next purchase is the Blue Ball book….too many recommendations to ignore.

Good luck in your continuing efforts to save money and living more basically. I am working on it too. Just trying to get back to how people lived in earlier times and bring back some of the survival skills of our grandparents and great grandparents. I want to have my kids (grown) and grandkids see that these skills and techniques are useful for NOW and the future; they are not just relics of our past.

P.S. I found your blog through recommendations that popped up on my own.

]]> Comment on About by megg67 http://megg67.wordpress.com/about/#comment-130 megg67 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:59:14 +0000 #comment-130 Hi Esperanza, My cherries were wonderful, and no the ones on top of the syrup did not effect the batch at all. The syrup preserves it to some extent, but ultimately the acid in the cherries and the vacuum is what keeps them. If you are concerned about the ones on top discoloring a bit you could tip them from time to time to turn them, but it is just an aesthetics thing. Good luck and I strongly recommend the Ball Blue Book, it truly is the best source around for canning. Hi Esperanza,

My cherries were wonderful, and no the ones on top of the syrup did not effect the batch at all. The syrup preserves it to some extent, but ultimately the acid in the cherries and the vacuum is what keeps them. If you are concerned about the ones on top discoloring a bit you could tip them from time to time to turn them, but it is just an aesthetics thing. Good luck and I strongly recommend the Ball Blue Book, it truly is the best source around for canning.

]]> Comment on About by Esperanza http://megg67.wordpress.com/about/#comment-129 Esperanza Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:29:06 +0000 #comment-129 About canning cherries- I noticed you canned cherries last year. I recently did it for the first time and noticed in mine, and in your photos, that some of the cherries are poking out of the syrup. Will these cherries be preserved or will they ruin the batch? What was your experience? Thank you! -Esperanza About canning cherries- I noticed you canned cherries last year. I recently did it for the first time and noticed in mine, and in your photos, that some of the cherries are poking out of the syrup. Will these cherries be preserved or will they ruin the batch? What was your experience?

Thank you!
-Esperanza

]]> Comment on Walking in the Sun by megg67 http://megg67.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/walking-in-the-sun/#comment-127 megg67 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:59:56 +0000 http://megg67.wordpress.com/?p=1009#comment-127 Thank you for the correction!! Thank you for the correction!!

]]> Comment on Walking in the Sun by thepoisongarden http://megg67.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/walking-in-the-sun/#comment-126 thepoisongarden Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:22:57 +0000 http://megg67.wordpress.com/?p=1009#comment-126 Your second picture is not of 'Bella Donna Night Shade'. It is of Solanum dulcamara, woody nightshade. Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade, has small deep purple flowers which turn into berries which are almost black. Woody nightshade berries are bright red. Your second picture is not of ‘Bella Donna Night Shade’. It is of Solanum dulcamara, woody nightshade. Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade, has small deep purple flowers which turn into berries which are almost black.

Woody nightshade berries are bright red.

]]> Comment on Be prepared for your eyes to hurt with this amazing fuschia flower. by megg67 http://megg67.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/be-prepared-for-your-eyes-to-hurt-with-this-amazing-fuschia-flower/#comment-119 megg67 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:57:53 +0000 http://megg67.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-119 To be honest I don't know. It is some kind of flowering fruit tree. Unfortunately Peterson's Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs does not catagorize trees by flower colors. I thought it was a redbud but the color is not rightred bud has a more salmon pink colored flower from what I can determine. To be honest I don’t know. It is some kind of flowering fruit tree. Unfortunately Peterson’s Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs does not catagorize trees by flower colors. I thought it was a redbud but the color is not rightred bud has a more salmon pink colored flower from what I can determine.

]]> Comment on Be prepared for your eyes to hurt with this amazing fuschia flower. by Tania http://megg67.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/be-prepared-for-your-eyes-to-hurt-with-this-amazing-fuschia-flower/#comment-118 Tania Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:33:37 +0000 http://megg67.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-118 WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS FLOWER???? WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS FLOWER????

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