Open Thread: The Seed Catalogs Are Arriving!
By Linda Kellen Biegel
I received my first seed catalog today from Bluestone Perennials! While they have a great website, there is just nothing like turning the slick, shiny pages of beautiful flowers while I plan the garden layout in my head.
I guess it’s like porno magazines for gardeners!
Feel free to discuss the news of the day or escape into garden-land for awhile!
Hard for me to imagine the AK winters. I just picked lettuce from my garden last night. We will pick broccoli for dinner tonight. Two growing seasons in the desert is great! On the other hand, 115F in the summer doesn’t make it worth it. (panting and sweating at the thought)
FIRST !
P@rno for Gardners???……..I’ll never look at another seed catalog the same way now…
rats ! not first… had to go back and edit a word …$%&#$&#& filter
Pretty pink posey!
So Virginia has stalled the “informed consent” transvaginal probe legislation after a thousand people showed up at the capitol to protest, but efforts to eliminate the legislation did not pass.
As for Mitch Daniels of Indiana and his (way far) right, make that Wrong, “thinking” ilk who vilify the Girl Scouts should never enjoy another thin mint, the misogynist idiots. If you give a misogynist a cookie…
he should choke on it is all I’m saying. For now.
And for all the candidates and their supporters who think some of us aren’t the right kind of people and don’t practice the right kind of faith, I share this from my littlebird, who is a left kind of Jew like her mama, and believes we all have right to practice our faith or lack thereof as we see fit, ‘cauce that’s what freedom means: A”protest song about barriers”
Mason Jennings – “I Love You And Buddha Too”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbSOPuN7OhE
passing the Girl Scout cookies with much love,
thatcrowwoman
I simply can’t wrap my mind around the transvaginal probe legislation. Who do these monsters think they are?
I have some good suggestions for probes and those Republican legislators – but I won’t go there!
Maybe the probe will!
Go ahead Girl—-I’ll meet you at the front door!
Sec. 11.41.410. Sexual assault in the first degree.
(a) An offender commits the crime of sexual assault in the first degree if
(1) the offender engages in sexual penetration with another person without consent of that person;
WHY, WHY, WHY is this not being discussed in the states that are proposing this kind of bill????
Do the legislators considering these bills not realize that they are, in effect, legalizing rape or are they SO desperate to humiliate women considering abortion that they just don’t care?
And why is there no outcry from the doctors who will essentially be forced to perform sexual assault?
And I still haven’t heard anyone talk about who is supposed to pay for this expensive, medically unnecessary, invasive procedure.
There is a Rep debate tonight. Can anyone get a question to the monitor so he can ask Ron Paul? I would love to hear his answer to the question.
I forgot to mention, that I wrote a long letter to our Iowa Democrat Senator–Tom Harkin. I told him how I felt about what is being said by Rick Santorium, and the War on Women’s rights. Also that I didn’t appreciate Rick S, just standing there and not saying anything, when a woman in the audience was talking about Obama being a Muslin. He (Rick S) said that he didn’t think it was his place to correct her. I went on to say that the way Rick S, sees women in America is the same as the Taliban that we are fighting in Afghanistan .
I asked Sen Harkin to join other Democrat Senators and start fighing to bring back Sanitay to our elections–or whatever they can do to protect us from people like Rick Santorium that are running for the highest office in the land.
I only have my opinion and 1 vote.
We need help!
The debate tonight is more of an equestrian show jumping competition. The rethuglican thoroughbads tonight will showcase their abilities to jump to erroneous conclusions around every obstacle placed in their way. They will be judged only by their stately form and showmanship. They will not be judged on substance or vision. With any luck,they will stumble,break a leg and be put out of our collective miseries on national telly.
As I mentioned a couple of days ago,treat rethuglicans as invasive species pests and get rid of them. They wrote the law and Clinton signed it. If forcing a probe into a woman against her will isn’t being invasive,I sure as hell don’t know what is.
Thank you, John.
Is that a state or federal statute?
Ready to share it swift and far and wide…
tcw
That is state law in alaska. You can also find the definition of penitration. Pretty sure it includes any object.
We can check statutes for any state at the state webpage:
state name statutes sexual assault penetration
ought to give us important primary source information
to Share with our loved ones and friends,
our representatives and governors
(Mr$. Todd Palin, quitter, grifter not included)
the AMA…etc.
Are links to state legislation
(and anywhere in the world where mudpuppies live, also, too)
already being gathered over in the forum?
I’ll visit this weekend when I can linger and dawdle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tLXj5vvm4o&feature=related
oh listen all you people…
Very powerful! Thanks for posting it.
Yes, it is. I found lyrics relating to a lot of people. I’m sure where I’ve heard it before was from Pete Seeger. But what is the tune? I know I’ve heard different (older) lyrics than even Pete Seeger/Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger – but I can’t find it. Now I’m going to hear that song all day, trying to figure it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_TqxrZpkQU
this one?
I saw video of the protest in Virginia and it was very powerful. For those of you who hadn’t heard about it, there are strict laws in Virginia which place restrictions on protests…no shouting, no signs, etc. If the usual protests happened, they would have been quickly removed and probably arrested.
One protester commented that the legislators were used to seeing the traditional kinds of protests anyway and would just ignore them.
However, once again, the power of social media was put to good use and a different kind of protest was organized in a matter of days. A thousand people gathered at the capitol and lined the roads and paths. They were absolutely silent and just stared down the legislators as they passed.
Because it was so different from the usual crowd, screaming and waving signs, it made a strong impact on the people passing. Obviously, it made a few of the legislators think twice about what they were about to do. Hopefully, when a vote is finally taken, this heinous bill will be defeated as it should be.
Way to go, Virginians!
I particularly like some of the shirts people were wearing. One woman had a shirt that said simply:
Mother
Doctor
Voter
I think that is what is needed in this day of protests – and there is so much to protest. We have to do something that is different than what they have been seeing to get their attention – and above all else, it MUST be non-violent.
Non-violent – absolutely correct.
It seems as though many in Washington DC and the state capitals need to be repeatedly reminded that THEY work for US. We put them in office and pay their salaries. The decisions they make should be to make our lives better, NOT pad their own pockets or fulfill some fanatical religious objective.
Interesting story – an Alaskan Vietnam vet was awarded his Silver Star after 45 years:
http://www.army.mil/article/73891
Seed catalogs good. Rethuglicans bad,Kemo Sabe.
Heh heh… Good one. I love to peruse plant catalogues- hard to do seeds here without a cold frame. The cusp of winter into spring is deceptive: almost 70 today, 30s and flurries tomorrow. Welcome to Colorado
Seed catalogs are an addiction.
I am an addict.
I confess I have spent over 15 hours this week looking at seed catalogs and sites.
I am powerless in the face of garden fever.
I admit it.
RH Shumway has a large seed catalog-large as in two dimensions l and w. They have mostly hand drawn pictures of their goodies,which is why I prefer it to the slick looking photoes of other catalogs.As the old saying goes,once you go Shumway,you never go back. I made that up.
http://content.yudu.com/A1v9rt/Shumway2012GardenGd/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rhshumway.com%2Fdc.asp%3Fc1%3DVegetable%2BSeed%26c%3D86
you are a wicked man Mikey. Giving a seed catalog like this to an addict. Wicked!
I have cor………(rupt) values somewhere.
My compost pile was steaming a few days ago…
A grey owl had dive bombed it, caught a vole and the hole left behind released steam.
Daylight is gaining more and more everyday.
Spring is right around the corner.
sigh..
The second half of this winter seems really long since I ran out of blueberries last month…
seed catalogs help
I’ll be using some of the frozen rhubarb to hold me over:-)
Us too:-)
We are also out trying to dig in the tiny bit of thawed ground, like 3″-6″, that is happening in our high tunnel!! (yesterday we had a sunny day and the air temperature in there was 67!! I had to run out and make sure the gauge was right:-)
The seed and plant catalogs can’t get here soon enough!!
I’ve been making rhubarb cake with almond nut crisp topping for the Sunday morning FFYF (fend for yourself food).
Soon no more blueberry pancakes or muffins. Or frozen blueberries with cream and sugar…
I so hope this summer is good blueberry weather.
New Cappers magazine has several interesting rhubarb reces in it. There is a website I believe,don’t have it in front of me.
I have the week off from school and am catching up on all sorts of chores I’ve put off.
Checked off the dentist appointment, grocery shopping, working on the juice spots on the carpet (grape juice on gray carpet…arrghhh!) and cleaning the kitchen. Still have to meet with the roofing contractor, do my taxes, find a home improvement loan, buy a new dishwasher, clean my office, bathroom and bedroom, do about a dozen loads of laundry, sort and donate some old clothes, clean out the pantry and freezer…..
My reward for getting all my chores done? Planning my garden, ordering my shrub seedlings, reading my new gardening magazines and looking through my seed catalogs!
Democrats see the glass as half full. Rethuglicans see the glass as theirs. I hear the new personhood bill gives embryos the same rights as korporations and rill people. So your embryo can drive to the liquor store by itself,buy itself some booze and lavish all the cash it wants on buying it’s own elections. New parents apparently will have no say as to whether their fetus goes to school or stays out late or hangs around with seedy rethuglicans. Something tells me these new personhood bills are gonna bite rwnj asses hard. BTW-I get my first four or five seed catalogs the week before last Christmas. I have already received second catalogs from some nursuries.
I think it should be illegal to discriminate against a fetus based on sex, race, or sexual orientation.
and since life begins at conception, people should have the right to vote 17 years and three months after exiting the birth canal.
Then again, didn’t Ayn Rand write in one of her books about how no woman should be forced to carry a child in her womb against her will?
Once again, the law of unintended consequences will result in chaos because the GOP was so hell-bent on pursuing their religious agenda that they didn’t look ahead and see what else this law might affect.
“There are over 25,000 references to ‘person’ in the Virginia Code, and numerous untold impacts upon the laws of the Commonwealth as a result of the passage of HB1,” said Del. Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria), another member of the Courts committee. “This bill will affect everything from the laws of inheritance to redistricting. It is unfortunate that the proponents of HB1 did not listen to or address our concerns.”
http://bristolvademocrats.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/house-democrats-denounce-controversial-personhood-bill/
What war on religion?
http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/what-war-religion-obama-catholic-charities
“Nothing came of the protest, and the grants eventually expired. But the Detroit Rescue Mission is still receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funds annually. On its website, it touts itself as the nation’s largest nonprofit recipient of grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
“To apply for a job with the rescue mission, applicants are required to pledge agreement with the group’s statement of faith, to identify one’s church and pastor, and to answer a host of questions about their religious beliefs, including, “What does it mean to you to have Christ as Lord of your life?”
“If Obama was really bent on waging war on religion, some of these contracts might be the first to go. He hasn’t touched them.
“But if Obama thought that keeping evangelical and Catholic religious organizations flush with federal money would earn him their political support, he’s now discovering that’s just not the case. And not only has he come under fire from right-wing religious groups, he’s alienated the progressive religious groups who might be his natural allies. “Obama hasn’t changed anything,” Lynn says. “We’ve got more money, arguably, with no additional strings attached going to the same groups that often discriminate on the basis of religion in hiring.”"
The Catholic church might find only MEN sitting in the pews one day, and will have to wonder-What happened~
Speaking of seeds, did any one hear about this: “Russian Scientists Clone Ancient Arctic Plant
”
http://www.npr.org/2012/02/21/147217231/russian-scientists-clone-ancient-arctic-plant
I so want to see those plants.
I love seed catalogs. I can smell Spring as I turn the pages of the catalogs and revel in the beauty displayed.
Seeds of Change Homepage….
Celebrating twenty years of offering over 1200 certified organic seed varieties for
the home gardener and market-grower. Check for special web offers.
http://www.seedsofchange.com/
highly recommended!
thatcrowwoman
Love, love LOVE Seeds of Change!
How much was the fine?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/22/sarah-palin-ex-aide_n_1293443.html
just under 12 grand.
I love it. Not only do we have a great President, we also have a President who has a good sense of humor and can sing – and isn’t afraid to do it. I was just watching a clip of him singing with B.B. King and Mick Jagger – cool:
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/21/10471838-obama-belts-out-the-blues-with-bb-king-jagger-and-buddy-guy?ocid=ansmsnbc11
I like to look at the catalog websites for bed-planning and inspiration but in my life anything that comes to my work or home gardens generally arrives in 4-6″ pots or those large 6-packs. I tried starting things from seed for two springs, many years ago, once in natural light and once under a grow light that I had installed, and it was an epic fail on both counts. I don’t have enough light in my home (we are in very wooded location) and lacking a greenhouse I’m just out of luck with the seed thing. While I am totally addicted to gardening I tend to have more success if someone else starts the seeds and gets them to a reasonable size.
Throw a tarp over that photo!
It was only a matter of time–now they’re going after The Lorax: http://mediamatters.org/blog/201202210017
Lou Dobbs @ Fox Business News
must have heard that it’s Read Across America time:
time to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss,
of blessed memory.
It’s an annual project
brought to you by the National EducationAssociation
and celebrated in schools and communities
across America and beyond
This year’s theme is The Lorax.
First they came for the ….
…
and then they came for the Girl Scouts
…
and then they came for Dr. Seuss
…
Have they No Shame?
*staring at them over the tops of my spectacles
silently, in solidarity with Virginia
Later I’ll light a candle and sing along with Rhiannon Giddens
Many thanks, Alaska Pi (posted ^ ~3.2 above)
Oh no…they went after Spongebob too. I love that little fella.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/02/va-governor-opposes-invasive-ultrasound-before-abortion/1?csp=34news The forces for good are getting some good news from Virginia. The senator who originally wrote the bill sounds like she is choosing to have an abortion of the bill rather than carry it full term through the legislature. What unmitigated gall.
In Ireland we spell it catalogue! Very French and socialist sounding…
caught the tail end of the debate… Best question I heard – using only ONE word, describe yourself !! You could see it just KILLED them to limited to that !! Except Ron Paul, who definitely gave the best answer…..
And I LOVED Romney borrowing from Scarah’s debate in answering the last question… he totally ignored it, and when reminded of it, basically gave Scarah’s reply – you get to ask your qurestions, I get to give what answer I want to ….. and then proceeded to do the stump speech bit, rather than address the question- “what misconception is there about you”.. haven’t heard a pundit call him out on it yet…
I watched the Rep debate—and I think they all bombed out!
Is the flower in the photo a Wasagaming?
It’s a rugosa rose from my garden last summer. It’s a great bloomer…had flowers up through middle of October!
It looks like my Wasagaming, which is a rugosa, but mine doesn’t bloom that long! Very pretty. Jens Munk, another rugosa, maybe….