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| Issue No. 12.01 | January 5, 2012 |
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Get Social!
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 What Are Your Gardening Resolutions?
Did you make any resolutions for the new year? Each year I try to make at least one resolution to try to stick with for the upcoming year. Last year I resolved to post a weekly video to my YouTube Channel. I almost made it too, but things just got too busy during the holiday season.
This year I though that I would do a resolution related to gardening. I plan to spend at least 30 minutes per day working on a gardening related activity (at home, not at Bob's, of course). Whether it is planning or working with my houseplants during the winter, planting in the spring, or weeding (yuck) during the summer.
That said, I asked you via e-newsletter, Twitter, and Facebook to send me your gardening resolutions. Here are a few of your responses:
"More pots of impatients in the dry areas under trees. They did better last year and so there are going to be more this year."
-Susie, Facebook
"New house = new garden + other out door projects..."
-Ronnie, Facebook & Fellow Bob's Employee
"I resolve to spend an hour/day, or 8 to 10hrs on average per week in my garden & yard establishing a low maintenance, perennial landscape which is xeriscape oriented to my environment! I also resolve to use natural and locally produced plants & materials - which Bob's market will help me with."
-Patrick, e-mail
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January 2012
5th-7th Poor Days For Planting. Seeds Tend To Rot In The Ground.
8th-9th Favorable Planting Days: First Day For Above ground Crops, Especially Peas, Beans, Cucumbers And Squash, Where Climate Is Suitable. Last Day For Root Crops. Both Days Good For Starting Seed Beds And Flowers And For Transplanting.
10th-13th A Barren Time. Best For Killing Weeds, Briars, Poison Ivy, And Other Plant Pests. Clear Woodlots And Fence rows.
14th-16th Favorable Days For Planting Root Crops. Fine For Sowing Grains, Hay, And Forage Crops. Plant Flowers.
17th-18th Plant Carrots, Turnips, Onions, Beets, Irish Potatoes And Other Root Crops, In The South. Lettuce, Cabbage, Collards, And Other Leafy Vegetables Will Do Well. Start Seedbeds. Good Days For Transplanting.
19th-20th Seeds Planted Now Will Grow Poorly And Yield Little.
21st-22nd Good Planting Days For Root Crops, Where Climate Permits.
23rd-24th Good Time To Kill Plant Pests Or Do Plowing. Poor For Planting.
25th-27th Fine For Planting Any Above ground Crop, Where The Climate Permits. Extra Good For Peppers, Tomatoes, Peas, And Other Vine Crops.
28th-29th Barren Days. Do No Planting.
30th-31st Fine For Planting Beans, Peppers, Cucumbers, Melons And Other Aboveground Crops, Where Climate Is Suitable.
"Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough!"
-Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1741
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Caramel Popcorn by: Vicki Bragg  Ingredients -2 Large Bags, Puff Popcorn (hull-less) -1-2 bags of nuts of your choice -2 Cups Brown Sugar -1 Cup Butter -1/2 Cup Light Corn Syrup -1 Tsp. Baking Soda Directions Place the popcorn and nuts in a large roasting pan either lined with parchment paper or sprayed heavily with non-stick cooking spray. In a sauce pan add 2 cups brown sugar, 1 cup butter, and 1/2 cup of light corn syrup. Bring the mixture to a boil, and then boil for an addition 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add 1 teaspoon of baking soda. (Mixture will bubble and froth.) Pour over corn and stir. Bake at 250 degrees for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes to help coat evenly. Send your recipes to ask@bobsmarket.com |
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Picture of the Week
The Giant Turnip
Photo by: Tonya Herdman
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1-800-447-3760
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