tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post7401939999662513125..comments2024-03-27T10:29:06.518-04:00Comments on A Natural Scientist: Trip Survival, Summer ProjectsJenny F. Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-87428122128314056682017-07-16T09:13:28.319-04:002017-07-16T09:13:28.319-04:00Mine taste like seedless grapes, but are larger.Mine taste like seedless grapes, but are larger.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03276995787173932700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-36299270335561242692017-07-15T20:10:17.948-04:002017-07-15T20:10:17.948-04:00Those were Very Bad Gooseberries! The modern dess...Those were Very Bad Gooseberries! The modern dessert varieties are really tasty. I have eaten all of Nicky's in various states of ripeness! They were sweet and delicious and flavorful! (Wild gooseberries are both prickly and VERY sour; maybe she was growing an old green pie variety?)Jenny F. Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-13650817964559578362017-07-15T13:31:40.250-04:002017-07-15T13:31:40.250-04:00Avoid gooseberries! I don't know anything abou...Avoid gooseberries! I don't know anything about growing them, but the summer I spent in Germany, we had tons of them, and the woman I lived with thought they were edible. I did not. I can't think about gooseberries without remembering pots of them filling the kitchen and anxiety about how I was going to get rid of them surreptitiously.Bellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-66644093747191797762017-07-14T14:44:03.176-04:002017-07-14T14:44:03.176-04:00I can mail you some raspberries in the fall! Plan...I can mail you some raspberries in the fall! Plants, not berries. Hardy to zone 4! Spread like mad, mow to the ground yearly... (They're Heritage.) Jenny F. Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-64571945343739746492017-07-14T14:40:48.950-04:002017-07-14T14:40:48.950-04:00We're going to move the desk out to the living...We're going to move the desk out to the living room and give the boys the old Unix computer! Which reminds me, I am going to set up an email address for Bug so he can write to yours. <br /><br />Hmm, maybe not gooseberries. I have lots of yard though. Something else shrubby and medium-short! Or... lots of comfrey. Or something. Needs more work.Jenny F. Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-76453970720059726742017-07-14T14:02:46.945-04:002017-07-14T14:02:46.945-04:00Wooo! Congratulations on being alive. I'm so i...Wooo! Congratulations on being alive. I'm so impressed that A-D are things anyone could actually do. I mean, I know lots of people are very capable, but not meeee! I am thinking of planting raspberries. But everything just dies in my yard. SO WHY BOTHER. Sob, sob. bunnyhttps://glumbunny.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-66298208357065291482017-07-14T08:18:21.382-04:002017-07-14T08:18:21.382-04:00It was lovely to see you all! 5 children is a LOT...It was lovely to see you all! 5 children is a LOT of children, but we all managed to have fun anyway :) C2 has mailed Bug some pictures because he misses him. C1 has been revelling in the quiet. They're both off to summer school half the day, 4 days per week. I was actually bored for 30 minutes yesterday.<br /><br />I'm excited to see the results of your home improvements! It is, indeed, much easier to tackle projects when one feels healthy.<br /><br />Gooseberries aren't great for suppressing weeds. They're more of a shrub than a groundcover. Ok, so the more prostrate varieties will root where they touch the ground, but that makes them difficult to harvest. Also, consider whether you want thorny bushes under pruning and harvesting areas. By all means plant gooseberries! They're perhaps the easiest thing I grow. Just consider placement ahead of time.<br /><br />Patrick's grandma is a neat freak. (Did I mention that Patrick spent a LOT of time with them as a child?) She visited us for a week last year and asked, "What day do you do the floors? Friday?" Yes, Grandma... certainly I clean all the floors once a week. On a specific day. It's much easier now with a robot vacuum to do my bidding.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03276995787173932700noreply@blogger.com