tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post6477702506595799202..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: White House to have garden plotKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-29062459989113152972009-03-22T05:27:00.000+01:002009-03-22T05:27:00.000+01:00Ken, your garden may be outsized by the White Hous...Ken, your garden may be outsized by the White House garden but it will NEVER be outclassed!<BR/><BR/>BettyAnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-80271450116555293812009-03-21T23:45:00.000+01:002009-03-21T23:45:00.000+01:00What, no baby carrots? :p I love all of your photo...What, no baby carrots? :p I love all of your photos! I was telling Walt earlier that I am so happy to have found your blogs again, I found them years ago trying to figure out how to get my Yorkie across the pond. <BR/>I think it is lovely that the chefs want a garden at the White House.juliwaltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735271626260077159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-32675243277436901442009-03-21T20:35:00.000+01:002009-03-21T20:35:00.000+01:00Judy and you too Ginny, when you work full time it...Judy and you too Ginny, when you work full time it's not easy to also have a garden. We would feel like slugs if we didn't have ours.<BR/><BR/>It seems like nearly everyone around Saint-Aignan has a vegetable garden in summer and a cabbage patch in winter.<BR/><BR/>Linda, with collard greens we just cook them until they are done, that is tender. You can cook them in chicken broth, in white wine, or in water, with salt or smoked pork, with bacon grease etc. for flavor. Salt and pepper. Eat them with hot sauce or cider vinegar as a condiment.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-609426975138700452009-03-21T18:54:00.000+01:002009-03-21T18:54:00.000+01:00Doesn't that rock about the White House garden? Ou...Doesn't that rock about the White House garden? Ours is expanding this weekend. We're moving from the winter veggies into the spring ones. Alice Waters was on 60 Minutes last week, saying she wanted a garden at the White House, and what do you know?<BR/><BR/>Check it out if you get a chance:<BR/>http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4867014nAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-71767690263879217802009-03-21T16:09:00.000+01:002009-03-21T16:09:00.000+01:00Oh, you are all so ambitious and good with your ga...Oh, you are all so ambitious and good with your gardens! I am a lazy cuss when it comes to gardening. But, I sure appreciate the fresh results of a wonderful veggie garden. <BR/><BR/>Isn't it wonderful what several crisp, clear days of sun can do, and working outside!? It brings out hopes and happiness :)<BR/><BR/>I just saw the story this morning about the Obamas and the garden. They had school kids help start the soil, and they'll be donating some of the veggies to a food pantry.<BR/><BR/>JudySeine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-71692057715265027912009-03-21T14:38:00.000+01:002009-03-21T14:38:00.000+01:00You are courageous. We have plenty of room, but I ...You are courageous. We have plenty of room, but I have no motivation to do a garden. We have way too many rabbits and deer to hope for good results.<BR/>Let us know how the veggies do as the summer wears on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9363080133993907882009-03-21T14:33:00.000+01:002009-03-21T14:33:00.000+01:00Hi KenI hope you will show us pictures of your gar...Hi Ken<BR/>I hope you will show us pictures of your garden. I live in a condo so I don't have any room for a garden however I sharing a garden at my friends house (she has a huge yard). Yesterday we planted spinach, two different kinds of peas, green beans, kale, and lettuce. We started in trays parsnips, okra, beets, carrots and some other variety of lettuce. I"M SORE this morning all that bending after a winter of hibernation. My husband has some property that we are also going to till for a tomato, summer squash, and eggplant garden. I hope we are no being too ambitious but I am looking forward to some wonderfully fresh produce. <BR/><BR/>Do you have any recipes for the collard greens? We planted plenty of kale which just keeps growing all summer and into the fall.TryingHardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11598084690617343428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-76953076646338456652009-03-21T14:28:00.000+01:002009-03-21T14:28:00.000+01:00i even have to bring the bird feeder in at nite ca...i even have to bring the bird feeder in at nite cause the deer sticks his tongue in the thing & manages to drain it completely overnite....must take him a while....tongue-full by tongue- full! i would never have known but i saw the guy late one afternoon.....an early dinner for him (feeder was the perfect height for deer lips)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-77716796797781348232009-03-21T11:26:00.000+01:002009-03-21T11:26:00.000+01:00We put a fence around our whole back garden to kee...We put a fence around our whole back garden to keep the dog in and the rabbits out. But I saw a hedgehog out there last year...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-32066241615071252022009-03-21T09:39:00.000+01:002009-03-21T09:39:00.000+01:00I really envy you your veg. plot. Our garden is fu...I really envy you your veg. plot. <BR/><BR/>Our garden is full of the biggest, fattest, laziest rabbits all eating their heads off and lying sunbathing in the sun.<BR/><BR/>Any vegetables wouldn't stand a chance!<BR/><BR/>GGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com