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["Toni Hawryluk" <tonihawr AT msn.com>]

> When  are you going to change the name of this list to progressive 
> politics, anti-war, or current events or the Tvoivozhd List?  It certainly 
> isn't a Homestead List anymore. Bill W.

Access is free to anyone who wishes to contribute 
whatever, even GIGO, *and* there are many links provided by 
the experienced people - giving you the option of following them 
up. Or not. 

If you have homesteading questions or contributions,
they will be read and/or answered to the best of your peers
ability - from the amount of time and/or experience.

>>>This is not a "you" or a "them" list; it is a "we" list.
>
>>Ask a homestead question and I bet you get a homestead answer.

>Hi, To be quite honest, I could care less.  I feel lucky if I get my tomato 
>plants planted in my S. Jersey yard once a year.  

"Believe it or not", that's where we *all* are 'at',
and we all want hones answers. (even if we don't
like 'em !)

> By the same token,  I haven't read much related to the subject in a while 
> but I've noticed a whole lot of various material coming from what looks 
> like a shrinking base.  I'm not looking for an argument, just making an 
> observation.  I read some of the stuff a lot of which is thought provoking, 
> but usually just delete anymore. Bill W.

Congratulations on the speed with which you
have learned to *not* "toss out the baby with
the bathwater".  big <g> But continue to lurk,
'just in case'.

So - about those tomatoes - you're in the
part of the country where "Johnny's" is located -
is it true that Rob has kept out the GE/GM stuff
from the seed selection he offers ?

Toni in Seattle





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Subject: [Homestead] Have a good thyme and some herbed rye bread,
        Basil Pesto Cream Cheese
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Quick and Easy Appetizers



Herbed Rye Bread

Chop several herbs of choice: parsley, dill, lovage, chervil and/or
chives onto plate. Surround with buttered cocktail rye bread. Dip
buttered bread into herbs. Great with a glass of wine, on the patio.



Basil Pesto Cream Cheese

Pour basil pesto* over cream cheese and serve with crackers. Pesto may
also be used alone, as a dipping sauce, with bread.

*Basil pesto may be purchased ready-made at the supermarket, or it may
be made in home blender or food processor. Use 2 cups basil, one clove
garlic, ¼ cup walnuts or pine nuts and ½ cup freshly grated parmesan
cheese. Blend ingredients and drizzle in ¾ to 1 cup olive oil.

http://216.239.41.104/search?qÊche:wzxArqW0g6kJ:www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/SavoryHerbs/SavoryHerbs.html+thyme+culture,+harvest,+use&hl=en
(How to grow, use herbs)
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/hortcult/herbs/ne208hrb.htm  (Northeast
States extension information from Wesr Virginia)

http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/envirohort/factsheets2/herbs/jul88pr3.html
(Vermont variations on the herb theme, specifically on thyme)

http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/vegetable/herbs.html  (cut after
dew dries, but before hot sun hits the herbs, use first joint of tender
growth---do the microwave bit described here to eliminate moisture in
bottles.)





Incidentally, if  you produce garden items to be sold at a Farmer's
Market, or Flea Market---good idea to include a special section in your
booth for herbs---as always packaging and presentation is everything,
as it was in the highly popular, now-defunct Pet Rock  fad.  Herbs
fortunately are not a fad, but you do have to provide recipes for their
use in or on your package---and spend a little time and money on a gaudy
package, not a mousy black and white.  Pay a professional to help you
with making your message sing!  Put a (c) on the package to establish a
copyright---you will have competitors if your booth sells a lot of
merchandise, but you might as well make them spend some of their money
on packaging, don't give them a free ride.  Unusual stuff like cutting
celery (better than stalk-celery for soups and stews) should sell
extremely well and differentiate your garden booth from others..  I
would include various kinds of herbal teas.  Put a hot-plate, Sterno or
something like that on your booth display bench, a teakettle, and hand
out sample herbal teas to passersby in small paper cups---careful, don't
scald them, and use teas you have already taste-tested.

Do me a favor,  if Gee Gee shows up, sprinkle a little St. John's Wort
on him, supposed to be good for casting out evil.

s