tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237633934633144064.post8561152491517794503..comments2024-03-26T10:01:18.135-04:00Comments on Living the Frugal Life: Gardener's PrideKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18017959421018964001noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237633934633144064.post-82510732621655521862008-12-29T07:22:00.000-05:002008-12-29T07:22:00.000-05:00Thanks, El. I already had a decent start on food ...Thanks, El. I already had a decent start on food snobbery, and becoming more serious about producing my own food has only made it worse. <BR/><BR/>Jessica, I know exactly what you mean. About half of my family eats "real" food and knows how to cook. The other half eats the processed crapola. And yes, it's very hard to visit with them and be gracious about it. I too offer to cook as much as possible. I'm convinced my tenacious chest cold this month is a result of air travel and poor eating over Thanksgiving.<BR/><BR/>Rhonda Jean, I must try that trick if we have any leeks left when spring rolls around. Somehow I think it's unlikely. But as you say, there's always next year's garden.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017959421018964001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237633934633144064.post-1537717140707582452008-12-28T16:34:00.000-05:002008-12-28T16:34:00.000-05:00Hi Kate! They look like great leaks. I bet they w...Hi Kate! They look like great leaks. I bet they were delicious. We grew leaks here over winter, but they're still going now. We have a year long growing season. We chop off most of the white and leave about 1.5 inches of white and the roots in the ground, and they grow again!<BR/><BR/>You're right in that a successful garden and enjoying your own food really gives you the inspiration to do it all again next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237633934633144064.post-88674759252608921002008-12-28T16:22:00.000-05:002008-12-28T16:22:00.000-05:00Geez, every time I visit family I am "plugged up" ...Geez, every time I visit family I am "plugged up" for the duration, with all the packaged processed meals. If we stay long, I always volunteer to cook so I can at least make something with an abundance of veggies and fiber.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7237633934633144064.post-43477244456431090712008-12-28T10:24:00.000-05:002008-12-28T10:24:00.000-05:00Leeks DO make a person feel rich, don't they? Con...Leeks DO make a person feel rich, don't they? Congratulations on your lovely harvest. I really love them too, and this was the first year I grew that variety (I usually grow Lancelots) and they turned out quite well. Time to think spring!<BR/><BR/>(Kim, I know what you mean about the food situation at home. Whenever we have to go somewhere we know we're in for some intestinal distress for eating OPF (Other People's Food) "off the reservation." That sounds so horrible but it's pretty much true. Processed food wimps!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com