tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post4313203353511460297..comments2024-03-28T20:39:15.991+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-91253855413502230812011-02-23T04:05:49.071+00:002011-02-23T04:05:49.071+00:00Good to see your garden pictures as they serve as ...Good to see your garden pictures as they serve as advertising for the concept of spring. Your plumbers sound rather like Bert and Al Large on Doc Martin.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10246286726623570467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-41385670565214503262011-02-22T22:28:17.046+00:002011-02-22T22:28:17.046+00:00I am inspired by your Jerusalem artichokes! Inspir...I am inspired by your Jerusalem artichokes! Inspired to the point that I am now planning to plant some in my garden this spring.<br /><br />That was a close call with the plumbing. Plumbing scares me even when it appears to be working. Life has taught me the hard way that appearances can be deceiving.kristieinbchttp://journeynorthof49.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-44712429485525868392011-02-22T13:40:07.334+00:002011-02-22T13:40:07.334+00:00So glad you are back with minimal trauma to report...So glad you are back with minimal trauma to report.<br /><br />We had fall raspberries in our garden, too, and we cut them back in late winter and again in mid-spring, for a heavy fall crop.<br /><br />However, the folks that took over our allotment have taken to only cutting down half the canes. The uncut ones will bear in spring, while the pruned ones continue to produce in the fall. The overall yield is reduced, but the season of fresh raspberries much extended. A thought for next year?<br /><br />BeverlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-40333402298973070632011-02-22T13:22:04.747+00:002011-02-22T13:22:04.747+00:00So very glad you are back. I check in on the blog ...So very glad you are back. I check in on the blog every day just in case you happened to come back early.<br />Still in the middle of an extra hard winter, lots of snow (nearly a meter in total since January) and arctic temps -30°. Will be glad to see dirt and bare ground.The sockladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03791142307101200292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-31003526098109598562011-02-22T13:11:15.262+00:002011-02-22T13:11:15.262+00:00Here in the land of burst pipes in unheated houses...Here in the land of burst pipes in unheated houses there are many theories. Since you have an expert at your disposal, you need not hear any of them. We just got a blizzard over the weekend, but I am still eating potatoes we dug and stored and chart and tomatoes from the freezer, so I feel like I may garden again if spring ever comes.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-43795348511376999202011-02-22T13:05:41.589+00:002011-02-22T13:05:41.589+00:00On the whole, it was a good thing that the drip wa...On the whole, it was a good thing that the drip was there, or you might not have learned about the little red drain tap. (It was years before anyone bothered to tell me where the shutoff was for the furnace here.) I wonder whether the various leaks had to do with aging rubber seals or just unusual cold somehow weakening the solder joints. Logically pipes shouldn't pull apart unless something is puts pressure on them. A preventive examination might be in order, come summer.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.com