EXCHANGE INTERFACE

theladymore asked about my favorite SGA ladies

( well, the answers are pretty obvious there... )

jenab: If you had unlimited funds where would you travel in the world? What have been some of the most memorable places you have visited?

I would take one of those 'three months on a cruise ship traveling around the world', and I would hire a cabin or a suite, and then pay for people to come travelling with me for various legs of the trip, because travelling is always more fun when you have other people to share it with.

Or I would do a road trip across the US - again, doing 'legs' of the journey with various people as their time and budget allowed.

Or I would travel across Europe-Asia - from the UK all the way over to Russia, and then down through Asia and back home.

Africa. I want to see Africa, but it feels like something you should do with people, not just by yourself.

Basically, my big issue in travelling is that 75% of the time I have nobody to travel with, so if I had unlimited funds, I'd pay for other people to come travelling with me (they put in, say, $1000, and I'd pay the rest). And I'd go everywhere, man!

( memorable places from my travelogue )

Sorry for taking a break from this. One of the questions required graphics and I never remember until I'm in no position to actually create graphics for it.

I'll be back in, posting again every couple of days. I promise...

sixbeforelunch asked: Gardening. How did you get started? What do you most enjoy growing? Any memorable successes or failures?

My mother was a gardener in her spare time; she pottered around, growing a variety of ornamental plants and flowers. Succulents and ferns were particular favourites of hers, but she was never into vegetable gardening.

I was *handwobble* about gardening until I hit about 20, and a friend loaned me a book by an Australian, Linda Woodrow's book Permaculture Home Garden in which she described herself as a hippie who wanted a way to stretch her household budget, a less energy-intense way of living, and food that hadn't been sterilised, poisoned, or otherwise meddled with to grow. It revolutionised the way I thought about food and gardening. From that point on, I wanted a garden like that.

( long story short )

Things I need to do for the garden during January
1. make a planting plan - when to plant and where.
2. add more perennials - things that don't need planting every where - plant once, repeat harvest.
3. make some really good, rich compost - the banana and the avocados are going to need it
4. plant potatoes, garlic, and other bulbs for winter/early spring next year.

I'm going to spread this out a bit - probably into February, since I'm also doing the Snowflake Challenge in Jan.

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alexseanchai asked for a topic about quilting — favorite patterns, favorite techniques, whatever.

( somewhat image intensive )