PunkMistress said:

Cerebus said:

I'm just a regular guy, really. Been a passionate Prince fan since 1983. Been to a lot of Prince shows at a lot of venues. Been around online for a long time, too, I guess. But online I'm Cerebus, which many of my "real world" friends call me as well. I used to talk about the comic book A LOT and certain aspects of my personality match that character pretty closely (not the drunkard part!). I was Cerebus online prior to the NPGMC, Cerebus at the NPGMC, Cerebus at the NPGUnderground and Cerebus at that... uhh.. other place that shall remain unnamed because it didn't have a dang chat or forum. I've been Cerebus here since 2003, but I never really made an effort to be part of the community until a couple months ago when I realized most of my other online hangouts no longer exist.

I'm also occasionally PurpleAsparagus and Ambient Mindspace online, because Cerebus is sometimes taken.

That's what I meant.

I assumed you had to be an old Org member since you seem to be so well-known (and well-regarded) around here.

Hi.

I'm Erin. I looove to cook, and I aspire to have a kitchen garden!

PUNK MISTRESS!!!! I'm drunk tonight and it's not on ZIMA!!!!!!

Is this a thread hijack? Sorry Cerebus and OP but I get drunk about twice a year and tonight is the night for no reason other than it is.

I sense this declaration might kill this thread!!!!

P.S. Cerebus - you responded with a long post to my NBA question and I read it but I'm too shithoused to respond at the moment....

Fenwick said:

PunkMistress said:

That's what I meant.

I assumed you had to be an old Org member since you seem to be so well-known (and well-regarded) around here.

Hi.

I'm Erin. I looove to cook, and I aspire to have a kitchen garden!

PUNK MISTRESS!!!! I'm drunk tonight and it's not on ZIMA!!!!!!

Is this a thread hijack? Sorry Cerebus and OP but I get drunk about twice a year and tonight is the night for no reason other than it is.

I sense this declaration might kill this thread!!!!

P.S. Cerebus - you responded with a long post to my NBA question and I read it but I'm too shithoused to respond at the moment....

So what are you drinking?

I yell people's names at them when I'm drunk, too.

Cerebus said:

Just for that I'm going to go make dinner before I tell you whats in my garden.

funny gardening story..... while you eat..

Several years ago...

I kept widow boxes out of my window (2) . I live in an apartment (1st floor), so my neighbors were picking my flowers. I was like "Damn kids!"

a usual mixture of cyclamen, fushia, varieated vinca, ornamental grass, potatoplant, jeweled orchids and sweet licorice plants . (I have a thing for foliage...I try to keep the same mix every year)

So I came up with a solution to plant poison ivy in my window boxes.

I felt a bit bad, so I warned the kids not to touch the flowers...

My plants were still ripped to shreds. It was then that I saw my neighbor, a senoir citizen (Betty) that had a rash on her hands and face. The kids never got poison ivy at all.

So now I give that bitch Betty a new plant every mother's day so she can leave my shit alone. My window boxes have stayed beautiful ever since.

paintedlady said:

Cerebus said:

Just for that I'm going to go make dinner before I tell you whats in my garden.

funny gardening story..... while you eat..

Several years ago...

I kept widow boxes out of my window (2) . I live in an apartment (1st floor), so my neighbors were picking my flowers. I was like "Damn kids!"

a usual mixture of cyclamen, fushia, varieated vinca, ornamental grass, potatoplant, jeweled orchids and sweet licorice plants . (I have a thing for foliage...I try to keep the same mix every year)

So I came up with a solution to plant poison ivy in my window boxes.

I felt a bit bad, so I warned the kids not to touch the flowers...

My plants were still ripped to shreds. It was then that I saw my neighbor, a senoir citizen (Betty) that had a rash on her hands and face. The kids never got poison ivy at all.

So now I give that bitch Betty a new plant every mother's day so she can leave my shit alone. My window boxes have stayed beautiful ever since.

x Mickey Rourke

"on her hands and face"

PunkMistress said:

Fenwick said:

PUNK MISTRESS!!!! I'm drunk tonight and it's not on ZIMA!!!!!!

Is this a thread hijack? Sorry Cerebus and OP but I get drunk about twice a year and tonight is the night for no reason other than it is.

I sense this declaration might kill this thread!!!!

P.S. Cerebus - you responded with a long post to my NBA question and I read it but I'm too shithoused to respond at the moment....

So what are you drinking?

I yell people's names at them when I'm drunk, too.

!!!!

OMG that must be Bostonian thing I swear!

paintedlady said:

PunkMistress said:

So what are you drinking?

I yell people's names at them when I'm drunk, too.

!!!!

OMG that must be Bostonian thing I swear!

Is Fenwick from Boston too?

paintedlady said:

PunkMistress said:

So what are you drinking?

I yell people's names at them when I'm drunk, too.

!!!!

OMG that must be Bostonian thing I swear!

Maybe it's a New England thing; I'm from CT, but when I'm drunk I tend to yell someone's full name.

Example: JOHN-FUCKING-SMITH! The "fucking" has always gotta be in there.

PunkMistress said:

paintedlady said:

!!!!

OMG that must be Bostonian thing I swear!

Is Fenwick from Boston too?

I think so

paintedlady said:

PunkMistress said:

Is Fenwick from Boston too?

I think so

Yes I'm originally from Weymouth and I'm drinking Sierra Nevada

Sorry If Im taking too long to respond but I have some cauliflower on the pot

Threadjacking is allowed and encouraged. Cerebus is an OG Ninja Threadjacker. Hiyaaaa!

Before this thread moves on to something else or disappears into the ether of Org Threads Past, I want to thanks to everybody. I've never had much success breaking into the fabric of the Org. S'good gettin' to know a few of you. And I always love shootin' the shit with the usual suspects.

Cerebus said:

Threadjacking is allowed and encouraged. Cerebus is an OG Ninja Threadjacker. Hiyaaaa!

paintedlady said:

Cerebus said:

Just for that I'm going to go make dinner before I tell you whats in my garden.

funny gardening story..... while you eat..

Several years ago...

I kept widow boxes out of my window (2) . I live in an apartment (1st floor), so my neighbors were picking my flowers. I was like "Damn kids!"

a usual mixture of cyclamen, fushia, varieated vinca, ornamental grass, potatoplant, jeweled orchids and sweet licorice plants . (I have a thing for foliage...I try to keep the same mix every year)

So I came up with a solution to plant poison ivy in my window boxes.

I felt a bit bad, so I warned the kids not to touch the flowers...

My plants were still ripped to shreds. It was then that I saw my neighbor, a senoir citizen (Betty) that had a rash on her hands and face. The kids never got poison ivy at all.

So now I give that bitch Betty a new plant every mother's day so she can leave my shit alone. My window boxes have stayed beautiful ever since.

That's awesome! Only I would never have bought her another plant, ever! ... and I would have planted some stinging nettles, too. But I'm just friendly that way.

Fenwick said:

paintedlady said:

I think so

Yes I'm originally from Weymouth and I'm drinking Sierra Nevada

Sorry If Im taking too long to respond but I have some cauliflower on the pot

No problem, I'm baking these muffins.

Well, I was.

Now I'm eating them with cream cheese instead of icing.

I really should be cutting back on sugar.

PunkMistress said:

Cerebus said:

Threadjacking is allowed and encouraged. Cerebus is an OG Ninja Threadjacker. Hiyaaaa!

Hiyaaa!

Hey, is that you in the pic on your profile page? The one with the guy in the bar.

Cerebus said:

paintedlady said:

funny gardening story..... while you eat..

Several years ago...

I kept widow boxes out of my window (2) . I live in an apartment (1st floor), so my neighbors were picking my flowers. I was like "Damn kids!"

a usual mixture of cyclamen, fushia, varieated vinca, ornamental grass, potatoplant, jeweled orchids and sweet licorice plants . (I have a thing for foliage...I try to keep the same mix every year)

So I came up with a solution to plant poison ivy in my window boxes.

I felt a bit bad, so I warned the kids not to touch the flowers...

My plants were still ripped to shreds. It was then that I saw my neighbor, a senoir citizen (Betty) that had a rash on her hands and face. The kids never got poison ivy at all.

So now I give that bitch Betty a new plant every mother's day so she can leave my shit alone. My window boxes have stayed beautiful ever since.

That's awesome! Only I would never have bought her another plant, ever! ... and I would have planted some stinging nettles, too. But I'm just friendly that way.

Sounds like a plan. She's a diabetic... I should buy her wine and beer instead.

PunkMistress said:

Fenwick said:

Yes I'm originally from Weymouth and I'm drinking Sierra Nevada

Sorry If Im taking too long to respond but I have some cauliflower on the pot

No problem, I'm baking these muffins.

Well, I was.

Now I'm eating them with cream cheese instead of icing.

I really should be cutting back on sugar.

You started a "I'm drunk on the Org" thread about 3-4-5-18 months ago and I really wanted to join but I had dental work done and couldn't drink.

Well Cerebus seems like a really cool guy and his thread just was flowing well enough for me to get involved in my own silliness.

I don't really have cauliflower on the pot, I was trying to be dumb. Maybe I shouldn't try so hard...

Cerebus said:

PunkMistress said:

Hiyaaa!

Hey, is that you in the pic on your profile page? The one with the guy in the bar.

Yes, me.

That dude in the bar is JerseyKRS, a guy who lives in Florida and used to spend lots of time making jokes on prince.org. A few years ago I vacationed in Florida, took him out for a beer, and fell in deep, forever-ever-type love with his whole silly self. And his kids. So me and my kids knew that it was much more than a hunch, blah blah Brady Bunch. Me and him got married and he legally adopted my kids. We share custody of his kids with their mother, who lives right down the street. We like to watch lesbian porn and Jeopardy.

The pic is from our wedding day, BTW. We are not that glamorous, ever.

Fenwick said:

PunkMistress said:

No problem, I'm baking these muffins.

Well, I was.

Now I'm eating them with cream cheese instead of icing.

I really should be cutting back on sugar.

You started a "I'm drunk on the Org" thread about 3-4-5-18 months ago and I really wanted to join but I had dental work done and couldn't drink.

Well Cerebus seems like a really cool guy and his thread just was flowing well enough for me to get involved in my own silliness.

I don't really have cauliflower on the pot, I was trying to be dumb. Maybe I shouldn't try so hard...

Yeah, see if it comes naturally.

I hate cauliflower.

Acrylic said:

paintedlady said:

!!!!

OMG that must be Bostonian thing I swear!

Maybe it's a New England thing; I'm from CT, but when I'm drunk I tend to yell someone's full name.

Example: JOHN-FUCKING-SMITH! The "fucking" has always gotta be in there.

Probably it's just a drunk thing.

who is your favorite orger ??

PicklesMcMillan said:

who is your favorite orger ??

Probably someone who starts threads about him.

littlemissG said:

PicklesMcMillan said:

who is your favorite orger ??

Probably someone who starts threads about him.

paintedlady said:

littlemissG said:

Probably someone who starts threads about him.

and probably NOT people who thought he was a lady

littlemissG said:

PicklesMcMillan said:

who is your favorite orger ??

Probably someone who starts threads about him.

maybe so

*burp* S'cuse me.

OK, the garden, in short... or as short as I can do...

The Herb Garden - All potted, some of them together - like the wooden herb barrel. When they get huge and need to be pruned I hang dry them in a closet and store the dried herbs in unused mason jars.

Sage - traditional, one of my favorite things on Earth

English Thyme

Lemon Thyme - A new discovery this year, LOVE the stuff

Thai Basil

Boxwood Basil

Italian Basil - large leaf

Oregano

Texas Tarragon

Rosemary

Chives

Lemon Balm - for tea

Chocolate Mint - for tea and cooking

Mint - regular, for tea and cooking

Catnip - for the cats

I also have two very healthy potted Chamomile plants that I use for tea. The dried flowers smell like fresh honey.

Failures: Only the Garlic Chives failed this year, which kind of bummed me out as I love the plant and the flowers.

Can't recommend enough that anyone who has ever wanted to try growing fresh herbs do so immediately. They take up very little space, a lot of them don't mind growing close together and they're really quite hardy. Some of them will live outside year round, depending on your local climate. Just put 'em in the sun and water them everyday, blam! Fresh herbs!

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

The veggie garden - Largely a "bucket" garden, but probably 1/3 of it is in the ground this year. If I had a better yard, with better soil, more of it would be there. But the soil where I am now is pretty bad, even after I've added a truckload of fresh soil, manure and coarse sand.

Tomatoes - two Beefsteak, three Cherry Tree, two Yellow Pear, three Purple Cherokee and two of these weird Italian Cherry Romas. They look like a Roma, but they're only about 1/3 the size of the kind you see at a grocery store. This years is the first time I've grown them and they're great. All of the others are favorites from years of trial and error. I hope to do more Heirlooms in the future, but the Purple Cherokees are the only variety I've had really good consistent yields with so far.

Ichiban Eggplant

Italian Eggplant

Black Beauty Zucchini

Yellow Zucchini

Yellow Crookneck Squash

Cucumbers

Yellow Sweet Corn

Swiss Chard

Rainbow Chard I'm a chard fan

At least three varieties of carrots - might be four. Which is odd, because they're one of my least favorite veggies. But I use them IN a lot of stuff.

Jumbo Radishes

Cantaloupe - maybe, we'll see

Pumpkins - lookin' really good for a large, healthy yield this year. They failed last year after the vines grew all over the garden.

My favorite thing this year and the biggest surprise by far is four buckets of pepper plants. Green Bell, Serrano, Pablano and Jelapeno. Last year I grew two of each of them, as well as Tabasco peppers, in smaller pots. They all grew to full size and they all produced, but none of them were particularly special. In fact, they needed quite a bit of attention to keep them healthy, growing and producing. But since they were alive at the end of the season I just left them in their pots. As late fall approached I even stopped watering them. For whatever reason those four varieties (eight plants) all made in through the rest of Fall and all of Winter without me giving them a second thought. Several of them were even living on their sides after they were blown over in a storm. The Tabasco peppers died, but since the rest of them had been strong enough to make it through the Winter by themselves I decided to reward them by transplanting them (two each) to the five gallon buckets. Gave them a little organic fertilizer, started watering them everyday and they were flowering again in less than two weaks. All eight of the plants have been producing such a high yield that I'm giving away baskets of peppers.

Failures: Brocolli and artichoke. Brocolli failed last year, too. It grows to a full size, just starts to make flourets, and dies.

Thwarted by animals: Blueberry Bush and ALL MY STRAWBERRIES! The birds got the blueberries, but I thought they might and I didn't try to stop them. I've got two feeders and a birdbath in the garden, so I can't really blame them for eating some tasty blueberries.

The strawberries, on the other hand, were being eaten by a BIG. ASS. SKUNK! Last year I grew two varieties and they produced, but the yield was a bit small. So this year, since they're one of the the things that actually grows in the ground and I had the space, I planted twice as many of each variety. They all grew rapidly, flowered, and started producing fruit. Then I'd go out in the morning to water and the fruit would be gone! Always JUST as it was turning red and looking tasty. I thought it was the birds again, but that didn't make sense because last year they showed no interest in them.

So one night about one A.M. I hear both of my cats sitting at the open sliding back door GROWLING like mad beasts at something on the other side of the screen. They never growl! Like, this was the first time I'd experienced that behavior from them. I walked over to the door and looked, but I didn't hear or see anything, so I just chased them away. A couple nights later I figured it out when the RANK ASS smell of skunk wafted through a SECOND STORY window that overlooks the garden. I mean it was BAD! Made my eyes water. I went downstairs to try and see him again, but no luck! I smelled him and caught the cats growling at him several more times before I finally saw that strawberry steaking fucker. Like I said, BIG. ASS. SKUNK. I have a table with an umbrella out there as well, and since I have no desire to ever meet his stank ass face to face... or whatever ... I just pulled all the strawberries right out.

Neighbors have since commented on his smell, too. Nasty smellin' beasty. I've walked right by skunks in the wild and they usually have very little odor, if any at all. If you don't mess with them they stay that way. Not this guy. This nasty ass is walkin' around proud about his foulness. Anyway, you learn something new everyday. Up to that point I didn't know that skunks love strawberries. Turns out they do!

[Edited 7/22/10 20:49pm]

PunkMistress said:

Yes, me.

That dude in the bar is JerseyKRS, a guy who lives in Florida and used to spend lots of time making jokes on prince.org. A few years ago I vacationed in Florida, took him out for a beer, and fell in deep, forever-ever-type love with his whole silly self. And his kids. So me and my kids knew that it was much more than a hunch, blah blah Brady Bunch. Me and him got married and he legally adopted my kids. We share custody of his kids with their mother, who lives right down the street. We like to watch lesbian porn and Jeopardy.

The pic is from our wedding day, BTW. We are not that glamorous, ever.

Sweet. Your hot! Plus, you like to watch lesbian porn AND Jeopardy! Definitely a keeper. Y'all definitely look glamorous in that pic, though. I think I've talked to JerseyKRS at one Prince site or another. Pretty sure, actually. So congrats!

@ all y'all. I could never choose a favorite orger. Gotta keep all doors open.

Oh, and strangely, I really don't care that people might think I'm a woman. It's happened before.

Cerebus said:

@ all y'all. I could never choose a favorite orger. Gotta keep all doors open.

Oh, and strangely, I really don't care that people might think I'm a woman. It's happened before.

in real life too????

Cerebus said:

*burp* S'cuse me.

OK, the garden, in short... or as short as I can do...

The Herb Garden - All potted, some of them together - like the wooden herb barrel. When they get huge and need to be pruned I hang dry them in a closet and store the dried herbs in unused mason jars.

Sage - traditional, one of my favorite things on Earth

English Thyme

Lemon Thyme - A new discovery this year, LOVE the stuff

Thai Basil

Boxwood Basil

Italian Basil - large leaf

Oregano

Texas Tarragon

Rosemary

Chives

Lemon Balm - for tea

Chocolate Mint - for tea and cooking

Mint - regular, for tea and cooking

Catnip - for the cats

I also have two very healthy potted Chamomile plants that I use for tea. The dried flowers smell like fresh honey.

Failures: Only the Garlic Chives failed this year, which kind of bummed me out as I love the plant and the flowers.

Can't recommend enough that anyone who has ever wanted to try growing fresh herbs do so immediately. They take up very little space, a lot of them don't mind growing close together and they're really quite hardy. Some of them will live outside year round, depending on your local climate. Just put 'em in the sun and water them everyday, blam! Fresh herbs!

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

The veggie garden - Largely a "bucket" garden, but probably 1/3 of it is in the ground this year. If I had a better yard, with better soil, more of it would be there. But the soil where I am now is pretty bad, even after I've added a truckload of fresh soil, manure and coarse sand.

Tomatoes - two Beefsteak, three Cherry Tree, two Yellow Pear, three Purple Cherokee and two of these weird Italian Cherry Romas. They look like a Roma, but they're only about 1/3 the size of the kind you see at a grocery store. This years is the first time I've grown them and they're great. All of the others are favorites from years of trial and error. I hope to do more Heirlooms in the future, but the Purple Cherokees are the only variety I've had really good consistent yields with so far.

Ichiban Eggplant

Italian Eggplant

Black Beauty Zucchini

Yellow Zucchini

Yellow Crookneck Squash

Cucumbers

Yellow Sweet Corn

Swiss Chard

Rainbow Chard I'm a chard fan

At least three varieties of carrots - might be four. Which is odd, because they're one of my least favorite veggies. But I use them IN a lot of stuff.

Jumbo Radishes

Cantaloupe - maybe, we'll see

Pumpkins - lookin' really good for a large, healthy yield this year. They failed last year after the vines grew all over the garden.

My favorite thing this year and the biggest surprise by far is four buckets of pepper plants. Green Bell, Serrano, Pablano and Jelapeno. Last year I grew two of each of them, as well as Tabasco peppers, in smaller pots. They all grew to full size and they all produced, but none of them were particularly special. In fact, they needed quite a bit of attention to keep them healthy, growing and producing. But since they were alive at the end of the season I just left them in their pots. As late fall approached I even stopped watering them. For whatever reason those four varieties (eight plants) all made in through the rest of Fall and all of Winter without me giving them a second thought. Several of them were even living on their sides after they were blown over in a storm. The Tabasco peppers died, but since the rest of them had been strong enough to make it through the Winter by themselved I decided to reward them by transplanting them (two each) to the five gallon buckets. Gave them a little organic fertilizer, started watering them everyday and they were flowering again in less than two weaks. All eight of the plants have been producing such a high yield that I'm giving away baskets of peppers.

Failures: Brocolli and artichoke. Brocolli failed last year, too. It grows to a full size, just starts to make flourets, and dies.

Thwarted by animals: Blueberry Bush and ALL MY STRAWBERRIES! The birds got the blueberries, but I thought they might and I didn't try to stop them. I've got two feeders and a birdbath in the garden, so I can't really blame them for eating some tasty blueberries.

The strawberries, on the other hand, were being eaten by a BIG. ASS. SKUNK! Last year I grew two varieties and they produced, but the yield was a bit small. So this year, since they're one of the the things that actually grows in the ground and I had the space, I planted twice as many of each variety. They all grew rapidly, flowered, and started producing fruit. Then I'd go out in the morning to water and the fruit would be gone! Always JUST as it was turning red and looking tasty. I thought it was the birds again, but that didn't make sense because last year they showed no interest in them.

So one night about one A.M. I hear both of my cats sitting at the open sliding back door GROWLING like mad beasts at something on the other side of the screen. They never growl! Like, this was the first time I'd experienced that behavior from them. I walked over to the door and looked, but I didn't hear or see anything, so I just chased them away. A couple nights later I figured it out when the RANK ASS smell of skunk wafted through a SECOND STORY window that overlooks the garden. I mean it was BAD! Made my eyes water. I went downstairs to try and see him again, but no luck! I smelled him and caught the cats growling at him several more times before I finally saw that strawberry steaking fucker. Like I said, BIG. ASS. SKUNK. I have a table with an umbrella out there as well, and since I have no desire to ever meet his stank ass face to face... or whatever ... I just pulled all the strawberries right out.

Neighbors have since commented on his smell, too. Nasty smellin' beasty. I've walked right by skunks in the wild and they usually have very little odor, if any at all. If you don't mess with them they stay that way. Not this guy. This nasty ass is walkin' around proud about his foulness. Anyway, you learn something new everyday. Up to that point I didn't know that skunks love strawberries. Turns out they do!

farmer mf'in Brown in tha house!!

What???? What you got against lavender? It likes dry soil and it doesn't like too much water. It is also great paired with Brie.

Surprising fact about your cats, the skunks here run with stray cats in our area and people are discouraged from feeding the stray cats since they feed the skunks too.

Time to get an owl... or a hawk, they'll take care of any skunks. If not put ratkill in a juicy strawberry.

:fuckpeta: