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Gardening

beac

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10. You're going to laugh, but it actually was Beefeaters!

Reply to Canuckistanian (Reply #9)

Wed Jan 4, 2012, 06:26 PM

Jan 2012

Ordinarily, I wouldn't waste good hooch on flower bulbs, but I had an open bottle rattling around from a long-ago party and, since we aren't gin drinkers, it seemed frugal and greener to use it rather than go buy a fifth of the rot gut.

Please don't tell the martiniphiles...

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Gin is better than rubbing alcohol. [View all] beac Jan 2012 OP

interesting badhair77 Jan 2012 #1

You're welcome. Paperwhites help with my winter gardening DTs. beac Jan 2012 #2

I was going to put peas out in March BlueToTheBone Feb 2012 #14

"Peas on St. Patrick's Day" is a "rule" I've often heard and beac Feb 2012 #15

St. Paddies it is then. BlueToTheBone Feb 2012 #16

I've never done potatoes, but I know many other DU gardeners have/do. beac Feb 2012 #18

I just love experiments! And people who are willing to do them. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #3

I go thru motivated and lazy stages with my experimenting... beac Jan 2012 #4

Which kind of rubbing alcohol did you use? Denninmi Jan 2012 #5

Isopropyl beac Jan 2012 #6

Puts a new twist on the term "Gin Blossoms" n/t n2doc Jan 2012 #7

Indeed! beac Jan 2012 #8

Beefeaters or Tanqueray? Canuckistanian Jan 2012 #9

You're going to laugh, but it actually was Beefeaters! beac Jan 2012 #10

Perhaps I am being obtuse, naaman fletcher Jan 2012 #11

No, no, not kill. beac Jan 2012 #12

gotchas. thanks. nt. naaman fletcher Jan 2012 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Feb 2012 #17

I think the odor of paperwhites must be like the flavor of cilantro-- beac Feb 2012 #19

This year, in addition to the usual "Ziva" paperwhites (the ones w/the offensive-to-some smell), I beac Nov 2012 #20

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