Member of The Week... LAURA!

[Tonnymonk]

AGE.....?

MARITIAL STATUS/FAMILY.......

WHICH OPPCLP MEMBER WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET OR WHICH ONES HAVE YOU ALREADY MET...?..

HOW HAS OPPCLP ENRICHED YOUR LIFE?......

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING TO GROW..........

WHAT IS ONE ITEM YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT!?.......

ONE THING YOU WOULD OWN IF MONEY WAS NO OBJECT?.....

IF YOU COULD GO ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD WHERE WOULD IT BE?...

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RECIPE...

IF YOU WERE A COOKIE, WHAT KIND WOULD YOU BE...

WHOS YOUR FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM AND ATHLETE...?.....

WHAT ARE SOME HOBBIES YOU HAVE?....

WHAT ATTRACTED YOU AND KEPT YOU INTERESTED IN OPPCLP..?....

YOUR TURN ON FOODS......TURN OFF FOODS....?

FAVORITE COLOR................

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH YOUR SCREEN NAME?.....

Past Member's....XDX , The Hollyberry Lady, notherdigger, Pharmer Phil, Tster , bscamo, chilefarmer , Rita , Christy , Rivervalleymama , Lucy , caveman, redmamabug

[Tonnymonk]

You do a lot behind the scenes and I can't wait to hear your answers! Welcome to MOW!!

[Sonya]

Yeah, lets hear some answers!!

[hollyberrylady08]

Finally, I get to read more than a sentence or two from this woman!!!

: )

[Deleted]

Congrats Laura on bein MOW
Now spill some beans on Brother Phil along with yer reply's
This is gonna be great

[Rita]

Congrats Laura!! Come On Now where ya be?

And No this was NOT my idea

[Pharmer Phil]

May 31, 2009 5:54:13 GMT -6 Rita said:

Congrats Laura!! Come On Now where ya be?

And No this was NOT my idea

hmmm, well then Rita...who'd you discuss this with...
_{(cause it's news to me Sweetie...really, not guilty..)
this time}
Well Pholks our MOW is still UDC (under da covers)
we didn't even sit down till 8:30 last night

[Rita]

Nope this was all in the poster .. I had Not a thing to do with it THIS time

[Pharmer Phil]

cool beans, I knew (thought) I was innocent..(this time)

[Rita]

[Laura]

AGE.....?
52

MARITIAL STATUS/FAMILY.......
Married almost 5 years.. 1 daughter..

This is on Mothers Day of this year with my daughter..Sonya..
This is one of their visits last year..with all of us..


WHICH OPPCLP MEMBER WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET OR WHICH ONES HAVE YOU ALREADY MET...?..
Have met.. Spawnya & Nate (partner in crime)..Jeanette, Axe & T, XDX, Crazy, MickyG, Douglas, FiFi, another Doug..Catfurry, some who are local pholks also who are members.. Who would I like to meet?? Everyone that I can..nows wheres that party??

HOW HAS OPPCLP ENRICHED YOUR LIFE?......
I've learned alot about Gardening & such..how others do theirs..& it's phun to be a part of this great group of pholks!!
When I met Phil I knew nothing about gardening..Nothing at all so it must have really slowed down his progress the first year I was here..he had to show me everything to do in the garden..

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING TO GROW..........
Peppers..last year we kinda went over board & grew 186 pepper plants..this year we only have out 125 Oh yeah..Carrots..thats an older goofy pic of me..

Tomatoes also..last years picking..we got hundreds of pounds of them. It was normal to get 100 pounds per picking.



WHAT IS ONE ITEM YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT!?.......
Telephone.. yeah Im on it alot during the week ..Phil & I stay in touch during the day & week by phone..& I throw ina phew other calls to Sonya.
Persons..Phil.. & Sonya..
Pets: Morris & Spaz & Tank..our critters..

ONE THING YOU WOULD OWN IF MONEY WAS NO OBJECT?.....
Id have me an Animal shelter on lots of land..We had 5 kittens here for the past 2-3 weeks & I found a home for all of em..1 went to be an indoor kitty & 4 went to a farm..Phil calls me Ellie Mae
IF YOU COULD GO ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD WHERE WOULD IT BE?...
Some place warm but not too far away & not too warm..(the flashes are keeping me warm enuff) ..& no spiders. & no brutal winters..Ima gettin too old for all that extra dressing..
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RECIPE...
We make a Chicken dish in the cast iron pot.(Dutch Oven).It has tomatoes, onions, garlic, chicken..lots of chicken..eat it over rice..we had it on Mothers Day!! When Sonya & Nate were here..a surprize visit..

IF YOU WERE A COOKIE, WHAT KIND WOULD YOU BE...
Maybe a peanut butter cookie(I love peanut butter) or a mint G.S. cookie..I made the mint recipe Sonya put on here & it was good..I added a lil heat to it though..
WHOS YOUR FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM AND ATHLETE...?.....
Favorite team..Um..Packers maybe..bein a cheesehead..Phil cheers on the Vikings & I cheer on the Packers when they play each other.. player..dont really have a favorite one..Racing..Matt Kennesth..he's a cheesehead too!!

WHAT ARE SOME HOBBIES YOU HAVE?....
Gardening. Since we start everything from seed..I find a great deal of joy watching all we have planted sprout..Then getting it outdoors to the cold frame & phinally in the ground. The next thing is doing our daily "garden walk" to check on the progress of the plants. Then harvesting what we have grown & either canning or freezing it..or drying it.
I also love to enter things in the county fair. I have won Grand Champion with a Golden Hubbard squash I grew. Man the thing was a beauty. Phil has a pic of it I believe some where in his pic. files. Feeding the birds..
I love cookbooks..reading them & trying a few recipes. Must have thousands invested in em .Phil however cooks better then me.. Im the dessert maker. & Candy..we made some candies last year with a little added heat..Hot pepper can really add a nice taste to something sweet.
Collecting salt & pepper shakers..I have well over a 100 sets..

Curio cabinet Phil surprised me with..he picked it out & made arrangements to get it.

WHAT ATTRACTED YOU AND KEPT YOU INTERESTED IN OPPCLP..?....
I enjoy everything about the Phorum..(I watched Phil build it from scratch..asking what he was doing with almost every move he made)..I couldn't do it..all the computer lingo..

YOUR TURN ON FOODS......TURN OFF FOODS....?
On foods..I like homemade sweets. Candy or Cakes or Cookies. I made Phil a cake for his birthday one year & he got ill from it..it was canned frosting that made him sick..not my cake.
Off foods..certain pickled stuff...
FAVORITE COLOR................
I dont know..I guess blue..I dont really have a fav. color. The one I dont like is Pink

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH YOUR SCREEN NAME?.....
It is my middle name..phirst name is Nancy I only use that name at work..otherwise I have always gone by Laura As for the Pharmer..well I copied Phil there..

[hollyberrylady08]

:)Great answers Laura, and awesome pics! Very entertaining. Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations on being MOW.

: )

[Axeman]

CONGRATS ON MOW!

[Compost Pharmer]

Congrats on being the MOW. Awesome answers.

[rivervalleymama]

Go Pack Go! Those Pack/Vikings games must be interesting in your house!

Thanks for all the pics! I really enjoyed all of your answers. I also like a little hot pepper in some sweets. A little cayenne in homemade honey caramel is pretty tasty.

[hollyberrylady08]

I also like a little hot pepper in some sweets. A little cayenne in homemade honey caramel is pretty tasty.

Mmmmmm, that sounds so good! I am growing both red and purple cayenne this season - gonna try that. Thanks!

: )

[crftychk13]

wow....look at all the peppers! My hubby thought the carrots looked great!!!! Congrats!

[ghoststomper]

Congrats Laura on MOW , that is awesome and I love the pics . We are Kenseth fans too. Again congrats from the both of us. Have an awesome day.

[Deleted]

Congrats, Oh Exalted One!!! Great pics - I want some carrots.....

[jerseycub]

Congrats Laura; and after reading your answers to all those questions well all I can say is you and Ruth must be related in another life.

Great photos. Those are some awesome carrots.

[ChileFarmer]

Congratulations Laura, really pleased to get to know you. CF

[Laura]

Thanx for all the wishes here!! We just got home a bit ago..we went phishing.. Another fav. past time. When we get a chance. We both caught a fish..pic to follow.

[Tster]

Congrads Laura, They do have an awsum garden, we've seen it. It always looks so rich! We are working on building up our soil from this dang old sticky clay! So far it's working. Sorry we missed you on the way back from vacation. Our plans just didn't work out.

[Pharmer Phil]

Great Answers my Darling...see Cavey, no dirt...that's How good I am
...Don't let her fool Ya folks, she's a fine all-around cook...
I'm just the Kitchen Magician...it just looks easy

I will get even wit ya fer posting that profile of me though showin all my non-smokin Phat

crftychk13....
I think the thread is here somewhere??
But Have a look at these pepper pics from last year, from a post at Our Sister Phorum...PHIRE
click here: PEPPERS EVERYWHERE

[crftychk13]

Jun 1, 2009 6:10:08 GMT -6 Pharmer Phil said:

Great Answers my Darling...see Cavey, no dirt...that's How good I am
...Don't let her fool Ya folks, she's a fine all-around cook...
I'm just the Kitchen Magician...it just looks easy

I will get even wit ya fer posting that profile of me though showin all my non-smokin Phat

crftychk13....
I think the thread is here somewhere??
But Have a look at these pepper pics from last year, from a post at Our Sister Phorum...PHIRE
click here: PEPPERS EVERYWHERE

WOW. Thats a ton of peppers! My hubby LOVEs Habenero pepper/flakes/powers/salsa. I decided to go heavy on the peppers this year. (heavy for us anyways) I planted 60 (still have 59 after a slight frost) pepper plants. 6 diff kinds. I think I will have more than I need. But hubby and our crazy friends, and my ex love em. My fav....growing hots and then seeing the guys challenge eachother to see how much they can take. After eating peppers straight from the garden and beer chasers.....they can barley talk. Crazy dudes. They would love to get their hands on the peppers in your pics!

[notherdigger]

Congrats Laura, great answers. Great pepper pic and man.......check out them carrots. I can promise you that I will never, never, nevvvvver post any pics of the kind of carrots I grow. Well mayby if they get better before I die lol. Enjoy your time.

[redmamabug]

Congrats Laura on being MOW!! I loved your answers and I ain't never seen home-grown carrots dat big!!..Here in my rocky soil I have to plant those small carrots anyway...and they have never been nothing to brag about.

[mckenzygirl]

Congratulations Laura on MOW!

Man 5 Years already?
Where has the time gone!

[Garden Happy]

HI LAURA,
Congrats on MOW!!
Great getting to know more about you and what all you enjoy .
Have a great season in the gardens and in the kitchen.
Hey,how about posting that dutch oven chicken recipe? PLEASE!!! We love to cook in a dutch oven all the time also would love to try that recipe.

[hollyberrylady08]

Yeah, I wanna try it too!