Comments on: Drying Milkweed Seed Pods http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/drying-milkweed-seed-pods/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:33:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Suzanne http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/drying-milkweed-seed-pods/#comment-48268 Suzanne Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:23:16 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=14803#comment-48268 Thanks, Missy. We don't have any milkweed on our property. We've been looking for awhile to find some and found this on the side of the road about 15 miles away. Thanks, Missy. We don’t have any milkweed on our property. We’ve been looking for awhile to find some and found this on the side of the road about 15 miles away.

]]> By: Shelly http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/drying-milkweed-seed-pods/#comment-48261 Shelly Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:26:23 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=14803#comment-48261 I found a stone vase cheap at a garage sale.Its an ekenobe vase so you can change the flower or decoration anytime you just put them in the little spikes and it holds them up. Your pods would look great in something like that. I found a stone vase cheap at a garage sale.Its an ekenobe vase so you can change the flower or decoration anytime you just put them in the little spikes and it holds them up. Your pods would look great in something like that.

]]> By: Missy Martz http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/drying-milkweed-seed-pods/#comment-48260 Missy Martz Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:28:39 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=14803#comment-48260 Suzanne, Since you have goats, I feel obligated to tell you that milkweed is poisonous to goats. Suzanne,
Since you have goats, I feel obligated to tell you that milkweed is poisonous to goats.

]]> By: auntbear http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/drying-milkweed-seed-pods/#comment-48257 auntbear Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:47:16 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=14803#comment-48257 ...looks alien. …looks alien.

]]> By: Suzanne http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/drying-milkweed-seed-pods/#comment-48255 Suzanne Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:12:25 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=14803#comment-48255 Yes, they are flowers! Yes, they are flowers!

]]> By: Shells http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/drying-milkweed-seed-pods/#comment-48254 Shells Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:07:30 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=14803#comment-48254 Showing my ignorance here .... what do they look like before they get to the pod state ?? Are they a flower?? Showing my ignorance here …. what do they look like before they get to the pod state ?? Are they a flower??

]]> By: monica http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/drying-milkweed-seed-pods/#comment-48250 monica Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:48:38 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=14803#comment-48250 You can soak them in popourri oil to freshen up an old batch of The stuff you made with the cucumber peels and peach pits. Those are such neat shapes to decorate a fall wreath or table for the holidays. You can soak them in popourri oil to freshen up an old batch of The stuff you made with the cucumber peels and peach pits. Those are such neat shapes to decorate a fall wreath or table for the holidays.

]]> By: Barbee' http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/drying-milkweed-seed-pods/#comment-48247 Barbee' Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:32:48 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=14803#comment-48247 I didn't know they had prickles on them. One time I innocently stopped roadside to gather teasel barehanded. I quickly learned about those! I didn’t know they had prickles on them. One time I innocently stopped roadside to gather teasel barehanded. I quickly learned about those!

]]> By: .Nancy in Iowa http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/drying-milkweed-seed-pods/#comment-48244 .Nancy in Iowa Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:48:10 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=14803#comment-48244 Reminds me of all the natural decorations my Mom did when I was a kid in Florida - Spanish moss, red berries, seashells, pine cones, driftwood, etc. She also painted (I did NOT inherit the talent) wood and stones. We had some lovely table centerpieces! Christmas time - red berries and silver-painted pine cones.....lovely memories. Nancy in Iowa Reminds me of all the natural decorations my Mom did when I was a kid in Florida – Spanish moss, red berries, seashells, pine cones, driftwood, etc. She also painted (I did NOT inherit the talent) wood and stones. We had some lovely table centerpieces! Christmas time – red berries and silver-painted pine cones…..lovely memories.

Nancy in Iowa

]]> By: Suzanne http://chickensintheroad.com/dailyfarm/drying-milkweed-seed-pods/#comment-48234 Suzanne Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:09:06 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=14803#comment-48234 No, I just let them dry, in the sun as much as possible--it's been cloudy and rainy here lately so it's been difficult! No, I just let them dry, in the sun as much as possible–it’s been cloudy and rainy here lately so it’s been difficult!

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