To like or not to like...that is the pinteresting question

Hello hello! Good Morning!!!

Here is the question of the day...

Should you or should you not...................LIKE what people are pinning from your site on pinterest.

This is my dilemma....

You see, pinterest is the best gage of what readers are liking on my site.  (Thank you Gail for showing me how to find my source page!) Not only do I get to see which projects they want to KEEP, but typically posts are given a "title" or comment as they are pinned.  I learn a lot from glancing through pinterest and seeing what people are saying.

 
 Last week, I realized that my pineapple post was a big hit over at pinterest, so I decided to post the ginger post I had in queue right away to capitalize on the new followers and subscribers that are into pantry planting.

The problem is...I'm a big fan of the "like" button on facebook as a "thank you".  You know...someone says "You hair looks great!" and you press "like" to say thanks, right?  Well, I've been "liking" pins that people have pinned from my blog as a way to say a quick "thanks".  My questions is whether it reads as a thank you or as an egocentric move of an egomaniac.

In fact, I've been experimenting the past few weeks.  I will spend one week liking a bunch of pins...just down the page, like-like-like - thank you-thank you-thank you like a politician.   Then the next week I didn't "like" anything.  My goal was to see if people hated me liking everything and started to unfollow or whatever.  Well...the results are in and my "liking" made no difference whatsoever...

SO...I need your opinion...do you see it as a thank you when someone likes your pin from their blog or as an ego-maniacal move???

Thoughts??

Moments and Impressions | FEATURE FRIDAY

 So I've "known" Nessa for awhile now (via blogland), but recently, it seems she and I  have been emailing like over-tweeeeeety songbirds.  I'm kinda in love with this girl and I think you might fall for her too...

She has a way of speaking to her audience that is sweet and insightful, not at all crass or over sharing.  She is a blogger that lets you see her heart, but isn't opening up just for the attention or shock value.  Mixed in with the musings of life are fabulous decor, gardens and recipes (my kind of GIRL!).

One of my favorite recent posts lately is simply titled today.  

Then there is the one titled change.

Or maybe you would love the post Two Spoons.

Take your pick!  Go read a post or two and make sure to tell Miss Nessa that Amy Renea says Hey! 

How to Plant Ginger Root

So hey....apparently planting a pineapple top is big news...everyone's all pinning and asking questions about growing your own pineapple and gaining a cheap new houseplant, so I thought I would show you another one of my pantry planting successes.

I've been on a major ginger kick lately, so a few months ago, I planted a few chunks of ginger to multiply my supply.  Now, people are going to get on my case because you are supposed to lay the ginger on top of the soil, but I plant it right under the surface so my babies don't steal it and eat it.  (Yes, they literally do things like that if plants aren't rooted down yet...no foxglove for THIS family!)  I have had no issues growing ginger this way!!

So here's a chunk of ginger root, about an inch long, unpeeled....

[ Thanks to Andrea for  mentioning in the comment section to be careful to make sure there is a "node" on each section you plant.  All of the important "stuff" to grow is hidden in that node and without one, the ginger will just rot.  You can kind of think of it as the "seed" inside the little piece of ginger.  A node (or bud or whatever you want to call it) is just a little knob on the ginger...you are probably more familiar with potatoes.  You know when potatoes sprout in your pantry?  That little sprout came from a node.  (See a photo HERE)  Try to find those little bumps on your ginger.  If all else fails, try taking an inch off the end of each little "finger" -- those almost always have a node on them!]

Simply place your chunk of ginger in a pot of rich potting soil and DON'T OVERWATER.  

A few cubes of ice a week work until the leaves start to show up.

Bye-bye ginger!

Fast forward a few months...hello little ginger poking up through the soil (see those two little guys?!)

So what are YOU growing?  Have you tried planting anything from your pantry this winter?