(snip) Given the lengths that some of these posts are attaining and in the interests of sanity and of those of us who have to access the newsgroup by archaic forms of technology, can I please request some judicious snipping please. Pretty, pretty please?
Now you've done it:
Wow, just one in your entire lifetime!? Lucky you!
U. - Still out at Andromeda galaxy (what do you expect from somebody on crutches?)
Sorry, I totally lost touch; thus I didn't keep in mind you had gone on your trip already and forgot to ask how DGD did. Glad she did so well, and that you had such a lovely time (all in all) in Nashville. Well, of course it's harde to be top with such large competition, but sixth isn't bad at all, right?
Yes, that's what I always thought, and I think she had come to her senses on Saturday when she wanted to make up. However, I feel that there is some permanent damage; the warm feeling I had towards her is totally gone, and I'm not at all ready to ask her for any assistance yet. OK, I'm not very happy these days anyway, somewhat disoriented and depressive. I'll have that checked asap, promise.
Oh yes, I do protect it as much as possible (if not some lovely 12kg-toddler uses it as a climbing aid). Thanks for the hugs, can use them.
U.
We'll have to get fresh cucumbers from Sharon's garden, if she has any Ready to eat yet. Oh Sharon?
Emily
Well, a couple of Cretins and a full blown Idiot or two, but only the one actual Moron.
That you will take it easy, and not think we are expecting you to post every hour on the hour. ;-)
Yes, we were very pleased with her award. For a very first time at such an intense competition, she exceeded our expectations. Lots of kids qualifyied and came all that way and didn't place at all in any of their dances, so for DGD to actaully receive a medal was terrific..
Sometimes family disagreements can be very long-lasting. My older brother and I are now civil to each other after several years of estrangement. My younger brother and I had a minor dust-up several years ago (mostly caused by his later-ex-wife), but it was completly forgiven-and-forgotten by both of us, we are best friends now. I hope your result is the latter.
My best wishes,
I think you are confusing "hypothesis" with "axiom".
We are up to our armpits in grape tomatoes and Arkansas Crawlers (a crack-resistant slicer), and the giant "Better Girls" are on their way. We've taken to collecting bags of the things, putting them on our neighbors porches, ringing their doorbells and then running away. My daughter's friend from Arkansas is homesick for fried green tomatoes and I've promised I'll try making him some this week.
We have five beach ball-sized pumpkins, and seven or eight ostrich egg-sized cantelopes. This is the first year we've grown cantelope. I hope they are as good home grown and vine ripened as the tomatoes have been. And we've eaten more bell peppers in the past month than in probably the previous three years combined.
The snow peas and sugar-snap peas are done, as are the radishes, but they were wonderful while they lasted. The birdhouse gourds are languishing. I think the spot where I planted them is probably too shady.
DD and her boyfriend planted some peculiar looking but good tasting cucumbers, and jalapenos that are hot enough to cauterize your tonsils. We use them in tiny amounts in salsa, for practical jokes, and for dares. They could serve as chemical weapons, though, if you could only find a way to convince enemy troups to ingest them.
AR Travelers are good too. They don't get red, they stay pink. My next door neighbor plants those every year. For fried tomatoes, you want something that is really meaty in the middle. So if the better girls are meatier than the crawlers, use those. And you want one that's really green and very firm. Whatever breading you like for frying any veggies will work, but keep in mind the spices that work well with tomatoes anyway. Like basil, oregano, garlic......think spaghetti sauce. ;) And my neighbors are all wise to the stash and dash tomatoes (and zucchini!).......now I'm branching out to mothers of the kids' friends, DH's co-workers, my favorite cashier at the grocery store..... Working up to total strangers on the street. LOL Actually, I need to make another large batch of spaghetti sauce and freeze that. I have a ton of zucchini frozen already. :)
Yay!!! They are good, but keep in mind they are thirsty plants. The more water they get, the juicier the melons are. Kinda like tomatoes. ;) I didn't plant mine till really late....like maybe end of May. I rescued them from the marked down to 70 cents table at the grocery store. ;) I figured if they did anything, that would be great. If not, they would look pretty at the end of the garden box with their curling vines and sweet yellow blooms.
My sugar snap peas are done......for right now.;) They don't like the heat. So I let them go ahead and go to seed. I did not pick pods, I just let them get big and dry out on the vine. Then I picked those, popped them open, and stuck the peas (seeds) in the ground. I now have vines that are anywhere from 1" to 8" tall coming up. (depending on when they got seeded.) So I am hopeful I will get a Fall crop of them too. By the time they get big enough to be producing, it should be starting to cool down....I hope!!
Sharon
Kathleen, where do you live? Maybe we could visit you after going to Sharon's.
I used to have small gardens, both vegetable & flowers, but had to stop several years ago, extreme sun sensitifity and other problems. Emily
St. Peters, Missouri - about 35 miles due west of downtown St. Louis, Missouri. E-mail me, deleting the obvious.
I'll use the green "Better Girls". When I questioned Trent about seasoning he looked confused and said, "Salt and peppah, prob'ly". So I'll go with your suggestions.
You toss them in a blender with some water and use them for bug-spray. They will drive away most leaf-eaters and attackers of your produce.
He's right -
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
And if they don't, we make chutney.
Ah yes, I had forgotten about green tomato chutney. Haven't made that in years. But then, my tomatoes all seem to ripen.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
A teammate's adolescent border collie developed the habit of gnawing on the corner of walls when he got bored. We'd grown habaneros that summer. She pureed some in the blender and stirred them into the spackle she used to repair the most recent damage. That put a stop to his drywall fetish. Once she was sure he was well and truly over it, she repainted.
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