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Posted on 08/05/2004 5:47:31 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
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Ok, where is everyone today? Hiding? Did I miss a memo? You guys are usually around a little on Sunday afternoons...
Well, I liked the church I went to today much better, even if the label's different from what I'm used to. I think I'll go back.
We were out spreading horse poo and re-tying our tomaters!
The cherries are ripening:
The big tomatos needed taller staking... They outgrew just being tied to the fence.
I'm just now back. Wow...VEY slow day, no?
I woke up and it's fall. Today, at least. Got boots on for the first time since spring.
*sigh* Fall weather produces rather the same effects on me as time lag. If I start waxing poetic, slap me, OK?
Ecurb looks like a farmer!
Those tomatoes look fantastic!!
You know there is lots you can do with green tomatoes too...least of which, fry them!
They make great pickles...
I don't know how close you are to the end of your season...our maters are already done. Gophers got each plant, one after the other. But we got plenty.
Steve's taking a nap.
Was that the house that was used as the exterior for the Southfork shots? I didn't even recognize it until the discussion went on after you'd posted the pictures. I didn't watch 'Dallas' too often.
Whoa! Them's some nice 'maters! I'd like to grow some cherry or grape tomatoes in pots next year. Depends on what kind of patio or whatever we've devised by then.
End? - We haven't had a red one yet of the large ones! Round here, we're lucky to get some to ripen before the frost! ;~D
I'm making some gumbo for our Parish Family Festival, and my brother in law brought 20 pounds of small shrimp to Perdido so I could bring it back home. It's gonna be SO good, but I don't know if folks up here are gonna like it that much. I run the Outdoor Grille; hamburgers, hot dogs, kielbasa, and decided I wanted to add something new this year. If they don't like it, I'll just bring the leftovers back home and we'll eat on it all winter!!
Well, don't waste the greens ones...they are vey tasty!
If one starts to turn, and the weather threatens, pick it and put it in a paper sack with a ripe banana. I'll turn red.
I'll turn red for making such a typo!
IT'LL turn red.
Sounds WONDERFUL!
I really love gumbo.
Won't they just ripen on a sunny window sill? What's with the banana?
Vey slow indeed!
I went to the bookstore and read bits of a Java book that actually had the topics I want to know about... yay, I guess I'm ready for classes. I'm nervous as all-get-out.
Ok, look at a postcard of your hometown and describe it to me. If you sound like a cold-sober Victorian poet, I'll know what's wrong...
Been working out outside this afternoon. It's warm with a nice breeze. Back now to relax a bit before I do some writing.
So it sounds like the new church went okay. What was it like?
That's about what my tomatoes look like now! Was just looking at them a few minutes ago. Can't wait for them to turn red :)
"Place less-than-ripe tomatoes in a paper bag with an apple or banana; the ethylene gas given off by the fruit will hasten the ripening process. Keep the tomatoes out of sunlight--they will overheat and ripen unevenly--and arrange them in the bag stem-side up to prevent bruising."
(We put ours on the windowsill too...I understood the bag process took less time. But we're never in a rush.)
Congratulations to elf-boy! :) Did he do forms or sparring?
Thanks for the great tip!
You're welcome...
I'm gonna pop some popcorn!
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