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Posted on 06/01/2005 7:12:04 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
By mid-afternoon today I will have made just shy of 40 pints of peach jam.
I gotta tell you...
My neighbor across the street just came over and gave me a big vat of potatoe salad! One of those kinds you can buy in the store, pre-made, you know? She said it was left over from a church potluck. It was still sealed, never been opened!
I gave her a pint of jam. LOL!!!
Wowsers!
I'm still debating going to see Ms. Embry...if I do, I'm thinking I'll take her some jam! LOL
I bet she'd love it!
That doesn't count the 16 pints of frozen peaches!
I asked Steve if he could get the afternoon off. It's unlikely. I'm loathe to drive it by myself...it's an hour away. My car is so iffy...and I'd have the jedis with me...
Hey.... where in CO? You should see if it's open in a couple years when you can move!
Well, it's a good thing you did stop! Try again in a few months. And congrats on getting as far as you did!
Wait... soo.... you did a triathalon and then hopped a plane? Sheesh, man, ever heard of pacing yourself?
I love my garden. :)
Sigh, I don't even have a full "mess" of beans yet. I'm thinking my garden still needs more sun. Definitely needs more rain, but I've been watering it.
Square foot gardening is sure fun! Steve got our beds all weeded this weekend...I'd like to put in a fall garden. We skipped it all together this year because it's hard for me to do it all alone. But he should be around for a fall garden!
Am going to rip out the peas this weekend to get ready for the fall replanting. I'm having terrible troubles with japanese beetles. They like to settle on the tallest plants and eat them - namely my pole beans. You've never seen sorrier plants. :( The bush beans are fine, though.
My grapevine was covered with beetles. I sprayed 'em pretty good. Even caught a couple enjoying...um...recreational activities.
Still don't think I'll have grapes this summer, but the vine is pretty healthy. At least now that the beetles are gone.
We sprayed the ornamentals, but not the garden. I don't want that stuff in my food. We're hoping to disrupt their life cycle a bit with a combo of chemicals and milky spore. Of course it's a futile effort because the neighbors have no such plans and their beetles will eat my pole beans next year.
I probably neglected the grapes too long. I haven't had any real bug problems with the rest of the garden.
Chipmunks are a different story.
Y'all should be proud of me. There's a food fight thread ragin' and I'm staying out of it! :) (yaaaay me)
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