[sockmonkey]

I’ve said I’m not happy with the four already in large containers out there because they don’t look robust - I think the cold hurt those even though I covered them.

I've noticed on my Tycoon tomatoes that if they get too cold, they get purplish on the leaf bottoms. Haven't noticed that on my other tomatoes.

I am almost through planting stuff. I have a yellow pear tomato left to plant, and two mystery tomatoes..I found the seeds for those on the floor where they fell out of an envelope, so they're probably Romas, plus four tycoons..

Then I can sit back, and wait for drought, hail, blights, wilts, aphids, and other pests to attack everything.

Have you ever gone to your Montgomery County agrilife office for canning recipes or canning workshops?

[Marcella]

OH, I left off your Tycoon tomato - it's also one I transplanted into big pot today. I hadn't put that one on my list of tomatoes since I got it after I made that list. I have more of all those tomatoes in little pots where I took the biggest one of each small pot. I hate to just dump plants, so left the extras in their small pots.

Right now, the Tycoon leaves are all a nice green.

No, I'm not going anywhere to a canning workshop. I learn fast when I research, do it on my own. I know enough now to teach the class. A class would just hold me back. I've got canning recipes I trust with the Ball book and two recipe books for water bath canning - one book is for fruits and the other is for pickling veggies. All those books are thorough as to canning rules and I'm not doing pressure cooker.

[Marcella]

The Lemon Balm - it is one of two plants still under the grow lamp. It has been under the lamp forever, and there was just a green scum on top, now, finally, there are some tiny green plants, so tiny can’t be transplanted out of cup yet and there are not many of them.

I recently planned Sweet Pickle Pepper seeds in two cups and those aren’t up yet. That’s it, finally, for the grow lamp for a while.