Posted on 12/04/2015 3:42:18 PM PST by greeneyes
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Sorry to be so late posting. It's been hectic, and I'm just taking a break from chores, bills, and reading IRS compliance data and other regulatory updates related to my volunteer work.
I did get a chance to read all your comments to last week's thread, and want to thank everyone for their comments and sharing of pictures.
The lemon tree is starting to put on buds for blossoms and has 2 lemons left that are almost ripe. It is way overdue for repotting, but I still haven't found the exact pot I want for it.
Hope everyone is doing well. Prayers up for all. Have a great weekend, and God Bless.
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As things warm up I'll get more done, and hire me someone to help. I don't want to over do it.
/johnny
Wise thinking. Glad to hear you are still thinking about gardening even a little. I usually stay in from December to March, unless I just have to go somewhere like the Dr. or the day is unusually warm.
Can your homegrown lemonade be far behind? Still have some tomatoes and swiss chard growing out back. Made a pannini out of them tonite for dinner. Last weekends drenching rains here in north Tx has the soil still damp but the real cold freezes have not hit just yet. Being originally from NY and having the garden still produce in Dec here is quite nice treat.
I imagine it is nice. We had a really nice November and December a couple of years ago, and the late garden veggies for salad at Christmas was indeed a rare treat.
Hope your feeling and doing well /j man.
Party next Friday night - homegrown lemons for lemonade, wine, pizza and wings for TWD marathon on Netflix.
Your Ozark Mountain Dec jamboree- homegrown MO. citrus— such a treat— (;
/johnny
Hi folks.
I now seem to be a resident of new England.
Gone are my bananas and mangoes.
Long Story. (sigh)
We still have a couple of little tomatoes left. Ripened & I
finally put them in the fridge. That’s about it now.
LOL. They are sweeter and juicier than those in stores - advantage of being ripened on the tree, I guess.
So you have my condolences. Tell us your story if you want, we can commiserate.
I always miss homegrown tomatoes almost more than anything else.
I gave away all my belongings, said goodbye to all my students, paid off the lease on my apartment and drove to Boston to take care of my Mom, to live with her and provide care.
Four days after i got to Boston, she died.
So now I am here.
At least I have FR.
(I am in the process of trying to sell her house, and then, who knows?)
Oh that is a very sad development. So sorry to hear about your loss. Prayers up for solace and best wishes for the future. My Dad passed on Pearl Harbor day anniversary in 2008.
I still miss him. I was able to get all his stuff moved into one room ( he lived with us for the last five years of his life).
However, I have never been able to stay in that room long enough to really go through every thing, so I am still in the process of sorting etc.
I am sending positive thoughts your way.
Prayers and My condolences on the loss of your Mother…
Thank you both for you prayers and kind thoughts.
(((HUGS))))
Cleaning out65 years of accumulated stuff is quite a daunting task. However, as long as i stay busy, I’ll be ok.
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