[trisham]

A few days ago I received a catalogue from Johnny’s Selected Seeds. I plan to spend some time looking at my options for next spring, and I hope that this season I will be able to start my seeds much earlier. This season, seeds for cherry tomatoes and jalapenos are definitely in, along with lots of basil and chives. Not so many summer squash, because we had so many last summer that I grew sick of them. Some parsley and cilantro are musts.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Wife and son, plus his wife and I visited Fiery Fork State Park, just north of here for an afternoon hike. The Little Niangua River feeds through the park and the hillsides feature several glades with remarkable stone outcrops and unique trees.
We packed a picnic basket with some TG leftovers and a bottle of Bogel cab. We were warmed by a surprisingly warm afternoon sun. The park is primitive and some of the trails hard to follow but deer were in abundance and we caught the gobble of several wild turkeys.
Down on the river front, a beaver had left a half dozen pointed saplings stumped, with the tops carried off somewhere.