"Dave Balderstone" > wrote in message
news:280520091911164776%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderst one.ca...
> In article >, Kathi Jones
> > wrote:
>
>> "Dave Balderstone" > wrote in message
>> news:280520091842180436%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderst one.ca...
>> > In article
>> > >,
>> > Mimi > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Okay, I am in zone 8b so Dave hates you more George than he hates me.
>> >
>> > Yer all bastids...
>> >
>> > But I finally got the irrigation system installed on the raised beds,
>> > and booked Friday off work so I can do some SERIOUS gardening.
>> >
>> > So perhaps "hate" is too strong a word.
>>
>> "envy"..........that's the one I use.
>
> Envy... Hmm. A bit weak, I think. "Henvate"?

henvate? that's a blended word, right? I dunno - I still envy the warm
weather, but when George starts talking hurricanes, I find I'm quite happy
where I am.


>>
>> All the stuff those guys do is way more interesting that what I could
>> ever
>> do.....dewberries? figs? persimmons? sheesh ~ I missed out on a sale
>> of
>> mangos this week - that's about as exotic as it gets around
>> here....sihivering in cold and wet zone 5A.......
>
> Iv'e seen fig trees in some microclimates inVancouver when I lived
> there. You're in the Ottowa area, right? I'm in Saskatoon and it looks
> like spring has finally arrived. April was dreadful, the worst in the
> 15 years we've been here.
>

yup, just outside Ottawa


> Global warming can kiss my shiny metal ass...
>
>> I planted 3 tomato plants, 2 basil, 1 oregano and 1 rosemary, all in
>> patio
>> pots this year. No time or money to start a new garden (old one is
>> infested
>> with tomato blight or some such thing - not gonna plant anything THERE
>> anymore).
>
> I've cut back the tomatoes to fewer than 10 this year. Sob... But I
> still have jars in the cold room from 2007 and SWMBO even had The Boy
> working with her to discourage me from planting too many. In 2007 I
> harvested over 250 pounds... So it's BLTs for this year's crop, and
> there will be much rejoicing.
>
> Only one tomatillo this year, but that's because I put two in last year
> and didn't realize how farkin' BIG they get!

I tried growing them one year...nothing happened : (


>
> But lots and lots of basil and other herbs, and pickling cukes, and
> we'll see what else when I go shopping tomorrow morning.
>
> I'm even putting in catnip and catmint, though Spooky is quite old and
> starting to fail. She does love chewing on the fresh stuff, though.
>
>> Everything will be enjoyed fresh, unless there are extra herbs in
>> the fall - then I'll do something with them so that we can enjoy it
>> through
>> the winter (still using last year's frozen basil).
>
> I still have some pesto in the freezer from last year, but I'll find a
> way to use it at my birfday party in a couple of weeks. Half a
> century... wow.

wow is right - my hubby just celebrated his 48th on Tuesday.... all the
best!


>
> Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
>
>> The day I got them all
>> planted, we had frost...had to cover everyhting up. That was easy enough
>> to
>> do but neighbours thought we had ghosts on the porch....I used drop
>> sheets.
>
> We could still get frost here, but it's starting to FEEL like we won't.
>
> Sure hope not, the apple trees should be blooming in the next week.

the blooms on my apple tree got blowed off during a not-so-nice cold windy
hail filled rain about a week ago, but I think the fruit had a chance to set
first. I think...didn't see alot of bees in the tree before that

Kathi



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