"George Shirley" > wrote in message
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> Kathi Jones wrote:
>> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Last June I put up several pint jars of dilly beans from our garden. A
>>> couple of days ago I remembered putting them up and put a jar in the
>>> fridge. Today I opened the jar and had a few with my lunch sandwich.
>>> This was the first batch I had ever used Pickle Crisp on. Joy, joy, they
>>> are very crisp and very dilly. I think from now on I will use the pickle
>>> crisp on all my pickles as the luncheon spears and bread and butters
>>> also came out very crisp. Even very old dogs can learn new tricks.
>>>
>>> Side Note for Barb: Please close the back gate, weather heads say we may
>>> get up to two inches of snow tonight. That would be four times it has
>>> snowed here this winter. Where the hell is Al Gore when you need him, I
>>> had planned on having beach property by now?
>>
>> good to know George - I made them once and was very disappointed with the
>> mushy texture. Maybe I'll give it another go doing it your way.
>>
>> We're getting wet stuff this week, but hardly anything. Not gonna jinx
>> in by saying we haven't got very much snow at all, so far this
>> year...........
>>
>> Kathi
> Just checked the forecast, now they're saying just heavy rain. By the
> radar it looks as though snow is already moving into northwest and central
> Louisiana. If so, we shall surely get some of it. Going to be 34F tomorrow
> morning and then down to 33F by Thursday morning but up again to 60F by
> mid afternoon Thursday. Weather reports are, at best, a leap of faith that
> they forecast it right.
>
> Our peach tree is budding out as is one of the plums, maybe they will be
> okay or bud out again as they often do here. Would like to get a crop of
> peaches before the squirrels do.

fingers crossed that the white stuff and cold temps dont get your peach and
plum trees.....

Kathi