On Sun, 13 May 2012 12:29:59 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>I'm sitting here waiting for the pressure canner to cool down to 0 psig.
>Has five pints of green beans in it and two pints of water to help with
>the mass.
>
>Once that is done I have three pints and a twelve-ounce jar of butter
>beans to pressure can. Those will take 40 minutes at 11 psig to be done
>versus the 20 minutes at 11 psig for the green beans. We've already
>pulled the butter bean plants as they have done their duty. The green
>beans are still making so they will be there until heat gets to high for
>them.
>
>Bringing in lots of sweet chiles nowadays too, have about fifteen or
>twenty waiting to be chopped and frozen. About half are sweet banana
>chiles the rest are bells. Tomatoes are starting to ripen so I bought a
>forty-ounce package of Wright's smoked bacon yesterday, coming onto BLT
>season for us.
>
>We got 3.25 inches of rain Friday and Saturday morning, already soaked
>into the ground. No more drought for us, at least this year.
>
>George


Getting envious. My tomatoes went in on 4/29 and the peppers,
eggplant, squash, etc. went in over the next 9 days. Soybeans, green
and black, and Cannellini went in this morning. It was cool, cloudy
and rain predicted, but the sun is out now. We also got a good rain
last week. The community college weather page said 4.3 inches in 2
days.

In an earlier post you mentioned raised beds. From experience, they
are wonderful. Mine are 3' x 8'. When we were building them I stood
on one side and reached out. Told HD to make them twice that
measurement. My vote would be for the manufactured decking material.
Mine are starting to come apart after about 12 years. Tell Miz Anne
that they are much easier to keep weeded, especially with a bad hip. I
know that from experience.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)