On May 13, 2:25*pm, The Cook > wrote:
> On Sun, 13 May 2012 12:29:59 -0500, George Shirley
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> >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
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> >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.
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> >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.
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> >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.
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> >George
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> 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
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> 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.
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> Susan N.
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> "Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
> 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
> Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

getting envious times 2 - planting weekend in these parts is the
Victoria Day weekend, which is this weekend. I think I'll give it
until next weekend before putting plants in to the ground/planters.
Tomatoes and herbs will be it, as I still haven't found the $ or place
to start a new garden

Kathi