Went out this morning and picked a bucket of Swiss chard, will prepare
it for freezing later. Also picked another small bucket of leaf celery
and there is more to go. Heavily overcast here, taking a break to watch
the weather channel to see if it is going to rain water or oil. We need
the water and I could certainly use the money from recovering oil. Maybe
I can get the Congress to give me money because the BP spill ruined my
million dollar crop of herbs. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Will be picking green beans by Sunday and possibly summer squash. To bad
there's no way to preserve summer squash without it getting mushy. The
tomatoes are still small, lots of baby peaches, figs, persimmons, and
some quince. Will post some pictures on tinypic later, garden and fruit
trees really look good but need water. We're already on summer water
rationing here and that will not end until early fall.

George

On 5/7/2010 2:40 PM, The Cook wrote:
> On Fri, 07 May 2010 10:13:06 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>> Went out this morning and picked a bucket of Swiss chard, will prepare
>> it for freezing later. Also picked another small bucket of leaf celery
>> and there is more to go. Heavily overcast here, taking a break to watch
>> the weather channel to see if it is going to rain water or oil. We need
>> the water and I could certainly use the money from recovering oil. Maybe
>> I can get the Congress to give me money because the BP spill ruined my
>> million dollar crop of herbs. Yeah, that's the ticket.
>>
>> Will be picking green beans by Sunday and possibly summer squash. To bad
>> there's no way to preserve summer squash without it getting mushy. The
>> tomatoes are still small, lots of baby peaches, figs, persimmons, and
>> some quince. Will post some pictures on tinypic later, garden and fruit
>> trees really look good but need water. We're already on summer water
>> rationing here and that will not end until early fall.
>>
>> George
>
>
> My tomatoes pay get set out this weekend. Peppers will be 2 or 3
> weeks later. Have not even thought about squash, beans or cucumbers
> yet. We had snow the first of March, then a heat wave when everyone
> decided that it was time to plant. Another very cool spell. One
> night a couple of weeks ago it got down to below 40° and killed the
> pepper plants DH thought we should get at Lowe's and set out. The
> ones I started in the greenhouse had just germinated.

I reckon we're just lucky in where we settled. <G> As a matter of fact,
I hate cold weather. I wanted to retire in Belize but DW wanted to stay
fairly close to the kids. We're 126 miles from them now. May move even
closer when she retires from teaching next year. Of course that depends
on her actually retiring, she's making noises about one more year again.

We've been looking on line at places over near Livingston, TX. Far
enough out of Houston not to have a lot of traffic and prices, away from
the lake, are still reasonable. I do like the piney woods of East Texas.

On Fri, 07 May 2010 10:13:06 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>Went out this morning and picked a bucket of Swiss chard, will prepare
>it for freezing later. Also picked another small bucket of leaf celery
>and there is more to go. Heavily overcast here, taking a break to watch
>the weather channel to see if it is going to rain water or oil. We need
>the water and I could certainly use the money from recovering oil. Maybe
>I can get the Congress to give me money because the BP spill ruined my
>million dollar crop of herbs. Yeah, that's the ticket.
>
>Will be picking green beans by Sunday and possibly summer squash. To bad
>there's no way to preserve summer squash without it getting mushy. The
>tomatoes are still small, lots of baby peaches, figs, persimmons, and
>some quince. Will post some pictures on tinypic later, garden and fruit
>trees really look good but need water. We're already on summer water
>rationing here and that will not end until early fall.
>
>George


My tomatoes pay get set out this weekend. Peppers will be 2 or 3
weeks later. Have not even thought about squash, beans or cucumbers
yet. We had snow the first of March, then a heat wave when everyone
decided that it was time to plant. Another very cool spell. One
night a couple of weeks ago it got down to below 40° and killed the
pepper plants DH thought we should get at Lowe's and set out. The
ones I started in the greenhouse had just germinated.
--
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)

George Shirley wrote:
> Went out this morning and picked a bucket of Swiss chard, will prepare
> it for freezing later. Also picked another small bucket of leaf celery
> and there is more to go. Heavily overcast here, taking a break to watch
> the weather channel to see if it is going to rain water or oil. We need
> the water and I could certainly use the money from recovering oil. Maybe
> I can get the Congress to give me money because the BP spill ruined my
> million dollar crop of herbs. Yeah, that's the ticket.
>
> Will be picking green beans by Sunday and possibly summer squash. To bad
> there's no way to preserve summer squash without it getting mushy. The
> tomatoes are still small, lots of baby peaches, figs, persimmons, and
> some quince. Will post some pictures on tinypic later, garden and fruit
> trees really look good but need water. We're already on summer water
> rationing here and that will not end until early fall.
>
> George



We're still having snow and frost here. Can't even plant yet. The
recommendation used to be "Wait to plant till after Mother's Day."
now it's "after Memorial Day."

:-(
gloria p

On 5/7/2010 3:34 PM, gloria.p wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> Went out this morning and picked a bucket of Swiss chard, will prepare
>> it for freezing later. Also picked another small bucket of leaf celery
>> and there is more to go. Heavily overcast here, taking a break to
>> watch the weather channel to see if it is going to rain water or oil.
>> We need the water and I could certainly use the money from recovering
>> oil. Maybe I can get the Congress to give me money because the BP
>> spill ruined my million dollar crop of herbs. Yeah, that's the ticket.
>>
>> Will be picking green beans by Sunday and possibly summer squash. To
>> bad there's no way to preserve summer squash without it getting mushy.
>> The tomatoes are still small, lots of baby peaches, figs, persimmons,
>> and some quince. Will post some pictures on tinypic later, garden and
>> fruit trees really look good but need water. We're already on summer
>> water rationing here and that will not end until early fall.
>>
>> George
>
>
>
> We're still having snow and frost here. Can't even plant yet. The
> recommendation used to be "Wait to plant till after Mother's Day."
> now it's "after Memorial Day."
>
> :-(
> gloria p
>

Well, so much for the much vaunted "global warming."

George Shirley wrote:
> On 5/7/2010 3:34 PM, gloria.p wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> Went out this morning and picked a bucket of Swiss chard, will prepare
>>> it for freezing later. Also picked another small bucket of leaf celery
>>> and there is more to go. Heavily overcast here, taking a break to
>>> watch the weather channel to see if it is going to rain water or oil.
>>> We need the water and I could certainly use the money from recovering
>>> oil. Maybe I can get the Congress to give me money because the BP
>>> spill ruined my million dollar crop of herbs. Yeah, that's the ticket.
>>>
>>> Will be picking green beans by Sunday and possibly summer squash. To
>>> bad there's no way to preserve summer squash without it getting mushy.
>>> The tomatoes are still small, lots of baby peaches, figs, persimmons,
>>> and some quince. Will post some pictures on tinypic later, garden and
>>> fruit trees really look good but need water. We're already on summer
>>> water rationing here and that will not end until early fall.
>>>
>>> George
>>
>>
>>
>> We're still having snow and frost here. Can't even plant yet. The
>> recommendation used to be "Wait to plant till after Mother's Day."
>> now it's "after Memorial Day."
>>
>> :-(
>> gloria p
>>
>
> Well, so much for the much vaunted "global warming."

There's plenty of difference between "climate" and "weather."

B/

On Fri, 07 May 2010 14:32:33 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>On 5/7/2010 2:40 PM, The Cook wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 May 2010 10:13:06 -0500, George Shirley
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Went out this morning and picked a bucket of Swiss chard, will prepare
>>> it for freezing later. Also picked another small bucket of leaf celery
>>> and there is more to go. Heavily overcast here, taking a break to watch
>>> the weather channel to see if it is going to rain water or oil. We need
>>> the water and I could certainly use the money from recovering oil. Maybe
>>> I can get the Congress to give me money because the BP spill ruined my
>>> million dollar crop of herbs. Yeah, that's the ticket.
>>>
>>> Will be picking green beans by Sunday and possibly summer squash. To bad
>>> there's no way to preserve summer squash without it getting mushy. The
>>> tomatoes are still small, lots of baby peaches, figs, persimmons, and
>>> some quince. Will post some pictures on tinypic later, garden and fruit
>>> trees really look good but need water. We're already on summer water
>>> rationing here and that will not end until early fall.
>>>
>>> George
>>
>>
>> My tomatoes pay get set out this weekend. Peppers will be 2 or 3
>> weeks later. Have not even thought about squash, beans or cucumbers
>> yet. We had snow the first of March, then a heat wave when everyone
>> decided that it was time to plant. Another very cool spell. One
>> night a couple of weeks ago it got down to below 40° and killed the
>> pepper plants DH thought we should get at Lowe's and set out. The
>> ones I started in the greenhouse had just germinated.
>
>I reckon we're just lucky in where we settled. <G> As a matter of fact,
>I hate cold weather. I wanted to retire in Belize but DW wanted to stay
>fairly close to the kids. We're 126 miles from them now. May move even
>closer when she retires from teaching next year. Of course that depends
>on her actually retiring, she's making noises about one more year again.
>
>We've been looking on line at places over near Livingston, TX. Far
>enough out of Houston not to have a lot of traffic and prices, away from
>the lake, are still reasonable. I do like the piney woods of East Texas.


We spent 4 years in San Antonio and enjoyed very much. I need to find
the picture of the squash plant we had in the back yard. When I do I
will post it.
--
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)

George Shirley wrote:
> On 5/7/2010 3:34 PM, gloria.p wrote:

>>
>> We're still having snow and frost here. Can't even plant yet. The
>> recommendation used to be "Wait to plant till after Mother's Day."
>> now it's "after Memorial Day."
>>
>> :-(
>> gloria p
>>
>
> Well, so much for the much vaunted "global warming."


I'll let you know in June when it's over 100deg.F.

The weather has been plain freaky the past few years.

gloria p

<snip> We've been looking on line at places over near Livingston, TX.
Far enough out of Houston not to have a lot of traffic and prices,
away from the lake, are still reasonable. I do like the piney woods of
East Texas. <snip>

Ahhh!!! That would be great!!! We'd *really* be neighbors!!! I
agree 100% about Houston--I can only take a day (maybe two if I have a
good enough reason) and that is it--I am ready to go home.

Going to pick dewberries for the first time tomorrow morning. Hun Bun
had such a busy week at work (so did I) so, I told 'em we'd better go
pick this weekend or no jelly!!!

: - )

On 5/7/2010 8:15 PM, gloria.p wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> On 5/7/2010 3:34 PM, gloria.p wrote:
>
>>>
>>> We're still having snow and frost here. Can't even plant yet. The
>>> recommendation used to be "Wait to plant till after Mother's Day."
>>> now it's "after Memorial Day."
>>>
>>> :-(
>>> gloria p
>>>
>>
>> Well, so much for the much vaunted "global warming."
>
>
> I'll let you know in June when it's over 100deg.F.
>
> The weather has been plain freaky the past few years.
>
> gloria p

It was 93F on the patio two days ago. That concrete holds the heat and
then gives it up quickly. Normal temps around here now are in the high
eighties most of the time. It will soon be triple digit time in SW
Louisiana.

On 5/7/2010 9:00 PM, Mimi wrote:
> <snip> We've been looking on line at places over near Livingston, TX.
> Far enough out of Houston not to have a lot of traffic and prices,
> away from the lake, are still reasonable. I do like the piney woods of
> East Texas.<snip>
>
> Ahhh!!! That would be great!!! We'd *really* be neighbors!!! I
> agree 100% about Houston--I can only take a day (maybe two if I have a
> good enough reason) and that is it--I am ready to go home.
>
> Going to pick dewberries for the first time tomorrow morning. Hun Bun
> had such a busy week at work (so did I) so, I told 'em we'd better go
> pick this weekend or no jelly!!!
>
> : - )
>

I still don't have Miz Anne convinced about the move though. She is a
major player in the arts community here and would miss her friends. I
keep telling her she could make new artsy friends over there and I would
be close enough to the descendants to teach the great grands how to
fish, pick wild fruits and berries, and to put up nature's bounty. We
will see I guess.

Our old house is worth enough dough now we could probably buy a smaller
place there for cash. We paid this one off nearly a month ago and it is
great not having a house note anymore.

We have lived here longer than we have lived anywhere else in the soon
to be fifty years we've been married.

"The Cook" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 07 May 2010 10:13:06 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>>Went out this morning and picked a bucket of Swiss chard, will prepare
>>it for freezing later. Also picked another small bucket of leaf celery
>>and there is more to go. Heavily overcast here, taking a break to watch
>>the weather channel to see if it is going to rain water or oil. We need
>>the water and I could certainly use the money from recovering oil. Maybe
>>I can get the Congress to give me money because the BP spill ruined my
>>million dollar crop of herbs. Yeah, that's the ticket.
>>
>>Will be picking green beans by Sunday and possibly summer squash. To bad
>>there's no way to preserve summer squash without it getting mushy. The
>>tomatoes are still small, lots of baby peaches, figs, persimmons, and
>>some quince. Will post some pictures on tinypic later, garden and fruit
>>trees really look good but need water. We're already on summer water
>>rationing here and that will not end until early fall.
>>
>>George
>
>
> My tomatoes pay get set out this weekend. Peppers will be 2 or 3
> weeks later. Have not even thought about squash, beans or cucumbers
> yet. We had snow the first of March, then a heat wave when everyone
> decided that it was time to plant. Another very cool spell. One
> night a couple of weeks ago it got down to below 40° and killed the
> pepper plants DH thought we should get at Lowe's and set out. The
> ones I started in the greenhouse had just germinated.

Yep, my husband and the kids are setting out the plants this morning, even
though there was frost on the ground when we got up at 7:00. He's going to
cover them, though. The plants just can't stay in the house any longer.
They're getting too big.

Seeds will have to wait a couple of weeks.



--
-Marilyn

On 5/8/2010 4:55 PM, Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
> In article<bb2dnUZ4couPs3nWnZ2dnUVZ_hidnZ2d@giganews. com>,
> George > wrote:
>
>> To bad
>> there's no way to preserve summer squash without it getting mushy.
>
> What about drying it? I've never done it, but I've heard of other
> people doing so. We freeze it shredded and use it in zucchini breads
> and cakes, pasta sauces, meatloaf, etc.
>
> Regards,
> Ranee @ Arabian Knits

I tried dehydrating some one year and it turned into a sort of inedible
leather. We don't care much for zuke bread, etc, so we just eat it while
it is coming in, give some to friends, and leave some at the food bank
for their use.