Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers on the group. Today we picked one
Ichiban eggplant, about six inches long, and four yellow crookneck
squash from the garden. None were preserved. I grilled them along with a
1.1 lb ribeye and made a tossed salad with store-bought Roma tomatoes
and home grown leaf lettuce. Threw in several fresh leaves of leaf
celery and a few leaves of fresh thyme. It was good and we rested.

Should be picking green beans fresh by Tuesday of this week, don't know
if there will be enough to get a pressure canner full but probably
enough to blanch and freeze a couple of bags. It was 66F here at
daylight and I wondered if winter had escaped from Minnesota again. <G>
It was refreshing though and we actually received a light sprinkle of
rain this afternoon, not all we need but better than nothing.

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
...
> Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers on the group. Today we picked one
> Ichiban eggplant, about six inches long, and four yellow crookneck squash
> from the garden. None were preserved. I grilled them along with a 1.1 lb
> ribeye and made a tossed salad with store-bought Roma tomatoes and home
> grown leaf lettuce. Threw in several fresh leaves of leaf celery and a few
> leaves of fresh thyme. It was good and we rested.
>
> Should be picking green beans fresh by Tuesday of this week, don't know if
> there will be enough to get a pressure canner full but probably enough to
> blanch and freeze a couple of bags. It was 66F here at daylight and I
> wondered if winter had escaped from Minnesota again. <G> It was refreshing
> though and we actually received a light sprinkle of rain this afternoon,
> not all we need but better than nothing.

Winter escaped from somewhere, George! We had a bit of the white stuff
overnight on Saturday, woke up to a wet dusting if it on Sunday morning.
Traditionally, I give my mom a hanging basket for Mother's Day, but this
year she got a gift certificate for the nursery. I'm not risking loosing
anything (ie flowers etc), or having to put it out during the day and
bringing it in at night, with this crazy May weather!!

Kathi

On 5/10/2010 8:07 AM, Kathi Jones wrote:
> "George > wrote in message
> ...
>> Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers on the group. Today we picked one
>> Ichiban eggplant, about six inches long, and four yellow crookneck squash
>> from the garden. None were preserved. I grilled them along with a 1.1 lb
>> ribeye and made a tossed salad with store-bought Roma tomatoes and home
>> grown leaf lettuce. Threw in several fresh leaves of leaf celery and a few
>> leaves of fresh thyme. It was good and we rested.
>>
>> Should be picking green beans fresh by Tuesday of this week, don't know if
>> there will be enough to get a pressure canner full but probably enough to
>> blanch and freeze a couple of bags. It was 66F here at daylight and I
>> wondered if winter had escaped from Minnesota again.<G> It was refreshing
>> though and we actually received a light sprinkle of rain this afternoon,
>> not all we need but better than nothing.
>
> Winter escaped from somewhere, George! We had a bit of the white stuff
> overnight on Saturday, woke up to a wet dusting if it on Sunday morning.
> Traditionally, I give my mom a hanging basket for Mother's Day, but this
> year she got a gift certificate for the nursery. I'm not risking loosing
> anything (ie flowers etc), or having to put it out during the day and
> bringing it in at night, with this crazy May weather!!
>
> Kathi
>
>
Watching the weather channel yesterday and saw where some of the
northern tier states had had a late snow. Glad I live in the south. If
it doesn't rain, which it is threatening to do, I will harvest more
oregano and some thyme today along with the Mexican Mint Marigold. Times
awasting.

On 5/10/2010 11:34 AM, The Cook wrote:
> On Sun, 09 May 2010 17:44:52 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>> Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers on the group. Today we picked one
>> Ichiban eggplant, about six inches long, and four yellow crookneck
>> squash from the garden. None were preserved. I grilled them along with a
>> 1.1 lb ribeye and made a tossed salad with store-bought Roma tomatoes
>> and home grown leaf lettuce. Threw in several fresh leaves of leaf
>> celery and a few leaves of fresh thyme. It was good and we rested.
>>
>> Should be picking green beans fresh by Tuesday of this week, don't know
>> if there will be enough to get a pressure canner full but probably
>> enough to blanch and freeze a couple of bags. It was 66F here at
>> daylight and I wondered if winter had escaped from Minnesota again.<G>
>> It was refreshing though and we actually received a light sprinkle of
>> rain this afternoon, not all we need but better than nothing.
>
> I was planning to get some tomatoes in the ground yesterday but read
> the weather forecast: 36°F here this morning. So yesterday I got all
> of my cages ready and set where I plan to put the tomatoes. This
> morning my DH with his PHD (post hole digger) got all of the 55 holes
> dug. I have a little less than 1/2 done right now. Finish my water
> and back to work.

Gracious me (southern talk for WTF)do you do with all the tomatoes from
that many plants? Even when we had a small market garden forty years ago
we didn't grow that many tomato plants. Sounds like a lot of work. Good
luck with the weather, we're in a drought here, hoping it ends soon.
Luckily we have a flat rate water supply so don't have to pay extra when
we water.

On Sun, 09 May 2010 17:44:52 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers on the group. Today we picked one
>Ichiban eggplant, about six inches long, and four yellow crookneck
>squash from the garden. None were preserved. I grilled them along with a
>1.1 lb ribeye and made a tossed salad with store-bought Roma tomatoes
>and home grown leaf lettuce. Threw in several fresh leaves of leaf
>celery and a few leaves of fresh thyme. It was good and we rested.
>
>Should be picking green beans fresh by Tuesday of this week, don't know
>if there will be enough to get a pressure canner full but probably
>enough to blanch and freeze a couple of bags. It was 66F here at
>daylight and I wondered if winter had escaped from Minnesota again. <G>
>It was refreshing though and we actually received a light sprinkle of
>rain this afternoon, not all we need but better than nothing.

I was planning to get some tomatoes in the ground yesterday but read
the weather forecast: 36°F here this morning. So yesterday I got all
of my cages ready and set where I plan to put the tomatoes. This
morning my DH with his PHD (post hole digger) got all of the 55 holes
dug. I have a little less than 1/2 done right now. Finish my water
and back to work.
--
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)

On Mon, 10 May 2010 11:18:26 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>On 5/10/2010 11:34 AM, The Cook wrote:
>> On Sun, 09 May 2010 17:44:52 -0500, George Shirley
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers on the group. Today we picked one
>>> Ichiban eggplant, about six inches long, and four yellow crookneck
>>> squash from the garden. None were preserved. I grilled them along with a
>>> 1.1 lb ribeye and made a tossed salad with store-bought Roma tomatoes
>>> and home grown leaf lettuce. Threw in several fresh leaves of leaf
>>> celery and a few leaves of fresh thyme. It was good and we rested.
>>>
>>> Should be picking green beans fresh by Tuesday of this week, don't know
>>> if there will be enough to get a pressure canner full but probably
>>> enough to blanch and freeze a couple of bags. It was 66F here at
>>> daylight and I wondered if winter had escaped from Minnesota again.<G>
>>> It was refreshing though and we actually received a light sprinkle of
>>> rain this afternoon, not all we need but better than nothing.
>>
>> I was planning to get some tomatoes in the ground yesterday but read
>> the weather forecast: 36°F here this morning. So yesterday I got all
>> of my cages ready and set where I plan to put the tomatoes. This
>> morning my DH with his PHD (post hole digger) got all of the 55 holes
>> dug. I have a little less than 1/2 done right now. Finish my water
>> and back to work.
>
>Gracious me (southern talk for WTF)do you do with all the tomatoes from
>that many plants? Even when we had a small market garden forty years ago
>we didn't grow that many tomato plants. Sounds like a lot of work. Good
>luck with the weather, we're in a drought here, hoping it ends soon.
>Luckily we have a flat rate water supply so don't have to pay extra when
>we water.

We eat, can, freeze, make sauces, make friends with the neighbors,
especially the 2 doctors and the preacher. I have cut down from the
98 plants I had in 2006. Several did not do well, but still had 700
pounds of tomatoes. I think I stayed home the whole month of August
that year.

Rain in predicted starting tonight. We don't have to pay directly for
water, we have two wells. Just the electricity to run the pump and to
fix the control box when lightening hits it. Thank goodness Pete can
fix most things electrical and mechanical. He is also building a
20x40 foot garage most alone.

Two more rows to go then a couple of Aleve tonight.
--
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)