We will be putting up a few quarts of sauerkraut tomorrow as it seems
the crock full of cabbage is ready for emptying. Miz Anne really likes
the stuff (I don't like it that much) and it is healthy for both of us.
The dawg doesn't like the smell but thinks it might be nice to roll in. <G>

The spring garden is up and going. I planted twelve feet of black
crowder peas and have about 90% of them up now. The cukes are coming up
pretty good and a tomato plant has tiny tomatoes. That plant was from
pot holing the contents of the compost bucket last fall, appears to be a
small red tomato, we shall see how it tastes before to long.

The pear tree is solid blooms, has been with us two years now and last
year's bloom was two flowers, two pears, both fell off the tree in a
windstorm. We're hoping for better results this year. The pear is a
Tennousi, a cross between a European and an Asian pear.

Fig tree is leafing out rapidly so there might be figs before to long.
We replanted the herb garden after flooding it with water several times
to get rid of the herbicide the @#$% idiot that mows the vacant lots
here. He doesn't work for the HOA anymore as he was told at the
beginning NO HERBICIDES. The new guy seems a bit more intelligent.

The bay tree that we brought from Louisiana is now two feet tall and
growing so I don't think we have any fear of having no bay leaves. <G>

It's getting warmer daily so it won't be long to summer. We have a worm
house now, full of red wigglers and we feed them regularly with dreams
of worm compost for the gardens and worms for fishing in nearby streams
and ponds.

Saw a mayhaw tree blooming alongside a road nearby and marked the spot
for future picking. The dewberries and blackberries alongside the same
road are loaded with blooms. Thank goodness that Texas is not one of
those states that spray the roadsides, instead the state allows berry
picking and wild food harvesting with no problems.

George

What a paradise you live in, George. I Couldn't stand the summer heat
but the gardening part sounds lovely.

Our two apricot trees are covered in blooms due to the warm weather
we've had the past few months. Unfortunately they are having the
ordinary heavy March snow in the mts. and they are headed here.
No crop again this year so I'll have to buy apricots for jam.

I am jealous of your fall-winter-spring climate and your gardening
abilities.

gloria p



On 3/16/2016 9:41 AM, George Shirley wrote:

>
> The spring garden is up and going. I planted twelve feet of black
> crowder peas and have about 90% of them up now. The cukes are coming up
> pretty good and a tomato plant has tiny tomatoes. That plant was from
> pot holing the contents of the compost bucket last fall, appears to be a
> small red tomato, we shall see how it tastes before to long.
>
> The pear tree is solid blooms, has been with us two years now and last
> year's bloom was two flowers, two pears, both fell off the tree in a
> windstorm. We're hoping for better results this year. The pear is a
> Tennousi, a cross between a European and an Asian pear.
>
> Fig tree is leafing out rapidly so there might be figs before to long.
> We replanted the herb garden after flooding it with water several times
> to get rid of the herbicide the @#$% idiot that mows the vacant lots
> here. He doesn't work for the HOA anymore as he was told at the
> beginning NO HERBICIDES. The new guy seems a bit more intelligent.
>
> The bay tree that we brought from Louisiana is now two feet tall and
> growing so I don't think we have any fear of having no bay leaves. <G>
>
> It's getting warmer daily so it won't be long to summer. We have a worm
> house now, full of red wigglers and we feed them regularly with dreams
> of worm compost for the gardens and worms for fishing in nearby streams
> and ponds.
>
> Saw a mayhaw tree blooming alongside a road nearby and marked the spot
> for future picking. The dewberries and blackberries alongside the same
> road are loaded with blooms. Thank goodness that Texas is not one of
> those states that spray the roadsides, instead the state allows berry
> picking and wild food harvesting with no problems.
>
> George

On 3/16/2016 3:30 PM, gloria p wrote:
>
> What a paradise you live in, George. I Couldn't stand the summer heat
> but the gardening part sounds lovely.
>
I was born into this climate and Miz Anne has lived in it for almost 56
years, that includes five years in Saudi Arabia and 24 years in sultry
Louisiana.
> Our two apricot trees are covered in blooms due to the warm weather
> we've had the past few months. Unfortunately they are having the
> ordinary heavy March snow in the mts. and they are headed here.
> No crop again this year so I'll have to buy apricots for jam.
>
> I am jealous of your fall-winter-spring climate and your gardening
> abilities.
>
> gloria p
Don't be, Miz Anne does the heavy work, I do the planning and as much
planting and working as a bad back and legs can help. I do 90% of the
canning as that involves a lot of sitting.

Remember, we both grew up in the country, she on 19 acres and me on 10,
everybody works on that much land.

It's a beautiful sunny day here with a cool wind blowing as sundown
approaches. Might sit out on the porch for awhile after supper and see
who is out walking.