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Third, is it true that grape leaves help the pickles stay more crisp?

In Texas, we would always put a wild mustang grape leaf, and sometimes, a tiny sour unripe green mustang grape in the jars to make them crispy.

Thanks.

Do you pre-salt the cucumbers?

I don't have to barbecue Prissy, the Yorkie. Stretched out a pressure doggie guard that goes in a doorway, put one end against a wall and the other end on a piece of a tea cart, and put a bugout bag on the side that is not a wall, and she can't get in there. I don't need a timer on it - just turn the light on when I come downstairs in the morning and turn it off when I go to bed. Tomorrow, I plant lots of seed, I can't believe it, I'm planting lots of seed and the squirrels and birds won't get them!

Glory Be! One of the cups in the little greenhouse outside with another “T” squash seed in it has a tiny plant coming up. It is not yet fully born as the seed hull is still on a part of the tiny plant but I'm not taking it off because I don't think it's good to interfere with the birth process. :o)

The “T” squash in the barrel now has five leaves and another one coming out. If that plant dies for any reason, I'm checking into a mental hospital. It's okay because they can't psychologically test me - I used to do that so I know all the answers and right comments to look sane.

Johnny, on the other hand, should stay away from mental hospitals, he would never make it out of there. I could be bribed to give him the right answers and comments but again, I might give him the wrong ones to make him for sure look crazy.

Sometimes I feel so far behind when you guys have so much growing that you freeze it, can it, eat it. If I get tomatoes and squash in a few months, I will know I can actually grow seed and get something to eat. If I get more than that from the seed I start tomorrow, I will have arrived as a planter and grower. And, I'll have several drinks of Amaretto, followed by Irish Crème. Have I said I have a low tolerance for alcohol? One glass of wine and I feel it.

Thanks! I added some wild grape leaves to my dills.