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July 20, 2019
| Diana in Wisconsin/Greeneyes
Posted on 07/20/2019 5:43:37 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Puppies are hard on trees. I lost a purple hibiscus, a lemon tree, and a hot pepper bush that was trying to turn into a tree because of various puppies. Hubby says you can count on losing 10% of your net worth within the first two years of puppyhood. The one thing I wasn’t able to replace, though, was my Marvin the Martian fuzzy slippers. They were the bomb.
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07/20/2019 5:32:12 PM PDT
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Silentgypsy
(Call an addiction hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
To: SaveFerris
Wow! Sounds like a dream garden!
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posted on
07/20/2019 5:50:42 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(Call an addiction hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
To: SaveFerris
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posted on
07/20/2019 5:51:41 PM PDT
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Silentgypsy
(Call an addiction hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin; All
Guess Who is coming to dinner…
To: Eric in the Ozarks; All
I’m posting a couple of photos for my Friend Eric in the Ozarks. I'm sure he will be along shortly to explain them to you…
To: Diana in Wisconsin; All
Lady Bender made jelly with plums from a Friend plus some strawberries from our patch and will make some more Monday...
To: All
We bought some heirloom tomatoes at the Farmers Market Thursday…
Lady Benders flowering Sweetpeas…
To: Silentgypsy
I’m about ready to hit it with Napalm. Just kidding.
The plants keep trying to outdo each other for sunlight. I hope my poor onions can get a little bit.
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posted on
07/20/2019 8:13:16 PM PDT
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SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Silentgypsy
LOL!
Puppies were in the house for an over-nighter when they were first delivered. Then they were in the barn until weaned.
And then...all H#LL broke loose! ;)
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posted on
07/20/2019 8:21:50 PM PDT
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Diana in Wisconsin
(We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
To: tubebender
Oh, NO!
How can a creature with such GORGEOUS fur be so destructive and smelly? LOL!
Did Coyote Joe round them up and head them OUT?
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posted on
07/20/2019 8:23:31 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Heads-up from an insider: The crop failures and bad weather are affecting seed crops as well as food crops. When the catalogs start coming, get your seed orders in early! There will be a lot of varieties that have very limited quantities, or are pulled from the catalog entirely.
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posted on
07/20/2019 8:42:59 PM PDT
by
Ellendra
(A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
To: tubebender
This is Pasta Putanesca.
Tomatoes, capers, sliced olives, paprica powder and chopped anchovies go into the sauce.
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posted on
07/21/2019 4:53:14 AM PDT
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Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: Ellendra; All
Heads-up from an insider: The crop failures and bad weather are affecting seed crops as well as food crops. When the catalogs start coming, get your seed orders in early! There will be a lot of varieties that have very limited quantities, or are pulled from the catalog entirely.
*PLAN ACCORDINGLY BUMP*
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07/21/2019 5:30:35 AM PDT
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Diana in Wisconsin
(We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Heads-up from an insider: The crop failures and bad weather are affecting seed crops as well as food crops. When the catalogs start coming, get your seed orders in early! There will be a lot of varieties that have very limited quantities, or are pulled from the catalog entirely. Here in the NE MA the weather has been an answered prayer, very good for gardens, with weekly heavy rains, so that for about 2 months I have only watered the garden about two times, the last being yesterday with close to 100F being forecast for the weekend. Glory to God.
Got our first 2 toms this week, but a squirrel (or less likely, a rat) took a bit out of the second one, which is all they ever do.
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posted on
07/21/2019 5:59:32 AM PDT
by
daniel1212
( Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
To: daniel1212
Unless you’re really ‘married’ to the tomato varieties you grow, in your limited space I’d consider going with all ‘determinate’ tomato varieties. I have plenty of room, but I switched over to determinate varieties this season and life is SO much easier!
More compact plants, I did NO pruning this season, which is something that used to take up a LOT of my gardening time, and you can time varieties so you get them all at once, or staggered ripening dates.
The only indeterminate type I’m growing this season is ‘Chef’s Orange’ because I can’t live without it! :)
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07/21/2019 6:43:48 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
To: SaveFerris
Sympathy prayers up for your onions. Also, thanks for kidding about the napalm.
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posted on
07/21/2019 12:18:45 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(Call an addiction hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
07/21/2019 12:19:31 PM PDT
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Silentgypsy
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To: Silentgypsy
Heh. Boy did it rain overnight. Really came down. Had to be 2-3 inches at least.
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posted on
07/21/2019 12:19:37 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Well, while I like to try some variety, and there are some bush determinate plants in there (and do not seem to produce much), we like to see and pick toms continuously, and so we like indeterminate varieties. The plants by the fence are mostly supersweet100 cherry toms, and which consistently seem to be healthy, thank God, whereas the Goliath big toms suffered from some early blight. There are some Early Girls mixed in with the bunch and maybe some others.
One good thing about being so crowded is that the soil retains moisture better than areas with less sun and less plants. The Butternut squash are being directed to climb up the bird netting, yet they have a mind of their own . However, Brother Marty on the 1st floor who likes to pick the toms after work (and give them away more than eat them) humorously refers to the ever-expanding squash as being the infiltrator!
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posted on
07/21/2019 12:31:04 PM PDT
by
daniel1212
( Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
To: Eric in the Ozarks; All
Posting another photo for Eric in the Ozarks...
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