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i've used the same recipe for ages. i cut off the ends of the beets and scrub them well so i don't have to peel them and cut them into chunks along with plenty of onions and then i steam them until they're done. adding vinegar, sugar and apple cider vinegar (no spices because nobody but me...

i like looking at the clouds. :) it will be warmer here later and chances of storms again so i am heading out now to work for as much as i can. got tons of weeding to catch up on.

regarding peas and seed saving if you have chipmunks around they can raid the drying seeds so for some varieties you may find that you have to bring some pods in before they get fully dry or you may end up with little seeds to harvest... :(

when you get old enough that jail sounds better than hanging out in an old-people-residence... "I got nothing to lose. Go ahead. Make my day." kinda like the movie but with a shorter-plumper main character who would barf if they smoked a cigar...

for those people who live down where fire ants are common if you can attract the kinds of flies which will harrass and use the ants as a place to deposit their eggs (yes, there are bugs that do prey upon fire ants - look up phorid flies) that might be an interesting project to see if you can...

i'm not a person who's grown a lot of different varieties of garlic and each one may be different so that some learning might be needed to figure out the best harvest time. the garlic i normally grow that i sent you i tend to let it get yellow leaves on about half the plant and then i think...

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this morning was really nice, yes it was hot and humid right from the start, but i didn't get nauseated and overheated like yesterday and was able to work on my garden tasks until i got tired enough to call it done. put the tomato cages on the plants (saving Mom that part, she puts the stakes...

right on the edge of this storm coming by, not sure we're going to get anything from it, all i want is just a little bit, enough to keep things moist enough to keep them sprouting and growing, but not too much is needed for that. then there is another storm coming behind it on the same track...

gladly we have a break coming in the high temperatures tomorrow but until then today will still be warmer and chances of rain. i'll be heading out soon to get done whatever i can, tomatoes are calling out for cages and weeding all over the place needs to be done. no shortage of things to do...

we're both good for each other - even if i have little hair left...

they've always been so facinating with their diversity.

yeah, i have to keep an eye on Mom.

same here hombre... same here...

ugh... i'm in trouble. i went out this morning to get an early start and had a bunch of thistles and weeds to get out of several gardens and pathways before i went over to work on the main project of the day. it was 79F when i went out and very humid. i got done most of what i wanted to...

yes, and in that regards i have gone far from what the original post was asking about... :) oops...

errrr....

talking to Mom about ants a few minutes ago, i said, "Whatever people do ants do: agriculture, growing plants, herding animals, wars, slavery, etc." so of course she says, "Do they see psychiatrists?" and i said they do and then laughed and said perhaps they do and we don't know about it, or...

oh you certainly know it does... :) and you'll certainly find more chalk in milk again if the courts and standards are trashed... (as trends have been going).

there's some weeds that need taking care of in this garden along with some thinning out or removing many thousands of daffodils... it still looks pretty nice considering how little time i've been able to get over there since last fall. i've weeded part of the creeping thyme edges and the areas...