Cheryl Isaak wrote in
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On 8/27/07 9:49 PM, in article
, "enigma"
wrote:

busy. i bought a place in upstate NY, mostly for summer
use by the SO's family. it has a nice veggie garden spot
oh, and black currents! i was really surprised &
delighted to find them.

Sounds nice!

the ban on black currents was recently (3 years ago i think)
repealed in NY. i was surprised to find them growing wild. i'm
going to try starting some from seed. if they grow i'll
probably take them back to NY though. NH isn't so enlightened
about currents yet. i'm a big fan of currents, black or red
(i've not seen white ones yet)

i need to redo my upper garden. i think it'll be an herb
garden, but with a lilac because i'm not moving the poor
thing *again*.

Need chives! LOL

hah! chives are a weed (or is that a groundcover... g).
Boo is really into herbs & gardening. he was totally smitten
by the herballist at the Renaissance faire. he was spending
all his allowance on herb plants & dried herbs and wanted to
spend all day hanging out at her booth.

how's your summer?

Long form or short form
Short form - summer from hell. DS broke his leg, needed
surgery (3 screws stay put, one comes out in a month). I
cut my left index finger, needed nine stitches, still
having issues with the scar.

index finger cuts suck! have you tried putting vitamin E oil
on the scar tissue?
how did your son break his leg? that sounds like a pretty bad
green stick break!

I hate yellow jackets. They are just nasty to be nasty.

yup. especially in August. i had an arborial nest under the
porch on year. i thought it was paper wasps so i left it
alone... until August when they started stinging me when i was
hanging laundry 10 or more feet away from the nest.
my skunk is missing this year so i expect we'll be finding
huge ground nests soon. he was 5 years old so i guess he died
of old age. he used to hang out in the chicken barn & eat with
the barn cats. he did a great job eating yellowjacket nests.
lee