Billy wrote:
songbird wrote:
Billy wrote:
....
McArthur , and I will be back shortly.

"You're fired!" Donald Trump.

is that quote enough?

ok, just kidding, you are not fired.
have a good night.

we're up two more inches of rain. we
aren't going to get any planting done today.
so instead we're heading out in a few minutes
to run errands/shop.


Rain yesterday, kept me out of the garden. The peas seem to be enjoying
the 70F weather, as do the tomatoes (surprise, surprise). The peppers
not so much.
I've lost some plants to varmints, snail or cats, I don't know which. I
had a back up plant for the tomato, but I'm down 4/26 on my peppers, and
3/16 on my corn.

you're in a dry enough area that sprinkling
corn starch around might give you a few clues
as to the varmint.


I'll probably have to buy starters for the peppers, as
it seems too late to germinate fresh replacements. The corn was replaced
by sunflowers. When the corn goes to tassel, I'll just have to get
involved to make sure that the cobs will be full. Every thing is pretty
much in except for the squash, and melons. That should be finished by
today.


To my taste making pesto from fresh store bought basil is a futile
endevor. It just doesn't have enough flavor. Bought a couple of live
basil plants from Trader Joe's a month or so ago. We had our second
pesto from them last night. There were only 5 flowering tops in it, and
it still lacks taste. I suppose it could be me. I've read that as you
get older, your taste buds become less sensitive, and you need stronger
flavors to get their attention. In any event, I'll be happier when the
pesto is mostly flowering tops.

the bees will like it better too!

yes, rumor has it tastebuds and smell fade
along with sight, but i think a lot of it also
involves how much you abuse it earlier. my
sense of smell and taste are pretty good. i
get a lot of off-tastes in almost any
commercially packaged food if it is in anything
other than glass. metallic off-tastes in almost
anything canned in tin cans, even those with
liner plastic coatings, then i taste those too
at times. plastic wraps and left-over food
containers (styrofoam is a big yick).


I'll be starting a new germination tray today with green beans, as well
as mid-season replacement squash, and more lettuce. Can't ever have
enough lettuce. So I;m down to trying to squeeze in whatever is left
over.

that's what i'm like with peas and beans. any
empty spot is fair game.


Whew.



read about California Supercapacitor, 18yr old student
comes up with a potential game changer for every
rechargable device.

unfortunately, i don't have time to dig into the
descriptions to see what it entails, but hey, i like
when some unexpected discovery comes along and makes
everyone go, "Hmmm...."


songbird