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13-07-2007, 05:14 AM
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Kentucky Wonder and Blue Lake
In article fc.003d0941022cace63b9aca004bdf8864.22cacf8@pmug. org,
(Glenna Rose) wrote: writes: In article , Billy Rose wrote: In article , (Mel M Kelly) wrote: Real good beans may be the only thing the French are good for. I forgot to mention that the French get an added day of to clean the graves of their family. Is that dumb? It's a small world. No need to jostle. -- Billy We had that also when people cared about it - it was called Decoration Day. It was common for the families of the communities to pack picnic lunches and meet at the cemetery and clean up the grave sites. It has evolved, for good or bad, into Memorial Day celebrated on a Monday so there is another three-day weekend. But Memorial Day is in memory of those who "fell in defense of the country" (for whatever reason was popular at the time). In France, there is a day for cleaning the graves, tombs, mausoleums of family members. here are probably about a dozen more holidays in France that have nothing to do with vacation. This additional time is when the family can be together. We give lip service to families but the Europeans step-up and make it happen by giving them time together. Yeah, it has consequences in other areas of French society but it seems more important, as does maintaining small farms. The problem as I see it is that Europeans are having to join the rush to the bottom of the barrel because that is where the American worker is. Because we allow ourselves to be exploited, European companies feel that they have to cut benefits to their employees, instead of American employees insisting on the benefits that European workers get. This thread regarding green beans has me almost ready to plant some next year. I've only grown them one year and was not particularly impressed with the results. One of my sons, on the other hand, planted some in one of their three small raised beds and had green beans all summer. Who can say for certain why things do well in one place and not in others. I've never had such good luck with my green beans but in the past I've tried o grow Blue Lake beans. This year I planted my Fin de Bagnols, Vitorrios, and Maxibels 3" apart for 18' and I have green beans at least every other day. BTW, their raised beds were built with the plastic-type wood someone here talked about (based in the Seattle, WA, area) a few years back. They have been so very happy with them, and no splinters. So thank you to whoever mentioned it. Just had my back deck redone with plasticized wood. I've been thinking that I'll use it we I have to replace the frame on my lettuce patch. Glenna Bonne nuit, Schlaft gut. -- Billy http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
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