From: snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 5/19/2019 9:01 AM, Nyssa wrote:   
   > Terry Coombs wrote:   
   >   
   >>   Looks like we may get tired of strawberries ... nah ,   
   >>   that ain't   
   >> happening ! Picked another basket this morning to be sure   
   >> we had enough for a batch of jam , coulda made 2 batches   
   >> with these and what I picked on Thursday . So Mrs Snag   
   >> made one batch and cut a bowl full up for shortcake . That   
   >> makes 17 half pints of jam so far . Still have some fresh   
   >> berries in the fridge which I plan to freeze tomorrow . A   
   >> cup of berries and a quarter cup of sugar , seal in a   
   >> vacuum bag and refrigerate for a day to develop the syrup   
   >> before I freeze them . I also found time to plant a bunch   
   >> of other stuff that was ready , including about 40+ sweet   
   >> potato slips plus seedlings of yellow squash , cucumbers ,   
   >> zucchini , spaghetti squash , bell peppers , and a Roma   
   >> tomato seedling that I had damaged when planting the rest   
   >> . There's one more Roma in ICU , but I'm not sure if it   
   >> will make it . We also scored another 3 plants that are   
   >> bee-friendly . I'm trying to increase the number of plants   
   >> that bloom in  midsummer since the spring nectar flows are   
   >> the only reliable source of nectar for the   
   >> bees/butterflies/hummingbirds. Scored a Spirea and a Rose   
   >> of Sharon for buy one and the second plant half price ,   
   >> plus a large bunch of purple bee balm rooted plants -   
   >> those were free . So far the taters are going gangbusters   
   >> , corn is up - apparently some either got washed away or   
   >> eaten by birds - beans are coming up now and all the   
   >> tomato plants have survived so far . Another monsoon-like   
   >> rain storm tonight means I'll need to check things over in   
   >> the morning to see if any plants got damaged . Oh , and I   
   >> forgot about the small pot of chives , they're ready for a   
   >> bigger home so they'll get repotted to a 6" container .   
   >> Now I need to learn where/when to use them ... does   
   >> sprouting mung beans in a jar count as "gardening" ?   
   >>   
   > Nice progress.   
   >   
   > Yes, sprouting mung beans counts as "indoor gardening."   
   >   
   > Nyssa, who just had a jar of her indoor gardening sprouts in   
   > a stir fry yesterday with shrimp and broccoli    
   >   
      
      That was kinda tongue-in-cheek ... These are intended for a beef   
   stirfry for dinner tomorrow . Got a nice 1 1/4 lb chunk of sirloin tip   
   thawing slowly in the fridge . When I realized my wife would be home for   
   dinner tonight (Walmart's work  schedules really suck) I considered   
   moving that up . Except she took a roast beef sandwich for lunch . So   
   now I'm thinkin' pork loin steaks parm with pasta and a nice green salad   
   . Maybe from the garden , got a bunch of volunteer lettuce from last   
   year and some green onions ready to pull . I did freeze those berries   
   this morning , got 2 cups and added only an eighth cup of sugar cuz a   
   quarter cup looked like too much . Easy to add more later , not so much   
   trying to take some away .   
      
   --   
     Snag   
   Yes , I'm old   
   and crochety - and armed .   
   Get outta my woods !   
      
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