From: Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net   
      
   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    
      
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