From: snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 5/19/2019 3:57 PM, songbird wrote:   
   > Terry Coombs wrote:   
   >>     Looks like we may get tired of strawberries ... nah , that ain't   
   >> happening !   
   >    it hasn't happened to me yet either, but i have had   
   > so many that i've invited others to come pick and then   
   > gone out and helped them pick because i was so happy   
   > to have someone else put them to use.   
   >   
   >   
   >> 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 .   
   >    hmm... i guess that would be one way to do it.  i've   
   > heard of people putting them on a tray and then freezing   
   > them before bagging.  i tried one year freezing mashed   
   > berries in pint jars but they were starting to ferment   
   > when i did that and i was hoping the freezing would kill   
   > off the ferment.  it didn't...  only a few jars were   
   > edible.  the rest were like a glob of sorta strawberry   
   > wine smelling stuff.  the worms were happy to have it...   
   > i suppose i should have got vids of drunken worms.   
   >   
   >   
   > cosmos are a great mid to late summer flower, annual   
   > but prolific and all sorts of bees seem to like them.   
   >   
   > buckwheat in small amounts can be planted at intervals   
   > if you need a patch to help out that is quickly   
   > established.   
   >   
   >   
   > ...   
   >> 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 ...   
   >    best in the early to mid spring and late summer IMO.   
   >   
   >    if you don't want them to spread you'll have to remove   
   > the seed heads after they have flowered for a bit.  and   
   > by spread i mean take over...  i've removed some large   
   > patches of them and i can say that i truly hate the   
   > smell of chive roots/dirt clumps.   
   >   
   >   
   >> does sprouting mung beans in   
   >> a jar count as "gardening" ?   
   >    sure.  :)   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
      I coulda picked more today ... but they'll hold until tomorrow . I   
   spent an hour or so out in the garden pulling weeds , mostly in the   
   berry patch . Then I moved over to the Iris beds . It's a triangle about   
   25 feet on a side , with several big clumps of Daffodils and Iris that   
   bloom sequentially lining the driveway side . I'm getting ready to plant   
   a spirea in one corner and may plant some of the purple bee balm I   
   scored in the middle - maybe around the hickory tree . There's already 2   
   kinds of mint in there .   
      
   --   
     Snag   
   Yes , I'm old   
   and crochety - and armed .   
   Get outta my woods !   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)