From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Drew Lawson wrote:   
      
   > *Finally* got some stuff into the ground.   
      
     yay!  it feels good to get things going at last...  :)   
      
      
   > We've had an entertaining spring in western Ohio.  We went from   
   > "chance of frost" to "heat advisory" in the span of 3 week. (I may   
   > exhagerate, just a bit.)   
      
     putting it mildly, this has been such a wet spring   
   here, i'll be lucky to get everything planted this   
   week or next.   
      
      
   > That, along with my procrastination in getting the pre-planting   
   > mulch done, has made for some "must do" focus points.   
   >   
   > But the (seeded early March) tomatoes are in the ground.  As are   
   > seeds for 3 types of cucumbers, 2 pole beans (Blue Lake and black   
   > dried), watermelon and another experimental melon.   
   >   
   > More to come, some in pots, but I haven't hauled enough mulch yet.   
   >   
   > What with weather, grand-kid sports, and hips/heart that are out   
   > of warantee, I've slacked more than I would like.   
   >   
   > But a good-ish start.   
      
     there are always other things to work around.   
      
     i'd be done planting by now if it weren't for these   
   other things.   
      
     take care of yourself and listen to what your   
   body tells you.  if you need a break, find a nice   
   place to sit and enjoy the gardens.   
      
     we have a standing joke here about the benches   
   and places to sit that we have around that we   
   never use them.  i take a lot of my breaks sitting   
   right in the gardens themselves where i'm working.   
   just look around and watch the birds or the bugs   
   and listen to the wind-chimes or whatever is going   
   on.   
      
      
   > I've been canning pasta sauce for (I think) 7 years now.  I'm hoping   
   > (as is my wife) that I get beans canned this year.  And there is   
   > the (she doesn't know) goal of beats and spinach.   
   >   
   > Spring!   
      
     :)  beans.  i have a lot of new beans to try out   
   this year so it should be interesting.  someone was   
   getting rid of a bunch of bush beans they didn't   
   plan on growing any more so i said i'd take them.   
   often i don't get any reply to my asking, but this   
   time the guy came through.  so i have on top of all   
   of my previously planned beans about another dozen   
   more types to try out this year...   
      
      
     songbird   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)