From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   derald@invalid.com wrote:   
   ...   
   > providing induced-draft combustion air directly to the heater's intake   
   > via a separate (and, so far, vermin-proof) underground duct.  It looks   
   > weird but it works.  Man, Rube Goldberg's got nothing on my old ass!   
      
     i can't even imagine that!  congrats on stumping me!  :)   
      
      
   > 	Fall ( well, early Autumn) typically is the start of the gardening   
   > year in these parts, provided the wearher has cooled enough (and the   
   > rain has stopped and the hurricanes/tropical storms have calmed a bit)   
   > and for the third consecutive season I find myself not even close to   
   > ready.  Who knew such a simple task as pulling Spanish needles could be   
   > such a chore?  I won't be putting any energy into growing corn this   
   > year—or ever!—but,man, could I ever use a batch of fresh collards; or   
   > "little marvel" peas, or carrots, or turnips, or spinach....   
      
     or fresh beans or cucumbers?  those we have plenty of   
   and i'd be glad to be able to give you some but you are   
   a boatload of miles away.  the tomatoes we are currently   
   hoarding until we know what we have put up will be enough.   
   i even put out a few rat traps this afternoon to see if   
   i could discourage a chewing marauder to find another   
   place to exercise those teeth.  we've lost a few tomatoes   
   to whatever it is (likely a raccoon, but i'm not exactly   
   sure yet).   
      
     today i picked some of the first dried beans and shelled   
   a few just to see what they were and how they were.  :)   
      
     always a nice time of year when it starts to finally   
   cool off a bit and the days aren't quite so long and there   
   is a chance of some cooler weather on the way.  this week   
   we may even get down into the low 70s as a high   
   temperature.   
      
     i also sacrificed a melon today to see if it was getting   
   ripe enough already.  i was hoping it was done enough, but   
   it wasn't.  one way to learn, by experience...  the worms   
   will be happy to take care of it, i ate a little but it   
   wasn't very much of anything in flavor.  i did keep some   
   of the seeds and planted the rest to see if any of them   
   will sprout.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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