Re: Our Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection

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Hi Sharon!

Yum!!! I love tomatoes. Fried green tomatoes are my favorite! To tell you the truth, I love just about all vegetables. It was not hard for me to become a vegetarian at one time. It's a little harder now that the price of vegies have gone through the roof, and I don't have a garden.

Enjoy your garden and the fruits of your labor! It is truly a blessing.

In Christ...Val

-- Our Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection

Our little backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes and one very lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato vine as well as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing garden plants

The rest of the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus.

I live in town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it pleasant. You know the old saying "Bloom where you are planted"? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods of Alaska. By the way I have decided not to return to Alaska. My heart tells me to stay in Arizona and my goal is to be back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!) I like to live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors. I want to have chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her flock of chickens.

Sending warm wishes to each of you on this fine morning

Sharon

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I love pattypan!! They're deeeelishus!!!

My chickkies wave Hi to you!!!

I am So sorry you're not returning to Alaska! Are you going to sell

the place then? I lvoed the pics from there!

Hugs

Akiba

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> Our little backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green

tomatoes and one very lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to

start harvesting some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato

vine as well as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos

section if anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts

over having growing garden plants

>

> The rest of the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three

kinds of squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar

baby watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still want

to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have marigolds,

lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus.

>

> I live in town and have limited gardening space but we are trying

to make it pleasant. You know the old saying " Bloom where you are

planted " ? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from our

little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the

backwoods of Alaska. By the way I have decided not to return to

Alaska. My heart tells me to stay in Arizona and my goal is to be

back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!) I like to

live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors. I want

to have chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her flock

of chickens.

>

> Sending warm wishes to each of you on this fine morning

> Sharon

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> Sharon (MSersLife creator/owner)

> Bloom where you are planted.....

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Upon further refkection, I remember that my maternal grandmother put me

in charge of her chickkens each summer, at her large cabin on Upper Twin

Lake in Idaho. She told me that to check to see which hens were laying and which were not, it was two fingers up their delicate little vaginas=no,

and three fingers=yes. Made me feel like a line from Clint Eastwood's

films decades later, thinking to myself, ""There are things I know about

chickens!" Clint said it about pidgeons, but you get the idea. I am glad

that you will be safe in Arizona; Alaska is beautiful but can be risky!

Love to you, Sharon, n

Our Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection

Our little backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes and one very lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato vine as well as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing garden plants

The rest of the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus.

I live in town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it pleasant. You know the old saying "Bloom where you are planted"? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods of Alaska. By the way I have decided not to return to Alaska. My heart tells me to stay in Arizona and my goal is to be back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!) I like to live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors. I want to have chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her flock of chickens.

Sending warm wishes to each of you on this fine morning

Sharon

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Sharon.....I am so ENVIOUS of you, fresh tomatoes and all!!! We are just planting here in Michigan, we use Mother's Day as a "safe" guideline to put our gardens in. How I would love biting into a "real" tomato! (The hothouse ones are so bland). I do have some lovely flowers starting to show their beautiful faces! Love to all....... huggs, Fayth

Our Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection

Our little backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes and one very lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato vine as well as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing garden plants

The rest of the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus.

I live in town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it pleasant. You know the old saying "Bloom where you are planted"? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods of Alaska. By the way I have decided not to return to Alaska. My heart tells me to stay in Arizona and my goal is to be back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!) I like to live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors. I want to have chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her flock of chickens.

Sending warm wishes to each of you on this fine morning

Sharon

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I remember that about Michigan; the Victory Garden was my father's, but

was in honor of my mother and the planting usually starteded the Saturday

before Mother's Day. The hard part was that we had to import my mother's

mother for the canning, of some of the produce and the fruit from the trees!

Love to you, Fayth, and all who love gardening! Love, n

Our Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection

Our little backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes and one very lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato vine as well as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing garden plants

The rest of the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus.

I live in town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it pleasant. You know the old saying "Bloom where you are planted"? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods of Alaska. By the way I have decided not to return to Alaska. My heart tells me to stay in Arizona and my goal is to be back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!) I like to live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors. I want to have chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her flock of chickens.

Sending warm wishes to each of you on this fine morning

Sharon

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And I'm not giddy as heck about that news. Nope, not a bit. LMHO I hope you all get to come up when out stuff starts growing. I'll even let you try some vegies. LMHO I agree with Val... Vegies are wonderful! It's so much fun growing your own, too. Last year I learned to make Fried Green Tomatoes for the first time. I found out that not only do we like FGT, I can make gooduns! LOLOL I looked at my Mother's growing tomatoes recently and wondered when she'd pluck and fry the green ones. I think I like those best! LOL We had so many different tommytoes dishes last year. Our Early Girls produced nonstop! We did try one dish, Fisherman's Tomatoes (tomatoes stuffed with a mix of salmon and whatnot)... We will never have that dish again. ROFL Our older daughter, Jenna, had her own [Husky] cherry

tomato plant last year and is about to plant one this year. I had one of the plants we called mine, but Jenna's did the best by far. The girls were always out "sneaking" tomatoes off the vine. LOL Apparently, those cherry tomatoes enjoy being planted next to an Artichoke (which blooms so beautifully I rarely eat the Artichokes lol) and near a rose bush. Each of those two plants seem to enjoy the cherry tomatoes, too. ) We've noticed a new tomato plant growing on it's own in that little area. I guess one of the cherry tomatoes which fell to the ground, under the Artichoke, decided to grow by it'self this year. How cool I think that is! ) We usually get quite the crop of squash, while the ravens enjoyed the corn and melons too much last year. <g> Last year we had new neighbors come up while buying the forty acres next to us. They'd camp out in their

travel trailer (now they've had the well drilled, well house in and it's huge, holding tank, large travel trailer stationed near it, etc.). Seeing our new neighbors and only having the squash on hand, we packed them a welcoming "basket" of summer squash. LOLOL Welcome to the rural neighborhood! LOL We've now learned the twenty further down the road was purchased and newer neighbors have moved in. That squash better get to growing! LOL Challis ~ No animals yet, only dogs and cats and I only really like the cats. Shhh. LOLOL Sharon Marsden wrote: Our little backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes and one

very lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato vine as well as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing garden plants The rest of the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus. I live in town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it pleasant. You know the old saying "Bloom where you are planted"? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods of Alaska. By the way I have decided not to return to Alaska. My heart tells me to stay in Arizona and my goal is to be back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!) I like to live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors. I want to have chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her flock of chickens. Sending warm wishes to each of you on this

fine morning Sharon Sharon (MSersLife creator/owner) Bloom where you are planted..... Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. __________________________________________________

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Sharon,

Your garden sounds great. My hubby does

the veggies and I go the flowers.

He just harvested a ton of onions. Am giving

them away to neighbors and friends. Our tomatoes are not even close yet. Lots

of melons are starting as are the zucchini.

I am waiting for school to get out next

week so I can work in my flowers. I have several perennial beds. And a herb

garden.

It is wonderful way to distress.

I live in the city but have enough space

to grow what I want….not brave enough for chickens J

Connie

From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of Sharon Marsden

Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 10:27

AM

To: mserslife

Subject: Our Tomatoes!

Gardens, blooming... and reflection

Our little

backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes

and one very

lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting

some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato vine as well

as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if

anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing

garden plants

The rest of

the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of

squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby

watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still

want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have

marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus.

I live in

town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it

pleasant. You know the old saying " Bloom where you are

planted " ? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from

our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods

of Alaska.

By the way I have decided not to return to Alaska. My heart tells me to stay in Arizona and my goal is

to be back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!) I

like to live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors. I

want to have chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her flock

of chickens.

Sending warm

wishes to each of you on this fine morning

Sharon

Sharon (MSersLife creator/owner)

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you are planted.....

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Oh, Connie, I am envious of your herb garden. What all do you grow? My attempt last year didn't do so well. LOL Between our regular winds and our heat, they didn't exactly thrive. LOL I'm picking a new spot this year, though am still in buckets and pots with them. Someday I'd love a huge herb garden. ) Challis connie buran wrote: Sharon, Your garden sounds great. My hubby does the veggies and I go the flowers. He just harvested a ton of onions. Am giving them away to neighbors and friends. Our tomatoes are not even close yet. Lots of melons are

starting as are the zucchini. I am waiting for school to get out next week so I can work in my flowers. I have several perennial beds. And a herb garden. It is wonderful way to distress. I live in the city but have enough space to grow what I want….not brave enough for chickens J Connie From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of

Sharon MarsdenSent: Monday, May 15, 2006 10:27 AMTo: mserslife Subject: Our Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection Our little backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes and one very lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato vine as well as 5

large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing garden plants The rest of the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus. I live in town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it pleasant. You know the old saying "Bloom where you are planted"? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods of Alaska. By the way I have decided not to return to Alaska. My heart tells me to stay in Arizona and my goal is to be back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!) I like to live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors. I want to have

chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her flock of chickens. Sending warm wishes to each of you on this fine morning Sharon Sharon (MSersLife creator/owner) Bloom where you are planted..... Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. __________________________________________________

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Hi n-

Sorry to butt in here. I was reading your post on got excited when I read that your grandmother lived in Idaho, and put you in charge of her chickens. My mother was born and raised in Twin Falls, Idaho. I was born and raised in Boise. I know it's no big deal...just made me realize what a small world this is.

Blessings...Val

-- Re: Our Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection

Upon further refkection, I remember that my maternal grandmother put me

in charge of her chickkens each summer, at her large cabin on Upper Twin

Lake in Idaho. She told me that to check to see which hens were laying and which were not, it was two fingers up their delicate little vaginas=no,

and three fingers=yes. Made me feel like a line from Clint Eastwood's

films decades later, thinking to myself, ""There are things I know about

chickens!" Clint said it about pidgeons, but you get the idea. I am glad

that you will be safe in Arizona; Alaska is beautiful but can be risky!

Love to you, Sharon, n

Our Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection

Our little backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes and one very lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato vine as well as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing garden plants

The rest of the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus.

I live in town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it pleasant. You know the old saying "Bloom where you are planted"? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods of Alaska. By the way I have decided not to return to Alaska. My heart tells me to stay in Arizona and my goal is to be back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!) I like to live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors. I want to have chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her flock of chickens.

Sending warm wishes to each of you on this fine morning

Sharon

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It certain is! This is the same grandmother, my mother's mother, who was an

Italian Immigrant, born in Winebego, Minnesota, and who moved with hubby to Spo

kane, WA, and bought the giant CABIN with

tents with wood walls, docks, boats, etc.

This grandmother taught me to tie flies!

To clean fish, to change the cotter pin on

the small boat motor! Amazing what those

Italians KNOW! Love to you, Valene, and of

course you are not intruding; we are all one big family here! Love to you, n

Our Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection

Our little backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes and one very lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato vine as well as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing garden plants

The rest of the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus.

I live in town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it pleasant. You know the old saying "Bloom where you are planted"? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods of Alaska. By the way I have decided not to return to Alaska. My heart tells me to stay in Arizona and my goal is to be back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!) I like to live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors. I want to have chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her flock of chickens.

Sending warm wishes to each of you on this fine morning

Sharon

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Challis,

Last year was first attempt at herbs so I

wasn’t very adventurous. I grew cilantro, rosemary, thyme, oregano, mint

and basil. It was great to run out and grab some while I was cooking.

We have lots of heat too but they didn’t

seem to mind. Lots and lots of water J

Let me know how your new spot works out.

Connie

From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of Smyelin groovy

Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 4:38 PM

To: MSersLife

Subject: RE: Our

Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection

Oh, Connie, I am envious of your herb garden. What all do you

grow? My attempt last year didn't do so well. LOL Between our

regular winds and our heat, they didn't exactly thrive. LOL I'm

picking a new spot this year, though am still in buckets and pots with

them. Someday I'd love a huge herb garden. )

Challis

connie buran

wrote:

Sharon,

Your garden sounds great. My hubby does

the veggies and I go the flowers.

He just harvested a ton of onions. Am

giving them away to neighbors and friends. Our tomatoes are not even close yet.

Lots of melons are starting as are the zucchini.

I am waiting for school to get out next

week so I can work in my flowers. I have several perennial beds. And a herb

garden.

It is wonderful way to distress.

I live in the city but have enough space

to grow what I want….not brave enough for chickens J

Connie

From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of Sharon Marsden

Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 10:27

AM

To: mserslife

Subject: Our Tomatoes!

Gardens, blooming... and reflection

Our little

backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes

and one very

lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting

some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato vine as well

as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if

anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing

garden plants

The rest of

the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of

squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby

watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still

want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have

marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus.

I live in

town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it

pleasant. You know the old saying " Bloom where you are

planted " ? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from

our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods

of Alaska. By the

way I have decided not to return to Alaska.

My heart tells me to stay in Arizona

and my goal is to be back in the area where we had our farm (near

Challis!) I like to live rural, out in the country, away from

hoards of neighbors. I want to have chickens and ducks again. I've

envying Akiba with her flock of chickens.

Sending warm

wishes to each of you on this fine morning

Sharon

Sharon (MSersLife creator/owner)

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you are planted.....

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Oh, wow, n. What a cool Grandmother! ) Challis n Rojas wrote: It certain is! This is the same grandmother, my mother's mother, who was an Italian Immigrant, born in Winebego, Minnesota, and who moved with hubby to Spo kane, WA, and bought the giant CABIN with tents with wood walls, docks, boats, etc. This grandmother taught me to tie flies! To clean fish, to change the cotter pin on the small boat motor! Amazing what those Italians KNOW! Love to you, Valene, and of course you are not intruding; we are all one big family here! Love to you, n Our Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection Our little backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes and one very lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato vine as well as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing

garden plants The rest of the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus. I live in town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it pleasant. You know the old saying "Bloom where you are planted"? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods of Alaska. By the way I have

decided not to return to Alaska. My heart tells me to stay in Arizona and my goal is to be back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!) I like to live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors. I want to have chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her flock of chickens. Sending warm wishes to each of you on this fine morning Sharon Sharon (MSersLife creator/owner) Bloom where you are planted..... Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/340 - Release Date: 5/15/2006 No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/340 - Release Date: 5/15/2006

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Challis,

We Southerners put that mint in our iced

tea. My husband is half Syrian and uses mint in some of his recipes. He makes

great stuffed grape leaves, tabbouli—bakes amazing pita bread.

Mint does take off but I love the smell.

Connie

From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of Smyelin groovy

Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:59

AM

To: MSersLife

Subject: RE: Our

Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection

What did you do with your mint, Connie? I remember while growing

up, my Mother had mint that just grew behind our house, under a big bush and

hear the hose faucet. Mine sure won't grow so easily! LOL

I've heard mints can grow so well that they take over an area, and are like a

weed. I want a weed like that! LOL

Challis

connie buran

wrote:

Challis,

Last year was first attempt at herbs so I

wasn’t very adventurous. I grew cilantro, rosemary, thyme, oregano, mint

and basil. It was great to run out and grab some while I was cooking.

We have lots of heat too but they

didn’t seem to mind. Lots and lots of water J

Let me know how your new spot works out.

Connie

From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of Smyelin groovy

Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 4:38 PM

To: MSersLife

Subject: RE: Our

Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection

Oh, Connie, I am envious of your herb garden. What all do you

grow? My attempt last year didn't do so well. LOL Between our

regular winds and our heat, they didn't exactly thrive. LOL I'm

picking a new spot this year, though am still in buckets and pots with

them. Someday I'd love a huge herb garden. )

Challis

connie buran

wrote:

Sharon,

Your garden sounds great. My hubby does

the veggies and I go the flowers.

He just harvested a ton of onions. Am

giving them away to neighbors and friends. Our tomatoes are not even close yet.

Lots of melons are starting as are the zucchini.

I am waiting for school to get out next

week so I can work in my flowers. I have several perennial beds. And a herb

garden.

It is wonderful way to distress.

I live in the city but have enough space

to grow what I want….not brave enough for chickens J

Connie

From: MSersLife

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On Behalf Of Sharon Marsden

Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 10:27

AM

To: mserslife

Subject: Our Tomatoes!

Gardens, blooming... and reflection

Our little

backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes

and one very

lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting

some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato vine as well

as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if

anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing

garden plants

The rest of

the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of

squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby

watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still

want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have

marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus.

I live in

town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it

pleasant. You know the old saying " Bloom where you are

planted " ? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from

our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods

of Alaska.

By the way I have decided not to return to Alaska.

My heart tells me to stay in Arizona

and my goal is to be back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!)

I like to live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors.

I want to have chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her

flock of chickens.

Sending warm

wishes to each of you on this fine morning

Sharon

Sharon (MSersLife creator/owner)

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you are planted.....

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Hi Connie, Yup, we always had the mint in our iced tea, too. ) (My Mom's family hails from Georgia, so I guess iced tea is a must -- or "sweet tea" -- lolol). Did you grow your mint in sun, shade, both? I've read sun is best, but Mom's old mint wasn't in the sun at all. <shrug> LOL Challis connie buran wrote: Challis, We Southerners put that mint in our iced tea. My husband is half

Syrian and uses mint in some of his recipes. He makes great stuffed grape leaves, tabbouli—bakes amazing pita bread. Mint does take off but I love the smell. Connie From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of Smyelin groovySent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:59 AMTo: MSersLife Subject: RE: Our Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection What did you do with your mint, Connie? I remember while growing up, my Mother had mint that just grew behind our house, under a big bush and hear the hose faucet. Mine sure won't grow so easily! LOL I've heard mints can grow so well that they take over an area, and are like a weed. I want a weed like that! LOL Challis connie buran wrote: Challis, Last year was first attempt at herbs so I wasn’t very adventurous. I grew cilantro, rosemary, thyme, oregano, mint and basil. It was great to run out and grab some while I was cooking. We have lots of heat too but they didn’t seem to mind. Lots and lots of water J Let me know how your new spot works out. Connie From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of Smyelin groovySent: Monday, May 15, 2006 4:38 PMTo: MSersLife Subject: RE: Our Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and

reflection Oh, Connie, I am envious of your herb garden. What all do you grow? My attempt last year didn't do so well. LOL Between our regular winds and our heat, they didn't exactly thrive. LOL I'm picking a new spot this year, though am still in buckets and pots with them. Someday I'd love a huge herb garden. ) Challis connie buran wrote: Sharon, Your garden sounds great. My hubby does the veggies and I go the flowers. He just harvested a ton of onions. Am giving them away to neighbors and friends. Our tomatoes are not even close yet. Lots of melons are starting as are the zucchini. I am waiting for school to get out next week so I can work in my flowers. I have several perennial beds. And a

herb garden. It is wonderful way to distress. I live in the city but have enough space to grow what I want….not brave enough for chickens J Connie From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of Sharon

MarsdenSent: Monday, May 15, 2006 10:27 AMTo: mserslife Subject: Our Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection Our little backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes and one very lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting some good tasting tomatoes. We have

a cherry tomato vine as well as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing garden plants The rest of the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus. I live in town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it pleasant. You know the old saying "Bloom where you are planted"? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods of Alaska. By the way I have decided not to return to Alaska. My heart tells me to stay in Arizona and my goal is to be back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!) I like to live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors. I want to have chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her flock of chickens. Sending warm wishes to each of you on this fine morning Sharon Sharon (MSersLife creator/owner) Bloom where you are planted.....

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Oh,

how I miss having a garden. I could never do in ground ones now, but I liked my

container ones I use to have. A few years ago I lived someplace where they had

raised gardens. They were so cool! The strawberry patch was a series of tiers,

starting with a large raised box, then a second smaller one on top of that one,

and so forth, until there were about 5 boxes. Then they had put a water spout

right up the middle so watering was easy. They were the best strawberries, and

so plentiful. I had fresh ones all summer.

Okay

Sharon…….send

me some Green tomatoes!! ;-) lol….got my mouth all watered for vine grown

tomaters…..fried of course!

Smiles,

Jackie

From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of Sharon

Marsden

Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 7:27 AM

To: mserslife

Subject: Our Tomatoes!

Gardens, blooming... and reflection

Our little

backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes

and one very

lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting

some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato vine as well

as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if

anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing

garden plants

The rest of

the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of

squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby

watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still

want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also have

marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus.

I live in

town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it

pleasant. You know the old saying " Bloom where you are

planted " ? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from

our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods

of Alaska.

By the way I have decided not to return to Alaska. My heart tells me to stay in Arizona and my goal is

to be back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!) I

like to live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors. I

want to have chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her flock

of chickens.

Sending warm

wishes to each of you on this fine morning

Sharon

Sharon (MSersLife creator/owner)

Bloom where

you are planted.....

Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great

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I have enjoyed seeing our plants growing in our little garden. I can't do any of the actual gardening but I can do the "watching" can't I? If I could send you some green tomatoes I would certainly do that. Several years ago I saw some green tomatoes at the grocery and they cost 3 times the price of the ripe ones. LOL Sharon Jackie Hanan wrote: Oh, how I miss having a garden. I could never do in ground ones now, but I liked my container ones I use to have. A few years ago I lived someplace

where they had raised gardens. They were so cool! The strawberry patch was a series of tiers, starting with a large raised box, then a second smaller one on top of that one, and so forth, until there were about 5 boxes. Then they had put a water spout right up the middle so watering was easy. They were the best strawberries, and so plentiful. I had fresh ones all summer. Okay Sharon…….send me some Green tomatoes!! ;-) lol….got my mouth all watered for vine grown tomaters…..fried of course! Smiles, Jackie From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of

Sharon MarsdenSent: Monday, May 15, 2006 7:27 AMTo: mserslife Subject: Our Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection Our little backyard garden is doing great! We have loads of green tomatoes and one very lovely ripe tomato. We can hardly wait to start harvesting some good tasting tomatoes. We have a cherry tomato vine as well as 5 large tomato vines. I've put pictures in the photos section if anyone want to take a look (and share in my happy thoughts over having growing garden plants The rest of the garden consists of: variety of radishes; three kinds of squash: yellow crookneck, zucchini and green patty-pan, sugar baby watermelons; 3 jalapenos and 3 other pepper plants. I still want to plant some spinach and some leaf lettuce. We also

have marigolds, lots of sunflowers and a bed of dianthus. I live in town and have limited gardening space but we are trying to make it pleasant. You know the old saying "Bloom where you are planted"? That's what I'm trying to do. It's a big change from our little 20 acre farm in Northern Arizona and our 40 acres in the backwoods of Alaska. By the way I have decided not to return to Alaska. My heart tells me to stay in Arizona

and my goal is to be back in the area where we had our farm (near Challis!) I like to live rural, out in the country, away from hoards of neighbors. I want to have chickens and ducks again. I've envying Akiba with her flock of chickens. Sending warm wishes to each of you on this fine morning Sharon Sharon (MSersLife creator/owner) Bloom where you are planted..... Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Sharon (MSersLife creator/owner) Bloom where you are planted.....

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You

certainly can! J

I

was just kidding about sending me tomatoes! Lol….. I think my son-in-laws

mother might be growing tomatoes, and I just asked him if he could snag a

couple for me! lol…., he’s calling her….YAY!!

Smiles,

Jackie

From: MSersLife [mailto:MSersLife ] On Behalf Of Sharon

Marsden

Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:56 PM

To: MSersLife

Subject: RE: Our

Tomatoes! Gardens, blooming... and reflection

I have enjoyed

seeing our plants growing in our little garden. I can't do any of the

actual gardening but I can do the " watching " can't I?

If I could send

you some green tomatoes I would certainly do that. Several years ago I

saw some green tomatoes at the grocery and they cost 3 times the price of the

ripe ones. LOL

Sharon