9/29: Bits and Pieces

Garden:
Another good harvest day yesterday. Doug picked string beans - an entire collander full! Probably enough for two meals for the three of us. I helped Weslee pick black turtle beans, then he harvested tomatoes while I watered the garden.

Although it's really slowed, we're still getting cucumbers, zucchini, eggplant and more. The front tomato plants (bushes now) are giving up about 10 roma tomatoes and 5 various others a day. So sweet and rich-tasting.

Funny story about the black turtle beans. Weslee left them on the dining room table while we went about the rest of our Sunday chores. He was eating a snack a few hours later when we heard a sound like he was throwing beans across the room. I checked and he wasn't. A couple of hours later he was up in his room, and I was sitting by myself in the living room - I heard the sound again. This time I saw a couple of split empty bean pods on the floor and lots of black beans all over the place. Ah ha! We think these black turtle beans were dry enough when harvested that when they just sat for a bit, they began to burst. Has anyone had this experience?

MOAB:
This Mother of All Bailouts (coined by http://www.survivalblog.com/) appears to have fallen through. Today's vote defeated the $700 billion bailout package 228 against to 205 for. The stock market plummeted. Analysts are saying the dire predictions will now come to fruition because it's practically too late.

Even though Doug and I are careful with our money, we realize we could cut back even more. We've begun researching how, and will start sharing on our website: www.newviewgroupllc.com/money

Business:
We've come to a conclusion about using the software from vTribes. That info and announcement will have to come later.

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