While we did get the spinach and lettuces planted the other day, we're still behind sowing some more seeds for carrots, radishes, peas, beets and bunching onions. Hopefully this afternoon after Doug comes home from work. Meanwhile, our little pea seedlings are beginning to pop up in the front yard!
As I watered the tomatoes yesterday, I almost cried. They are starting to dry out and die. They produced so much and now ... it's this horrible weather - highs in the 50's and 60's. Of course the tomatoes and other plants are going to say to themselves: "guess I've done my job - time to die". Arrgh! We're going to bring in one or two plants (they are all in containers because of our bad soil), find our grow lamp and hope to keep them going through the winter. However, I'm thinking about starting a new one, "white currant tomato", which didn't sprout last Spring but we really wanted to try it out! We have some great southern windows where we'll have not only a tomato or two but also lettuce, carrots, string beans and squash. I call them "windowsill meals".
By the way, the little purple tomatoes we thought were razzle dazzle from Burpee aren't. Razzle dazzles are supposed to be big, for slicing. Now that I've researched "black cherry tomatoes", I'm thinking that's what we grew this year, ate, froze and dehydrated. See picture below - they were very light green before turning purple. (Ignore the red tomato - two plants together.)
As to the poor corn bed where the three sisters have produced so much... the bindweed has become too much for me. My hands can't pull any more weeds, and Weslee still doesn't identify the weed correctly. Doug's busy so .. guess we gotta let the corn patch go. The bindweed is choking the sunflowers so that they are bent over so far then touch the ground. The pumpkins and other squash vines are drying up because the bindweed is strangling them. As to the stringbeans, they are competing for the corn stalks and I can't really tell whose winning. I was so upset yesterday that I stepped on a spaghetti squash, thankfully not squishing it but I could have!
Guess being near Denver, Colorado and these beautiful Rocky Mountains, there was no way to extend the harvest indefinitely anyway. Bummer.
Our pumpkins haven't finished turning orange. Does that mean we can't use them? But we'll have 3 spaghetti squash, 2 butternut squash, 2-4 pumpkins and about 5 Mexican X-Top cushaw squash for our winter-eating pleasure. And at least our freezer is full and we've dehydrated a lot for our special all-vegg powder!
Good Morning America:
Follow the link to read the story: http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=5771263&page=1 // Here's their teaser...
"You may know her as Sandee McCann, American author of numerous successful romance novels. But to her six children she was Sandra Gebert, their mother, who they claim disappeared without a trace seven years ago. The public first learned about this "runaway mom" when her story appeared in The Sun tabloid last month. Alex Firestone, McCann's daughter, told The Sun of her pain and anger when she discovered her... "
Here's my comment: Unbelievable that a woman supposedly leaves her "abusive" husband but leaves her children at his mercy. Doesn't sound right to me - you? I think she just followed her selfish urges to create a different life. Horrible horrible horrible - Sandee, would you like to give your side of the story? Feel free to e-mail me a short TRUE tale and I'll print it word for word.
Meanwhile, since I don't claim to be an impartial journalist ... someone needs to establish a fund to help that family, and arrange for an Extreme Home GIVE (not make-over) with scholarships for all the "children", and something special for the step-father. And someone needs to take on Sandee on behalf of the step-father, to sue for abandonment, back child support & alimony, and every penny she's made since she left. If she truly is living in Great Britain, someone over there needs to take this up and hold her accountable. And please, do NOT buy any more books by her (Sandee McCann) - it's not worth it!!
Incidentally, I googled Sandee McCann, and at the top of the list was her website: www.sandeemccann.com. I clicked on the link and, well, it appears it's no longer a valid website. Hmmm.. interesting.
At http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/forums/viewthread/7668/ there's some interesting comments.
There's a call for a boycott for Sandee McCann books - click here http://www.amazon.com/tag/book/forum?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1KFACHA8ZWXO5&cdThread=TxOF5SIBQ2RGK0 to add your own comments. By the way, in case you didn't surmise, I agree.
And here's an interview she gave in 2006 - reading it made me sick. http://fallenangelreviews.com/Interviews/2006/Dec06-LindaL-SandeeMcCann.htm
Guess being near Denver, Colorado and these beautiful Rocky Mountains, there was no way to extend the harvest indefinitely anyway. Bummer.
Our pumpkins haven't finished turning orange. Does that mean we can't use them? But we'll have 3 spaghetti squash, 2 butternut squash, 2-4 pumpkins and about 5 Mexican X-Top cushaw squash for our winter-eating pleasure. And at least our freezer is full and we've dehydrated a lot for our special all-vegg powder!
Good Morning America:
Follow the link to read the story: http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=5771263&page=1 // Here's their teaser...
"You may know her as Sandee McCann, American author of numerous successful romance novels. But to her six children she was Sandra Gebert, their mother, who they claim disappeared without a trace seven years ago. The public first learned about this "runaway mom" when her story appeared in The Sun tabloid last month. Alex Firestone, McCann's daughter, told The Sun of her pain and anger when she discovered her... "
Here's my comment: Unbelievable that a woman supposedly leaves her "abusive" husband but leaves her children at his mercy. Doesn't sound right to me - you? I think she just followed her selfish urges to create a different life. Horrible horrible horrible - Sandee, would you like to give your side of the story? Feel free to e-mail me a short TRUE tale and I'll print it word for word.
Meanwhile, since I don't claim to be an impartial journalist ... someone needs to establish a fund to help that family, and arrange for an Extreme Home GIVE (not make-over) with scholarships for all the "children", and something special for the step-father. And someone needs to take on Sandee on behalf of the step-father, to sue for abandonment, back child support & alimony, and every penny she's made since she left. If she truly is living in Great Britain, someone over there needs to take this up and hold her accountable. And please, do NOT buy any more books by her (Sandee McCann) - it's not worth it!!
Incidentally, I googled Sandee McCann, and at the top of the list was her website: www.sandeemccann.com. I clicked on the link and, well, it appears it's no longer a valid website. Hmmm.. interesting.
At http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/forums/viewthread/7668/ there's some interesting comments.
There's a call for a boycott for Sandee McCann books - click here http://www.amazon.com/tag/book/forum?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1KFACHA8ZWXO5&cdThread=TxOF5SIBQ2RGK0 to add your own comments. By the way, in case you didn't surmise, I agree.
And here's an interview she gave in 2006 - reading it made me sick. http://fallenangelreviews.com/Interviews/2006/Dec06-LindaL-SandeeMcCann.htm
Ok, that's enough on THAT subject.
Websites:
http://www.backyardgrocery.net/ and http://www.kidwhispers.net/ : Doug and I worked very hard last night on these websites. We're having such problems with the software that we're about ready to give up on them and find something else. However, despite the delays and major bugs, we're making progress. We have a few articles posted on each site, forums set up, and it's looking better. Still need to find and include chat room software. Whoo hoo!
Health:
Turns out Doug DID have a sinus infection among other things so he's on an antibiotic. He should be feeling better soon but still has the ringing in his ears. Don't get me started about my own problems!
http://www.backyardgrocery.net/ and http://www.kidwhispers.net/ : Doug and I worked very hard last night on these websites. We're having such problems with the software that we're about ready to give up on them and find something else. However, despite the delays and major bugs, we're making progress. We have a few articles posted on each site, forums set up, and it's looking better. Still need to find and include chat room software. Whoo hoo!
Health:
Turns out Doug DID have a sinus infection among other things so he's on an antibiotic. He should be feeling better soon but still has the ringing in his ears. Don't get me started about my own problems!
Remembrance:
Our thoughts go out to those people who lost loved ones in on 9/11/01.
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