Tracy wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>> Tracy wrote:
>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>> Tracy wrote:
>>>>> Bob Muncie wrote:
>>>>>> Tracy wrote:
>>>>>>> Becca wrote:
>>>>>>>> Tara wrote:
>>>>>>>>> watermelon
>>>>>>>>> perfect ripe tomatoes with salt
>>>>>>>>> tomatoes, cucumbers, and onions in Italian dressing
>>>>>>>>> homemade ice-cream
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Tara
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The ones you mentioned, plus strawberries, cantaloupe, yellow
>>>>>>>> squash.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Becca
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and corn on the cob....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Right on target Tracy... I have 6 perfect corn specimens on my
>>>>>> kitchen counter, just waiting for the butter love. And love them
>>>>>> dearly I will :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob
>>>>>>
>>>>>> P.S. I have a strawberry farm 2 miles from my house that opened
>>>>>> for picking today. If I only had a sweetie of my own right now,
>>>>>> I'd be in heaven.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are few places near me for pick your own strawberries, but it
>>>>> has been raining non stop for about a month - or at least it seems
>>>>> so. They won't let you pick when the vines are wet.....I wonder
>>>>> what it will do to the prices. The last time I called u-pick
>>>>> strawberries were 5 dollars a quart.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tracy
>>>>
>>>> I gather the strawberry crop has really suffered. Corn too. Hasn't
>>>> the weather been ghastly? But then I think of folks who don't have
>>>> water....
>>>>
>>>
>>> The weather has been downright awful. I haven't had any corn yet this
>>> year. I am not a fan of the really sweet white corn. I prefer yellow
>>> corn. I don't think it exists anymore. I haven't seen it in forever.
>>>
>>> -Tracy
>>
>> I think that's one of the things we'll have to start trying to grow
>> ourselves. Or we need to look for farms that sell "heirloom" corn.
>>
>
> I love my new house, but the yard is kinda small and is dwarfed by two
> giant maples as well as the neighbor's trees. I really wish I could grow
> strawberries! As much as I love corn - I don't have that kind of space.
> I do have a small patch which gets a good amount of sun. I have been
> trying to monitor the sun to see where exactly I get the most - but
> since it's been raining for a month straight.....grrrrr.....
> Next year - after we figure out what to do with the yard - I will try a
> small garden - tomatoes at the very least.
>
> -Tracy

I think it is wise to see what the conditions are--and what you
may have growing--for a year before you plant.

--
Jean B.