George Shirley > wrote:

>I'm getting ready to blanch and freeze a bunch of green beans this
>morning. Actually the beans are purple but they turn green when cooked.
>Also have a 3-gallon bucket of sweet chiles (peppers to Yanqui's) to
>deseed, chop, and freeze. Most of these are Longhorns from plants I
>started on January 15, 2003, they slightly froze back during our mild
>winter and I pruned and fed them in February and they are really producing.
>
>The Tatume and trombocino squash are loaded with blooms and small
>squash, looks like another bumper year around here. The sweet kumquat is
>loaded with blooms so it won't be long before I feed it and spray it
>with 80% sulphur to keep the citrus rust mites in check. We've already
>put up several trays of lemon juice cubes and the Ponderosa lemon is
>loaded with both fruit and blooms. Figs are coming on like gang busters
>and the Fuyu persimmon is loaded with fruit, I've been combating white
>scale on that tree and seem to be winning.
>
>Noticed the first eggplant of the season this morning, about six inches
>long, may have some broiled eggplant and squash to go with the grilled
>steaks on Memorial Day.
>
>Life is good.
>
>George

You sure know how to rub it in George ;-).
Weatherman was calling for frost last night so we moved everything we
could back inside, covered what couldn't be moved. Apparently no frost
but the Min/Max thermometer showed 37º as the overnight low. Frost is
forecast again for tonight. We'll see.
One thing we do have though is rhubarb, do we have rhubarb!! And, the
garlic is doing great.
Ross,
Ontario, Canada.
New AgCanada Zone 5b
43º19' North
80º16' West