Gord Hannah (1:17/23.1) wrote to Steven Horn at 05:47 on 22 Jun 2004:

 GH> And the sad part of the whole scenario is that for the 30 to 30
 GH> days of decent weather we do have, mid 30's C to mid 30's C, people
 GH> will whine about it being to hot.  Sheesh I can't understand
 GH> them,enjoy it while it lasts.

We set a record and we're not coomplaining.  But it is raining while I
write so we finally get a break.

 GH> Our vegetable garden is up finally, hopefully we will have a good
 GH> crop, we ate off of our garden till just after the middle of
 GH> January, and what difference in the food bill, and the flavour is
 GH> unbeatable. I especially like Swiss chard cooked served with a bit
 GH> of butter or margarine (oleo) and vinegar,salted to taste.

Your soil is better than ours but we expect to get a bit of swiss chard,
zucchinis and kale.  We do like the stuff we do get.

 GH> Flowers are up and blooming like crazy, some yards are eye popping,
 GH> not ours though, we are trying to get ours to look like it would if
 GH> some one had not interfered and just cleared enough room to build
 GH> the house, garage, and gardening area.  I hope to be able to
 GH> scrounge enough material to build a Gazebo as well.

You sound as you are having fun.  But my wife likes perennials and they are
doing quite well.  Now to figure out how to get the weeds under control.

Take care,

Steven Horn (stefhorn{at}yknet.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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