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i read.   the Master Gardner's Newsletter about our Winter Garden,  the Mediterranian climate…    I don't think so.   Many of Them will continue now,  for instance,   the Green Beans have been growing new leaves for a week or two?   What's their Intention?   Don't know.   A couple of the tomatoes are still blossoming.   and the cucumbers…continue.   But plant new….i don't think so.   I think i will just focus on amending the soil.   Building it up by Giving  More.   More is so much needed.   and then,  the Hugelkultur bed….a big deal…will need to haul logs on the sled.    and some INTENSE grass plants have CLAIMED space….Intense,  Fierce.   Am i growing Wild Grass?   or what?   As i gave water today….as i have done EVERY DAY since sometime in March,   squatting next to Them there are so many questions.

i forgot to say….today two very excellent bell peppers.   and under all that Wild Grass,  the Lemon Thyme.

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  1. Liz A Avatar
    Liz A

    here in Texas we should be able to get tomatoes into December … as long as there isn’t a hard freeze … of course, the tomatoes that have already formed will probably ripen and be just perfect during the two weeks we are in New Mexico and Missouri next month
    and I love the color in this … malabar spinach?

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  2. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    I will pick my dry beans today or tomorrow, might be making green tomato chutney depending on the weather. I am going to plant some lettuce, maybe get another crop, maybe not. Always questions when gardening. 🙂

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  3. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    This morning, walking about, down in the gravel, I spotted some green stems poking out, stooped down, picked and sniffed and it was wild garlic so of course, I had to pick. Always found it in TN but here, it has been a bit of a hit and miss. Never had it at the other house so to find it here, is a tasty joy and I collected enough for my scrambled eggs and for baked potatoes.
    Thinking of your post of the 15th: to see Emrie with her classmates, following her substitute teacher, determined, marching forward- how children take it all in, all that encompasses the whole of their day.
    I was off the internet that day as it was my 75th birthday, quiet celebration, phone calls, plans for a big family lunch at one of our favorite places in Pescadero, CA, when we are in CA in November.
    On the 15th, treated to a delicious birthday breakfast out in Albuquerque with sister in law, nephew and hubby at an old establishment, Duran’s Central Pharmacy, that has to have the best Huevos Rancheros. Old place, since 1942, same family for over 50 years; it is an actual pharmacy with a tiny restaurant in back, stools at a counter, a few tables…but as with all things that change as time marches on, they also have a large area for all kinds of items to buy from greeting cards to made in New Mexico items to clothing, pottery and jewelry. Not my thing but I did love the tiny restaurant.
    So I thought about your blog entry and the photo of Emrie and her classmates following their teacher. How Ms. Johnson, doing what she needs to do to come back, would be back and I thought about my first day of kindergarten and how different it all was back then: it was always a tradition to have a new dress, each year, for the first day of school. We did not wear pants to school. The new dress, bought on our family vacation in San Francisco. We never had a car so we took the train to San Francisco and then buses, the trolley and taxis to find the back to school dress. My mother took a photo of me with my kindergarten teacher, Miss Orlando, a woman who knew our family and had many a meal with us.
    I lived right next to my elementary school so my walk to school consisted of opening the back yard gate and walking just a few feet to enter the school. Since my Dad was the janitor at the high school, we had special privileges because he would look after the elementary school yard on the weekends. We were allowed us to go and play on the school grounds on the weekends. Hop scotch etched on cement, jungle gym to climb and sometimes they would leave a tether ball out for us to play.
    For me, perhaps because September is my birthday month and I loved school,I could not wait for summer to end so I could go to school.
    When my twin girls entered kindergarten, I became a room mother, just like my Mom and was very active in their school. When my grand kids started school,both preschool and regular school, I was very fortunate to be with them and able to attend the meet and greet, each year, at their schools since they were held toward the end of August. (I usually spent the month of August with them, sometimes July as well.)
    I remember, Rowie and Spence, (who now goes by the name of Wolf) my twin grandchildren, proudly holding my hand and introducing me to their kindergarten teacher and every teacher until the 6th grade. (When Covid became a reality, I stopped spending summers in CA.)
    To meet their teachers, each year, made me feel so connected and was such a gift. To be a part of Emrie’s first days of school, equally, I’m sure is such a gift for you…

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  4. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    yes. the Malabar. it has done really well here. Many of
    the berries are ripening. will collect soon and try again
    with the dye..just berries

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  5. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    someday maybe i’ll be able to say that…pick my dry
    beans????? yes and i love the questions a lot.

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    yes. i look forward to there being a way i can be of use in
    her class room.
    and oh, Jeez, Marti, i forgot your birthday. oh Jeez and Bummer.
    but Happy Birthday close enough…and i remember Duran’s. Lately
    have been SO missing New Mex food…suddenly, am desperate to
    make
    Beans

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