Aberdeen, so just north of you. And I don't know that I'd call the hailstones "cute". :-) The Habs do germinate, but then decide that there really isn't enough light to get much further. Not a problem, really, as the rest of the harvest looks to be more than enough to keep me happy. I just have a fondness for home- made apricot-Hab jam on my morning toast. Cabe (Aberdeen, Scotland, UK) >From: Cameron Begg <begg@ceof.ohio-state.edu> >To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com >Hi C-H's, > >Cabe wrote: > >> Not much else you can be when you can expect hail in July... > >Cute little Scottish hailstones eh? I got back from Edinburgh yesterday to >find our area (Central OH) had been hammered by icy aerial bombardment >again on the 8th July while I was away. Pepper plants smashed but hanging >on somehow. Hawthorn tree snapped off like a lollipop stick in the wind. >The previous serious hail storm got us a roof replacement on the house >insurance so I'm feeling sorry for the neighbors who had already had theirs >fixed. > >>......................................No luck with the Habs >>as usual. :-( Nevermind, it looks as if I will have more than I >>can eat from the rest. > >Where in Scotland Cabe? Do the hab seeds germinate OK? >-- >--- > Regards, Cameron. _________________________________________________________________ Sign-up for a FREE BT Broadband connection today! http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband