Re: [gardeners] Saturday in the garden

Shirley,George (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 04 Nov 2000 11:33:26 -0600 

Haven't tried oxycom yet but will, thanks for the tip. I do great black and
white transparencies on my laser printers but don't have the do-re-mi to buy a
color laser printer. Have been looking at various brands that are touted as
"photographic" quality. A friend has an HP color inkjet that seems to do very
well on photographic paper. How are things in your part of Canada?

George

lneuru wrote:
> 
> George, have you looked at the prices on oxycom?
> 
> http://www.oxycom.com/
> 
> I like it because I can't get to a chep supply outlet - and they certainly
> seem comparative.  What sort of colour printer are you going to buy?  I
> think they have to be very good for transparencies.
> 
> Lucinda
> 
> ----------
> > From: Shirley,George <gshirley@deltech.net>
> > To: Gardeners List <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
> > Subject: [gardeners] Saturday in the garden
> > Date: Saturday, November 04, 2000 10:40 AM
> >
> > A local cement company has given me lots and lots of test cylinders.
> These
> > things are solid cement, no rocks or rebar, just sand and cement and
> about 12
> > inches long by 6 inches in diameter. Guess what I'm doing today. Laying
> these
> > things end to end down the west strip garden to replace the wood that is
> there
> > now. They tell me they do about 50 - 100 a week and I can have them all.
> Need
> > about 400 to replace old landscape timbers and remnants of railroad cross
> ties
> > so, sooner or later, there will be no more wood borders on the place.
> >
> > The radishes are bulbing up so I'm anticipating tasty little red morsels
> by
> > mid-week. Sprayed Bt on the cabbages, broccoli, and cauliflower today and
> also
> > on the lettuce, chard, and Florence fennel. Trying to keep ahead of the
> cabbage
> > loopers and their ilk. The two hundred or so bunching onion sets I
> planted
> > recently are about 12 inches tall now and are about ready for a little
> gentle
> > picking.
> >
> > The chiles have been outdoing themselves as usual. Picked two quarts of
> sweet
> > and another quart of hot ones yesterday. The sweets are chopped and in
> the
> > freezer for hard setting prior to vac bagging. The hots are in a two
> gallon bag
> > in the freezer and will be made into additional hot sauce when the bag is
> full.
> > Also have three quarts of hot chiles, NM Hatch, Long Thai's, Lemon Drops,
> and
> > Hot Cherry in the freezer for the DIL to use after the birth of their
> latest,
> > and probably lastest, child. She has enough indigestion now but wanted me
> to
> > save some good chiles for later use so I'm saving them up for her. My son
> > partakes of them sparingly so reckon he will get some of them too.
> >
> > Later today I am going to use the food mill to get the seeds out of my
> latest
> > batch of hot sauce and then will bottle the stuff. It has a fiery taste
> on the
> > initial tasting but a good after bite and flavor. Used sparingly it
> should go a
> > long way in soups, stews, chilis, gumbos, etc. Just hope I have enough
> sauce
> > bottles on hand as it takes a while to get them in after ordering.
> >
> > Miz Anne is off to the school district media center making big folders
> for her
> > students art work and some other stuff she wanted to do. I'm going to buy
> a
> > decent color printer Monday so I can scan some good art onto
> transparencies for
> > her to use in class. She's not only trying to teach 700 children how to
> draw and
> > paint but how to appreciate good art. She's reaching many of them but the
> > majority don't want to learn about art. To bad, as they would be better
> people
> > and citizens for a little art education, a bit more rounded.
> >
> > Back to the salt mines while we have some cool weather and the
> possibility of
> > rain.
> >
> > Life is good.
> >
> > George